This week, our guest is Dmitry Novikov, Deputy Head of the School of International Relations at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia. We discuss the difficulties of being an Americanist in Moscow, the sources of US-Russian conflict, and Russia’s future as a “Eurasian” power, among other subjects.

Time Stamps:

00:00:38 What is like being an Americanist in Moscow right now?
00:04:22 Russian perceptions of US domestic politics
00:08:44 Russia’s “realist” understanding of international relations
00:10:51 Russia’s efforts to join the West
00:20:05 Russia as a Eurasian state
00:23:20 When did Russia begin to pivot East?
00:28:08 Russia as logistics corridor, security provider, and source of raw materials
00:39:17 Need for stabilization with the West
00:44:00 A new Russian identity?
00:49:13 The growing importance of Islam in Russia
00:53:00 The Cold War “lessons” that drive US and Russian elites

*The Trialogue Podcast is hosted by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM.

**The first twelve episodes of this podcast were published by the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

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