Matlock
(Stephen F.) Cohen reestablished the American Committee for East–West Accord in 2015 with the assistance of Gilbert Doctorow.[7] A formal launch event was held in November of that year.[8] In addition to Cohen and Doctorow, other members of the group's board of directors include Donald McHenry, William vanden Heuvel, Bill Bradley, Chuck Hagel, Jack F. Matlock Jr., and John E. Pepper, Jr.[8][9][7]
The impetus for reforming the committee was, according to its executive editor James Carden, due to its perception that "anyone who has had the temerity to question whether NATO’s relentless expansion eastward to Russia’s borders has contributed to the crisis [in Ukraine], can look forward to being labeled a 'useful idiot', a 'dupe', or a 'Kremlin apologist'. The trend towards character assassination in lieu of substantive debate has been one of the defining features of the debate over US–Russia policy".[10]
https:// eastwestaccord.com/board-of-directors/