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The Long View
by The Kennan Institute
The Long View explores ideas, long-form arguments, and the space where public debate meets rigorous research. The series examines the former Soviet Union and the global policy questions it raises, bringing scholars and practitioners into conversation. Through interviews and discussions, The Long View connects academic insight with real-world relevance, continuing the Kennan Institute’s tradition of clear, accessible analysis.
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#026 | Prisoners in the New Cold War with Drew Hinshaw and Joe Parkinson
What do prisoner exchanges reveal about the changing relationship between Russia and the West? Michael Kimmage is joined by Wall Street Journal journalists Drew Hinshaw and Joe Parkinson to discuss their book, Swap: A Secret History of the New Cold War, an account of the negotiations that...
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#025 - Russian Public Opinion After the Duma Elections with Timothy Frye and Samuel Greene
How do we know what Russians really think? Timothy Frye of Columbia University and Samuel Greene of King’s College London join Michael Kimmage and Maria Lipman for The Long View to examine Russian public opinion following the September Duma elections. Frye is the Marshall D. Shulman Professor of...
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#024 - Putin's Campaign to Defeat the West with Hanna Notte
How does Russia’s confrontation with the West extend beyond Europe and the United States? Hanna Notte, a Kennan Institute Non-Resident Fellow and author of We Shall Outlast Them: Putin’s Global Campaign to Defeat the West, joins Michael Kimmage and Maria Lipman for The Long View to examine the...
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#023 - How War Reshaped Russia's Elite with Alexandra Prokopenko
How has Russia’s war against Ukraine transformed the people who govern the country? Alexandra Prokopenko of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center joins Michael Kimmage and Maria Lipman to discuss her book, From Sovereigns to Servants: How the War Against Ukraine Reshaped Russia’s Elite. Tracing...
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#022 - Mapping Eurasia: Russia's Geopolitics
What does “Eurasia” mean for understanding Russia? Michael Kimmage is joined by Ayşe Zarakol of Cambridge University and Alexander Cooley of Barnard College to explore the historical, political, and geopolitical meanings of Eurasia and what they reveal about Russia’s place within it. Zarakol...
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#021 - Writing About Russia with M. Gessen
Recorded live at The LINE Hotel’s Banneker Ballroom in Washington, D.C., this special edition of The Long View features M. Gessen, journalist, author, opinion columnist for The New York Times, and host of The Idiot podcast, in conversation with Maria Lipman and Michael Kimmage. The conversation...
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#020 - Kievan Rus Is Ours: National Memory and Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Michael Kimmage is joined by sociologist Ekaterina Klimenko and Alicja Curanovic, Professor at the University of Warsaw, for a discussion on the role of Kievan Rus in contemporary Russian politics and the ways historical narratives shape national identity, state legitimacy, and foreign policy.…
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#018 - From Königsberg to Kaliningrad with Nicole Eaton
Michael Kimmage speaks with historian Nicole Eaton about the remarkable transformation of Königsberg into Kaliningrad and the ways Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union each sought to remake the city and its inhabitants. Drawing on her book, German Blood, Slavic Soil, Eaton explores the history of…
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#019 - Post-Soviet Russian Literature with Bradley Gorski and Yasha Klots
In this episode of The Long View, Bradley Gorski and Yasha Klots discuss the evolution of Russian literature after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The conversation explores the transition from Soviet era ideological publishing to the chaotic and dynamic literary marketplace of the 1990s, the...
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The Long View #016 | Writing About War with Ian Buruma
In this episode of The Long View, Ian Buruma discusses his book Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939–1945 and reflects on the broader question of how war is written and remembered. The conversation considers life in Berlin during the Second World War, the cultural and human dimensions of wartime experience,...
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#015 - Childhood During the Chechen Wars with Lana Estemirova
In this episode of The Long View, Lana Estemirova, journalist and human rights activist, joins Elizabeth Culp for a conversation on growing up during the Chechen wars and the lasting impact of conflict on personal and political life. Drawing from her memoir, Please Live: The Chechen Wars, My…
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#014 - The State of Ukranian Studies with Oxana Shevela & Serhii Plokhy
In this episode of The Long View, Michael Kimmage speaks with Oxana Shevel (Tufts University) and Serhii Plokhy (Harvard University) about the history and future of Ukrainian studies. The conversation explores how Ukrainian studies emerged in North America through the efforts of diaspora...
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#013 - The Nazi War Against the Soviet Jews with Jochen Hellbeck
In this episode of The Long View, historian Jochen Hellbeck discusses his book World Enemy No. 1: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews. Drawing on newly uncovered archival materials and firsthand accounts from both German and Soviet sources, Hellbeck explores how Nazi ideology...
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#012 - Radicals and the Soviet Union with Maurice Casey
In this episode of The Long View, historian Maurice Casey discusses his book Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism’s Forgotten Radicals. The conversation explores Moscow in the 1920s as a global hub for revolutionary movements and focuses on the Hotel Lux, a residence for foreign communists...
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The Long View #011 | A Forest History of Russia with Sophie Pinkham
Sophie Pinkham joins The Long View to discuss The Oak and the Larch, her cultural and historical study of forests in Russia and its empires. This episode explores how forests function as symbols of identity, power, refuge, and destruction. Pinkham connects literary traditions, imperial expansion,...
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#009 - Service and Domesticity in the Soviet Union with Alissa Klots
In this episode of The Long View, historian Alissa Klots discusses her book Domestic Service in the Soviet Union: Women’s Emancipation and the Gendered Hierarchy of Labor. Rather than portraying domestic labor simply as a vestige of inequality, Klots explores how it functioned differently within...
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#009 - German Prisoners in World War ll with Susan Grunewald
The recording is a conversation with Professor Susan Grunewald about her book "From Incarceration to Repatriation: German Prisoners of War in the Soviet Union." The discussion covers the historical context and treatment of German POWs by the Soviets, the methods used in Grunewald's research, and...
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#008 - Western Businesses and Post-Soviet Russia: Part 2 with Charles Hecker and Thane Gustafson
What does the Russian economy look like after years of war and sanctions, and could Western businesses ever return? In this episode of The Long View, Charles Hecker and Thane Gustafson discuss how Russia’s business landscape has changed since Western companies exited the market. They examine the...
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#007 - The Kennan Institute's Founding Director Looks Back with S. Frederick Starr
In this episode of The Long View, Michael Kimmage is joined by S. Frederick Starr, founding director of the Kennan Institute, for a wide ranging conversation about his memoir Blue Skies: My Life in Many Worlds. Starr reflects on the places and experiences that shaped his scholarly career, the...
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006# - Russian Freedom Lost and Found with Mikhail Zygar
In this episode of The Long View, Michael Kimmage speaks with journalist and author Mikhail Zygar about The Dark Side of the Earth and the human dimensions of the Soviet Union’s collapse. Zygar presents a personal and cultural history of the late Soviet period, highlighting how individual...
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#005 - To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause with Ben Nathans
Historian Ben Nathans joins Michael Kimmage and Maria Lipman to discuss the Soviet dissident movement and the research behind his new book, To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause. The conversation explores how dissidents used law, rights, and decentralized samizdat networks to challenge an...
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#004 - Eisiges Schweigen and Revanche with Michael Thumann and Linda Kinstler
Michael Kimmage speaks with journalist and author Michael Thumann and writer Linda Kinstler about Thumann’s books Eisiges Schweigen and Revanche. The conversation examines the importance of place in journalism, shifts in Russia’s political environment since 2012 and the growing sense of isolation...
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#003 - Chaim Soutine with Celeste Marcus
Michael Kimmage speaks with Celeste Marcus about the life and legacy of Chaim Soutine. The conversation explores Soutine’s childhood in present-day Belarus, his move to Paris and the ways identity, displacement and environment shaped his art. Marcus discusses the energy that defines Soutine’s…
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#002 - Western Businesses and post-Soviet Russia
Western business in post Soviet Russia was full of hope, risk, and hard lessons. Charles Hecker and Thane Gustafson break down what Western companies expected, what they encountered, and how geopolitics shaped everything. They also discuss their new books, Zero Sum and The Perfect Storm, and…
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#001 - Rethinking the History of World War II with Michael David Fox
In this episode, we sit down with historian Michael David-Fox to discuss Crucibles of Power: Smolensk Under Stalinist and Nazi Rule. The conversation goes deep into the historical significance of Smolensk, unpacking how this city became a unique lens for understanding life under two brutal…
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The Long View explores ideas, long-form arguments, and the space where public debate meets rigorous research. The series examines the former Soviet Union and the global policy questions it raises, bringing scholars and practitioners into conversation. Through interviews and discussions, The Long View connects academic insight with real-world relevance, continuing the Kennan Institute’s tradition of clear, accessible analysis.
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