Stephen Sestanovich
Stephen Rockwell Sestanovich(born June 8, 1950) is an American government official, academic, and author. He is the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor at theSchool of International and Public Affairs, Columbia Universitywhere he is the Director of the International Fellows Program.[1]His areas of expertise includeRussiaand the formerSoviet Union,theCaucasusandCentral Asia,andU.S. foreign policy.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Sestanovich was born in 1950. He has a brother, Ben, and had a sister, Mary (1952–2000). Their father, Stipe "Steve" Šestanović (1912–2014), was a journalist andForeign Serviceofficer born inLumbardaon the island ofKorčula,Austro-Hungarian Empire(nowCroatia) to parents Cvita (néeLipanović) and Roko Šestanović. Roko left Korčula right before the start ofWorld War I,and only in 1920 did the family reunite in the United States.[3]Their mother, Molly Brown Sestanovich (1921–2014), was a journalist.
Sestanovich holds a B.A. fromCornell University(1972) and a Ph.D. in government fromHarvard University(1978).
Career
[edit]Sestanovich has held several government positions since 1980, including senior legislative assistant toU.S. SenatorDaniel Patrick Moynihan(1980–81), policy planner for theU.S. Department of Stateduring theReagan Administration(1981–84), and senior director for policy development at the U.S.National Security Council(1984–87). He served asambassador-at-largeand special adviser to the secretary of state for the new independent states of theformer Soviet Unionunder U.S.Secretary of StateMadeleine Albright(1997–2001).
In addition to his teaching duties, Sestanovich is theGeorge F. KennanSenior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies at theCouncil on Foreign Relations.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Sestanovich married Ann Hulbert in 1982.[5]They have a son, Ben, who played baseball atHarvardand now serves as an Assistant General Manager for theAtlanta Braves,and a daughter, Clare, a novelist and short-story writer.
Works
[edit]- Maximalist: America in the World fromTrumantoObama,New York,2014,ISBN0307268179
References
[edit]- ^"International Fellows Program | Columbia SIPA".
- ^Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
- ^"Stephen N. Sestanovich's Obituary on San Francisco Chronicle".San Francisco Chronicle.June 24, 2014.RetrievedMay 29,2017.
- ^Council on Foreign Relations
- ^"Ann Hulbert, Bride of S.R. Sestanovich".The New York Times.July 18, 1982.RetrievedMay 29,2017.
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