Fiona Hill is Director of the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. An expert and frequent commentator on Russia and the states of the former Soviet Union, Ms. Hill previously served as National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council and on the staff of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University and Eurasia Foundation.
A Frank Knox Fellow at Harvard University, Hill holds an M.A. degree in Russian and Modern History from St. Andrews University in Scotland, an A.M. degree in Soviet Studies and a Ph.D. in History from Harvard University. She has also pursued studies at the Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow.