Timothy K. Blauvelt is Research Professor of Russia and Eurasia Studies at the US Army War College. He previously was a Professor of Soviet and post-Soviet Studies at Ilia State University in Tbilisi, Georgia and had been teaching at this university since 2011. He joined the US Army War College in the spring of 2026.
Blauvelt's broader focus is Russian and Soviet History, especially in the Caucasus, Nationalism and Language, as well as respective policies. His publications have covered patronage networks, power intrigues and also the dynamics of perpetuation in the Soviet regime, especially in Abkhazia, Georgia, and in the broader Caucasus region. One of his particular specializations is archival study of materials related to the perpetrators of the Soviet terror. He is the author of multiple publications, including several edited volumes, including on Nestor Lakoba.
Blauvelt has been the convener of the Works-in-Progress series of academic seminars in Tbilisi, Georgia since 2009. He served as the Regional Director for the South Caucasus for American Councils for many years. Blauvelt has also been active as a jazz pianist, with a number of compositions available online.
He holds a PhD from the State University of New York at Buffalo (2001).
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