Can Digital Sovereignty Ever Be More Than a Myth in Russia?
What are the roots and drivers of the digital sovereignty narrative in Russian politics? Is there any Russian alternative to foreign 5G technology? How successful is Moscow’s import substitution polic...
13 Des 202135min
China’s Nuclear Expansion
What are the driving forces and goals behind China’s nuclear build-up? Should the ongoing U.S.-Russian arms control talks take into account Chinese progress? And does China’s refusal to take part in t...
1 Des 202125min
What’s the Kremlin's Strategy on the European Energy Crunch?
Is the German regulator’s suspension of the certification process for Nord Stream 2 technical, or political? Why isn’t Gazprom cashing in while prices are so high, by sending additional gas to Europe?...
19 Nov 202132min
How Has Coronavirus Transformed International Relations and Russia’s Foreign Policy?
The pandemic has failed to bring geopolitical rivals together, but has it created new divisions, or merely amplified existing disagreements? And have any lessons been learned for dealing with other gl...
29 Okt 202121min
Dissecting the State Duma Elections
Podcast host Alexander Gabuev is joined by Elizaveta Fokht, a reporter with the BBC Russian Service, and Andrew Roth, Moscow correspondent for The Guardian, to discuss the outcome of the recent electi...
24 Sep 202136min
What Are the Implications of the Afghanistan Crisis for Central Asia?
Nargis Kassenova, a senior fellow at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies’ program on Central Asia, and Temur Umarov, a research consultant at Carnegie Moscow Center, join podcast host Al...
10 Sep 202121min
A Closer Look at Russia’s New National Security Strategy
How does the latest version of Russia’s National Security Strategy differ from the last one, released in 2015? Does the inclusion in it of environmental issues mean that this is finally a priority for...
22 Jul 202135min
Where Will the Crackdown in Belarus End?
“Repression is spreading like gas in a room: as long as there’s space there, it’s going to expand.” What’s Alexander Lukashenko’s game plan in Belarus? Could the West have done more when protests brok...
4 Jun 202130min
