GATI, Toby Trister

Senior International Advisor, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld llP. Member of the Valdai Discussion Club Advisory Board.

Previous positions: Special Assistant to former President Bill Clinton and Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and the Eurasian States at the National Security Council (NSC) (1993); and Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (INR) (1993-1997); Senior Vice President for Policy Studies at the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) in New York City.

Research interests: Russian foreign and economic policies and US-Russian relations, international organizations and US foreign policy.

Selected publications: “Russia's New Law on Foreign Investment in Strategic Sectors and the Role of State Corporations in the Russian Economy,“ (2008);“U.S.-Russia Relations: What Should Be Done - and Not Done,”(2008); “Looking Beyond Oil,” (2008); “Renewable Energy in Russia’s Future,” (2008); “Diversification for Growth: What the Russian Economy Needs,” (2003);“The Political Dynamic”(co-author) (2003).