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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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In the News

Feb 29, 2016

Healey in Defense News: Putin’s Options for Cyber Escalation Over Ukraine

By Jason Healey

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Russia Ukraine

In the News

Feb 29, 2016

Herbst in Newsweek: Ceasefire in Syria Turns Putin’s Eye on Ukraine Once Again

By John E. Herbst

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Russia Syria

In the News

Feb 27, 2016

Cohen Joins Russian TVC Channel to Discuss US-Russia Relations

By Ariel Cohen

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Russia

Bremain vs Brexit

Feb 26, 2016

Nuclear Component Must Be Part of NATO’s Deterrence Policy in Europe’s East, says Latvia’s Foreign Minister

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Official says Russia using migrant crisis to divide Europe NATO’s current presence in Europe’s east is insufficient to provide credible deterrence, must be ramped up, and include a nuclear component, said Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevičs. “A nuclear component should be part of the overall NATO Article 5 deterrence policy,” Rinkevičs said, noting that Russian […]

NATO Northern Europe

UkraineAlert

Feb 26, 2016

Ukraine’s Booming Tech Sector Gets International Attention Despite War

By Diane Francis

A plain Soviet-era office block squats on a residential street in the beautiful historic city of Lviv, Ukraine. The lobby is dimly lit and there is no seating, only a stern guard who points to the elevator to access local software engineering firm N-iX. The doors part and the offices are an orange and white […]

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Feb 26, 2016

Hof Quoted by Reuters on How the West Misread Putin Over Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

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Russia Syria

In the News

Feb 26, 2016

Grigas Interviewed by US News & World Report on Putin’s New Empire

By Agnia Grigas

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Russia

In the News

Feb 26, 2016

Farkas Quoted by IBT on Russia’s Role in Ceasefire in Syria

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia Syria

In the News

Feb 25, 2016

Coote and Morningstar Quoted by RT Deutsch on Nord Stream 2 Implications

By Bud Coote and Richard L. Morningstar

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Germany Russia

In the News

Feb 25, 2016

Coote Quoted by The Telegraph on Likelihood of Russia Underpricing LNG

By Bud Coote

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