Carnegie Council

Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a professor of national security studies at the U.S. Naval War College.

He was the Editor of The National Interest magazine and a Senior Fellow of Strategic Studies at The Nixon Center in Washington, DC. He is currently a senior editor at The National Interest.

Gvosdev is a frequent commentator on U.S. foreign policy and international relations, Russian and Eurasian affairs, and developments in the Middle East.

He received his doctorate from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes Scholarship. Gvosdev is the author of six books, most recently the co-author of The Receding Shadow of the Prophet: The Rise and Fall of Political Islam.

He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.

Resources by this Author:

• Alliances
• Actor
• What Should be the Next Phase in U.S.-Russia Relations?
• Global System
• Rise of the Rest IV: Critical Regions in Crisis (Audio)
• Rise of the Rest IV: Critical Regions in Crisis (Transcript)
• Rise of the Rest IV: Critical Regions in Crisis (Video)
• Rise of the Rest III: Climate Change, Energy, and Global Governance after the Financial Crisis
• Rise of the Rest III: Climate Change, Energy, and Global Governance after the Financial Crisis
• Rise of the Rest III: Climate Change, Energy, and Global Governance after the Financial Crisis
• The Rise of the Rest II: How the Ascent of Russia and China Affects Global Business and Security
• ROUNDTABLE: The Nation-State
• The Rise of the Rest II: How the Ascent of Russia and China Affects Global Business and Security
• The Rise of the Rest II: How the Ascent of Russia and China Affects Global Business and Security
• U.S. - Russia Relations and Climate Change After the G8
• Revisiting Iran?
• North Korea's Nuclear Detonation and Northeast Asian Politics
• G-8 Summit Briefing