The Future of Russian Power: Threat Perceptions, Military Reconstitution, and Economic Constraints

It is tempting to imagine that whenever the war in Ukraine ends, Russia will be permanently weakened and more inward-looking. That would be a mistake. To energize a rigorous, policy-relevant transatlantic conversation about the Russian challenge—and how to meet it—the Carnegie Endowment’s Russia and Eurasia Program recently launched the Future of Russian Power, a major new interdisciplinary research initiative. The Future of Russian Power aims to explain why an unrepentant Kremlin will emerge from the war determined to seek revenge against Ukraine and its Western partners, to reconstitute the country’s military power, and to impose its vision of security on the European continent. A sampling of research tied to the initiative, including Eugene Rumer’s recent paper, “Belligerent and Beleaguered: Russia After the War with Ukraine,” is now available. To mark the launch of this project, Carnegie’s Michael Kofman, Dara Massicot, Alexandra Prokopenko, and Eugene Rumer will join moderator David E. Hoffman, former Washington Post editor and foreign correspondent, for a wide-ranging conversation on where Russia stands and what comes next. Learn more about The Future of Russian Power Initiative: https://carnegieendowment.org/project... Like and subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/38sljlH The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace generates strategic ideas and independent analysis, supports diplomacy, and trains the next generation of international scholar-practitioners to help countries and institutions take on the most difficult global problems and advance peace. Visit our website: https://carnegieendowment.org/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/CarnegieEndow Follow us on Instagram:   / carnegieendow