This week, our guest is Anastasia Likhacheva, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. 

Time Stamps:

• 01:48 Studying sanctions since 2016
• 03:27 Nord Stream and the abrupt change in European attitudes after February 2022
• 6:22 Western companies leaving (and returning) to Russia after February 2022
• 8:52 Inability of both Western and Russian experts to correctly predict the trajectory of the Russian economy after the application of sanctions
• 13:40 “We started to pivot to the East before it was fashionable”
• 16:57 Sanctions don’t work if third countries don’t cooperate
• 21:23 The future of sanctions
• 24:04 Prospects of sanctions relief
• 32:10 Economic beneficiaries of external sanctions
• 34:24 Continued Russian tourism in Europe
• 35:46 A new generation of Russian elites
• 39:58 How do your students see the world?

*The Trialogue Podcast is hosted by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM.