Peter Clement  teaches courses on contemporary Russian Security policy and intelligence and U.S. foreign policy. He comes to Columbia from the CIA, where he served as Deputy Assistant Director of the CIA for Europe and Eurasia since 2015. From 2005-2013, he was Deputy Director for Intelligence for Analytic Programs. Other senior positions include tours as Director of the Office of Russian and Eurasian Analysis and CIA’s Russia Issue Manager from 1997 to 2003. Clement served as the PDB daily briefer for Vice-President Cheney, NSC Adviser Rice and Deputy NSC Adviser Hadley in 2003-2004.