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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

Jun 28, 2018

Manning Quoted in Voice of America on Trump-Putin Summit

By Robert A. Manning

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President Donald Trump, Secretary General Jans Stoltenberg, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, May 25, 2017 (photo: NATO)

NATOSource

Jun 28, 2018

As Summit Nears, NATO Allies Have One Main Worry: Trump

By Steven Erlanger, New York Times

The European allies are deeply worried that they will confront the [President Donald] Trump who was on display at the meeting in June in Canada

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In the News

Jun 27, 2018

Shaffer Quoted in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on US Opposition to the Russian-German Pipeline

By Brenda Shaffer

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New Atlanticist

Jun 27, 2018

The Trump-Putin Summit

By David Wemer

US President Donald J. Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, will hold their first summit in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, the White House announced on June 28. The meeting will come days after the NATO Summit in Brussels and Trump’s visit to the United Kingdom. US National Security Advisor John Bolton has said […]

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In the News

Jun 27, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in CBC on NATO Summit and Trump-Putin Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

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In the News

Jun 27, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in Bloomberg on Possible Putin-Trump Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, July 7, 2017 (photo: Office of the President of Russia)

NATOSource

Jun 27, 2018

NATO Expert: Allies Worried About Likely Trump-Putin Meeting

By Andrew Restuccia and David Herszenhorn, Politico

For Putin, the best outcome of the summit is a tacit — or even explicit — endorsement from the American president

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Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, May 29, 2018 (photo: Department of State)

NATOSource

Jun 26, 2018

Secretary of State Pompeo: Despite Current Rift, Alliance Between US and Europe Is Strong

By Michael Pompeo and Elise Labott, Department of State

Excerpts from CNN’s Elise Labott interview with Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, June 24, 2018.

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In the News

Jun 25, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in the Hill on the Possibility of a Trump-Putin Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

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UkraineAlert

Jun 25, 2018

Hunger Strike Points to Missed PR Opportunity for Putin Regime

By Diane Francis

The World Cup in Russia is a Potemkin football extravaganza or a fancy façade designed to depict the country as advanced and civilized. In reality, it’s neither. Facts are that in recent international sporting events Russia’s athletes have been caught doping on a massive scale, or, alternatively, Putin has used festivities to camouflage the invasion […]

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