Christopher Todd Robinson received the decoration for promoting good bilateral relations between Estonia and the United States and excellent long-term cooperation. For years, he has been a strong supporter of European security.
Christopher Robinson currently serves as the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary and manages the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Before that, he worked as the Counsellor for Political Affairs at U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russia. His previous diplomatic assignments have taken him to Iraq, Belarus, Canada and Nicaragua and he has also served at the U.S. Mission to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna.