Robert Person is a Professor of International Relations at the United States Military Academy, where he teaches courses on Russian and post-Soviet politics, democratic and authoritarian regimes, international political economy, and international relations.

 

His research on Russian politics and foreign policy has been published in a variety of academic and popular media, including Foreign Affairs, International Affairs, the Journal of Democracy, Post-Soviet Affairs, Problems of Post-Communism, the Washington Post, The National Interest, and elsewhere. His commentary on current events in Russia and Ukraine has appeared in the New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, the L.A. Times, NPR, BBC, The Telegraph, Deutsche Welle, Le Monde, Al Jazeera, El País, the Moscow Times, and other international media outlets.

 

Dr. Person is the founding director of the Shotgun Drone Defense Research Lab (SDDRL) at West Point, which conducts interdisciplinary applied research on the use of shotguns as counter-UAS weapons in military and civilian law enforcement operations. In his spare time, he also serves as the Officer in Charge and Head Coach of the national champion Army West Point Skeet & Trap Team.

Dr. Person regularly conducts geopolitical risk consulting for the Army, Department of Defense, U.S. Government agencies, and in the private sector. He is a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

 

In recognition of Dr. Person's work on national security matters, he has been awarded the Army Civilian Service Achievement Medal and the Army Civilian Service Commendation Medal, and has been officially sanctioned by the Russian government and banned from the country.  

 

He holds a PhD in political science from Yale University and an MA in Russian and East European Studies from Stanford University.