Michael Kimmage
Director of the Kennan Institute
Michael Kimmage is the Director of the Kennan Institute, an independent think tank in Washington, DC. From 2014 to 2016, he served on the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff at the US Department of State, where he held the Russia and Ukraine portfolio. He is the author, among other books, of Collisions: The War in Ukraine and the Origins of the New Global Instability (Oxford University Press, 2024).
Updated: April 15, 2026