Professional Affiliation

Partner, StrateVarious LLC.

Expert Bio

The Hon. S. Enders Wimbush S. Enders Wimbush studied Central Asia and the Caucasus at University of Chicago. He has worked as a strategist of future security environments at StrateVarious LLC, Booz Allen Hamilton, and other leading consultancies. He served as Senior Director at the German Marshall Fund (2010-2012) and Senior Vice President of Hudson Institute (2004-2010). Mr. Wimbush was nominated by the President to be a Governor of the United States Broadcasting Board of Governors from 2010-2012. Earlier he served as Director of Radio Liberty in Munich, Germany (1987-93). He is the author, co-author or editor of seven books and numerous articles in professional and popular media, as well as dozens of policy studies. His writes often for The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Journal of Commerce, National Interest, Survival, Global Affairs, The Weekly Standard, and other publications.

Wilson Center Project

“U.S. Strategy for the Caucasus and Eurasia”

Project Summary

Mr. Wimbush explores in this project the forces and ideas that could contribute to shaping alternative futures in Eurasia. Who are or will be the main actors? What factors will drive their competition? What might be their objectives and strategies, and where might strategies collide or converge? Mr. Wimbush embraces three interactive approaches. First, he explores the roles of Central Asian and Caucasian actors in the unfolding of Eurasia’s strategic landscape, as well as the place of Central Asia and the Caucasus in the strategies of others. Second, he employs classic “alternative futures” exercises, like scenario planning and interactive simulations, or wargames, as a defined element of the program. Third, Mr. Wimbush will convene a small Strategy Group that will explore the new landscapes described in the first two elements of the project and consider consequences for strategy of both the United States and its competitors.

Major Publications

Mystics and Commisars: Sufism in the Soviet Union

Muslims of the Soviet Empire

Soviet Nationalities in Strategic Perspective