Gilbert Doctorow, a graduate of Harvard College with a PhD from Columbia, is an independent political analyst based in Brussels. He chose this third career of  "public intellectual" after finishing up a 25-year career as corporate executive and outside consultant to multinational corporations doing business in Russia and Eastern Europe which culminated in the position of Managing Director, Russia during the years 1995-2000. He is presently working on a book of memoirs dedicated to the life and times of the 100,000 expatriate families in Moscow during that period.