issue spotlight

Stay updated

COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS

The Power Vertical

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.

The Russia Tomorrow series

recent events

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.

Content

In the News

Aug 9, 2018

Farkas Quoted in the Wall Street Journal on New US Sanctions Over Nerve-Agent Attack

By Evelyn Farkas

Read the full article here

Russia

In the News

Aug 9, 2018

Simakovsky Quoted in Newsweek on Russia Sanctions Over Nerve-Agent Attack

By Mark Simakovsky

Read the full article here

Russia

In the News

Aug 9, 2018

Herbst Quoted in CNBC on New Russia Sanctions

By John Herbst

Read the full article here

Russia

In the News

Aug 9, 2018

Herbst Quoted in CNBC on New Russia Sanctions Bill

By John Herbst

Read the full article here.

Russia

New Atlanticist

Aug 9, 2018

The West Should Stand Stronger With Georgia

By Mamuka Tsereteli

Ten years ago, Russia invaded Georgia, burning and ethnically cleansing the villages of the Tskhinvali region and occupying and recognizing the regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Moscow’s immediate objective was to limit the sovereign right of Georgia to resist the corrupt, backward, and technologically obsolete Russian political and economic system, and, instead, join the transatlantic political, military, and […]

Russia The Caucasus

In the News

Aug 8, 2018

Simakovsky Quoted in CNN on New Russia Sanctions

By Mark Simakovsky

Read the full article here

Russia

New Atlanticist

Aug 8, 2018

Russia Braces For ‘Crushing’ New Sanctions Over Electoral Interference

By David Wemer

On August 8, the Russian newspaper Kommersant published a draft of what they claim is the new Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act (DASKAA), a bill US senators introduced on August 2 that aims to punish Moscow for its interference in American elections, its continued support for the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, and […]

Russia

In the News

Aug 8, 2018

Simakovsky in USA Today: Russia invaded Georgia exactly 10 years ago. Here’s how Trump could prevent another war.

By Mark Simakovsky

Read the full article here.

Russia The Caucasus

In the News

Aug 8, 2018

Fried in USA Today: Russia invaded Georgia exactly 10 years ago. Here’s how Trump could prevent another war.

By Daniel Fried

Read the full article here.

Russia The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

Aug 8, 2018

The Russia-Georgia War: Not Frozen and Not Forgotten

By Alexandra Hall Hall

On the tenth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Georgia, it is essential not to forget the ongoing human, security, political, and economic impact both of that war, and of Georgia’s underlying unresolved conflicts with the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Nothing brings home the cost of war better than meeting some of its […]

Russia The Caucasus

Experts