What’s the Point of the Latest U.S. Sanctions Against Russia?
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Andrey Movchan, a nonresident scholar in the Economic Policy Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center, and Maria Shagina, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Eas...
30 Apr 202126min
Russia and the Indo-Pacific
In the wake of the first summit of the Quad countries (the United States, Japan, Australia, and India), this episode of the podcast focuses on the grouping’s scope, its cooperation with other nations,...
31 Mars 202125min
Has Russia’s COVID Vaccine Gotten Lost In Politics?
Is Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine as successful as the Kremlin claims? Are political considerations really preventing it from getting approval in Western countries? Why is the vaccination rate...
30 Mars 202127min
Is There Any Hope for Russia-Japan Relations Without Abe?
How will Russian-Japanese relations be affected by the departure of Japan’s longtime prime minister, Shinzo Abe? What drove his policy of active engagement of Russia, and will that policy continue und...
18 Mars 202114min
What's Europe’s Strategy for Managing China and Russia?
Alex Gabuev is joined by Janka Oertel, director of the Asia program at the European Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss changing attitudes in Europe toward China and Russia, and the evolving rela...
26 Feb 202120min
Managing the Great-Power Competition Between Russia and the U.S.
What are the main risks from the current state of competition between Moscow and Washington? Is there a pragmatic agenda on which both sides are interested in cooperating? What tools can be used to sa...
5 Feb 202151min
Are Russia’s Protests a Serious Threat to the Kremlin?
How significant are the mass protests that swept Russia last Saturday and look set to be repeated this weekend? Has the Kremlin lost the battle for people's minds? And how much are these protests real...
29 Jan 202129min
Central Asia: Between China and Russia
Will China be able to replace Russia as a security provider in Central Asia? What does China bring to the region that Russia has not, and what role is there for Europe and the West there? Podcast host...
28 Dec 202028min
