Michael McFaul

McFaul interests me because he closed the gap most academics never touch. From tiny Glasgow, Montana, to a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, to serving as US ambassador to Russia, he carried his scholarship on democratization straight into live diplomacy. Theory and high-stakes statecraft rarely translate cleanly, yet he spent a career moving between the seminar room and the negotiating table. That willingness to test his ideas against reality, then return to Stanford to teach and keep speaking out, is the part I find genuinely American and genuinely rare. He uses intellect as a working tool, not an ornament.

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Name (English)

Michael McFaul

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・マクフォール

Reading

まいける・まくふぉーる

Born

October 1, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

Glasgow, Montana, United States

Occupation

diplomat / university teacher / writer / academic / political scientist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rabbit

High school

Bozeman High School

University

St John's College

Awards & achievements

• 1986 Rhodes Scholarship

• Official sitehttps://profiles.stanford.edu/michael-mcfaul
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ambmcfaul/
• Xhttps://x.com/McFaul
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20McFaul
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q769921

Tags

• Montana
• diplomat
• university teacher
• writer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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