Maksim Suchkov: What Does Russia Want?
Maksim Suchkov, Director of the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO University in Moscow, joins us to discuss direct Russia-Ukraine talks, US-Russia relations, and Russia’s own “revolution of common sense”. *The Trialogue Podcast is hosted by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM.
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Show Notes
Maksim Suchkov, Director of the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO University in Moscow, joins us to discuss direct Russia-Ukraine talks, US-Russia relations, and Russia’s own “revolution of common sense”.
*The Trialogue Podcast is hosted by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM.
Time Stamps:
- 01:08 Evaluate the Russia-Ukraine talks and the Trump-Putin phone call
- 03:17 Why does Russia oppose an immediate ceasefire?
- 08:08 What are Russia’s core objectives?
- 10:54 What kind of military caps does the Kremlin want to put on Kyiv?
- 13:56 Three scenarios for US policy
- 19:43 Russian and Chinese perspectives on Europe
- 23:05 Russia as a conservative “civilization-state”
- 26:00 A positive US-Russia bilateral agenda
- 35:27 How long will the Trump movement last?
- 42:40 Ukraine v US-Russia normalization
- 45:51 What kind of Europe does Russia want?
- 51:46 Predictions for the summer
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