After the blue wave: US midterms results

In this episode, Minna sits down with Max Bergmann, director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and the Stuart Center in Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to discuss the US midterm election results and what the blue wave means for US foreign policy.

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Mentioned in the show: 

“Musk bet big on keeping Texas red. What happens to his business empire now?”, from CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/11/05/business/musk-texas-donations-midterms-spacex-tesla 

“Can the Nordic Model Save NATO?, from Foreign Affairs: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/northern-europe/can-nordic-model-save-nato

Credits: 

Anastasiia Lapatina is Ukraine Fellow at Lawfare. She writes a weekly newsletter about Ukraine called Yours Ukrainian. She is based in Kyiv. 

Karen-Anna Eggen is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Programme for Ukraine and Full-Spectrum Threats at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies. She is based in Oslo.

Fabian Hoffman is a Senior Research Fellow at the Programme for Ukraine and Full-Spectrum Threats at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies. He is the author of the Missile Matters newsletter about defence, missile technology, and nuclear strategy. He is based in Oslo.

Minna Ålander is an Analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. She’s also an Associate Fellow at Chatham House and a Non-Resident Fellow at CEPA. Minna also writes a newsletter about European security called Northern Flank Notes. She is based in Stockholm.

The podcast is engineered by Anthony Bartaway, who is also the co-host of a podcast called Ukraine Without Hype: / @ukrainewithouthype