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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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The Eurasia Center’s mission is to enhance transatlantic cooperation in promoting stability, democratic values and prosperity in Eurasia, from Eastern Europe and Turkey in the West to the Caucasus, Russia and Central Asia in the East.

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Dec 21, 2016

#ACExplainer: Russia’s Interference in the United States Elections

Europe & Eurasia Russia

In the News

Dec 21, 2016

Stein Quoted by BuzzFeed News on Current State of Syrian Conflict

By Aaron Stein

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Russia Syria

In the News

Dec 20, 2016

Stein Quoted by the New York Times on How President-Elect Trump Is Affecting Russia, Iran, and Turkey’s Syria Negotiations

By Aaron Stein

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Iran Russia

In the News

Dec 20, 2016

Cohen in the Daily Caller: Russia Pivotal In Rex Tillerson’s Nomination For Secretary Of State

By Ariel Cohen

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Russia

In the News

Dec 20, 2016

Farkas Joins WTOP to Discuss Russian Interference in the US Election

By Evelyn Farkas

Listen to the full interview here.

Russia

Commanders Series

Dec 20, 2016

A Call for the Transatlantic Community to Stand Up to Russia

Deborah Lee James, secretary of the US Air Force, said the transatlantic community is facing significant challenges In light of numerous instances of Russian aggression around the world, the transatlantic security community must stand together in a coordinated show of force so as to deter Russian revanchism, Deborah Lee James, secretary of the US Air […]

Russia

In the News

Dec 20, 2016

Stein Quoted by ABC News Radio on Tensions Between United States, Turkey, and Russia After Assassination of the Russian Ambassador

By Aaron Stein

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Russia Syria

In the News

Dec 20, 2016

Stein Quoted by Mic on US, Turkish, Russian Relations

By Aaron Stein

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Russia Turkey

In the News

Dec 20, 2016

Stein Quoted by the Washington Post on the Assassination of Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey

By Aaron Stein

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Russia Turkey

UkraineAlert

Dec 20, 2016

How the West Can Beat Back the Kremlin

By Jakub Janda

The Kremlin and its allies have started to harvest the fruits of the seeds they have been planting for years. Moscow occupies territories of Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine; actively wages war on another part of Ukrainian soil; and is now playing a game of political subversion in several Western states. In the past few years, […]

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