Dara Massicot is a senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her work focuses on defense and security issues in Russia and Eurasia.
Prior to joining Carnegie, Massicot was a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and senior analyst for Russian military capabilities at the Department of Defense. She has published extensively on Russian military capabilities, modernization efforts, and strategy, and is a preeminent expert on the Russo-Ukrainian War.
She holds an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College, and B.A.s in Russian Language and Literature and Peace, War, and Defense from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Russia is making advances toward Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, and it's continuing to make small but important gains along the front lines. Ukraine is struggling with a shortage of troops and ammunition, and this summer could be pivotal if Ukraine isn't able to stop the Russian offensive.
Ukraine faces its most difficult moment on the battlefield since the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion. U.S. aid is finally on its way after Congress’s months long delay, but will it be enough to help Ukrainian forces stabilize their positions?
Amid a new advance by Russian forces, Zelensky faces enormous challenges in marshalling the equipment and the manpower necessary to keep them at bay.
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.
Isaac Kardon joins Sophia to dive into the rising tensions in the South China Sea and the geopolitics of China's maritime disputes.
Dara Massicot sits down with Sophia to unpack the war effort in Ukraine.
A discussion about how Vladimir Putin's reelection impacts the war in Ukraine.
A discussion on what could happen if Ukraine loses its war against Russia.
Two years after Russia’s invasion, Ukraine and its Western supporters are at a critical decision point and face a fundamental question: How can further Russian advances on the battlefield be stopped, and then reversed?
A discussion on what kind of long-term strategy will bring success for Ukraine against the far bigger and better-equipped Russian forces.
