
Michael McFaul is the director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies at the Department of Political Science, at Stanford University. Previously, he served in the Obama administration for five years, as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs from 2009 to 2012, and then as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation from 2012 to 2014. His latest book is "Autocrats Vs. Democrats."


