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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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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
⚫ Mikhail Durnenkov’s Eisenstein revisits the filmmaker’s struggle to preserve his artistic integrity under Stalin, a dilemma with new resonance for Russian artists after 2022. www.kennaninstitute.org/articles/fr…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
⚪ 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. youtu.be/v2stCMS_5Go?si=iXCgPtcFqMh…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🌐 Introducing the inaugural 2026–2027 Kennan Institute Digital Fellows. First, meet @bgorski.bsky.social 🧵⬇️ www.kennaninstitute.org/fellows
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🔴 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 🔗 RSVP: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🔴 Why do measures of support for Putin vary depending on the question researchers ask? 🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6q2owIYrVM…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
💭🇩🇪 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
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔴 Why might Russia’s economic leadership be particularly effective in a crisis? ▶️ Watch: youtu.be/sUME3qjaJq4?si=OYYO-x4VYhA…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
💭 1654, 1991, or 2021? Michael Kimmage examines how chronology shapes the way we understand the origins of Russia’s war against Ukraine. ▶️ Watch: youtu.be/KoaTMPf_14o?is=nBbvYJXbGyk… With thanks to @umich.edu CREES and @carnegie.org
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
💭 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
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🔴 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: youtu.be/gfC20QhhOnM?si=y8Atis4jl-E… #Russia #Ukraine #Duma
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
💭 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: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/202609…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
⚪ What does Russia’s deepening relationship with China mean for India? ▶️ Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/ZM-Tt24aYag?si=D0KTCEZ5_YE…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🔴 Is Russia today more cut off from Europe than the Soviet Union was? 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-l…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
⚪ How did Europe navigate its relationship with Russia before 2022? @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social  from @lemonde.fr joins Origins of the War. Register: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OskNqzO…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🔴 @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: open.spotify.com/episode/7jveHD2XVG…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🔴 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: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1DF1m-A…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔴 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. youtu.be/1w8wLP6UI48?si=Vu7n7zMy2hw…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔴 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: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YKiX5Tb…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
⚪ 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: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d6ITLQ8…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
⚪ 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: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qV7a2aJ…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🔴 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: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q1v7zWT…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
⚪ 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: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AS7Gcnb…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🔴 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: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_phloRdi…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
⚪ 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. www.kennaninstitute.org/articles/us…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
1/5 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?
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
💭 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
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
💭 1654, 1991, or 2021? Each starting point carries different implications for how we explain the war in Ukraine. On Sept. 9, Kennan Institute Director Michael Kimmage joins the @umich.edu to examine the implications of chronology. 📍 555 Weiser Hall | 12–1:20 PM
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
⚫ What if a culture is shaped less by heroes than by those who adapt? Maxim Trudolyubov uses Russia’s shuttered Venice Biennale pavilion to examine adaptability, conformism, and ideological reinvention. Read Nobody’s Heroes: www.kennaninstitute.org/articles/no…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🎙️ What if America followed the international rules it helped write? Kennan Institute Non-Resident Fellow Linda Kinstler joins @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social to discuss American power and the future of international law. Listen on The Ezra Klein Show by @nytimes.com: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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What if America Followed the Rules?
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
⚪ Russia’s battlefield challenges aren’t explained by Ukrainian successes alone. @massdara.bsky.social of the @carnegieendowment.org discusses how discipline and leadership continue to undermine Russia’s military effectiveness. ▶️ Watch: f.mtr.cool/kueysqridm
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
📰 What comes after the war? In this letter from Ukraine, Oksana Forostyna argues that Ukraine’s postwar future is already taking shape through debates over military service, democracy, civil rights, and European integration. Read: www.kennaninstitute.org/articles/let...
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
💭 Tetyana Samiliv of the Ro3kvit Urban Coalition for Ukraine discusses the lasting trauma of war and why Ukraine’s reconstruction must place people alongside infrastructure at the center of recovery. ▶️ Watch: youtu.be/91vfcE8q7G0?si=_s2JPbl67IV… #Ukraine #KennanConversations
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
⏳ Application deadline approaching. Applications for the 2026–2027 Kennan Institute Digital Fellowship close August 14. Learn more and apply: www.kennaninstitute.org/digital-fel…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
⚪ What could become Ukraine’s most enduring security guarantee? @scharap.bsky.social argues that Ukraine’s own military capabilities may prove to be the country’s strongest long-term deterrent. ▶️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/origi…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🔵  “Along with Russian tanks and military forces, new monuments began appearing in the Ukrainian towns that fell under occupation…” The Battle for Memory explores how historical narratives have become another front in Russia’s war. www.kennaninstitute.org/articles/ba…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
💭 Join Nathan Hutson and Tetyana Samiliv of the Ro3kvit Urban Coalition for Ukraine for a discussion on sustainable urban recovery and the importance of local leadership in reconstruction. 📅 Friday, July 17 🕚 11:00 AM ET zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RxUVY4s…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
📢 Applications are now open for the Kennan Institute Digital Fellowship (2026–2027). Learn more and apply now: www.kennaninstitute.org
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🔴 Daniel McCarthy is a member of the Kennan Institute Advisory Council. Editor of Modern Age: A Conservative Review and Contributing Editor of The American Conservative, his writing has appeared in @nytimes.com, @usatoday.com, @thespectator1828.bsky.social , The National Interest, and @reason.com.
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
⚫ The question is not whether Russia is under strain. The question is how the Kremlin responds to it. Maxim Trudolyubov explores why periods of pressure have historically encouraged escalation rather than restraint. Read: www.kennaninstitute.org/articles/sy…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
⚪ How did Ukraine become part of U.S. efforts to slow Iran’s nuclear program? Stephen Sestanovich reflects on a little-known chapter of post-Cold War diplomacy involving Ukraine, Russia, and nuclear nonproliferation. Watch: f.mtr.cool/mwfafpwyxx
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🔴 Jill Dougherty is a Fellow at the Kennan Institute. An On-Air Contributor at CNN and former Moscow Bureau Chief, she has spent decades reporting on Russia and international affairs. She is also the author of My Russia: What I Saw Inside the Kremlin.
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
⚫ A legal exit is not always an economic exit. @kirland.bsky.social examines how Russia turned corporate departures into a source of revenue, intelligence gathering, and economic control while building new commercial networks. Read: www.kennaninstitute.org/articles/to…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
⚪ How do historical memories shape modern security policy? @dmitri.silverado.org explains why Russian leaders have long viewed Ukraine as a critical buffer state. Listen to the full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/1D5iw7oBpj…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🔴 Meet Elizabeth Culp, Associate Director of Programs at the Kennan Institute. Elizabeth’s background includes work with the National Endowment for Democracy, the U.S. Department of State, and organizations focused on Russia, Ukraine, and the broader post-Soviet region.
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🔴 How did Russian literature regain its place in the marketplace after the collapse of the Soviet Union? Bradley Gorski explains how Russian publishers adapted to a flood of Western bestsellers and helped reshape the country’s literary. Watch: youtu.be/fKIM3CQZf5w?si=mYPShjjpI2E…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
⚫ In Dagestan, diversity has long been managed through power-sharing and ethnic balancing rather than integration.  www.kennaninstitute.org/articles/da…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
⚫ Can the Kremlin afford to ban one of the platforms it relies on most? Read the article: www.kennaninstitute.org/articles/nq…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🔴 New in The New York Times: Kennan Institute Director Michael Kimmage examines why the apparent stability of Putin’s Russia may conceal a deeper political and strategic dead end. Read “Putin Has No Good Way Out of His War”: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/o... #Russia #Ukraine #Putin #KennanInstitute
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Opinion | Putin Has No Good Way Out of His War
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🔴 “For the first time, the war is really hitting home.” Catherine Belton discusses how economic pressures, Ukrainian strikes, and growing restrictions are affecting everyday life inside Russia. 🎧 Listen on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/0yiAOxPBg7…
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The Kennan Institute @kennaninstitute.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🔴 Oksana Antonenko is a Global Fellow at the Kennan Institute. Her research focuses on geopolitical risk, European security, Russia-NATO relations, arms control, and Eurasian conflicts. #KennanInstitute #Geopolitics #EuropeanSecurity
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