For many, the recent victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election looks like a clear win for the Kremlin. Trump has promised to stop the war in Ukraine swiftly—presumably on terms more favorable to Moscow than to Kyiv. But does the president-elect really have what it takes to convince Moscow to stop its relentless assault on Ukraine? What steps does he need to take to attempt to secure the promised peace deal? What will happen if those efforts fail?
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Eric Ciaramella, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia program, to discuss potential peace talks on Ukraine and what it would take to reach a deal.
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Sergey Vakulenko, a prominent expert on Russia’s shadow fleet, oil trade, and sanctions evasion, and a senior fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center; and Tatiana Mitrova, another sought after expert on the energy market, Russian oil and transportation, and a research fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy, to discuss Russia's energy sector, sanctions, global trade and more.
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Nicole Grajewski, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Hanna Notte, director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center, to unpack the sudden fall of Assad’s regime and what it means for Russia to lose its stronghold in the Middle East.
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by James Acton, co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to discuss Russia’s updated nuclear doctrine, the strike on Dnipro using the experimental Oreshnik missile, and the possibility of new strategic arms agreements between Russia and the US.