Eric Green is a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an independent consultant.  He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Eurasia Foundation 

In 2023, Mr. Green completed a 32-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service, in which he achieved the rank of Minister-Counselor.  From 2021-23 he served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia and Central Asia in the National Security Council, where he helped design and execute U.S. policy before and during the war in Ukraine. 

While in the Foreign Service, Mr. Green held leadership positions in overseas assignments in Russia, Poland, Iceland and Turkey as well as in Washington.  He worked for five years helping to devise and implement U.S. strategy on the Northern Ireland Peace Process, both in Belfast and Washington.  

Mr. Green holds a B.A. from Grinnell College and an M.A. in International Relations from Yale University.  He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.  He is based in Washington, DC, is married and has two children.