Carnegie Politika

What kind of threat will Russia pose over the next decade? Join us online Wednesday 4/15 at 1:15 pm EDT for a panel discussion to launch @CarnegieEndow’s new initiative on The Future of Russian Power: carnegieendowment.org/events/2026/04…

What are the prospects for renewed strategic arms control between the United States and Russia? Listen to the latest Carnegie Politika podcast episode, with @AlexGabuev and @Gottemoeller: carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia…

Metropolitan Shio, the front-runner to succeed Ilia II as head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, is prone to harsh anti-Western rhetoric, which raises fears that the GOC will become an instrument of ultraconservative ideology, writes Bashir Kitachaev: carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia…

"Lukashenko knows that the clock is ticking: he must squeeze as much out of the Trump administration as he can before U.S. congressional elections in November," writes @A_Shraibman of the ever-intensifying dialogue between Minsk and Washington. carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia…

Eric Green explores how reimagining the Poland-Ukraine partnership could accelerate Kyiv’s westward alignment and improve the security of both countries: carnegieendowment.org/research/2026/…

How does Putin benefit from the Iran war? I joined The Sanctions age podcast to break it down — from the oil price windfall to sanctions erosion. 🎧

Moldova’s new reintegration plan was drawn up to demonstrate to Brussels that Chișinău is serious about the Transnistria issue—and to get the West to react, Vladimir Solovyov argues in his article: carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia…

NEW EPISODE: On the lastest edition of The Sanctions Age, Josefine Petrick is joined by @amenka, one of the best observers of the Russian economy, to discuss how the Iran war is giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a much-needed fiscal boost. Although the fighting is occurring in two different theaters, the wars in Iran and Ukraine may be converging. Rising prices for oil and fertilizer are shifting the trajectory of the Russian economy, which had recently showed signs of a slowdown in the face of Western sanctions. Listen here: thesanctionsage.com/p/how-putin-be…

What are the risks and opportunities for Central Asia from the Iran war? How is the region navigating Trump’s volatility? Listen to the latest Carnegie Politika podcast episode with @AlexGabuev and @TUmarov here: carnegieendowment.org/podcasts/carne…

"The Kremlin expects to not only profit from rising fertilizer prices, but also exact revenge for the collapse of the 2023 grain deal." Read @amenka's analysis here: carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia…

"The history of Telegram’s relations with the Russian state offers a salutary lesson for international platforms that believe they can reach a compromise with the Kremlin." Maria Kolomychenko looks at the blocking of Russia's main messaging app: carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia…

"Talankin and Borenstein’s Oscar-winning film “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” is a unique inside look at a regime that threatens the world and has killed thousands of people in its neighboring country." Read Ekaterina Barabash's review here: carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia…

Moscow is the major beneficiary from the disruption that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is causing to global energy trade, argues @SergeyVakulenk0. carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia…

How should you interpret Putin’s reaction to Khamenei’s killing? Does Putin really fear Trump? And what’s the state of Russia-Ukraine negotiations? Find the answers in a new video interview with @Baunov: youtube.com/watch?v=EQPaUA…

"The current U.S. indifference to human rights means Astana no longer has any incentive to refuse extradition requests from its authoritarian neighbors—including Russia." @TUmarov on the deportation of political activists from Kazakhstan: carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia…

"It’s disingenuous to criticize a film for simplifying Russia’s complexities when Russia is waging a brutally simple war of aggression against its neighbor," @baunov answers the critics of the Oscar-winning film “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”. carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia…

🎧NEW EPISODE of the Carnegie Politika podcast: @AlexGabuev, @NicoleGrajewski, and @SergeyVakulenk0 discuss what the war in Iran means for Moscow. How does it affect Russian influence in the region, and its position on global energy markets? carnegieendowment.org/podcasts/carne…

The Iran war coverage focuses on oil. The slower, more consequential story is fertilizers. A near-shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz is triggering a supply shock that will show up in food prices 6-9 months from now. Putin's gains here may be more long-term than simply lining his pockets with petrodollars

Russia and Iran have close ties, culminating in a major treaty last year. But as the war in Iran continues, Russia has largely “stood idly by” -- why? @AlexGabuev, @NicoleGrajewski, and @SergeyVakulenk0 explained, for @ForeignAffairs: foreignaffairs.com/russia/why-rus…

The war in Iran, now in its third week, has had serious regional consequences. That puts Armenia and Azerbaijan “on the front line of regional instability,” writes Zaur Shiriyev. Read here: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2026/…