Kristen Eichensehr is a professor at Harvard Law School. She writes and teaches about foreign relations, national security, cybersecurity and international law. She previously worked at the U.S. State Department and clerked at the U.S. Supreme Court. She earned her law degree at Yale Law School in 2008 and a master's degree in international relations at the University of Cambridge in 2005.
DI has documented statements by Kristen Eichensehr on Energy Policy, International Relations, and Russia, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Relative to easing sanctions to allow Russian diesel imports, Eichensehr says the president cannot lawfully make the certifications needed to end the import ban, a legal objection to the decision.
Trump said Russia would supply millions of tons of diesel after a call with Putin, and Treasury authorized Russian diesel imports until April 2027. Zelenskyy and lawmakers in both parties objected.
