12 Facts About Andrew Kuchins

Andrew Carrigan Kuchins is an American political scientist, academic, and former head of American University of Central Asia.

Andrew Kuchins has held senior positions at several think tanks, including Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Center for Strategic and International Studies and Carnegie Moscow Center.

Andrew Kuchins has been interviewed on mainstream and academic outlets including as CNN, Politico, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Washington Times, The Moscow Times, Chicago Tribune and CS Monitor.

Additionally, Kuchins has given testimony before the United States Congress on Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus.

From 2000 through 2007 Andrew Kuchins held a series of positions with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, including as Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center and Director of Carnegie's Russian and Eurasia Program.

From 2007 to 2015 he was Director of the Russia and Eurasian Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC Andrew Kuchins then served as Senior Fellow and research professor at the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

In February 2019, the Board of Trustees of the American University of Central Asia announced that Andrew Kuchins would become President of the university starting in May 2019.

Shortly after, over 50 academics issued a statement in support of Andrew Kuchins and criticized the charges:.

At the June 2021 virtual commencement, Dr Andrew Kuchins announced that he would be stepping down as President of AUCA and returning to the United States.

In July 2021, Andrew Kuchins was fined 60,000 Kyrgyz soms and expelled from Kyrgyzstan.

Andrew Kuchins has two children from a previous marriage and lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Andrew Kuchins is a member of the Metropolitan Club.