The Trialogue

This week, our guest is Karl Eikenberry, a retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Army, whose many titles include the defense attaché at the U.S. Embassy in China, Commander of the Coalition Forces in Afghanistan, and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. Because General Eikenberry has had such a long and fascinating career and often occupied key roles at important pivot points in U.S. policy, we decide...

This week, our guest is Andrey Kortunov, the founding director of the Russian International Affairs Council.  Time Stamps: 00:01:00 Kortunov’s career before RIAC 00:09:22 RIAC’s origins and evolution 00:18:36 RIAC’s work on sanctions 00:25:40 BRICS and other international institutions 00:33:29 China-India relations 00:36:06 Russia-China relations 00:47:00 Russia-Western relations *The Trialogue Po...

This week, we discuss China-US-Russia relations with Xiang Lanxin, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center and Professor Emeritus of International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Time Stamps: 00:01:17 The Xiang family’s four centuries in the Chinese military 00:07:38 Lanxin’s experience during the Cultural Revolution 00:18:00 Grad...

The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey presents the Monterey Trialogue podcast, a series that investigates the relationship among the United States, Russia, and China by engaging with experts from all three countries. At a time when even bilateral channels of communication have begun to break down, the Monterey Trialogue offers a new and necessary perspective on the defining...