Samuel Charap
Samuel Charap is a Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. His research interests include the political economy and foreign policies of Russia and the former Soviet states; European and Eurasian regional security; and US-Russia deterrence, strategic stability and arms control. Prior to joining RAND, Charap was the Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Before that, he served in the U.S. Department of State as Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security and on the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff, covering Russia and Eurasia.
Samuel Charap Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Senior Political Scientist
Academic History
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Ph.D., Political Science
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M.Phil., Russian and East European Studies
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B.A., Political Science and Russian
At RAND, his research has addressed Russia's challenge to U.S. interests, key trends in the broader region, and recommendations for U.S. policy.
He focuses on the domestic politics and foreign policy of the former Soviet states and U.S. policy in the region.
He is also the inaugural Distinguished Chair in Russia and Eurasia Policy at the nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization.
EARLY CAREER
Previously, he was a visiting fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
He was Director for the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for American Progress, where he focused on domestic politics and foreign policy.
He has consulted on political risks in Russia and Eurasia for Medley Global Advisors, the Eurasia Group, and Oxford Analytica.
He has also served in the NATO Liaison Office in Kyiv, Ukraine and briefed U.S. government officials on Russia policy.
He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
His articles have appeared in The Washington Quarterly, Foreign Affairs, Survival, and International Herald Tribune.
His works have also appeared in The Guardian, Current History and several other newspapers and journals.
He has been interviewed in ABC News Australia Online; Al-Monitor; BBC News; BBC World News; CNBC; CNN; and CNN International.
He has appeared in DIE ZEIT; FiveThirtyEight; NPR News; and Wisdom of Crowds podcast.
His commentary has appeared in numerous news outlets, including the BBC, Reuters TV, and NPR.
He has also appeared as a guest on Real Vision.