Michael Kimmage is a professor of history at the Catholic University of America. From 2014 to 2016, he served on the Secretary's Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State, where he held the Russia/Ukraine portfolio.

He is the author of two books on American history and culture, and he has published articles and essays on the transatlantic relationship, on U.S.–Russian relations, and on international affairs in The New Republic, The New York Times, and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In addition to Catholic University, Professor Kimmage has also taught at the Free University of Berlin, the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, and the University of Vilnius.