Dmitri Trenin

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Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member.

Graduated from the Military Institute (now Military University) in Moscow. Holds a Ph.D. degree in History.

Served in the Soviet and Russian army. Liaison officer in the external relations branch of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (Potsdam). Senior lecturer at the Military Institute. Member of the delegation at the Geneva talks on nuclear and space weapons. Senior research fellow at the NATO Defense College and fellow at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Head of the scientific council, lead researcher and chairman of the Foreign and Security Policy program of the Carnegie Moscow Center.

Since 2008, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center.

Author of over 10 books published in Russia, the USA, Germany, China and other countries.

Academic focus: transatlantic and Eurasian security, international relations, Russian foreign policy, geopolitics and globalization, and post-soviet Eurasia.

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16 July 2025
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

World War III has already begun
1153
11 July 2025
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

The West’s war on Russia will go beyond Ukraine
6022
20 January 2025
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Why 2025 is going to be more dangerous than you think
8550
23 December 2024
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

What Ukraine should look like after Russia’s victory
7053
28 August 2024
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

This European region could be the next Ukraine
16551
11 June 2024
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Here’s how Russia can prevent WW3
10272
6 June 2024
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Europe will eventually have to choose between the US and BRICS
11426
16 May 2024
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

A massive transformation is taking place in Russia, and the West is blind to it
16424
3 May 2024
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

‘‘Third Decade of the 21st Century Promises to Be Very Turbulent’’: On a New Global Order and Its Nuclear Dimension
8503
3 May 2024
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

The War and the World: How the Ukraine War Has Changed the World and Keeps Changing It
6168
24 April 2024
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

The US is crawling away from Ukraine
9722
3 April 2024
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia is undergoing a new, invisible revolution
7370
28 March 2024
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

The American explanation for the Moscow terror attack doesn’t add up
7521
13 November 2023
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

The US could have ruled the world, but this one element ruined it all
6862
31 July 2023
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Here's how Russia is making its biggest geopolitical shift since the time of Peter the Great, 300 years ago
10697
22 June 2023
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

The US and its allies are playing 'Russian Roulette'. You'd almost think they want a nuclear war
21218
30 May 2023
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

On a New Global Order and its Nuclear Dimension
11899
21 March 2023
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Here's why Xi's Moscow visit is a key moment in the struggle to end US hegemony
5988
25 February 2023
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

One year on, here's how the Ukraine conflict is changing the world order
5963
1 February 2023
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Politics and Strategy
8637
10 October 2022
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Putin has proclaimed a new national idea for Russia as it abandons the dream of a Greater Europe
8319
8 September 2022
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Six months into the conflict, what exactly does Russia hope to achieve in Ukraine?
7778
11 July 2022
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

How Russia Must Reinvent Itself to Defeat the West’s ‘Hybrid War’
9412
6 July 2022
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia has made a decisive break with the West and is ready to help shape a new world order
6117
25 January 2022
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

What a Week of Talks Between Russia and the West Revealed
8853
11 December 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia-India: From Rethink to Adjust to Upgrade
3705
2 December 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russian Foreign Policy: Shifting Gears
6076
23 November 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

After COP26: Russia’s Path to the Global Green Future
3029
3 November 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

How the Arms Control Approach Could Help Russia Tackle Climate Change
6579
19 October 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Merkel’s Legacy, as Seen From Russia
7433
16 October 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia-Japan Relations: Were Abe’s Efforts In Vain?
5381
14 September 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Interpreting the Biden Doctrine: The View From Moscow
7276
9 July 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia’s National Security Strategy: A Manifesto for a New Era
5499
2 July 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Sailing Into Troubled Waters. Russia Counters Britain in the Black Sea
5750
16 April 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia-Ukraine War Alert: What’s Behind It and What Lies Ahead?
5098
10 April 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia and Europe: the Current Impasse and the Way Out
6293
16 February 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Dealing With Biden's America
10601
4 February 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Surviving in a Deregulated Strategic World
10926
25 January 2021
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Respect Thy Neighbor: Russia and the Baltic Region
3412
5 December 2020
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

There is no 'Russia-Turkey alliance'
10463
20 November 2020
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Moscow’s New Rules
3624
20 November 2020
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy and Russia
10116
29 September 2020
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia, China, and the Indo-Pacific
7221
16 July 2020
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

China-Russia Relationship Model for Major Powers
13652
25 May 2020
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

U.S. Withdrawal From Open Skies Bolsters Case for New Strategic Regime
8607
19 May 2020
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

How Russia Can Maintain Equilibrium in the Post-Pandemic Bipolar World
11124
1 April 2020
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia and China in the Arctic: Cooperation, Competition, and Consequences
1419
27 March 2020
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Confronting the Challenges of Coronavirus, Russia Sees Its Worldview Vindicated
20595
19 November 2019
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia’s Comeback Isn’t Stopping With Syria
3964
21 October 2019
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

The Syrian Crisis Is Now Russia’s to Resolve
5290
14 October 2019
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia Facing Europe: A Provisional Road Map
7710
9 October 2019
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

20 Years of Vladimir Putin: How Russian Foreign Policy Has Changed
12169
31 July 2019
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia’s Changing Identity: In Search of a Role in the 21st Century
2584
6 June 2019
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia, China Are Key and Close Partners
2211
20 May 2019
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

The Relationship Between the USA and Russia in the Trump Era
7452
19 February 2019
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

State of Play: Russia and the Fraying West
9001
6 December 2018
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Containing the Kerch Crisis
12845
1 November 2018
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Mapping Global Strategic Stability in the Twenty-First Century
9462
25 October 2018
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Back to Pershings: What the U.S. Withdrawal From the 1987 INF Treaty Means
9117
26 July 2018
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia Must Show Caution Now That It Has Publicly Sided With Trump
6916
16 July 2018
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Détente Revisited in Helsinki
5252
16 July 2018
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Despite the Helsinki Summit, the Hybrid War Is Here to Stay
5557
14 June 2018
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia and Germany: From Estranged Partners to Good Neighbors
5174
29 March 2018
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia and Ukraine: From Brothers to Neighbors
8148
25 October 2017
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia Has Grand Designs For the International Order
9947
30 August 2017
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Looking out Five Years: What Should Washington and Its European Allies Expect From Moscow?
10818
21 August 2017
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Here's a Breakdown of Russia's Foreign Policy Goals
3248
12 December 2016
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Putin Likes the Fact That Trump Is Not Another Hypocritical Western Leader
5451
25 August 2016
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia and Iran: Historic Mistrust and Contemporary Partnership
4897
25 August 2016
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Is Russia Safe From Extremist Attacks Like Those in Europe?
3053
18 September 2015
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Like It or Not, America and Russia Need to Cooperate in Syria
4591
15 July 2015
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia far from isolated in non-West community
5125
18 June 2015
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Harsh Realities in Ukraine
3829
13 May 2015
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia's Victory Day Celebration: Much More Than Just a Parade
5227
15 February 2015
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Ukraine points towards the start of a tumultuous new era in world politics
3176
13 February 2015
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

The Disturbing Legacy of the Ukraine Crisis
2713
13 January 2015
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia's New Military Doctrine: Should the West Be Worried?
4504
9 October 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Europe's Nightmare Could Still Come True: A NATO-Russia War over Ukraine
7534
22 September 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia-West rivalry over Ukraine is higher priority than security
2157
29 August 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia’s New National Strategy
2873
19 August 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

The Russian Convoy
3442
12 August 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Silence in the Air on Eastern Ukraine
2081
31 July 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Europe's Nightmare Coming True: America vs. Russia...Again
2949
28 July 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

MH17, part of larger Ukraine crisis, likely to be politicized
2674
21 July 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Ukraine and the aftermath of the downing of flight MH17
5887
18 July 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Malaysia and Ukraine
2354
3 July 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

U.S.-Russian Diplomatic Normalcy: One Small Step Nearer?
4659
18 June 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

The Resurgent, the Assertive, and the Uncertain: Power Shift in Eurasia
1534
29 May 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Get Ready World: The U.S.-Russian Rivalry Is Back
2541
27 May 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Elections Mark the End of the Ukraine Conflict’s First Stage
2205
21 May 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia and China: The Russian Liberals’ Revenge
3046
6 May 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Ukraine Burning
2852
21 April 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

As Ukraine stares into the abyss, where is Europe's leadership?
3703
11 April 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Transnistria: A Gathering Storm
5238
8 April 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Five Issues at Stake in the Arctic
8371
31 March 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia: Pivoting to Asia or Just to China?
3397
3 March 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

The crisis in Crimea could lead the world into a second cold war
2533
28 February 2014
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Keep a Lid on Crimea
2675
22 November 2013
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

A New Russia Policy for Germany
2018
3 October 2013
Dmitri Trenin

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Russia Is Defending Its Own Interests With Its Stance on Syria

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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