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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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Akula class Russian submarine, June 3, 2008

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Apr 21, 2016

Russia Bolsters Its Submarine Fleet, and Tensions With US Rise

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Eric Schmitt, New York Times</span>

Russian attack submarines, the most in two decades, are prowling the coastlines of Scandinavia and Scotland, the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic

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UkraineAlert

Apr 20, 2016

Time for Ukraine to Assume Rightful Place in Global Energy Market

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Nataliya Katser-Buchkovska</span>

In the course of its reforms, Ukraine has launched one of its most critical markets, the energy market. The state economy is highly energy intensive, based on fossil fuels, and imports-dependent. After having lost 10 percent of its industrial coal and gas-bearing territories, the government needs to make up for its energy shortage. Meanwhile, lying […]

Russia Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Apr 20, 2016

Ukraine’s Finally Got a Cybersecurity Strategy. But Is It Enough?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Vera Zimmerman</span>

Ukraine has been battling for its independence not only in the fields of the Donbas, but also in cyberspace. Government networks have been subject to continuous cyber espionage, while other cyberattacks have disrupted a presidential election, blocked access to news media, and engaged in hacktivism and propaganda distribution. Although these attacks initially did not seem […]

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In the News

Apr 20, 2016

Higgins Quoted by Wired on Google’s New YouTube Analysis App

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

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Russia Syria

In the News

Apr 20, 2016

Nordenman Quoted by The New York Times on Russian Submarines

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Magnus Nordenman</span>

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UkraineAlert

Apr 20, 2016

Shame on You, Netherlands

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Aaron Korewa</span>

In a recent referendum, the Dutch people rejected the EU-Ukraine association agreement. Or rather, it was rejected by a majority of the just over 30 percent of Dutch people who decided to participate in this—for lack of a better word—joke. On the day of the referendum, a cartoon with the statement, “If you are voting […]

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Apr 19, 2016

Bryza Quoted by the Financial Times on US and Russian Foreign Policy Toward the Karabakh Conflict

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Matthew Bryza</span>

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Russia The Caucasus

In the News

Apr 19, 2016

Polyakova Quoted by Bloomberg on Russia’s Involvement in the Increase in Popularity of Right Wing Parties in Germany

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Alina Polyakova</span>

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In the News

Apr 15, 2016

Herbst in Newsweek: Estranged from Russia, Turkey and Ukraine Join Forces

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

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Apr 15, 2016

Nordenman in USNI News: Russian Flyby of USS Donald Cook Highlights International Tension in the Baltics

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Magnus Nordenman</span>

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