Putin’s war against Ukraine has prompted states in Russia’s neighborhood to reconsider their affinity to Moscow.
Thomas de Waal, senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, and Fiona Hill, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, reflect on the future political direction of these countries.
[00:00:00] Intro, [00:01:44] Russia’s Changing Relations With Its Neighbors, [00:12:08] Putin’s Goals in Russia’s Neighborhood, [00:22:09] The Future Political Trajectories of Russia’s Neighbors.
Fiona Hill, December 12, 2023, “‘We’ll Be at Each Others’ Throats’: Fiona Hill on What Happens If Putin Wins,” Q&A with Maura Reynolds, Politico.
Fiona Hill, Samuel Charap, and Andriy Zagorodnyuk, July 27, 2023, “How Does the War in Ukraine End?”, The Foreign Affairs Interview Podcast, Foreign Affairs.
Fiona Hill and Angela Stent, August 25, 2022, “The World Putin Wants: How Distortions About the Past Feed Illusions About the Future,” Foreign Affairs.
Fiona Hill, February 28, 2022, “‘Yes, He Would’: Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes,” Q&A with Maura Reynolds, Politico.
Fiona Hill, October 2021, “There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century,” Mariner Books.
Fiona Hill, September 12, 2016, “Putin: The One-Man Show the West Doesn’t Understand,” Taylor & Francis Online.
Thomas de Waal, February 13, 2024, “In the Caucasus, Another Year of War or Peace,” Carnegie Europe.
Thomas de Waal, September 26, 2023, “The EU and Azerbaijan: Time to Talk Tough” Carnegie Europe.
Thomas de Waal, September 22, 2023, “A Tragic Endgame in Karabakh,” Carnegie Europe.
Thomas de Waal, August 31, 2023, “The Orbanizing of Georgia,” Carnegie Europe.
Thomas de Waal, May 11, 2023, “Time to Get Serious About Moldova,” Carnegie Europe.
Thomas de Waal, January 25, 2023, “Russian weakness challenges EU to ease tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh,” Financial Times.
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