The Death of Alexei Navalny with Miriam Lanskoy
This week, Max and Maria are joined again by Miriam Lanskoy from the National Endowment for Democracy to discuss the recent news of Alexei Navalny's death in a Russian penal colony.
22 Feb 202430min
Maria's New Book: "When Left Moves Right"
On this week's episode, listen to Max interview Maria on her new book, "When Left Moves Right: The Decline of the Left and the Rise of the Populist Right in Postcommunist Europe." Max and Maria were j...
8 Feb 20241h 1min
Russian Influence Operations in 2024 with Catherine Belton
This week, Max and Maria were joined by acclaimed reporter, Catherine Belton. Catherine currently writes for the Washington Post, and has written extensively on the Russian elite and security services...
25 Jan 202432min
Aid to Ukraine and the Future of the War with Michael Kofman
Michael Kofman, a leading expert on the Russian military and a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace joined Max, Maria, and Michael Kimmage, to discuss the status of further ...
11 Jan 20241h 2min
Russia, Ukraine, and the Question of Containment
This week, Max and Maria were joined again by Michael Kimmage, and Michael's frequent co-author and a fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations, Liana Fix. Recently, Michael and Liana publ...
14 Dec 202335min
Maria Reports Back After a Trip to Ukraine
On this week's episode, Maria fills in Max and Michael Kimmage after her recent trip to Kyiv. The three of them then discuss the current state of the war with Russia, and examine some of the key quest...
30 Nov 202336min
The Ideology of Putinism with Sergei Guriev
On October 31st, Max moderated a conversation between Maria and Sergei Guriev on the ideology of Putinism. Does Vladimir Putin have an ideology? If so, will this ideology help him retain power in Russ...
16 Nov 202358min
Russia and the Global South with Hanna Notte
On this week's episode, tune into a conversation Max had on October 24, 2023 with CSIS Senior Associate non-resident fellows, Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte. Hanna, based in Berlin, is an expert on R...
2 Nov 20231h 3min
