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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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Bremain vs Brexit

Jun 30, 2016

Brexit is a Win for Putin

By John E. Herbst

A vote for Brexit is a big win for Russia’s foreign policy.  Moscow has made no secret of its desire to upend the post-Cold War settlement in Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials have regularly said that there will be new rules for global order or no rules. They insist that […]

European Union International Organizations
Swedish Marine participating in BALTOPS exercise, Jun 11, 2016

NATOSource

Jun 30, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Sweden and Finland

By Magnus Nordenman

Along with the heads of state of NATO’s 28 members, the leaders of partner nations will also attend the Warsaw summit in July to discuss the response to the changing European security environment.

NATO NATO Partnerships

New Atlanticist

Jun 30, 2016

NATO Must Stick to its Guns on its Eastern Flank

By Lauren Speranza

As its summit in Warsaw approaches, NATO is bolstering defenses on its eastern flank, increasing military presence, improving infrastructure, and conducting military exercises. While praised in some circles, NATO’s actions have also drawn criticism. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has accused the Alliance of “warmongering” and ratcheting up tensions with Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin […]

NATO Russia

In the News

Jun 30, 2016

Hof Quoted by Rare on Russia and the United States in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

Read the full article here.

Russia Syria
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Georgia's President Giorgi Margvelashvili, June 8, 2016

NATOSource

Jun 29, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Georgia

By Laura Linderman

Georgia is wedged precariously between a NATO ambivalent about expansion and a giant neighbor bent on including it in its sphere of influence.

NATO Russia
Danish F-16, Nov. 10, 2010

NATOSource

Jun 29, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Denmark and Norway

By Ann-Sofie Dahl

The two Scandinavian allies strongly supported the outcome of the last NATO Summit in Wales, with a renewed focus on deterrence and reassurance measures to counter Russian aggression in the Baltic Sea region.

NATO Northern Europe

In the News

Jun 29, 2016

Farkas Quoted by Washington Post on Russian Security Services’ Increasing Brutality

By Evelyn Farkas

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UkraineAlert

Jun 29, 2016

Now Is Not the Time to Scrap the Minsk Agreement

By John E. Herbst

A Reply to David J. Kramer Editor’s Note: On June 22, Ambassador John Herbst and David J. Kramer debated whether we should bury the Minsk agreement, the troubled ceasefire agreement in Ukraine, at an Atlantic Council event in Washington, DC. Their remarks have been adapted from the debate. Ukraine’s discussion of the war with Russia […]

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New Atlanticist

Jun 29, 2016

It’s Time to Scrap the Minsk Agreement

By David J. Kramer

Editor’s Note: On June 22, Ambassador John Herbst and David Kramer debated whether we should bury the Minsk agreement, the troubled ceasefire agreement in Ukraine, at an Atlantic Council event in Washington, DC. Their remarks have been adapted from the debate. The Minsk ceasefire agreement, signed February 15, 2015, by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, […]

Germany OSCE
Polish soldier in NATO's Noble Jump exercise, June 18, 2015

NATOSource

Jun 28, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Poland

By Ian Brzezinski

NATO’s meeting of heads of state on July 8th in Warsaw will be the Alliance’s most important summit since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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