EO Podcast

Researching Climate Change in the Russian Arctic: Can the West Turn the Kremlin Green?

Audio / An interview with Kimberly Marten about her research on climate change in the Russian Arctic.

Transnational Repression

Audio / An interview Freedom House researchers Nate Schenkkan and Isabel Linzer about their report on transnational repression. Photo by...

Researching Kleptocracy in Eurasia

Audio / An interview with anti-corruption investigator Thomas Mayne about kleptocracy and what it means for democracies all over the world.

Authoritarianism and Dissent in Post-Soviet States

Audio / An interview with Alexis Lerner about her scholarship on authoritarianism and dissent in Russia, particularly in the context of...

Navalny, Transparency, and Political Repression in Russia

Audio / An interview with Navalny's former colleague and friend Matthew Murray—a corruption and rule of law expert. Listen at Eurasianet....

The Trump Organization in the Caucasus

Audio / I talk to Adam Davidson of The New Yorker about the Trump Organization's business deals in the post-Soviet region.

Examining Trump's Batumi Deal

Audio / I tell the story of two Columbia Journalism grads who investigated Trump's business deal in Batumi, Georgia. Manuela Andreoni and...

Looking at Luxury Real Estate’s Money Laundering Role

Audio / I talk to the political scientist Alexander Cooley about his book Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia....

What’s the Matter with Chechnya?

Audio / I interview experts about the gay purges in Chechnya. All eyes turned to Chechnya in early April 2017, after the independent...

Russian Protests and Evolving U.S.-Russia Relations

Audio / I talk to three experts and a novelist about the public protests that erupted all over Russia in March 2017, and the evolving...