All Episodes

Shifting Tides in Ukraine - Lawrence Freedman on the Future of the War

War, Inflation, and Putin's Paranoia: has Russian Public Opinion Begun to Shift?

The Ukrainian Defense Industry and Europe’s Untapped Arsenal

The History of Russian Feminism with Julia Ioffe

How the Iran War and the Price of Oil Impact the Kremlin's Calculus

BONUS EPISODE: What the Iran War Means for Russia

Transnational Corruption in Foreign Policy Today

Eric Ciaramella on How Europe Can Arm Ukraine

Four Years of the War in Ukraine (Live Event)

Ukraine's Ongoing Energy Crisis

Thresholds of Survival: The Latest Report on Ukrainian Resistance to Russian Occupation by Jade McGlynn

Adam Entous on U.S.-Ukraine Relations in 2025

Sergey Radchenko on Ukraine Peace Negotiations

The Latest 28-Point Peace Plan for Ukraine

The Increased Level of Repressions Within the Russian Elite

Russian and Ukrainian Battlefield Adaptations with Dara Massicot and Kateryna Bondar

The Impact of New Sanctions and Ukrainian Deep Strikes on the Russian Energy Industry with Clayton Seigle

The 2025 Moldovan Parliamentary Elections

The Russia-India Relationship with Tina Dolbaia and Vasabjit Banerjee

Michael McFaul on Trump, Putin, and Autocrats vs. Democrats

Jade McGlynn with an Update from Ukraine

Max and Maria on the Alaska and White House Peace Summits

Has Putinism Failed? A Conversation with Harley Balzer and Sergei Guriev

Max and Michael Kimmage Catch Up on All Things Russia and Ukraine

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Geopolitics in the South Caucasus

Hanna Notte on What the Israel-Iran War Means for Russia

Bonus Episode: The Russian Wartime Economy (Live Event Recording)

A Battlefield Update from Mike Kofman

The Ukrainian Economy Today with Elina Ribakova

Chokepoints and Economic Warfare with Edward Fishman

The State of Russia-Ukraine Negotiations with Michael Kimmage

Keith Gessen and Bryn Rosenfeld on How We Should Interpret Russian Public Opinion Data About the War in Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine Negotiations: Outlining a U.S. Strategy with Tom Wright

Drones and AI on the Battlefields of Ukraine with Kate Bondar and Sam Bendett

Rose Gottemoeller on Negotiating with Russia

How Trump's Policies on Russia and Ukraine Are Being Received Across the Post-Soviet Space

The War in Ukraine Three Years On

A New Strategy for Containing Russia

Max and Maria on the Start of U.S.-Russian Negotiations Over the War in Ukraine

Lessons from Soviet Foreign Policy with Sergey Radchenko

Russia and the Middle East in 2025

25 Years of Putinism with Sam Greene

The War in Ukraine in 2025 with Michael Kofman

Dara Massicot on Battlefield Developments in Ukraine and the Threat of Escalation

What Will Trump 2.0 Mean for the War in Ukraine?

Sorin Ioniță and Eto Buziashvili on the Pivotal Elections in Moldova and Georgia

Sanctions and the Russian Energy Industry with Ben Cahill and Eddie Fishman

Two Former Central Bankers on Russia's Inflation Problem

Andrea Kendall-Taylor and the Axis of Upheaval

Mike Kofman and Rob Lee on the West’s Aid to Ukraine, and the Debate Over Red Lines and Escalation

Ukraine's Kursk Offensive with Sam Bendett and Mick Ryan

Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan on the Russia-West Prisoner Exchange, Russian Hybrid Warfare, and the Russian Émigré Community Today

Ukrainian Resistance in the Occupied Territories with Jade McGlynn

Dmitri Alperovitch and "World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century"

A Sanctions Update with Eddie Fishman and Sergey Aleksashenko

Understanding the Growing Collaboration Between Russia and Iran

The Recent Anti-Corruption Purge and New Leadership at the Russian Ministry of Defense with Mikhail Zygar and Christopher Davis

"Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability," the latest book by Michael Kimmage

The Ongoing Protests in Georgia and What Is at Stake with Tinatin Japaridze and Eto Buziashvili

Back in Stock? The Latest Report on the Russian Defense Industry from CSIS

A New Investigative Report on the "Havana Syndrome" Phenomenon with Roman Dobrokhotov

Innovations on the Battlefield in Ukraine with Paul Schwartz and Samuel Bendett

Nicolas Véron and the Continued Debate Over Russia's Frozen Central Bank Reserves

Liana Fix and Nikolay Petrov on Russia's March 2024 Presidential Election

The Death of Alexei Navalny with Miriam Lanskoy

Maria's New Book: "When Left Moves Right"

Russian Influence Operations in 2024 with Catherine Belton

Aid to Ukraine and the Future of the War with Michael Kofman

Russia, Ukraine, and the Question of Containment

Maria Reports Back After a Trip to Ukraine

The Ideology of Putinism with Sergei Guriev

Russia and the Global South with Hanna Notte

Russia as a Strategic Threat: Ukraine, NATO, and Beyond Europe

Security Assistance to Ukraine Under Threat

Eric Ciaramella and Ukrainian Security Outside of NATO

Prigozhin's Death, the Ukrainian Counteroffensive, and a Summer Update on Sanctions

An Interview with Rose Gottemoeller: Ukraine, NATO, and the State of the Russian Regime

An Update on the Russian Economy with Elina Ribakova and Sergey Aleksashenko

The Sea in Russian Strategy with Andrew Monaghan and Richard Connolly

Prigozhin's Uprising

"Russia's War" with Jade McGlynn

Russia's Frozen Reserves with Martin Sandbu

Ukraine's Coming Counteroffensive

Escalating Waves of Repression

Sanctions and Russia's Defense Industry

The Russian Elite Today -- with Michael Nacke and Nikolai Petrov

Aliona Verbitskaya and the Rights of Ukrainian POWs

Special Episode: A Conversation with Kakha Gogolashvili on Georgia’s Foreign Agents Law

Empires of Eurasia with Dr. Jeffrey Mankoff

Russia After a Year of War

The War in Ukraine, One Year On

Sino-Russian Military Cooperation

Sanctions and the Russian Economy

Russian Roulette is Back!

Of the State and Future of Russian Journalism and Society – Russian Roulette Episode 118

Of UK-Russia Relations: Its History and Future – Russian Roulette Episode 117

Of Russia’s Climate Gamble and the Northern Sea Route – Russian Roulette Episode 116

Of The Tale of Two Russian Occupations: Georgia and Ukraine – Russian Roulette Episode 115

Of Sino-Russian Military Cooperation: Alliance or Alignment? - Russian Roulette Episode 114

Of Russia’s Arctic Council Chairmanship and Sino-Russian Collaboration in the Arctic - Russian Roulette Episode 113

Of Politics in Moldova and Diversity in Russia and Eurasia Studies Field - Russian Roulette Episode 112

Of the Quad and Russia’s Role in the Indo-Pacific - Russian Roulette Episode 111

Of Russia’s Energy Markets, Transitions, and Future - Russian Roulette Episode 110

Of The Dawn of a New Era in Arms Control?: Extending the New Start Treaty - Russian Roulette Episode 109

Of The End of a Very Long Year for U.S.-Russian Relations - Russian Roulette Episode 108

Of The Cost of Engineering Victory: Russia's September Elections and Impact of Team Navalny - Russian Roulette Episode 107

Of Russia’s Politics of Memory – Russian Roulette Episode 106

Of A ‘Pause’ in the Belarusian “Democratic Revolution” - Russian Roulette Episode 105

Of Russian Influence in Germany - Russian Roulette Episode 104

Of Improvisation and Adaptability in the Russian Military, Part II - Russian Roulette Episode 103

Of Improvisation and Adaptability in the Russian Military, Part I - Russian Roulette Episode 102

Of COVID19 Measures--or lack thereof--in Russia - Russian Roulette Episode 101

Of Coronavirus in Central Asia - Russian Roulette Episode 100

Of Prospects for U.S.-Russia Arms Control - Russian Roulette Episode 99

Of Russia’s Political Transition and its Constitution - Russian Roulette Episode 98

Of Russian’s Moral Dilemmas and Compromises - Russian Roulette Episode 96

Of Russia, U.S., and BRICS - Russian Roulette Episode 95

Of Russian Prospects in the Middle East- Russian Roulette Episode 94

Of Russian Intelligence and Political Emigres - Russian Roulette Episode 93

Of Mirziyoyev’s Uzbekistan- Russian Roulette Episode 92

Of Putin and Global Health: Friend or Foe? - Russian Roulette Episode 91

Of Putin and Xi – Russian Roulette Episode 90

Of a Post-INF World and NATO - Russian Roulette Episode 89

Of Potential Catastrophes and How to Avoid Them - Russian Roulette Episode 88

Of Kyrgyzstan and Political Transitions - Russian Roulette Episode 87

Of Russian Protests (and mailbag questions) – Russian Roulette Episode 86

Of Prospects for U.S.-Russia Relations – Russian Roulette Episode 85

Of Politics in Moldova - Russian Roulette Episode 84

Of Russian Influence in Europe - Russian Roulette Episode 83

Of Translating Russian Fiction - Russian Roulette Episode 82

Of President Zelenskiy - Russian Roulette Episode 81

Of Rogue and Peer Competitors - Russian Roulette Episode 80

Of Putin's World - Russian Roulette Episode 79

Of Law and the Russian State – Russian Roulette Episode 78

Of Fractured Regions – Russian Roulette Episode 77

Of Kazakhstan – Russian Roulette Episode 76

Of Russia and the New Congress – Russian Roulette Episode 75

Of the Day after INF, and Mail – Russian Roulette Episode 74

Of an Old Year (and New Beginnings)

Of Ukraine’s Election Campaign – Russian Roulette Episode 72

Of Famine and Memory in Kazakhstan – Russian Roulette Episode 71

Of Bipartisanship and Bilateral Relations – Russian Roulette Episode 70

Of Sanctions – Russian Roulette Episode 69

Of Russia and the European Far Right – Russian Roulette Episode 68

Of Insecurity In Between – Russian Roulette Episode 67

Of Alexander Litvinenko (and mail) – Russian Roulette Episode 66

Of Grassroots Activism in Russia – Russian Roulette Episode 65

Of Putinism and Codes – Russian Roulette Episode 64

Of Eurasia, in 44 Minutes – Russian Roulette Episode 63

Of Cold War Poland and Today’s Hot Topics - Russian Roulette Episode 62

Of Summitry and Asummitry–Russian Roulette Episode 61

Of Proliferants and Nonproliferants – Russian Roulette Episode 60

Of Russia’s Political Economy, and Grad Students in Basements – Russian Roulette Episode 59

Of Russian Military Reforms from Georgia to Syria – Russian Roulette Episode 58

Of Armaments and Armenia: Russian Roulette Episode 57

Of Reading Russia—And Our Mail - Russian Roulette Episode 56

Of U.S.-Russia Relations and What is to be Done – Russian Roulette Episode 55

Of Gorbachev, and of Writing About Gorbachev – Russian Roulette Episode 54

Of Campaigns, Democracy, and Campaigns for Democracy in Russia – Russian Roulette Episode 53

Of Religion and the State, and Writing About It – Russian Roulette Episode #52