Throughout the war, many people have been skeptical about how long Ukrainian society could hold up before inevitably collapsing under Russian pressure. After three full years of war, there are no signs of discord or the looming collapse of the unity of the Ukrainian people. After his public dressing-down by Trump in the Oval Office, Zelensky’s popularity only increased. But is the real picture more nuanced than this? What processes are unfolding right now inside Ukraine?
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by his colleague Sergey Vakulenko, a senior fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, to discuss how the latest U.S. intervention in Venezuela and control of its oil will affect Russia and its reputation as a patron saint for other regimes aligning themselves against the United States.
Following Vladimir Putin’s state visit to India, podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Pankaj Saran, former Indian ambassador to Moscow and convenor at NatStrat, to discuss India’s position amid China’s growing influence, U.S. tariffs, and Russian aggression.
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Ekaterina Schulmann, a non-resident senior fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, the German ambassador to Russia, at the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum to discuss the last thirty years of Russian history and how freedom turned into dictatorship and war.
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Elizaveta Fokht, a BBC Russian Service special correspondent, to discuss how Russia tried and failed to win over Trump.
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Edward Fishman, a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, to discuss the new U.S. sanctions targeting Russia’s two largest crude producers.