Eugene B. Rumer, Ph.D.

Interim Director, INSS

Eugene B. Rumer, Ph.D. is Interim Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at the National Defense University and previously served as Deputy Director and Director of Research. He originally joined INSS as a Senior Research Fellow in 2000. His principal area of expertise is Russia and the states of the former Soviet Union. Mr. Rumer also has served as a member of the Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State and as Director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs on the staff of the National Security Council. Before entering government, he worked at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, CA and Moscow, Russia as the resident representative in 1993-96. In addition, Mr. Rumer has held research appointments at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, where he was Visiting Senior Fellow on sabbatical from INSS. He has taught in the graduate programs at The George Washington and Georgetown University, and published widely in professional journals and the media. He holds degrees from Boston University (B.A.), Georgetown (M.A.), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (Ph.D).

Publications:            "Repairing US-Russian Relations: A Long Road Ahead."   INSS & CERES  Eugene B. Rumer, Ph.D.; Angela E. Stent  April, 2009 "China, Russia, and the Balance of Power in Central Asia."  Eugene B. Rumer, Ph.D.  Strategic Forum, #223  "Collision Avoidance: US-Russian Relations & Former Soviet States."  Eugene B. Rumer, Ph.D.  Strategic Forum, #207 - Russian Translation "Central Asian Leadership Succession: When, Not If."  Eugene B. Rumer, Ph.D.  Strategic Forum, #203 "US-Russian Relations: Toward a New Strategic Framework."  Eugene B. Rumer, Ph.D.;  Richard D. Sokolsky  Strategic Forum, #192

Commentary - OpEd:      "Medvedev's Message"  The New York Times  Eugene B Rumer