What is the reason for the sudden change of heart in U.S. policy on Russia under the Trump administration? One theory is that Donald Trump is trying to lure Russia out of China’s sphere of influence and drive a wedge between Moscow and Beijing, a move described by some as a “reverse Kissinger.” How accurate is that theory, and does the U.S. administration have the instruments needed to pry China and Russia apart?
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Tatiana Mikhailova, an economist and visiting assistant professor at Penn State University, to make sense of the trade war initiated by Washington.
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Balazs Jarabik, an alumnus of the Carnegie Endowment and former head of the political analysis and coordination department at the EU’s advisory mission to Ukraine, to discuss the situation inside the war-torn country as the U.S. embarks on separate talks with Russia and Ukraine.
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Felicia Schwartz, defense and foreign policy correspondent for the Financial Times, and Eric Green, a senior non-resident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, to discuss the sudden pivot in U.S. foreign policy and the latest developments in U.S.-Russia talks and the war in Ukraine.
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Sophia Besch, a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, to discuss Europe’s role in supporting Ukraine, German defense policy, and the future of Germany’s relationship with Russia amid the upcoming Bundestag elections.