After Putin’s Visit to China, What Next?
Putin’s Russia has always been China’s pragmatic junior partner while trying to balance its dependency on Beijing, but since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the relationship has become ever m...
21 Touko 30min
Is NATO Misreading Putin’s Risk Appetite?
As the conflict between the West and Putin’s Russia escalates without guardrails, would the Kremlin dare to launch a military incursion into NATO territory in coming years? With the mercurial Donald T...
7 Touko 57min
Will There Be a New Pro-Russia Force in Europe After Orban?
Viktor Orban was one of the most prominent Russia supporters in Europe, blocking aid to Ukraine and trying to soften EU sanctions against Russia. Now that he is gone, will there be a drastic change in...
23 Huhti 35min
What’s the Future of U.S.-Russia Arms Control?
On February 5, the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia, the New START, expired. Absent this or a similar agreement, the world is a more dangerous place—part...
9 Huhti 39min
How Is Central Asia Weathering the Iran War?
Central Asia’s countries have been the focus of increased attention since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. They have been involved in parallel imports, feeding the Kremlin’s w...
26 Maalis 40min
How Is the Iran War Affecting Russia? With Nicole Grajewski and Sergey Vakulenko
At the center of the new war in the Middle East is one of Russia’s most important partners in its struggle against the West: Iran. Despite strategic agreements with Tehran, Moscow is not bound by a tr...
12 Maalis 31min
How the South Caucasus Is Navigating a Turbulent World
Following the initiation of a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan last summer, there is still a long way to go before the conclusion of a formal agreement and sustainable peace in the regio...
26 Helmi 37min
What to Expect From the Russian Economy in 2026
The Russian economy has been under intense pressure from sanctions, the demands of war, and structural challenges. Still, it isn’t collapsing, despite predictions and wishful thinking on the part of t...
12 Helmi 26min
