Here’s the first of a new weekly podcast covering Eurasian politics, society, and history. Guests: Christopher Miller, Mashable‘s Senior Correspondent covering world news, particularly the post-Soviet space and especially Ukraine. You can read Chris’ reporting from Ukraine here. Fiona Hill, director of the Center on the United States and Europe and a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. She is also the co-author with Clifford Gaddy of the recently released second edition of Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin. You can read my review of Mr. Putin here. Subscribe to the podcast on ITunes!