Professional Affiliation

Senior Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State

Expert Bio

Nicholas Berliner is a Senior Foreign Service Officer who most recently served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia and Central Asia at the National Security Council. He has held other senior policy positions in Washington, including Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Russia, Director of the State Department's Office of Russian Affairs, and Director for Central Asia at the National Security Council. Nicholas served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassies in Belgium and Georgia, and as well as diplomatic postings in Russia, Uzbekistan, Croatia, Afghanistan, and at NATO. He is fluent in Russian, Croatian, Spanish and French.

Expertise

• Cold War
• Economics and Globalization
• Energy
• History

Wilson Center Project

The U.S., Russia, and the Struggle for the Former Soviet Space

Project Summary

A critical look at how U.S. policy evolved since the end of the Cold War and eventually clashed with Moscow’s ambitions in its self-described “near abroad.”