About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the U.S.–Israeli war against Iran on Russian political influence and its energy market position.

Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by his colleagues Nicole Grajewski, a non-resident fellow at Carnegie Endowment and the author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine, and Sergey Vakulenko, a senior fellow at Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin and a leading expert on the Russian energy sector, to discuss the U.S.–Israeli war against Iran and how it affects Russian political influence in the region and its position on the global energy market.

People in this episode

Host: Alex Gabuev

Guests: Nicole Grajewski, Sergey Vakulenko

Topics covered

• Iran War
• Russian political influence
• U.S.-Israeli relations
• global energy market
• Carnegie analysis

Keywords

• Iran
• Russia
• U.S.-Israeli war
• energy market
• political influence
• Carnegie
• Syria
• Ukraine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carnegie Endowment, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center

Places: Iran, U.S., Israel, Syria, Ukraine, Berlin

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