Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Even before Makei’s sudden death, it was hard to see how Minsk could ever return to its multi-vector foreign policy as long as Lukashenko remains in power, not to mention while the fighting rages in Ukraine.
It might seem that for Iran, the West’s attempt to isolate Russia is a good opportunity to fill the resulting market gaps. In practice, however, it only creates new problems.
Russian society longs for a return to stability, but that is impossible under Putin, who now wants to be an operator for global instability.
In the eyes of the elite, Lukashenko no longer guarantees stability or solves their problems. On the contrary, he is increasingly a source of problems in his own right.
Putin’s immersion in the “masses” is becoming dangerous. His vocabulary and behavior are growing increasingly marginal, and the communication style of other high-ranking officials will in turn inevitably become marginalized too.
As one of the BRICS founders, Brazil’s new president will oppose pitting the BRICS against the West.
Baunov is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Chris Bort is a nonresident scholar with Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program.
Eric Ciaramella is a senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His work focuses on Ukraine and Russia.
Ambassador Collins was the U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001 and is an expert on the former Soviet Union, its successor states, and the Middle East.
De Waal is a senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, specializing in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region.
Gabuev is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Kolesnikov is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Rajan Menon is a nonresident scholar in the Russia and Eurasia Program and director of the Grand Strategy Program at Defense Priorities.
Anna Ohanyan is a nonresident senior scholar in the Russia and Eurasia Program.
Philip Remler is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Rumer, a former national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the U.S. National Intelligence Council, is a senior fellow and the director of Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program.
Samorukov is a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Artyom Shraibman is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Richard Sokolsky is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program. His work focuses on U.S. policy toward Russia in the wake of the Ukraine crisis.
Tatiana Stanovaya is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Paul Stronski is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program, where his research focuses on the relationship between Russia and neighboring countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
Temur Umarov is an expert on China and Central Asia, and a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Weiss is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment, where he oversees research on Russia and Eurasia.
Marie Yovanovitch is a senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.