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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

Apr 3, 2018

Farkas Quoted in Newsmax on the Potential U.S.-Russia Talk

By Evelyn Farkas

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In the News

Apr 3, 2018

Farkas Joins MSNBC to Discuss the Possible Meeting of Trump and Putin

By Evelyn Farkas

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UkraineAlert

Apr 3, 2018

Two Ways the West Enables Corruption in Ukraine

By Taras Kuzio

Western pressure on Ukraine to fight corruption has never been greater. But the pressure has been one-sided and focused on Ukraine, which isn’t fair. The West bears some culpability, too. Ukrainians flee criminal prosecution and receive political asylum in the West, and they use Western banks to launder capital from Ukraine. It is time to […]

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UkraineAlert

Apr 3, 2018

Reluctant Russophobes: The Underwhelming International Response to Putin’s Hybrid War

By Peter Dickinson

If Moscow is genuinely innocent of all the misdeeds attributed to it, why does it always seem to get the blame? The Kremlin attributes every new allegation to Russophobia. This excuse has proven ideally suited to the varied terrain of hybrid warfare, serving as a one-size-fits-all explanation for virtually any charge. Whether the claims relate […]

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In the News

Apr 3, 2018

Fried in Foreign Affairs: When Diplomats and Spies Must Go

By Daniel Fried

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In the News

Apr 3, 2018

Fried Quoted in CBC on Trump Inviting Putin to the White House

By Daniel Fried

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In the News

Apr 2, 2018

Nimmo Quoted in Independent on Sergei Skripal Being Poisoned

By Ben Nimmo

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UkraineAlert

Apr 2, 2018

Is Putin Getting Ready to Exit the Donbas?

By Michael Bociurkiw

For the second time in less than a month, a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was agreed to. The pause in shooting was to have gone into effect just after midnight Thursday, March 29. That’s not particularly unusual; many ceasefires have been declared since the conflict began in the spring of 2014. And like the others, […]

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In the News

Apr 2, 2018

Vajdich Quoted in Foreign Policy on the U.S.-Russia Policy

By Daniel Vajdich

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In the News

Apr 2, 2018

Åslund Quoted in Foreign Policy on the U.S.-Russia Policy

By Anders Åslund

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