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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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The Eurasia Center’s mission is to enhance transatlantic cooperation in promoting stability, democratic values and prosperity in Eurasia, from Eastern Europe and Turkey in the West to the Caucasus, Russia and Central Asia in the East.

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AC Selects

Mar 8, 2022

AC Selects: Russia-Ukraine war: US sanctions, Chinese ties, and the road ahead

Week of March 4, 2022 Last week, the Eurasia Center, the Global China Hub, and the GeoEconomics Center focused its convening power on Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine. The three events looked at sanctions designed to cripple the Russian economy, the implications of the invasion for China-Russia relations, and how the US administration has responded […]

China Conflict

In the News

Mar 8, 2022

Marks on CNN to discuss Putin’s strategy in Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Ronald Marks III discusses Putin’s strategic miscalculations in Ukraine.

Conflict Crisis Management

UkraineAlert

Mar 8, 2022

Ukraine urgently needs a multi-billion dollar international fund to survive

By Ilya Timtchenko

Ukraine urgently needs international financial support to prevent an economic collapse as a result of Vladimir Putin's invasion and in order to fund the future rebuilding of the country's devastated towns and cities.

Conflict Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 8, 2022

Slavin quoted in Al-Monitor: Biden bans Russian oil imports as Iran talks hit snag

Iran Russia

In the News

Mar 8, 2022

Slavin quoted in Al-Monitor on US-Iran nuclear talks in Vienna

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Mar 8, 2022

Ashford in the Power Problems Podcast: The end of the post-Cold War era?

By Atlantic Council

On March 8, Emma Ashford returned to her roots and appeared on the Cato Institute’s Power Problems podcast to discuss tensions between the West and Russia. “I’m confident the Russians didn’t expect this level of support from Europe. I didn’t expect this level of support from Europe. We have gone, in about a week…from the […]

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Mar 8, 2022

Ashford in The New Republic: The no fly-zone risk: what if Russia doesn’t back down?

By Atlantic Council

On March 8, Emma Ashford and Joshua Shrifinson were quoted on the escalatory risks of a no-fly-zone. “Even if a no-fly zone miraculously didn’t lead to direct war, it would significantly escalate a conflict that is already dangerously intensifying with no clear pathways for de-escalation. The sanctions are unprecedentedly harsh, turning Russia into the most […]

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Mar 8, 2022

Ashford in Foreign Affairs: How the war in Ukraine could get much worse

By Atlantic Council

On March 8, along with Joshua Shifrinson of Boston University, Emma Ashford published an article in Foreign Affairs on the war in Ukraine. “The most effective way to curtail the risks of escalation in Europe is to end the conflict in Ukraine. This will be difficult, perhaps impossible, to do in the near term given […]

Conflict Crisis Management

UkraineAlert

Mar 7, 2022

Western weakness is enabling Russian war crimes in Ukraine

By Bohdan Klid

The democratic world has loudly condemned Vladimir Putin's Ukrainian invasion but longstanding policies of Western weakness towards the Kremlin linger on and are now enabling Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

Conflict European Union

In the News

Mar 7, 2022

Amb. Fried interviewed in Bloomberg’s Balance of Power podcast on the Ukrainian refugee crisis

Listen to the interview here

Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

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