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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.

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Polish President Andrzej Duda, July 8, 2016 (photo: NATO)

NATOSource

Jul 12, 2016

Does Restraint Make Germany an Unreliable Ally?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Jan Techau, Carnegie Europe</span>

[German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter] Steinmeier rightfully describes how Germany has already come a long way in its foreign policy.

Germany NATO

In the News

Jul 12, 2016

Brzezinski in CNN: NATO Faces Up to Russian Challenge

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ian Brzezinski</span>

Read the full article here.

NATO Russia

UkraineAlert

Jul 12, 2016

At Warsaw, NATO Agrees to Thwart Putin’s Revisionist Dreams

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >John E. Herbst</span>

NATO leaders finally demonstrated at the Warsaw Summit on July 8 and 9 that they understand the dangers of a revisionist Kremlin, and they approved significant measures to resist it. Unlike the Wales Summit in 2014, which noted that ISIS was an “existential threat to NATO” but made no similar claims about the marauding nuclear […]

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Jul 12, 2016

Hof Quoted by Washington Post on Potential US Partnership with Russia on Syria

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Frederic Hof</span>

Read the full article here.

Russia Syria

In the News

Jul 11, 2016

Grigas Quoted by Natural Gas Europe on the Future of Turkish Natural Gas

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Agnia Grigas</span>

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Russia Turkey

In the News

Jul 11, 2016

Cohen Joins VOA Russia to Discuss the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the German Attack on Russia

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ariel Cohen</span>

Watch the full interview here.

Germany Russia

In the News

Jul 9, 2016

Herbst Quoted by RFE/RL on Russia and NATO

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >John E. Herbst</span>

Read the full article here.

NATO Russia

In the News

Jul 9, 2016

Herbst Quoted by Kyiv Post on Western Strategy in Ukraine

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >John Herbst</span>

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NATO Russia

New Atlanticist

Jul 8, 2016

Putin Seen Out to ‘Destroy’ the European Union

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Mitch Hulse</span>

Russia is exploiting the migrant crisis facing Europe with the goal of destroying the European Union, according to Madeleine K. Albright, a former US secretary of state. “The United States has felt that it is important to talk to the Russians about Syria and try to figure out whether there are places that we can […]

Russia Syria

Bremain vs Brexit

Jul 7, 2016

Russia, European Migrant Crisis Seen as Top Agenda Items for NATO Summit

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Mitch Hulse</span>

The challenge posed by a revanchist Russia and Europe’s migrant crisis will be at the top of the agenda at NATO’s Warsaw Summit on July 8 and 9, according to former US and European diplomats. “[The] NATO summit is going to be about…reassurance, understanding how to protect the members of the Alliance, and also make […]

NATO Russia

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