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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

Mar 20, 2017

The Importance of Values in Engagement with Russia

In devising a strategy to counter Russian aggression, the new US administration must keep in mind the significance of fundamental values and frame a foreign policy accordingly, said Simon Palamar, a senior fellow with the Center for International Governance and Innovation. “Invoking values… is useful for reminding us about what we’re doing this for and […]

Russia

In the News

Mar 20, 2017

Stein Quoted by Agence France-Presse on Russian-Kurdish Cooperation during Syrian Conflict

By Aaron Stein

Read the full article here.

Russia Syria

In the News

Mar 20, 2017

Ullman in UPI: What Will Russia’s Vladimir Putin Do Next?

By Harlan Ullman

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Russia

In the News

Mar 20, 2017

Brannen Quoted by the Christian Science Monitor on FBI Investigation into Trump Administration’s Ties to Russia

By Kate brannen

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Russia

In the News

Mar 20, 2017

Farkas Joins BBC to Discuss Russian Election Interferences

By Evelyn Farkas

Listen to full interview here.

Russia

In the News

Mar 20, 2017

Benitez Quoted by Accent on US-Russia Relations

By Jorge Benitez

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Missile Defense Russia

In the News

Mar 18, 2017

Polyakova Quoted by Newsweek on Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Policy

By Alina Polyakova

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Europe & Eurasia Russia

New Atlanticist

Mar 17, 2017

A Strategy for Countering Russian Revanchism

US President Donald J. Trump’s administration should pursue a policy of “constrainment”—an attempt to hinder Russian revanchism while bolstering Western alliances—to counter Russia’s aggression on the world stage, according to a new Atlantic Council report. Ash Jain, a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security, joined James Nixey, head of […]

Russia

New Atlanticist

Mar 17, 2017

Relations with Russia: A Strategy of ‘Constrainment’

By Alexander Vershbow

Three years ago this month, Russia illegally annexed Crimea and laid the groundwork for its ongoing campaign to destabilize Ukraine.  That moment marked the end of a period of more than twenty years when the countries of the West looked to Russia as a partner. Of course, even before 2014, Russia had demonstrated a pattern […]

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Mar 17, 2017

Vershbow Interviewed by New York Magazine on Vladimir Putin

By Alexander "Sandy" Vershbow

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