Andrew Weiss is Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research in Washington and Moscow on Russia and Eurasia. He served as Director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs for the Clinton National Security Council.
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