
Russia-Ukraine Negotiations: Outlining a U.S. Strategy with Tom Wright
In this special CSIS crossover episode with Russian Roulette’s sister podcast, The Eurofile, Max Bergmann and co-host Donatienne Ruy welcome Tom Wright, senior fellow at Brookings and former Senior Di...
4 Apr 202540min

Drones and AI on the Battlefields of Ukraine with Kate Bondar and Sam Bendett
Maria spoke with Kate Bondar and Sam Bendett about their work on the latest drone and artificial intelligence technologies being employed on the battlefield in Ukraine. Read Kate's latest report, "Ukr...
3 Apr 202546min

Rose Gottemoeller on Negotiating with Russia
Max and Maria welcomed Rose Gottemoeller back to the show, to discuss the ongoing negotiations between the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine. As a former American diplomat who has sat across from the Russians...
17 Mar 202533min

How Trump's Policies on Russia and Ukraine Are Being Received Across the Post-Soviet Space
Maria was joined by Tinatin Japaridze and Volodymyr Dubovyk to discuss how post-Soviet countries, particularly Ukraine and the states of the South Caucasus, are reckoning with the Trump administration...
11 Mar 202540min

The War in Ukraine Three Years On
Max and Maria sat down with Michael Kimmage and Dara Massicot for an event in the CSIS studio to discuss the three-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The conversation took st...
26 Feb 20251h 4min

A New Strategy for Containing Russia
Max and Maria were recently joined by Michael Kimmage and Jeffrey Mankoff for a live event in the CSIS broadcast studio to discuss the team's recent work outlining a new European strategy for containi...
21 Feb 20251h 5min

Max and Maria on the Start of U.S.-Russian Negotiations Over the War in Ukraine
On today's episode, Max and Maria give their initial takes on the news that U.S. and Russian negotiators met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 18 to begin efforts to reach a diplomatic resolution to...
20 Feb 202528min

Lessons from Soviet Foreign Policy with Sergey Radchenko
Max and Maria spoke with historian Sergey Radchenko about his latest book, To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power, and how the study of Soviet foreign policy can help us underst...
6 Feb 202543min




















