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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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New Atlanticist

Jan 19, 2017

Ukraine Confident US Support Will Not Waver

By Teri Schultz

‘Channeling Brussels’ with Yehor Bozhok, Ukraine’s acting head of mission at NATO While the United States’ allies in Europe have been shaken by US President-elect Donald Trump’s description of NATO as “obsolete” and his suggestion that he may consider relaxing US sanctions imposed on Russia for its actions in Ukraine, Ukraine’s top diplomat at NATO […]

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In the News

Jan 19, 2017

Hof Joins the Axis to Discuss US and Russian Policy on Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

Watch full interview here.

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In the News

Jan 19, 2017

Eljarh in Al-Monitor: What Game Is Russia Playing in Libya?

By Mohamed Eljarh

Read the full article here.

Libya Russia

In the News

Jan 18, 2017

Mezran Quoted by the Daily Star on Russia, Libya, and the United States

By Karim Mezran

Read full article here.

Libya Russia

In the News

Jan 18, 2017

Burrows Quoted by the Sun on NATO, Russia, and Donald Trump

By Mathew J. Burrows

Read full article here.

NATO Russia

In the News

Jan 18, 2017

Cohen Joins ETV to Discuss Sanctions against Russia and President Trump’s Domestic and Foreign Policy

By Ariel Cohen

Watch full interview here.

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In the News

Jan 18, 2017

Vershbow Quoted by the Philadelphia Inquirer on US-Russia Relations Under the Trump Administration

By Alexander Vershbow

Read full article here.

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Donald Trump, James Mattis, and Mike Pence, Nov. 20, 2016

NATOSource

Jan 18, 2017

Trump’s Cabinet Knows NATO is Important, But It’s Not Clear He Agrees

By Editorial Board of the Washington Post

CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY by Donald Trump’s national security nominees last week suggested that the incoming administration would not seek to dismantle the alliances that have undergirded the West — and U.S. global leadership — since 1945.

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UkraineAlert

Jan 18, 2017

How Far Will Putin Dare to Go in 2017?

By Peter Dickinson

From Brexit to Trump, 2016 was the year fake news became headline news. In Ukraine, however, it was old news. Ukrainians are living through the third winter of an ongoing hybrid war with Russia, a conflict driven to a remarkable degree by fake news. But fake news is only one of the many hybrid war […]

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UkraineAlert

Jan 18, 2017

Break the Caucasian Chalk Circle

By Alexandra Hall Hall

As hopes fade that President-elect Donald Trump will take a stronger line on Russia than candidate Trump, and worries grow about his commitment to key Euro-Atlantic institutions such as the EU and NATO, it is not just small countries on the fringe of Europe, like Georgia, whose future is at stake. It is time for […]

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