KennanX Podcast
1) Russia’s Security Approach to Public Health
Russia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that the Kremlin’s approach to public health is inextricable from its national security goals. Jill Dougherty and Nataliya Shok discuss the evol...Show More
2) How to Declassify National Security Secrets
The National Security Archive at George Washington University is the largest independent non-government collection of declassified US documents and a goldmine of primary resources for scholars of US-R...Show More
3) Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin with Ivan Grek
“Is Putin insane?” Vladimir Putin's speeches can offer insight into the Kremlin’s political thought patterns and intentions, but they are often misunderstood. Jill Dougherty sits down with Ivan Grek, ...Show More
4) Influence Operations and Russia’s Vision of the Future
Russia is determined that its war in Ukraine will shape the outlines of the future world order, and it’s using influence operations to ensure the outcome will be in Russia’s favor. Washington Post int...Show More
5) Tracing the Red Thread to Russia with Ambassador John Beyrle
Jill Dougherty sits down with former US Ambassador to Russia and Bulgaria John R. Beyrle to discuss their shared foundational experiences in Soviet Russia, including as US exchange students in then-Le...Show More
6) Georgia's Democratic Vision with Tinatin Khidasheli
Ukraine isn’t the only country that’s fighting Russian influence for its democratic future. Tinatin Khidasheli, Georgia’s first female minister of defense and current Chairperson at Civic IDEA (Initia...Show More
7) Surviving a Political Poisoning with Natalia Arno
A shocking number of Kremlin opponents have been left dead or permanently injured from poisonings. During a trip to Prague in May 2023, Free Russia Foundation President and Founder Natalia Arno became...Show More
8) Changing Russia’s Future with Zhanna Nemtsova
Jill Dougherty sits down with Zhanna Nemtsova to discuss her work with the Boris Nemtsov Foundation, which Zhanna founded in 2015 in Germany after her father’s assassination, and the generational gaps...Show More
9) Estonia on the Edge: A Conversation with Ambassador Jonatan Vseviov
Jonatan Vseviov, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Estonian Ambassador to the US, joins Jill Dougherty to discuss what it means to conduct foreign policy for a country th...Show More
10) Russian Cuisine and Conflict with Darra Goldstein
Food scholar and author Darra Goldstein joins Jill Dougherty to discuss her new book, The Kingdom of Rye: A Brief History of Russian Food. They cover the origins and histories of many classic Russian ...Show More