Timothy J. Colton

Timothy J. Colton is Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of government and Russian studies and the chair of the department of government at Harvard University. He is the author of several books on Russia, including Yeltsin: A Life. He was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a member of the joint committee on Soviet studies of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies, and vice-chairman of the National Council for East European, Russian, and Eurasian Research. He is currently a member of the editorial board of World Politics and Post-Soviet Affairs.