Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAnastasia 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 ago
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 ago
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 ago
ZHOU Bo: How many military bases does Beijing need?
Episode 15
This week, our guest is Zhou Bo, a retired senior colonel in the PLA and a senior fellow in the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsi…
1 year, 1 month ago
Philani Mthembu: South Africa’s attitudes toward Russia, China, and BRICS
Episode 14
This week, our guest is Philani Mthembu, Executive Director at the Institute for Global Dialogue in Pretoria. We discuss the South African perspectiv…
1 year, 1 month ago
Dmitry Stefanovich: Nuclear deterrence during the war in Ukraine
Episode 13
This week, our guest is Dmitry Stefanovich, a research fellow at the Center for International Security at the Russian Academy of Sciences. We discuss…
1 year, 1 month ago
Daniel Bessner: The last days of liberal empire?
Episode 12
This week, our guest is Daniel Bessner, Associate Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the…
1 year, 2 months ago
ZHANG Xin: How real is Russia’s pivot to China?
Episode 11
This week, our guest is Zhang Xin, Deputy Director of the Center for Russian Studies at East China Normal University. We discuss the history of Russi…
1 year, 3 months ago
Akram Umarov: Central Asia between Russia and China
Episode 10
This week, our guest is Akram Umarov, First Vice Rector at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy and Deputy Director of the Institute for Adv…
1 year, 3 months ago
Vladimir Pozner, Russian-American Journalist
Episode 10
This week, our guest is Vladimir Pozner, a renowned Russian-American journalist. We discuss Pozner’s childhood in Paris, New York, and Berlin in the …
1 year, 4 months ago