{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcarnegiepolitika.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fhow-is-russias-pivot-to-asia-working-out-5T3hY7I4","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"How Is Russia's Pivot to Asia Working Out?","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/c7016c/c7016c99-9f99-4a90-bd48-407d0de4c180/5c782571-bd86-481b-b56d-821855f01995/artworks-000626971825-fqdac2-t3000x3000.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/5c782571-bd86-481b-b56d-821855f01995\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"How Is Russia&apos;s Pivot to Asia Working Out?\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"In September 2014, following the annexation of Crimea, the outbreak of war in the Donbas, and the introduction of the first Western sanctions against Russia, the Kremlin announced a \"pivot to Asia.\" Five years on, what's the outcome of this policy? Have Russia and China really formed a new, much stronger partnership? Alex Gabuev, a senior fellow and chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific program at the Carnegie Moscow Center, sat down to discuss just that with Vita Spivak, head of analytical projects at the Expert creative agency."}