Michael McFaul

Michael McFaul is a professor of political science at Stanford University, the director and a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and the Peter and Helen Bing senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council from 2009-2012 and as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation from 2012-2014.

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America Is Lucky That Biden’s in Charge
Everyone is looking to Washington for leadership in the Middle East.
Michael McFaul
October 25, 2023
Kenny Holston / The New York Times / Redux
A 'City on a Hill' as a Fortress in a Moat
The notion that one form of prejudice can defeat another is an illusion.
Abbas Milani, Larry Diamond, and Michael McFaul
February 3, 2017
Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Images
What the Iran-Deal Debate Is Like in Iran
The agreement has divided Iranians into camps that could shape the future of the country.

Abbas Milani and Michael McFaul
August 11, 2015
Yalda Moayeri / Reuters

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America Is Lucky That Biden’s in Charge

A 'City on a Hill' as a Fortress in a Moat

What the Iran-Deal Debate Is Like in Iran