Podcast Episodes

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 …

1 year, 4 months 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…

1 year, 5 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 …

1 year, 5 months 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…

1 year, 5 months 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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1 year, 5 months 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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1 year, 5 months 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, 6 months ago

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Anastasia Likhacheva: Surviving “sanctions from hell”

Episode 18

This week, our guest is Anastasia Likhacheva, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Higher School of Economics in Mos…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Fyodor Lukyanov: What in the world is the “world majority”?

Episode 17

This week, our guest is Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs, Professor at the Higher School of Economics, and Research Direc…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Andrew Roth: A decade of reporting from Russia

Episode 16

This week, our guest is Andrew Roth, Global Affairs Correspondent at The Guardian. We discuss the twists and turns of Andrew’s ten-year career as a r…

1 year, 6 months ago

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