Advisory Council

Prof. Dr. S. Frederick Starr

A member of the Baku Dialogues Editorial Advisory Council and Chairman of the Central Asia Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a research and policy center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council and the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Stockholm. He is also a Distinguished Fellow for Eurasia at the American Foreign Policy Institute and served for many years as Research Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Previous positions include President of the Aspen Institute (1994‑1996), President of Oberlin College (1983‑1994), Vice President for Academic Affairs of Tulane University (1979‑1982), and co‑founder and Chairman of the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute (1974‑1979). He served as an advisor on Soviet affairs to U.S. President Ronald Reagan (1985‑1986) and U.S. President George H.W. Bush (1990‑1992). He holds a Ph.D. in history from Princeton University, an MA from King’s College, Cambridge, and a BA from Yale University. He is a trustee of ADA University and Nazarbayev University. He holds five honorary doctorates, including an honorary doctorate in the Humanities from ADA University (2014).