The Dickey Center at Dartmouth: "Putin's Russia" Eugene Rumer, Director and Senior Associate, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Former National Intelligence Office for Russia and Eurasia, U.S. National Intelligence Council Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Description: Eugene Rumer's research focuses on political, economic, and security trends in Russia and former Soviet states as well as on Russia's foreign policy, especially its relations with the United States, China, and the Middle East. Prior to joining Carnegie, Rumer was the national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the U.S. National Intelligence Council from 2010 to 2014. In this role he led the intelligence community's analytic efforts and served as senior intelligence adviser to the policy community.