Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Ekaterina Schulmann, a non-resident senior fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, the German ambassador to Russia, at the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum to discuss the last thirty years of Russian history and how freedom turned into dictatorship and war.
Russia went from a tsarist empire and the totalitarian USSR to the freedom of the 1990s, complete with hopes of becoming a European democracy. Unfortunately, multiple missteps and reckless foreign policy endeavors have resulted in Russia becoming a security threat to Europe and its own neighbors. Two Chechen wars, the invasion of Georgia, and annexation of Crimea paved the way for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. How did it end up this way? Were there signs? What is the current state of Russian society?
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Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by his colleague Zaur Shiriyev, a non-resident fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, and Philip Gamaghelyan, an associate professor at the University of San Diego, to discuss the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan and its implications for the South Caucasus.
Alexander Gabuev, Zaur Shiriyev, Philip Gamaghelyan
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by his colleague Alexandra Prokopenko, a leading expert on the Russian economy, to discuss its state ahead of the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and what looks set to happen this year.
Alexander Gabuev, Alexandra Prokopenko
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times, to talk about the World Economic Forum in Davos and the European strategic discussion on the war in Ukraine and managing a rogue Russia.
Alexander Gabuev, Gideon Rachman
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by his colleague Sergey Vakulenko, a senior fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, to discuss how the latest U.S. intervention in Venezuela and control of its oil will affect Russia and its reputation as a patron saint for other regimes aligning themselves against the United States.
Alexander Gabuev, Sergey Vakulenko
Following Vladimir Putin’s state visit to India, podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Pankaj Saran, former Indian ambassador to Moscow and convenor at NatStrat, to discuss India’s position amid China’s growing influence, U.S. tariffs, and Russian aggression.
Alexander Gabuev, Pankaj Saran
