Russia and Eurasia

CSIS’ Catrina Doxsee joins the podcast to discuss the uprising by the paramilitary Wagner group and what is next for it’s leadership, for Russia and for the void Wagner leaves in Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa.

To counter a revanchist Russia, NATO has set a new path for strengthening deterrence in the Baltic states. Because progress has been slow, the upcoming Vilnius summit needs to take steps to ensure full implementation of the alliance's new direction.

The showdown between Putin and Prigozhin is likely to continue as a struggle for control of Wagner Group operations abroad, which presents opportunities for the United States and its allies to counter Moscow’s growing footprint in Africa.

CSIS experts analyzed the aftershocks of Evgeny Prigozhin's march on Moscow, as well as the questions it has raised about the future of Vladimir Putin's rule and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

In this week’s episode, Steven Burns joins Ben Cahill for an update on Ukraine’s energy sector.  

The Kakhovka Dam breach will not stop a Ukrainian offensive across the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast this summer, but it will delay such an operation and complicate the task that lies before Ukraine to dislodge Russian forces from fortified positions across the front.