Robert “Bob” Beck is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow in the Eurasia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He served overseas for nearly 30 years as a member of the US foreign policy community in embassies in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He has a BA in Soviet and Eastern European Studies from the University of Maryland and an MA in International Relations from Boston University.  Since retiring to New Hampshire in 2020, Bob has taught Foreign Policy for Keene State College’s Cheshire Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL) and has spoken frequently on the current Russia/Ukraine conflict at multiple venues in the region.