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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

Jul 30, 2017

Metzl Joins CNN to Discuss Trump and the Russia Sanctions Bill

By Jamie Metzl

Watch the full interview here.

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In the News

Jul 28, 2017

Fishman Joins ABC to Discuss Russia Sanctions

By Edward Fishman

Listen to the full interview here.

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UkraineAlert

Jul 28, 2017

How Healthy Is Ukrainian Democracy?

By Diane Francis

Hours after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stripped Mikheil Saakashvili of his citizenship to silence him, the former president of Georgia was on CNN in New York City badmouthing the oligarchy. Poroshenko’s latest attack on the anti-corruption movement will backfire as Saakashvili becomes a megaphone to the world. He already is a media darling—and speaks five […]

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In the News

Jul 27, 2017

Vershbow and Fishman in the Wall Street Journal: Congress Is Right to Boost Russia Sanctions

By Alexander Vershbow and Edward Fishman

Read the full article here.

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In the News

Jul 27, 2017

Fishman Quoted by Reuters on Trump and Russia Sanctions Bill

By Edward Fishman

Read the full article here.

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In the News

Jul 26, 2017

Carpenter in The Atlantic: Trump’s Dangerous Deal in Syria

By Michael Carpenter

Read the full article here.

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In the News

Jul 25, 2017

Fishman Quoted in Al-Monitor on New Congressional Sanctions on Russia

By Edward Fishman

Read the full article here.

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UkraineAlert

Jul 24, 2017

Why the US Keeps Losing the Fight against Disinformation

By Maxim Eristavi

Journalists and activists in Eastern Europe have been fighting modern propaganda for years. It is time to deploy the lessons of those battles to newsrooms in Washington and beyond. I’ve been exposing organized lies professionally for years now. It started when propaganda took over the Russian-state newsroom in Moscow I was managing in 2013. When […]

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In the News

Jul 24, 2017

Farkas Quoted in Politico on Kushner’s Defense of Russian Contacts

By Evelyn Farkas

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New Atlanticist

Jul 24, 2017

The Politics of Russia Sanctions

By Kelly Russo

The Russia sanctions bill passed overwhelmingly by the US House of Representatives on July 25 is a “strong” piece of legislation that makes it clear that the United States must work jointly with its European allies to impose those sanctions, according to Daniel Fried, a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council. “[The House bill] locks […]

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