Bio
Jack Matlock is a career diplomat who served on the front lines of American diplomacy during the Cold War and was U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union when the Cold War ended.
Since retiring from the Foreign Service, he has focused on understanding how the Cold War ended and how the lessons from that experience might be applied to public policy today.
Featured Work
FEB 22, 2016 • Podcast
Beyond a New Cold War? International Security and the Need for U.S.-Russia Cooperation
The United States must stop its demonization of President Putin, according to members of this distinguished panel, all with long associations with Russia and all ...
FEB 21, 2013 • Article
U.S.-Russian Juvenilia
"The action of the U.S. Congress in passing the Magnitsky Act and the reaction of Russian politicians that followed it remind me of school ...
SEP 21, 2011 • Podcast
Jackson-Vanik: Time for Reconsideration?
The Jackson-Vanik amendment has been imposed on Russia for 37 years. Is it time for repeal? This event is in cooperation with EastWest Institute.
AUG 24, 2011 • Podcast
The Collapse of the Soviet Union: Thoughts on the 20th Anniversary
U.S. Ambassador to the USSR Jack Matlock explodes some myths that are current in the United States, in Russia, and in Europe about just ...
AUG 24, 2011 • Transcript
The Collapse of the Soviet Union: Thoughts on the 20th Anniversary
U.S. Ambassador to the USSR Jack Matlock explodes some myths that are current in the United States, in Russia, and in Europe about just ...
JUL 18, 2011 • Transcript
Ambassador Jack Matlock on the 1991 Soviet Coup Attempt
Today, almost all Russians are convinced that the U.S. brought down the USSR by military and economic pressure. But this is the opposite of ...
MAR 11, 2010 • Podcast
Superpower Illusions: How Myths and False Ideologies Led America Astray--and How to Return to Reality
Jack Matlock, American ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991, corrects a number of pervasive myths about the Cold War, including the belief that it ...
MAY 14, 2008 • Podcast
David Speedie Interviews Jack Matlock
Senior Fellow David Speedie interviews former U.S. ambassador Jack Matlock on U.S. relations with Russia: how they evolved, current policy problems, and what ...
MAY 4, 1994 • Article
Privatization Project (1991–1994): Privatization and Investment Opportunities in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has enormous resources and a literate population, but this large country is heir to exploitative methods of economic development that have ravaged the environment.