Russia’s Security Approach to Public Health
Russia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that the Kremlin’s approach to public health is inextricable from its national secur...
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KennanX
KennanX is a podcast about our never-ending effort to understand Russia and the region. Hosted by Jill Dougherty.
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How to Declassify National Security Secrets
The National Security Archive at George Washington University is the largest independent non-government collection of declassified US docume...
Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin with Ivan Grek
“Is Putin insane?” Vladimir Putin's speeches can offer insight into the Kremlin’s political thought patterns and intentions, but they are of...
Influence Operations and Russia’s Vision of the Future
Russia is determined that its war in Ukraine will shape the outlines of the future world order, and it’s using influence operations to ensur...
Tracing the Red Thread to Russia with Ambassador John Beyrle
Jill Dougherty sits down with former US Ambassador to Russia and Bulgaria John R. Beyrle to discuss their shared foundational experiences in...
Georgia's Democratic Vision with Tinatin Khidasheli
Ukraine isn’t the only country that’s fighting Russian influence for its democratic future. Tinatin Khidasheli, Georgia’s first female minis...
Surviving a Political Poisoning with Natalia Arno
A shocking number of Kremlin opponents have been left dead or permanently injured from poisonings. During a trip to Prague in May 2023, Free...
Changing Russia’s Future with Zhanna Nemtsova
Jill Dougherty sits down with Zhanna Nemtsova to discuss her work with the Boris Nemtsov Foundation, which Zhanna founded in 2015 in Germany...
Estonia on the Edge: A Conversation with Ambassador Jonatan Vseviov
Jonatan Vseviov, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Estonian Ambassador to the US, joins Jill Dougherty to disc...
Russian Cuisine and Conflict with Darra Goldstein
Food scholar and author Darra Goldstein joins Jill Dougherty to discuss her new book, The Kingdom of Rye: A Brief History of Russian Food. T...
Is Russia Serious About Diplomacy? With Amb. John Sullivan
Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan joins Jill Dougherty following an ambassadorship during one of the most tumultuous periods of...
The Storm Over TV Rain
Russian independent news channel TV Rain (Dozhd TV) has been operating in Latvia since June 2022, after Kremlin authorities blocked the chan...
Fighting Strategic Corruption with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Jill Dougherty is joined by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse to discuss how corruption serves not only to enrich the elites of Russia, but also as...
Russia's New Expats pt. 2
Host Jill Dougherty shares the second part of her conversations with Russian journalists — both those now in exile and those who remain in t...
Russia's New Expats
Since Russia launched its war against Ukraine in February, hundreds of journalists have left their country because they felt threatened by t...
Special Announcement + Rebroadcast: Who is Vladimir Putin?
Host Jill Dougherty has a special announcement about the future of the KennanX podcast. Plus, we’re sharing a recent conversation between Wi...
Putin’s Red Lines on Ukraine
The standoff at the Russia-Ukraine border has reached a boiling point following the Biden and Putin video conference. Moscow is demanding ma...
Dangerous Whispers: Politics and Conspiracies in the post-Soviet Space
Political discourse in Russia and the post-Soviet space is rife with conspiracy theories, as well as politicians who utilize them to gain an...
Complicated Legacies: The U.S. and Russia in Afghanistan
With echoes of the Soviet retreat, the last American plane left Afghanistan on August 31, 2021 following two decades of war. How do the lega...
A Demonstration for Dignity: A Conversation with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
It’s been nearly one year since Alexander Lukashenko declared victory over Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in an election rife with fraud. In this ep...