Tag: Carnegie Moscow Center

The Coming Deluge: Russia’s Looming Lost Decade of Unpaid Bills and Economic Stagnation (Andrei Kolesnikov, Denis Volkov, Carnegie Moscow Center)

With all the problems facing the Russian economy, many are wondering how the government will respond. As Moscow finally wakes up to the reality...

Podcast: What’s the Kremlin’s Strategy on the European Energy Crunch? (Alexander Gabuev, Sergei Kapitonov, Katja Yafimava, Carnegie Moscow Center)

Podcast host Alexander Gabuev is joined by Katja Yafimava, a senior research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and Sergei Kapitonov, a...

Russian Foreign Policy: Shifting Gears (Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center)

President Vladimir Putin often makes statements on foreign policy. Just last month, he spent several hours discussing world affairs at the annual Valdai Club...

What Does China’s Isolation Mean for Ties With Russia? (Yaroslav Shevchenko, Carnegie Moscow Center)

When the devastating wave of the pandemic was only just rising over Europe and the United States in March 2020, China had already declared victory over...

One Year On: Russia and the South Caucasus After the Karabakh War (Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center)

Recent fresh clashes on the Armenian-Azeri border have highlighted the harsh reality: the Second Karabakh War has changed the status quo, but failed to...

Can COP26 Clear the Air Between Russia and the West? (Alexander Baunov, Carnegie Moscow Center)

The COP26 summit on climate change in Glasgow was an attempt to write global climate rules with which everyone—or almost everyone—will agree. The fight...

After COP26: Russia’s Path to the Global Green Future (Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center)

At the COP26 UN climate change summit that ended last week, Russia was noted mainly for President Vladimir Putin’s decision not to attend in...

The EU’s Latest Migrant Crisis: Will Belarus Get Its Way? (Maxim Samorukov, Carnegie Moscow Center)

Images of crowds of refugees and migrants at EU borders may be a common occurrence, but there’s something very different about the current scenes...

Russia-Belarus Integration: Why Moscow Gained So Little (Maxim Samorukov, Carnegie Moscow Center)

For three years, relations between Russia and Belarus revolved around talks on three dozen integration programs, but when the two countries finally signed the...

Moldova’s Gas Crisis and Its Lessons for Europe (Katja Yafimava, Carnegie Moscow Center)

Moldova’s recent gas crisis, which left supplies in jeopardy for several weeks ahead of the winter until a new contract was agreed with Russia’s...

How Long Will the Russia–Moldova Gas Truce Last? (Stanislav Secrieru, Carnegie Moscow Center)

The latest round in the gas battle between Russia and Moldova appears to be at an end. At the eleventh hour, the two sides...

Putin’s Labyrinth: Career Stagnation in Russia’s Corridors of Power (Andrey Pertsev, Carnegie Moscow Center)

Enough time has passed since September’s State Duma elections to be able to say with confidence that unlike previous elections, they have not led...

How the Arms Control Approach Could Help Russia Tackle Climate Change (Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center)

The energy crunch in Europe; the knee-jerk accusations of Russia having engineered it to win early approval of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline;...

The Impact of Sino-American Rivalry on Russia’s Relations With China (Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center)

The world’s three foremost geopolitical players and leading military powers of the day—the United States of America, the People’s Republic of China, and the...

Why Russia Officially Broke With NATO (Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center)

Russia’s decision to end diplomatic engagement with NATO should have been a nonevent. Responding to NATO’s decision to expel a number of Russian military officers serving at Moscow’s mission...

Russia-Japan Relations: Were Abe’s Efforts In Vain? (Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center)

One year after the end of Shinzo Abe’s long period of leadership, Japan has a new prime minister once again. The greatest foreign policy...