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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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In the News

Aug 13, 2018

Fleck Quoted in Newsweek on Merkel-Putin Meeting

By Jorn Fleck

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New Atlanticist

Aug 10, 2018

Atlantic Council Looks Back on 2008 Russia-Georgia War

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council commemorated the ten-year anniversary of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war with a series of pieces looking at the impact of the war and the unsettled geopolitical situation today. Here is a look back at the pieces which ran from August 7 until August 9:

Russia The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

Aug 10, 2018

The Russo-Georgian War’s lesson: Russia will strike again

By Ariel Cohen

Let the tenth anniversary of the Russo-Georgian conflict serve as a somber warning both to us and to our European allies: Si vis pacem, para bellum -- “if you want peace, prepare for war”.

Conflict Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

UkraineAlert

Aug 10, 2018

The Forgotten Story Behind Crimea’s Only Displaced University

By Madeline Roache

“We could hear explosions during classes and the sound of helicopters flying overhead. But no one understood what was happening or how long it would last,” recalls Anna Gladchenko, a 23-year-old student at the Donetsk National Medical University in Ukraine. When war broke out in eastern Ukraine in 2014, 150,000 college students and 10,000 faculty […]

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In the News

Aug 9, 2018

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

By Evelyn Farkas

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In the News

Aug 9, 2018

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

By Mark Simakovsky

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Russia

In the News

Aug 9, 2018

Herbst Quoted in CNBC on New Russia Sanctions

By John Herbst

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Russia

In the News

Aug 9, 2018

Herbst Quoted in CNBC on New Russia Sanctions Bill

By John Herbst

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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

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