Heyward Isham

Heyward Isham a thirty-five-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service, served as political and economic officer in Berlin, Moscow, and Hong Kong, as well as Deputy Chief of the U.S. Delegation to the Vietnam Peace Talks, prior to his appointment as Ambassador to Haiti. Ambassador Isham, who also served as the editor of Remaking Russia: Voices from Within , has been Vice President of the EastWest Institute since 1990. A long-time Russophile who has followed the country closely since his first...See more

Heyward Isham a thirty-five-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service, served as political and economic officer in Berlin, Moscow, and Hong Kong, as well as Deputy Chief of the U.S. Delegation to the Vietnam Peace Talks, prior to his appointment as Ambassador to Haiti. Ambassador Isham, who also served as the editor of Remaking Russia: Voices from Within , has been Vice President of the EastWest Institute since 1990. A long-time Russophile who has followed the country closely since his first posting to Moscow in 1955, he is a recognized expert on post-Communist societies in Europe and Asia. See less