In this episode of Russian Roulette, Olya and Jeff sit down with Steven Pifer. Ambassador Pifer, a non-resident senior fellow at Brookings, is also a former State Department official who, among other things, served as ambassador to Ukraine. 

In this special edition of Russian Roulette, we’re extremely pleased to sit down with Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. We caught the VPM following a public event at CSIS (which we link to, below). We...

Ukraine’s headline-grabbers usually center around macroeconomic stability, corruption, and the ongoing conflict in the East. For the last year, however, an important linchpin of reform – the health sector – has been the subject of intense new development and debate....

With its strategic position between the Middle East and Europe, Turkey plays a crucial role in regional geopolitics. Turkey’s aspirations to become an energy hub, particularly for natural gas, would grow its influence with its neighbors and could impact the relationship...

CSIS Europe expert Heather Conley explains what happened to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party and what the results mean for Brexit. She also analyzes recent elections in France and the Netherlands and looks ahead to the upcoming vote in Germany.

On this bonus episode of Russian Roulette, Olga chats with Boris Toucas, a Visiting Fellow with the CSIS Europe Program, about French-Russian relations and the implications of the upcoming presidential election for that relationship and Europe more broadly.
 

Recent large natural gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean present both an opportunity and challenge for a region that needs to meet growing demand but is hindered by regional conflicts and instability. 

John-Arne Røttingen is the interim CEO for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, more commonly referred to as “CEPI.” Prior to assuming this role, he served as the Director of the Division of Infectious Disease Control at the Norwegian Institute of Public...

In this first episode of “Ties that Bind,” Andrew Shearer sits down with Heather Conley, CSIS senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic, and director, Europe Program, to talk about all things NATO. The discussion covers the argument over the value of...

Dan and Peter McPherson, current president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and former administrator of USAID, discuss the role of development agencies in foreign policy and national security. Listen in for insights on fragile states and...

This episode of Russian Roulette begins with a conversation with CSIS Europe Program Director Heather Conley about her new report, “The Kremlin Playbook: Understanding Russian Influence in Central and Eastern Europe.” Heather and our hosts review the report’s findings,...