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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

Jul 26, 2016

Wyne in Vox World: America isn’t Weaker than China and Russia — It’s Just Held to a Different Standard

By Ali Wyne

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China Russia

In the News

Jul 26, 2016

Grigas Quoted by Trend News Agency on the Turkish Stream Gas Pipeline

By Agnia Grigas

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Energy & Environment Russia

In the News

Jul 26, 2016

Healey Quoted by International Business Times on Russian Influence on US Presidential Election

By Jason Healey

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Cybersecurity Russia

In the News

Jul 25, 2016

Bryza Joins Azerbaijan TV to Discuss Turkey and Russia

By Matthew Bryza

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Russia The Caucasus

In the News

Jul 25, 2016

Healey Quoted by The Hill on Russia’s DNC Hacks

By Jason Healey

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Cybersecurity Russia

In the News

Jul 25, 2016

Karatnycky Quoted by The New York Times on Trump’s Links to Russia

By Adrian Karatnycky

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Russia Ukraine

In the News

Jul 25, 2016

Aslund Quoted by the Hill on Russian Influence in the US Election

By Anders Aslund

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Russia

In the News

Jul 22, 2016

Hof in Defense News: Washington and Moscow: Together on Syria?

By Frederic Hof

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Russia Syria

UkraineAlert

Jul 20, 2016

How the GOP Abandons Ukraine

By Jeffrey Gedmin

When asked recently why he turned up in Moscow last December to help celebrate the tenth anniversary of RT, Michael Flynn rambled about wanting to deliver stern lectures to the Russians. The retired US Lt. Gen.—who now serves as foreign policy adviser to Republican nominee Donald J. Trump—was seated at a gala dinner next to […]

Russia Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Jul 20, 2016

Remembering the Former Soviet Union’s Top Investigative Journalist

By Anders Åslund

Car Bomb Kills Prominent Journalist Pavel Sheremet in Kyiv  It is hard to believe that Pavel Sheremet is dead because he was so full of life. He was an exuberant man who loved life and everything in it. A dinner with Pavel was always a wonderful and lively affair, and he enjoyed the food and […]

Belarus Russia

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