Russia and Eurasia - Audio Podcast
1) China, the United States, and the Cold War: How Much Damage Can One Historical Analogy Do?
Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, many in Washington foresee a new Cold War between the United States and China. The comparison to the U.S.-Soviet confrontation enjoys remarkable curren...Show More
China, the United States, and the Cold War: How Much Damage Can One Historical Analogy Do?
1:18:56 | Dec 5th, 2019
2) Outlook for Russian Energy & Geopolitics
Tatiana Mitrova (Director of the SKOLKOVO Energy Center in Moscow) joins Nikos Tsafos (CSIS Energy Program) to discuss the outlook for the Russian energy sector. They talk about the outlook for oil an...Show More
3) Sino-Russian Relations: Evolution, Prospects, and Challenges
Since the widening of Russia's rift with the West in 2014, relations between Russia and China have entered a new stage, characterized by a more robust political, military and economic cooperation. In ...Show More
4) Is U.S.-North Korea Normalization Possible? A Russian Perspective
Following decades of confrontation between Washington and Pyongyang, chances for at least a partial normalization appeared to increase last year. However, two summits between Kim Jong Un and Donald Tr...Show More
5) American and Russian Public Opinion
At a time of unprecedented tension in U.S.-Russia relations, understanding why the two countries pursue conflicting foreign policies requires not just a close reading of their political institutions a...Show More
6) China and Russia’s Converging Interests: A Conversation with Alexander Gabuev
This episode examines recent developments in Sino-Russian relations and the effects on the United States. Our guest, Mr. Alexander Gabuev, explains the impetus behind the growing geostrategic and mili...Show More
China and Russia’s Converging Interests: A Conversation with Alexander Gabuev
35:01 | Mar 1st, 2019
7) Russia Abroad
The collapse of the Soviet Union left Russia encircled by weak states and fractured regions. Some of the divisions around Russia’s periphery are legacies of the Soviet Union and Russian Empire. Others...Show More
8) Russia's Policy in Afghanistan
In recent years Russian influence in Afghanistan has grown. This development is striking, since for three decades after the withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1989, Moscow has demonstrated little appetite...Show More
9) Central Asia's Economic Picture
With reports of food shortages in Turkmenistan and deepening economic troubles in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia’s economic situation looks increasingly precarious. Please join us to discuss ...Show More
10) All Things Russia
From sanctions to Russian foreign policy strategy to election interference to possible areas of cooperation with the U.S., Olga Oliker, CSIS Senior Adviser and Director of the Russia-Eurasia Program d...Show More