Stephen Rockwell Sestanovich is an American academic, author, and former government official. He is the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, where he directs the International Fellows Program. He also serves as the George F.
Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. His expertise encompasses Russia and the former Soviet Union, the Caucasus and Central Asia, and U.S.