The Collapse of the Oil Empire? New U.S. Sanctions Against Russia, With Edward Fishman
After recent failures to bring the Kremlin to the negotiating table to end the war in Ukraine, Trump has adopted a new approach to Putin, taking the significant step of sanctioning Russia’s two bigges...
30 Okt 202536min
How to Handle Russia’s Frozen Assets in the EU, With Robert Zoellick
Russian assets abroad were frozen almost as soon as the country launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The idea of seizing those assets and transferring them to Ukraine has been discussed in Wester...
16 Okt 202531min
What to Do About Russian Drones in NATO Airspace, with Justyna Gotkowska
Over the last month, there have been multiple violations of NATO airspace by Russian fighter jets and drones most likely launched by Russia. The alliance must now come up with an adequate response to ...
2 Okt 202529min
Putin’s War Engine: How Healthy is Russia’s Oil and Gas Industry? With Sergey Vakulenko
The Russian oil and gas sector has been under significant pressure this year, but has continued to withstand sanctions. Recently, however, Ukraine has launched a series of massive drone attacks agains...
18 Sep 202533min
Better Than Ever? Russia-China Relations, with Sergey Radchenko
At this week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping seemed determined to show the whole world that Russia-China relations are better than they have ever been. Since ...
4 Sep 202545min
What’s Going On Inside Belarus with Artyom Shraibman
Since the regime brutally crushed opposition protests in 2020, Belarus has rarely made the headlines. Some see the country as a loyal satellite of Russia, stripped of all agency, others overlook it en...
31 Jul 202537min
Back to the Stalin Era? An Inside Look at the Russian Elites, with Farida Rustamova and Margarita Liutova
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, life for Russia’s rich and powerful has passed the point of no return. The recent suicide of Roman Starovoit is the first case in post-S...
17 Jul 202550min
What Was That? The NATO Summit 2025, with Nathaniel Reynolds
This year’s NATO summit was very unusual on multiple levels. Amid the disruption brought by Donald Trump’s presidency, and with Ukraine’s European allies adamant that continuing U.S. leadership is nee...
3 Jul 202530min
