Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Since the end of the Cold War, Carnegie’s Washington-based Russia and Eurasia Program has led the field in providing real-world analysis and practical policy recommendations with particular focus on political developments, foreign policy, arms control and nonproliferation, and economic and social issues.
The war in Ukraine has cemented the Russian-Chinese partnership for the foreseeable future. While focusing all of its efforts to the West, the last thing Russia needs is a confrontation with China.
Russian leaders have historically placed their own ambitions above the rights of ordinary Russians, but it isn’t impossible that a post-Putin Russia could look different.
After strong initial support, Sputnik V’s reception in Mexico has cooled amid growing public relations problems. For now, Russia’s ability to use vaccine diplomacy to boost its soft power and economic ties with Mexico has faltered.
If Russia wants to be influential on the continent, African political and economic leaders should demand more of Moscow, not simply settle for the symbolic diplomatic engagements or agreements at which the Russian leadership excels.
The Russian state is encouraging dehumanization and raising Generation Z: not Zoomers, but disciples of the letter Z, the emblem of Moscow’s war.
With Russia unable to act as key mediator, the countries are looking elsewhere for help.
Weiss is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment, where he oversees research on Russia and Eurasia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
De Waal is a senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, specializing in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region.
Chris Bort is a nonresident scholar with Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program.
Rajan Menon is a nonresident scholar in the Russia and Eurasia Program.
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.
Marie Yovanovitch is a senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.