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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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Mar 16, 2017

What to Do About Russia?

Russia

In the News

Mar 16, 2017

Polyakova Quoted by the Financial Times on Cyber Attacks and the Russian Government

By Alina Polyakova

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Cybersecurity Russia

In the News

Mar 16, 2017

Bechev in the American Interest: The Putin and Erdogan Show

By Dimitar Bechev

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Russia Turkey

In the News

Mar 16, 2017

Polyakova Quoted by the World Weekly on WikiLeaks and Russia

By Alina Polyakova

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Cybersecurity Russia

Press Release

Mar 16, 2017

Report by Global Think Tanks Calls for Robust and Principled Strategy to Constrain Russia

By Atlantic Council

WASHINGTON, DC – A group of former officials and experts from leading democracies called today for a robust and principled new strategy toward Russia. In a report issued by the Atlantic Council and other leading global think tanks from Canada, France, South Korea, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Italy, the group calls upon […]

Russia

UkraineAlert

Mar 15, 2017

Trump and Merkel Cannot Afford to Fail

By Ariel Cohen

The massive snowstorm that postponed German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to the White House is symbolic of the chill in US-German relations. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized Merkel’s open borders policy, which has brought over 1,250,000 refugees to Germany since 2015. Merkel has responded with a strong defense of freedom of movement and […]

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UkraineAlert

Mar 15, 2017

Reject Populists’ Slogans and Work Hard to Make Things Better, Gontareva Urges

By Melinda Haring

The governor of the National Bank of Ukraine may be diminutive, but she speaks powerfully. “For the previous two decades we were not brave enough,” Valeria Gontareva, 52, said in a March 8 interview. “The real transition from post-USSR to [a] modern competitive economy did not happen when Ukraine gained its independence.” Instead, Ukraine continued […]

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Mar 15, 2017

Polyakova Joins with BBC Radio to Discuss Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak

By Alina Polyakova

Listen to the full interview here.

Russia

In the News

Mar 15, 2017

Aslund Quoted by the Los Angeles Times on Peaceful Relations Between Russia and the US

By Anders Aslund

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Mar 14, 2017

Deciphering Gazprom’s Pipeline Agenda in Europe

By Martin Vladimirov and Sijbren de Jong

Despite the tentative March 13 agreement between the European Commission and Gazprom on the liberalization of gas markets in Central and Eastern Europe, it is still premature to declare an end to the Russian energy giant’s dominance in the region. In its statement of promises, Gazprom pledges to remove destination clauses in its long-term contracts […]

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