Tag: Anatol Lieven

Dr. Anatol Lieven is the director of the Eurasia Program and holder of the Andrew Bacevich Chair in American Diplomatic History at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He previously taught at Georgetown University in Qatar and in the War Studies Department of King’s College London, and has written extensively on Russia, the post-Soviet space, and US foreign policy. See his guest page for full biography and episode list.

His Groong appearance addressed the remaking of world order under the Trump administration — Russia, Iran, Europe, Ukraine, and the implications of global power shifts for small states like Armenia navigating between major powers in a rapidly changing geopolitical environment.

Guest(s):

Topics:

  • Russia, Iran, Europe, multipolar order
  • Ukraine war and Russia-West tensions
  • Iran war and diplomatic offramps
  • Armenia, TRIPP, South Caucasus

Episode 541 | Recorded: May 5, 2026

#AnatolLieven #Russia #Iran #Europe #UkraineWar #SouthCaucasus

Guest(s):

Topics:

  • Russia, Iran, Europe, multipolar order
  • Ukraine war and Russia-West tensions
  • Iran war and diplomatic offramps
  • Armenia, TRIPP, South Caucasus

Episode 541 | Recorded: May 5, 2026

#AnatolLieven #Russia #Iran #Europe #UkraineWar #SouthCaucasus

In this episode of Conversations on Groong, Dr. Anatol Lieven joins us to examine Russia’s place in a rapidly shifting global order. The discussion looks at the war in Ukraine, the state of Russia-EU relations after Viktor Orbán’s political defeat, and the uncertain trajectory of the war on Iran, including whether any real diplomatic offramp still exists. They also explore whether Russia’s relationship with Iran is truly strategic or mainly transactional, how China fits into the wider balance of power, and what all of this means for the South Caucasus, Armenia’s current path under Pashinyan, and Azerbaijan’s ambitions to turn wartime leverage into lasting regional influence.