Nicholas R. Berliner

Nicholas R. Berliner recently served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia and Central Asia at the National Security Council during the Biden administration. Earlier, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and held senior diplomatic assignments in Belgium, Georgia, and Russia. He has also served as Director for Central Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, and Political-Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent. Mr. Berliner’s diplomatic career has given him unusually broad first-hand experience with the political, economic, and security dynamics of the region and with the development and implementation of U.S. policy toward Central Asia and the South Caucasus.