Gerry Hudson is a specialist in Russian politics and foreign policy. He is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Wittenberg University, where he served as chair of the Political Science Department as well as the director and founder of the Russian and Central Eurasian Studies Program. Hudson is also an affiliate of the Ohio State University Mershon Center, participating in a number of seminars and book projects, serving as editor and contributor to Soviet National Security Policy Under Perestroika, and co-editor (with Joseph Kruzel) of American Defense Annual, 1985-86. He currently teaches Russian politics and Russian foreign policy in the Ohio State University's Department of Political Science.