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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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In the News

Dec 7, 2016

Vajdich in RealClearWorld: Say No to Russia Reset Part Deux

By Daniel Vajdich

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Russia

In the News

Dec 7, 2016

Rustavi2 Covers Atlantic Council Event on Western Sanctions on Russia

By Atlantic Council

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Russia

UkraineAlert

Dec 7, 2016

Sanctions on Russia Need More Teeth

By Sergey Aleksashenko

It has been more than two years since the European Union and the United States imposed economic sanctions on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine. How effective have the sanctions been? According to US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in 2016, sanctions were meant to “press Moscow to bring an end to the violence […]

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Dec 6, 2016

Cohen in the Financial Times: Beyond the Trump-Putin Warmth, Tough Decisions Lurk

By Ariel Cohen

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Russia

In the News

Dec 6, 2016

Polyakova Quoted by RFE/RL on Kremlin Networks of Influence in Europe

By Alina Polyakova

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Dec 6, 2016

Taking Stock of the Challenge Posed by Russia

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US representative to the OSCE, Daniel B. Baer, responds to European call for arms control talks with Moscow The United States shares European concerns about the erosion of Russian compliance with international treaties, but “it is not self-evident that the way forward is new commitments,” as has been proposed by the foreign ministers of fourteen […]

European Union International Organizations

UkraineAlert

Dec 6, 2016

Trump, Brexit, and the Myth of Ukrainian Nationalism

By Peter Dickinson

The election of Donald Trump to the US presidency is the latest indication that the liberal globalist consensus of the post-Cold War era is finally over. The sanctity of political correctness has been shattered and we now find ourselves hurtling headlong into the uncharted territory of anti-establishment populism. Trump’s triumph is part of a broader […]

Russia Ukraine

Report

Dec 6, 2016

Evaluating Western Sanctions on Russia

By Sergey Aleksashenko

It has been more than two years since the European Union (EU) and the United States imposed economic sanctions on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine. For some of the measures that is time enough to evaluate effectiveness. “The sanctions’ greatest achievement is that they have been an important demonstration of transatlantic unity. Still, there […]

Conflict Defense Policy
US Permanent Representative to NATO Ambassador Douglas Lute, December 5, 2016

NATOSource

Dec 5, 2016

US Briefed NATO Allies on Foreign Hacking of the DNC

By Douglas Lute, US Mission to NATO

Ambassador Lute: [B]efore we were asked, we briefed the [North Atlantic] Council. So we brought experts from Washington and briefed on our national experience with regard to the hacking of the Democratic National Committee

Cybersecurity NATO
Donald Trump, March 15, 2013

NATOSource

Dec 2, 2016

A NATO Agenda for President-Elect Trump

By Ian Brzezinski, Real Clear Defense

The President-elect should adopt the following priorities as part of his agenda as the de facto leader of the NATO Alliance:

NATO Nuclear Nonproliferation

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