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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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In The Media
in the media
Russia Is Trying to Put a Price Tag on Nato’s Involvement in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin is seeking reckless new ways to impose costs on the US and its allies

· July 7, 2024
Financial Times
Arc of Instability: How to Survive as an “In-Between” European State

Carnegie Politika podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Carnegie Europe's director Rosa Balfour and senior fellow Tom de Waal to discuss Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, and Serbia, which find themselves caught between Russia and the EU.

Putin and Kim
What's Happening Between Russia and North Korea?

Carnegie Politika podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Andrei Lankov, a professor at Kookmin University in Seoul, to discuss the outcome of Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent visit to North Korea.

In The Media
in the media
Why China Is Sabotaging Ukraine

Beijing Has No Interest in a Peace Agreement It Can’t Help Broker

· June 14, 2024
Foreign Affairs
What Impact Will Russia's New Defense Minister Have in Ukraine?

Carnegie Politika podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Alexandra Prokopenko, a fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia, and Dara Massicot, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, to discuss the future of the war in Ukraine and Russia's economic stability following Moscow's government reshuffle.

In The Media
in the media
The West Doesn’t Understand How Much Russia Has Changed

Never since the fall of the Soviet Union has Russia been so distant from Europe.

· May 15, 2024
The New York Times
In The Media
in the media
Xi Jinping Has Learned a Lot From the War in Ukraine

One lesson is that China needs to prepare for a long conflict because the West lacks staying power.

· May 6, 2024
Wall Street Journal
podcast
Is Putin Prioritizing Regime Survival Over Fighting Terrorism?

Carnegie Politika podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Mark Galeotti, director of Mayak Intelligence, and Vera Mironova, an associate fellow at Harvard's Davis Center, to discuss the consequences of the March 22 terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall and its consequences for regime stability.

· April 22, 2024
podcast
Is Western Apathy Trapping Belarus in Russia’s Embrace?

Carnegie Politika podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Artyom Shraibman, a non-resident fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, to discuss his new paper for Carnegie Endowment, “Getting Off the Back Foot: Guiding Principles for a Proactive Western Strategy on Belarus.”

Podcast: Is Western Apathy Trapping Belarus in Russia's Embrace?

Carnegie Politika podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Artyom Shraibman, a non-resident fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, to discuss his new paper for Carnegie Endowment, "Getting Off the Back Foot: Guiding Principles for a Proactive Western Strategy on Belarus."