Podcast Episodes

Samuel Charap: Russia Policy in Retrospect

Episode 28

Samuel Charap, Distinguished Chair in Russia and Eurasia Policy at RAND, joins us to discuss US policy toward Russia since 2008, the war in Ukraine, …

9 months, 1 week ago

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Maksim Suchkov: What Does Russia Want?

Episode 27

Maksim Suchkov, Director of the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO University in Moscow, joins us to discuss direct Russia-Ukraine talks, US…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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Emma Ashford: Where do American interests end?

Episode 26

What is a foreign policy of restraint? Are the Anglosphere and Western Hemisphere key to American interests? Will the transatlantic alliance endure? …

10 months, 1 week ago

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Da Wei: Will the US and China Decouple or Rebalance?

Episode 25

Da Wei, Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University in Beijing, joins us to discuss tariffs, the prospects …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

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Robert Agee: An American Businessman in Moscow

Episode 24

Robert Agee, President of AmCham Russia, joins us to discuss American business in Russia since the 90s, who left and how after the start of the war i…

11 months ago

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Dynkin and Voitolovsky: Welcome to Washington

Episode 23

Alexander Dynkin and Feodor Voitolovsky, President and Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations at the Russian Academy …

11 months, 1 week ago

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The Trialogue Live: April 8, 2025

Episode 22

This episode is a recording of a live event held online on April 8. Lanxin Xiang, Andrey Kortunov, and Emma Ashford joined me to discuss the state of…

11 months, 1 week ago

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Reinhard Krumm: How Boxed In is Berlin?

Episode 21

Reinhard Krumm of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung joins us to discuss Germany’s reversal on Russia and a new American Ostpolitik.

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00:54 What …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Christopher Caldwell: The Right since Reagan

Episode 20

Writer Christopher Caldwell joins us to discuss the legacy of Ronald Reagan, the rise of a “New Right,” and the fate of the West.

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

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Zhao Long: Is Beijing Worried about US-Russia Rapprochement?

Episode 19

This week, our guest is Zhao Long, Deputy Director of the Institute for Global Strategic and Security Studies at the Shanghai Institute for Internati…

1 year ago

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