How Is the Iran War Affecting Russia? With Nicole Grajewski and Sergey Vakulenko
At the center of the new war in the Middle East is one of Russia’s most important partners in its struggle against the West: Iran. Despite strategic agreements with Tehran, Moscow is not bound by a tr...
12 Mar 31min
How the South Caucasus Is Navigating a Turbulent World
Following the initiation of a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan last summer, there is still a long way to go before the conclusion of a formal agreement and sustainable peace in the regio...
26 Feb 37min
What to Expect From the Russian Economy in 2026
The Russian economy has been under intense pressure from sanctions, the demands of war, and structural challenges. Still, it isn’t collapsing, despite predictions and wishful thinking on the part of t...
12 Feb 26min
Transatlantic Tensions, the Russia Threat, and Davos, With Gideon Rachman
This year’s World Economic Forum took place amid turbulent transatlantic relations. Donald Trump has renewed his plans for “getting” Greenland, threatening to annex part of a NATO ally. Meanwhile, the...
29 Jan 33min
Maduro’s Downfall, Global Oil Markets, and Russia, With Sergey Vakulenko
Under Putin, Russia has established a relationship with Venezuela, and was heavily involved in the country until recent years. The Chavez and then Maduro regimes bought Russian weapons with sizeable l...
8 Jan 39min
Navigating the U.S.-Russia Standoff: India’s Foreign Policy, With Pankaj Saran
India and Russia have a mutually beneficial relationship going back decades, and since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, India’s strategic importance for Russia has grown considerably. This hasn’t g...
11 Des 202528min
What Went Wrong in Russia? Russian Imperialism, With Ekaterina Schulmann and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff
Russia went from a tsarist empire and the totalitarian USSR to the freedom of the 1990s, complete with hopes of becoming a European democracy. Unfortunately, multiple missteps and reckless foreign pol...
27 Nov 202532min
How Russian Diplomacy Lost Trump, With Elizaveta Fokht
Russia has had a year to convince Trump to give up on Ukraine and force Zelensky to surrender, but at the end of 2025, we are yet to see any significant results from the Kremlin’s efforts. After a tri...
13 Nov 202544min
