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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

Sep 10, 2016

Itani Quoted by Los Angeles Times on US-Russia Deal

By Faysal Itani

Read the full article here.

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In the News

Sep 9, 2016

Cohen Joins Sky News Arabiya to Discuss the US-Russia Accord for Syria

By Ariel Cohen

Watch the full interview here.

Russia Syria

In the News

Sep 9, 2016

Farkas Joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe to Discuss the US Presidential Election and the Trump-Putin Dynamic

By Evelyn Farkas

Watch the full interview here.

Russia

In the News

Sep 9, 2016

Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire by Grigas Reviewed in New York Review of Books

By Agnia Grigas

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Russia

In the News

Sep 9, 2016

Itani Quoted by Bloomberg on US-Russian Accord on Syrian Ceasefire

By Faysal Itani

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Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Russian President Vladimir Putin, March 22, 2016

NATOSource

Sep 8, 2016

Finland and The Unpredictable Neighbor

By René Nyberg

Great empires do not go away quietly.

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In the News

Sep 8, 2016

Itani Quoted by Bloomberg on the US-Russian Role in Syria

By Faysal Itani

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Russia Syria

In the News

Sep 8, 2016

Vajdich Quoted by McClatchy DC on Trump’s Growing Embrace of Putin

By Daniel Vajdich

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Russia

UkraineAlert

Sep 7, 2016

The Russian Balance Sheet at Hangzhou

By Stephen Blank

The recent G-20 meetings in Hangzhou, China provide a useful balance sheet for assessing Russia’s status in Europe. While Russian President Vladimir Putin showed that Russia is not as isolated as many in the West think it should be, Putin failed to convince France and Germany to pressure Ukraine to implement the Minsk II ceasefire […]

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UkraineAlert

Sep 6, 2016

The German-Russian Relationship: It’s Complicated

By Andreas Umland

There’s a growing perception in Germany that the Minsk ceasefire agreements may never be implemented and the conflict in Ukraine will continue to grind on. To examine the origins and nature of the conflict as well as its possible solution and the role Bavaria may play in these affairs, the German-Ukrainian NGO Kyiv Dialogue held […]

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