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Lawrence Sheets

Project Director, South Caucasus
Tbilisi, Georgia

Crisis Group role:

Lawrence Scott Sheets has served as South Caucasus Project Director for the International Crisis Group since August 2008. He works with a small team of analysts responsible for high quality analysis on the South Caucasus region of the former Soviet Union.

Areas of expertise:

  • South and North Caucasus
  • Russia
  • Ukraine

Professional background:

  • Foreign Correspondent, National Public Radio, 2001-2008 (Moscow Bureau Chief, 2001-2005)
  • Visiting Scholar of International Relations, Michigan State University, 2006-2007.
  • Knight Journalism Fellow, Stanford University, 2000-2001.
  • Caucasus Bureau Chief, Reuters, 1992-2000.
  • Producer, Moscow Bureau, NBC News, 1991-92.
  • BA, International Relations, Michigan State University, 1990.
  • BA, Russian Language and Literature, Michigan State University, 1990.

Languages

  • English (native)
  • Russian (near native)
  • Spanish (good)
  • Georgian (fair)
  • Czech (fair)
  • French (reading ability)

PDF contact sheet Click here for a one-page PDF document with contact details.

Recent commentary

A 'Frozen Conflict' That Could Boil Over, The International Herald Tribune, 8 Mar 2012
Lawrence Sheets
Save Georgia’s Peace Mission, Reuters Great Debate, 9 Jun 2009
Lawrence Sheets
Flaunting Impunity in Russia's Security Zone, International Herald Tribune, 11 Sep 2008
Lawrence Sheets