All Episodes
Russian Roulette — 166 episodes
Where Crises Converge: Russia's Role in the Middle East
Putin’s Propaganda Machine in Russian Classrooms (A Russian Language Exclusive)
Russia's Classrooms Face Putin’s Propaganda Machine
How Ukraine Fights: Reflections from the Front Lines feat. Nate Vance
Has the War Come Home to Russia?
Ukraine's Dynamic Defense Sector: Combat Hubs, Air Defense, and Non-Stop Innovation
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