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The Power Vertical is a blog and podcast for Russia wonks and Kremlin watchers by Brian Whitmore. It covers emerging and developing trends in Russian politics, shining a spotlight on the high-stakes power struggles, machinations, and clashing interests that shape Kremlin policy today.

Host and Eurasia Center Senior Fellow Brian Whitmore invites guest experts to deliver their insights and analysis in this weekly podcast. The Atlantic Council and the Charles T. McDowell Center for Global Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington co-sponsor this production.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 7, 2023

Russian War Report: A new recruitment push for fighters from Russia to Hungary

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

The Russian National Guard and a private Hungarian foreign legion have launched campaigns to recruit soldiers to fight in Ukraine.

Conflict Disinformation

In the News

Sep 7, 2023

Brahimi quoted in The Middle East Eye on meaning of Prigozhin’s death for North Africa

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Corruption

UkraineAlert

Sep 7, 2023

Ukraine’s partners cannot remove Putin but they can stop legitimizing him

By Richard Cashman

As long as Vladimir Putin is in power, Russia will remain a rogue state. Western policies that legitimize him through fear of a potential post-Putin Russia are perverse, writes Richard Cashman.

Conflict Defense Policy

Issue Brief

Sep 6, 2023

Alternative security futures in the High North

By David Auerswald

Climate change, combined with increasing geopolitical competition and hostilities, has focused renewed attention on national security interests in the Arctic. By 2035, how will those variables combine to influence the High North?

China Climate Change & Climate Action

In the News

Sep 6, 2023

Konaev on Russian military adaptation in Foreign Affairs

By Atlantic Council

Margarita Konaev discusses the lessons Russia has learned from its invasion of Ukraine in an article in Foreign Affairs

Conflict Defense Policy

In the News

Sep 6, 2023

Derentz joins Formiche to discuss energy, climate, and EU-US cooperation

China Climate Change & Climate Action

In the News

Sep 5, 2023

Stefanini featured in Andkronos arguing that Russia’s recent relationship with North Korea is a worrying development

By Stefano Stefanini

On September 5, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Stefano Stefanini was quoted in Andkronos arguing that Russia’s recent relationship with North Korea is a worrying development (text in Italian).  

Indo-Pacific Russia

In the News

Sep 5, 2023

Stefanini featured in Il Sole 24 Ore arguing that  Erdogan’s capacity to mediate in Black Sea grain export deal is becoming increasingly limited

By Stefano Stefanini

On September 5, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Stefano Stefanini was quoted in Il Sole 24 Ore, where he argued that  Erdogan’s capacity to mediate in the Black Sea grain export deal is becoming increasingly limited (text in Italian).  

Europe & Eurasia Russia

In the News

Sep 5, 2023

Garlauskas quoted in TribunNews

On September 4, Markus Garlauskas’s recent comments to Nikkei Asia were quoted in TribunNews, an Indonesian media outlet. In particular, the article referenced Garlauskas’s explanation of how North Korea’s growing nuclear capabilities and its improving ties with Russia and the PRC are altering the Kim regime’s strategic calculus on nuclear use.

China Defense Policy

UkraineAlert

Sep 5, 2023

Removal of defense minister shows wartime Ukraine is changing

By Melinda Haring

The removal of Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov in early September came following a series of minor but damaging corruption scandals and signaled a zero tolerance approach to graft in wartime Ukraine, writes Melinda Haring.

Civil Society Conflict

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