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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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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President Donald Trump, May 17, 2018 (photo: NATO)

NATOSource

May 24, 2018

NATO Chief Worried About Fissures Between United States and Europe

By Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said during a visit to Washington this week he is worried about the significant gaps between the United States and Europe on some of the world’s most important issues, from climate change to America’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

New Atlanticist

May 23, 2018

Is Russia Violating the Biological Weapons Convention?

By Lukas Trakimavičius

Russia’s reported use of a chemical weapon against a former Russian spy and his daughter in the United Kingdom in March caused an international uproar that echoes to the present day. The incident raised questions regarding the Kremlin’s ongoing use of chemical weapons. While more than forty years have passed since Moscow signed the Biological […]

Russia

In the News

May 23, 2018

Carpenter Quoted in Salon on the US Case Against Russia as a Sponsor of Terrorism

By Michael Carpenter

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Russia

In the News

May 22, 2018

Ullman in UPI: Russian Federation Embassy is like Fort Apache on Wisconsin Avenue

By Harlan Ullman

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Russia

In the News

May 21, 2018

Alperovitch Quoted in CNN on the US-North Korea Summit

By Dmitri Alperovitch

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Korea Russia

New Atlanticist

May 21, 2018

The Atlantic Council Must be Open to Dialogue—Even if Critics Disagree

By John E. Herbst

I am sorry to see the letter from a group that opposes a private dinner that we are holding with Peter Aven and Mikhail Fridman of Alfa Group. I have the greatest of respect for this distinguished group of people, and we have more often been on the same side when it comes to campaigning […]

Russia

New Atlanticist

May 21, 2018

Oligarchs from Alfa Group Should be Asked Critical Questions at the Atlantic Council Dinner

By The Undersigned (Signatories Below)

Last week we—Russian and US experts and activists—learned that an off-the-record roundtable dinner with Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, principals of the Alfa Group, will be held on May 21 at the Atlantic Council. These Kremlin regime insiders are both listed on the January update of the US government list “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions […]

Russia

EconoGraphics

May 18, 2018

US Sanctions’ Global Impact – A Case Study of RUSAL’s Supply Chain

By Ole Moehr

On April 6, 2018, the Trump Administration imposed stiff economic sanctions on 37 Russian oligarchs, oligarch-owned companies, Russian government officials, and state-owned companies.

Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

May 17, 2018

How to Make Sense of Japan’s Delicate Balance Between Russia and Ukraine

By Maria Shagina

Showing solidarity with other G7 countries following Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine, Japan imposed sanctions on Russia—albeit reluctantly. The Ukraine crisis occurred amid Japan’s efforts to reinvigorate Japan-Russia relations in the hope of solving the long-standing territorial dispute over the Northern territories (the Kuril Islands in Russian). Subsequently, maintaining Japan’s balance between other G7 countries […]

China Japan

New Atlanticist

May 16, 2018

Russia is Anxious About War. Here’s How the United States Should Respond

By Ariel Cohen

US President Donald J. Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal may increase the prospects of instability in the Middle East. However, Russia is likely to interpret this instability through the prism of what many politicians and analysts in Moscow like to call the “approaching global confrontation with the United […]

Russia

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