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The Kennan Institute is an independent, non-partisan institute for research on Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the South Caucasus and the post-Soviet states.
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⚪ When did Putin’s calculus toward Ukraine change?

Kateryna Shynkaruk points to winter 2020 as a possible turning point, when Moscow may have concluded that controlling Ukraine through domestic political leverage was no longer viable.

https://youtu.be/v2stCMS_5Go?si=iXCgPtcFqMhwCzNd
October 6, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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🌐 Introducing the inaugural 2026–2027 Kennan Institute Digital Fellows.

First, meet @bgorski.bsky.social 🧵⬇️

https://www.kennaninstitute.org/fellows
October 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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🔴 What can a prisoner exchange reveal about a new Cold War?

Drew Hinshaw & Joe Parkinson of the @wsj.com discuss Swap, the 2024 prisoner exchange, and hostage-taking in Putin’s Russia.

🗓️ Oct. 9 | 11 AM ET
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October 2, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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🔴 Why do measures of support for Putin vary depending on the question researchers ask?

🎧 Listen:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6q2owIYrVMpchd6eGjJHe1?si=9f118db7a2c941ca
October 1, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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💭🇩🇪 Berlin: Join us for The Question of Global Russia.

@alexgabuev.bsky.social, @hannanotte.bsky.social, Michael Kimmage & moderator @stevenerlanger.bsky.social examine Russia’s evolving global role.

🗓️ Oct. 12 | 6–7:30 PM
📍 Rudolf Virchow Lecture Hall
🎟️ Free
September 30, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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🔴 Why might Russia’s economic leadership be particularly effective in a crisis?

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https://youtu.be/sUME3qjaJq4?si=OYYO-x4VYhArxj5A
September 29, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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💭 1654, 1991, or 2021?

Michael Kimmage examines how chronology shapes the way we understand the origins of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

▶️ Watch:
https://youtu.be/KoaTMPf_14o?is=nBbvYJXbGykpYBao

With thanks to @umich.edu CREES and @carnegie.org
September 25, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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💭 On Oct. 7 at Yale, Mary Sarotte and Michael Kimmage will examine key turning points from 1991 to 2022 and consider what the twenty-first-century archive will look like for future historians.

🗓️ Oct. 7 | 4:15–5:45 PM
📍 Yale University

Special thanks to Yale’s REEES Program and the @carnegie.org
September 24, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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🔴 Can Russians still imagine what victory in Ukraine would look like?

Samuel Greene argues that defining victory is becoming increasingly difficult for both the Russian public and the Kremlin.

▶️ Watch the full conversation:
https://youtu.be/gfC20QhhOnM?si=y8Atis4jl-EokcfR

#Russia #Ukraine #Duma
September 23, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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💭 On Sept. 30, Michael Kimmage joins the Munk School at the @utoronto.ca to examine how chronology shapes explanations of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

🗓️ Sept. 30 | 4–6 PM ET
📍 Toronto + Online

Details:
https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/20260930
September 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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⚪ What does Russia’s deepening relationship with China mean for India?

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https://youtu.be/ZM-Tt24aYag?si=D0KTCEZ5_YESBpIv
September 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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🔴 Is Russia today more cut off from Europe than the Soviet Union was?

🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-long-view/id6786457975?i=1000789391789
September 18, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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⚪ How did Europe navigate its relationship with Russia before 2022?

@sylviekauffmann.bsky.social  from @lemonde.fr joins Origins of the War.

Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OskNqzOJTLWnCGhGUNkNpQ
September 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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🔴 @aysezarakol.bsky.social argues that smaller and middle powers may be able to reimagine the concept on their own terms, creating greater agency in a region historically shaped by great powers.

🎧 Listen on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7jveHD2XVGTa9bP5pyoZhP?si=1bfe1dcf1fdf4f6c
September 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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🔴 How do we know what Russians really think?

Timothy Frye and Samuel Greene join The Long View to examine Russian public opinion after the Duma elections and how researchers can reliably assess it.

🗓️ Sept. 22 | 1 PM ET

Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1DF1m-AUSoCIAQGlW3c7Zw
September 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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🔴 Alexander Cooley argues that Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and their neighbors are driving a more organic form of integration, reclaiming agency after decades of competing visions from outside powers.

https://youtu.be/1w8wLP6UI48?si=Vu7n7zMy2hwaQu4q
September 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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🔴 Russia’s confrontation with the West extends far beyond Europe.

@hannanotte.bsky.social joins The Long View to discuss We Shall Outlast Them and the global dimensions of Russian foreign policy and Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YKiX5TbiQqOCsyr0W2d3mQ
September 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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⚪ Where should we look for the origins of the war in Ukraine?

Thomas Wright from @brookings.edu joins us to examine two lines of inquiry: the European context for the conflict and U.S.-Russia relations as a point of origin.

Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d6ITLQ8cQkKOlu-LjIpUTw
September 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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⚪ How did Ukraine navigate its relationship with Russia before the full-scale war?

Kateryna Shynkaruk joins Origins of the War to examine Ukrainian foreign policy and the dynamics of the Ukraine-Russia relationship before war.

Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qV7a2aJORFWBeLxAZ9J4Hw
September 11, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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🔴 How has the war reshaped power and loyalty at the top of the Russian state?

Alexandra Prokopenko joins The Long View to examine decision-making at the top of Russia’s government and the patterns of loyalty that sustain it.

Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q1v7zWT0Q567WQbvj0SYLw
September 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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⚪ How does the war in Ukraine look when viewed in a global context?

Swasti Rao joins Origins of the War to explore its European and transatlantic background and the wider global context of its origins and consequences.

Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AS7GcnbvR1-5ct0d8Nu0qQ
September 10, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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🔴 What does “Eurasia” mean for understanding Russia?

@AyseZarakol of @Cambridge_Uni and @CooleyOnEurasia of @BarnardCollege join The Long View to examine the concepts that have shaped how Russia is understood.

Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_phloRdizQNWfP-nfW0JkSQ
September 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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⚪ Months before Russia invaded Ukraine, U.S. and British intelligence had detailed insight into Moscow’s plans.

Green examines how the U.S. used that intelligence to warn allies and prepare for war.

https://www.kennaninstitute.org/articles/us-statecraft-on-the-eve-of-russias-attack-on-ukraine
September 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia’s military entered what @MassDara describes as a period of societal, economic, political, and military collapse.

How did that experience shape the generation now leading Russia’s military?
September 3, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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💭 Blair Ruble discusses how younger Ukrainians are reshaping identity across ethnic boundaries, from language and hip-hop to theater, in Rebuilding Ukraine’s Cities.

🎧 ⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/0t2sYOkWrfrFHlWBjvoOGi?si=39bc0187ebfb4faa
September 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM