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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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UkraineAlert

May 4, 2017

Why Is the Kremlin So Fixated on Phantom Fascists?

By Peter Dickinson

In April, reports emerged of Kremlin plans to launch a major smear campaign against Russian opposition figurehead Alexey Navalny. Within days, an expensive-looking attack video had appeared anonymously on YouTube, comparing Navalny to Adolf Hitler. The Russian authorities denied any connection to the video, but few believed them. After all, branding opponents as fascists is […]

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NATOSource

May 3, 2017

NATO’s Military Commander Concerned About Russia’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe

By Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Senate Appropriations Committee

[T]oday we face the most dynamic European security environment in history.

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UkraineAlert

May 3, 2017

Mikheil Saakashvili: “By my own standards, I failed on every account in Odesa.”

By Diane Francis

Mikheil Saakashvili strode into the Toronto Four Seasons Hotel on a Saturday morning, all smiles and apologies for being late. The café was empty, except for myself, a handful of patrons, and a young waiter who had recently immigrated from Ukraine. I told him who I was waiting for and he smiled. Saakashvili is only […]

Russia The Caucasus

UkraineAlert

May 2, 2017

Does RT Really Believe in Free Speech? Prove It

By Jeffrey Gedmin

RT aims to discredit the United States in a straightforward way. The Kremlin-funded television network—established in 2005, operating in English, Arabic, and Spanish—doesn’t report on America and the West warts and all, but rather focuses single-mindedly on warts alone. That’s not all. Sins of omission, falsehoods, and conspiracy theories—like Ukraine shooting down the Malaysian Airlines […]

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In the News

May 1, 2017

Ullman in UPI: Three ‘Black Holes’ Facing NATO: Strategy, Russia, Weapons

By Harlan Ullman

Read the full article here.

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In the News

Apr 28, 2017

Vershbow Joins Echo of Moscow to Discuss US-Russia Relations and NATO

By Alexander Vershbow

Listen to the full interview here.

NATO Russia

In the News

Apr 27, 2017

Aslund in Project Syndicate: Russia’s Neo-Feudal Capitalism

By Anders Aslund

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Russia

In the News

Apr 27, 2017

Metzl Joins CNN to Discuss Michael Flynn and Russia

By Jamie Metzl

Watch the full interview here.

Russia

In the News

Apr 27, 2017

Nordenman in USNI News: Sinking of Surveillance Ship Highlights Increase in Russian Navy Operations

By Magnus Nordenman

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In the News

Apr 27, 2017

Manning Quoted by Newsweek on the Russia-North Korea Relationship

By Robert Manning

Read the full article here.

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