Join former US ambassador to Russia and Stanford Political Science Professor, Michael McFaul to discuss his latest book: Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder.
McFaul authored and co-authored several books, including, most recently, the New York Times bestseller, “From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin’s Russia.” His current research interests include great power relations between China, Russia, and the United States, the relationship between democracy and development, and American foreign policy.
Prof. McFaul was born and raised in Montana. He received his B.A. in International Relations and Slavic Languages and his M.A. in Soviet and East European Studies from Stanford University in 1986. As a Rhodes Scholar, he completed his D. Phil. in International Relations at Oxford University in 1991.