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Alexander Gabuev
Alexander Gabuev
Alexander Gabuev
Director, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center
Alexander Gabuev

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Alexander Gabuev is director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center where he leads a renowned team of analysts who were formerly part of the Carnegie Moscow Center, which was forced to close by the Kremlin in early 2022 after nearly three decades of operation.

Gabuev’s own research is focused on Russian foreign policy with particular focus on the impact of the war in Ukraine and the Sino-Russia relationship. Since joining Carnegie in 2015, Gabuev has contributed commentary and analysis to a wide range of publications, including the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Economist.

Gabuev began his career as a journalist.  He was a member of the editorial board of Kommersant and served as deputy editor in chief of Kommersant-Vlast, which at the time was one of Russia’s most influential newsweeklies. Gabuev started his career at Kommersant in 2007 working as a senior diplomatic reporter, as a member of the Kremlin press corps, and as deputy foreign editor for Kommersant.

Gabuev has previously worked as a nonresident visiting research fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and taught courses on Chinese energy policy and political culture at Moscow State University. In April-June 2018, Gabuev was a visiting scholar at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) where he taught courses on Sino-Russian relations. Gabuev is a Munich Young Leader of Munich Security Conference.

He is fluent in English, Mandarin, and German.


education
MA, Stock Markets and Investments, Higher School of Economics (2013), MA, Chinese History, Moscow State University (2009), BA, Chinese History, Moscow State University (2007)
languages
Chinese, English, German, Russian

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Türkiye, the EU, and Transatlantic Relations in a New Global Setting
October 22, 2024
2:30 PM — 4:00 PM EDT

In a series of four new cross-cutting studies, Carnegie scholars and affiliates examine Türkiye’s policy orientations and their impact on the United States, and by extension, the transatlantic partnership.

How Serious a Threat Is Russia’s New Nuclear Doctrine?

Russia’s nuclear shield insures it against NATO’s large-scale involvement in the war in Ukraine, but below that threshold, the West is doing more and more to support its Ukrainian allies, leaving the Kremlin facing the difficult question of how to restore the effectiveness of its deterrent.

· October 3, 2024
Unbalancing Act. What the 2025 Budget Says About the Russian Economy

Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, and by Alexander Kolyandr, a financial analyst and non-resident senior scholar at the Center for European Policy Analysis, to discuss the state budget for 2025/26 and the prospects of the Russian economy in coming years.

In The Media
in the media
The Battle for the BRICS

Rather than bemoaning the emergence of the BRICS, the West should court those member states that have a stake in making sure that the grouping does not become an overtly anti-Western outfit intent on undermining the global order.

· September 24, 2024
Foreign Affairs
In The Media
in the media
Why Russians are Still Backing Putin

A mix of propaganda, payouts and prison are keeping the Russian population quiet.

· September 12, 2024
The Rachman Review (FT)
In The Media
in the media
Inside the Rar-Right Blueprint for Germany’s Eurasian Future

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is surging, with breakthroughs in regional and EU-wide elections. Party leader Alice Weidel says her goal is national power, eyeing the 2029 federal elections.

· September 6, 2024
DW News
In The Media
in the media
The World After the West: Sasha Gabuev and Mikhail Komin on Russia’s Role in International Organizations

A discussion on how Russia’s involvement in international organisations is impacting its strategic regional interests  

· September 6, 2024
Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes (ECFR)
How Are Russia and Ukraine Adapting to the Kursk Incursion?

Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Dara Massicot, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, and independent researcher Alexey Gusev to discuss the unprecedented turn of events at the frontline following Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region.

In The Media
in the media
Putin Thinks he Can Still Win a War of Attrition in Ukraine

Fighting will drag on while the prospects for diplomacy remain slim.

· September 5, 2024
Financial Times
NATO at 75: Ukraine, Russia, and the Future of European Security

Carnegie Politika podcast host Alexander Gabuev is joined by prominent historian Mary Elise Sarotte to discuss the past, present and future of NATO and European security amid the war in Ukraine.

  • Alexander Gabuev
  • Mary Sarotte
· July 25, 2024