Alexandra Prokopenko

2 months ago | carnegieendowment.org | Eric Ciaramella |Michael Kofman |Aaron Miller |Alexandra Prokopenko

On this week’s episode of Carnegie Connects, Aaron David Miller spoke with Carnegie experts Eric Ciaramella, Michael Kofman, Alexandra Prokopenko, and Andrew Weiss on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They discussed battlefield conditions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s domestic challenges, the Russian economy, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Jan 23, 2025 | foreignaffairs.com | Elliott Abrams |Andrei Kolesnikov |Alexandra Prokopenko |Alexander Cooley

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the abyss and, with military means, defended its sovereignty, or rather what he calls sovereignty. Had he not done so, he asserts, Russia would have ceased to exist.

Jan 21, 2025 | foreignaffairs.com | James M. Lindsay |Carl Minzner |Kat Duffy |Alexandra Prokopenko

The newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump has promised a swift end to the war in Ukraine. Faced with the unattractive alternative of continuing to fight without the assurance of further U.S. backing, Kyiv and its Western partners are now considering how to secure an acceptable deal with Moscow.

Jan 9, 2025 | themoscowtimes.com | Alexandra Prokopenko

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian economy has repeatedly defied expectations. Predictions of a double-digit contraction never materialized. On the contrary, GDP grew by 3.6 percent in 2023 and an expected 4 percent in 2024: rates that both developed and developing nations might envy. Key indicators like GDP growth, household income, and low unemployment have become President Vladimir Putin’s trump cards.

Oct 9, 2024 | bushcenter.org | Jonathan Tepperman |Jessica Ludwig |Wang Feng |Alexandra Prokopenko

The U.S. population will soon grow older, smaller, and more diverse. The changes will impact almost every aspect of American power, society, and the economy. America is in the early days of a vast demographic transition. In the coming decades, the U.S. population will grow far more slowly than ever before, and it will become much older and more racially diverse. This shift will transform the country in many ways, and the United States is not prepared. Let’s start with the U.S. economy.