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Carnegie Politika Podcast

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Russia
Ukraine
Russian Economy
NATO
Moldova
Nuclear Weapons
Vladimir Putin
War In Ukraine
Military Expenditures
Alexey Navalny
European Union
Donald Trump
Sanctions
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Belarus
Isis-K
Dara Massicot
United States
North Korea
Cold War

The Carnegie Politika Podcast delivers world-class analysis on what’s happening in Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia. Every month, Russia expert Alexander Gabuev talks to Carnegie scholars and regional analysts on the ground to respond to emerging regional trends, the future of Russian geopolitics, and how the region is shaping the world.

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India and Russia have a mutually beneficial relationship going back decades, and since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, India’s strategic importance for Russia has grown considerably. This hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Trump administration, which h... more

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 s... more

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After recent failures to bring the Kremlin to the negotiating table to end the war in Ukraine, Trump has adopted a new approach to Putin, taking the significant step of sanctioning Russia’s two biggest oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil, while also de... more

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Recent Guests

Pankaj Saran
Former Ambassador to Moscow and Deputy National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Modi
NatStrat
Episode: Navigating the U.S.-Russia Standoff: India’s Foreign Policy, With Pankaj Saran
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff
German ambassador to Russia
German Government
Episode: What Went Wrong in Russia? Russian Imperialism, With Ekaterina Schulmann and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff
Ekaterina Schulmann
Non-resident senior fellow at Carnegie Russia
Carnegie Russia
Episode: What Went Wrong in Russia? Russian Imperialism, With Ekaterina Schulmann and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff
Elizaveta Fokht
BBC Russian service special correspondent covering Russian domestic and foreign policy.
BBC Russian Service
Episode: How Russian Diplomacy Lost Trump, With Elizaveta Fokht
Edward Fishman
Senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University and author of Chalk Points
Center on Global Energy Policy
Episode: The Collapse of the Oil Empire? New U.S. Sanctions Against Russia, With Edward Fishman
Robert Zoellick
Former President of the World Bank and an advocate for utilizing Russian assets to support Ukraine
Carnegie Endowment Board of Trustees
Episode: How to Handle Russia’s Frozen Assets in the EU, With Robert Zoellick
Sergey Vakulenko
One of the world's leading authorities on the Russian energy sector
Episode: Putin’s War Engine: How Healthy is Russia’s Oil and Gas Industry? With Sergey Vakulenko
Sergey Radchenko
Historian and Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Episode: Better Than Ever? Russia-China Relations, with Sergey Radchenko
Nate Reynolds
Senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former U.S. government analyst
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Episode: What Was That? The NATO Summit 2025, with Nathaniel Reynolds

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Alexander Gabuev
Director of Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin

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What Went Wrong in Russia? Russian Imperialism, With Ekaterina Schulmann and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff
Q: What's your assessment of how the two parts of the Russian society are cohesive?
As long as there is a shared information space, a conversation will exist between Russians in exile and those inside the country, despite restrictions.
What Went Wrong in Russia? Russian Imperialism, With Ekaterina Schulmann and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff
Q: What changed Russia's trajectory to become more aggressive?
The elites have gradually sacrificed their freedoms and democratic gains for the sake of political stability and personal gain, leading to increased authoritarianism and aggression.
Putin’s War Engine: How Healthy is Russia’s Oil and Gas Industry? With Sergey Vakulenko
Q: Can you explain the significance of the recent deals between Russia and China regarding energy?
While there are new agreements on energy, they lack crucial details like pricing and timelines, which complicates the reliability of these partnerships.
Putin’s War Engine: How Healthy is Russia’s Oil and Gas Industry? With Sergey Vakulenko
Q: How is the drop in oil prices affecting the Russian economy?
The drop in oil prices has led to government spending cuts and reduced living standards in Russia, impacting the overall economy significantly.
Better Than Ever? Russia-China Relations, with Sergey Radchenko
Q: How does the war in Ukraine impact the Russia-China relationship?
The Chinese are cautious about overextending their influence in the conflict as they want to maintain a good relationship with Russia, recognizing they have leverage, but prefer to use it conservatively to avoid a fallout with Moscow.

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