As the son of and historian for former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, this studious scholar of Russian politics is sure to have unmatchable insight into the current political climate in his native homeland.

Sergei Khrushchev served 33 years in the Soviet government, earning a Lenin Prize for his work on missile and space programs and then working in the Computer Control Institute in Moscow.

He came to the United States in 1991 as a fellow at the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He then joined the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.

Khrushchev writes extensively about the history of the Cold War and the turning points in the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union in the Khrushchev, Eisenhower and Kennedy periods. His research now focuses on the former Soviet Union's transition to a decentralized society and market economy, especially noting the region's international security during the transition.