Stephen Kotkin joined the Princeton faculty in 1989. He has directed Princeton's Russian and Eurasian Studies Program since 1995. His books include Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse 1970-2000 (Oxford, 2001; new edition 2008) and Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the Modern World from the Mongol Empire to the Present, coauthored with six others (W.W. Norton, 2002; new edition 2008). His current work focuses on "uncivil society" (the communist establishment), the conundrums of authoritarian politics, and empire. Professor Kotkin writes reviews and essays for The New Republic, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement, and is the regular book reviewer for the New York Times Sunday Business section. He also serves as a consultant to the World Pension Forum, an association for institutional investors, and to foundations such as George Soros' Open Society Institute and the Ford Foundation. He is a former chairman of the editorial board at Princeton University Press. Ph.D. University of California Berkeley.