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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

Mar 15, 2016

Farkas in Defense One: Putin Got Exactly What He Wanted in Syria

By Evelyn Farkas

Read the full article here.

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In the News

Mar 15, 2016

Farkas Joins BBC World Service to Discuss Russia’s Withdrawal from Syria

By Evelyn Farkas

Listen to the full interview here.

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In the News

Mar 15, 2016

Herbst and Brzezinski Testify Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Ukrainian Reforms After Russia’s Invasion

By John Herbst and Ian Brzezinksi

Read testimony from The Hon. John E. Herbst here.

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In the News

Mar 15, 2016

Cohen Quoted by International Business Times on Russia’s Withdrawal in Syria

By Ariel Cohen

Read the full article here.

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In the News

Mar 15, 2016

Hof Quoted by National Public Radio on Russia’s Withdrawal from Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

Read the full article here.

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UkraineAlert

Mar 15, 2016

The World According to Sergei Lavrov (and Putin)

By Alexei Sobchenko

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently blamed Vladimir Lenin for planting ideas that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was a telling statement in view of the upcoming centennial anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which had an enormous impact on world history. We still don’t know how the Kremlin will commemorate this […]

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In the News

Mar 15, 2016

Itani Quoted by VICE on Russia’s Withdrawal from Syria

By Faysal Itani

Read the full article here.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 11, 2016

Putin Takes a Leaf from Tsarist Playbook

By Mikaila Altenbern

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s goal of restoring his country’s role in shaping the politics and policies of its near-neighbors—nations that were once part of the Soviet Union or the Russian Empire—is rooted in Tsarist “Russification policies,” according to Agnia Grigas, the author of a new book that takes a systematic look at the Kremlin’s policies […]

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Event Recap

Mar 10, 2016

Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire

By Eurasia Center

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s goal of restoring his country’s role in shaping the politics and policies of its near-neighbors—nations that were once part of the Soviet Union or the Russian Empire—is rooted in Tsarist “Russification policies,” according to Agnia Grigas, the author of a new book that takes a systematic look at the Kremlin’s policies […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama, June 18, 2012

NATOSource

Mar 10, 2016

Obama Does Not Believe Invading Ukraine or Saving Assad Makes Putin ‘a Player’

By Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic

He [President Barack Obama] described a relationship with Putin that doesn’t quite conform to common perceptions.

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