Dara Massicot on Battlefield Developments in Ukraine and the Threat of Escalation
Updates on the efforts of both sides to make gains on the battlefield, along with the current risks of escalation heading into 2025.
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Dara Massicot
Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program
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Dara Massicot is a senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her work focuses on defense and security issues in Russia and Eurasia.
Prior to joining Carnegie, Massicot was a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and senior analyst for Russian military capabilities at the Department of Defense. She has published extensively on Russian military capabilities, modernization efforts, and strategy, and is a preeminent expert on the Russo-Ukrainian War.
She holds an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College, and B.A.s in Russian Language and Literature and Peace, War, and Defense from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Long-range Missiles Can ‘Alleviate’ Pressure but Not a ‘Game-changer’ for Ukraine
A conversation about President Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range American missiles inside Russia.
Ukraine Research Trip Notes: Fall 2024, Part 2
A conversation about the state of the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine Research Trip Notes: Fall 2024, Part 1
A conversation about the changing situation in Ukraine.
· November 6, 2024
War on the Rocks’ The Russia Contingency with Michael Kofman
Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Where Are We Headed?
September 17, 2024
Join Aaron David Miller as he engages in conversation with Carnegie’s own Dara Massicot and Eric Ciaramella to discuss the state of the war in Ukraine and its future.
Russia’s War Against Ukraine: Where Are We Headed?
Dara Massicot and Eric Ciaramella join Aaron David Miller to discuss Ukraine's Kursk offensive and what this means for the future of Russia's war against Ukraine.
· September 17, 2024
Russian Military Reconstitution: 2030 Pathways and Prospects
As the Kremlin’s antagonism toward Ukraine and the West sharpens, it will be critically important for policymakers and warfighters to anticipate, monitor, and respond to Russia’s military reconstitution progress in the years ahead.
· September 12, 2024
How Are Russia and Ukraine Adapting to the Kursk Incursion?
Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Dara Massicot, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, and independent researcher Alexey Gusev to discuss the unprecedented turn of events at the frontline following Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region.
· September 6, 2024
Russia's Post-War Military Recruiting Strategy
A discussion on how Russian will recruit the next generation of professional enlisted soldiers and officers.
Kyiv's Incursion into Kursk 'Shows that Ukraine Understands the Russians,' Says Defense Expert
A conversation about the state of the battlefield in Ukraine and Russia.
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