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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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Dec 18, 2015

Gedmin on Ukraine’s Ideological Struggle

By Jeffrey Gedmin

Democracy Digest quotes Executive Director of the Transatlantic Renewal Initiative Jeffrey Gedmin on the ideological struggle in Ukraine and its implications for the Kremlin:

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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu & Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Nov. 30. 2015

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Dec 18, 2015

NATO Sending Planes and Ships to Strengthen Turkey’s Air Defenses

By Robin Emmott, Reuters

NATO allies agreed on Friday to send aircraft and ships to Turkey to strengthen Ankara’s air defences on its border with Syria, the alliance’s chief said, a package that is partly designed to avoid any more shoot-downs of Russian planes.

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In the News

Dec 18, 2015

Linderman on Travel Between Russia and Georgia

By Laura Linderman

Georgian News Agency Accent quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Research Fellow Laura Linderman on visa free travel between Russia and Georgia:

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Secretary of Defense (at the time) Chuck Hagel, April 4, 2013

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Dec 18, 2015

Hagel Critiques Obama’s Policies on Syria and Russia

By Dan De Luce, Foreign Policy

[At the time Secretary of Defence Chuck] Hagel wrote a two-page memo to [National Security Advisor Susan] Rice and [Secretary of State John] Kerry — and copied the president — saying the administration needed to decide on its approach to the conflict in Syria and its stance toward the Assad regime.

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In the News

Dec 17, 2015

Aslund on IMF Ruling on Ukraine’s Debt

By Anders Aslund

The Financial Times quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund on the International Monetary Fund’s ruling regarding Ukraine’s debt to Russia:

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In the News

Dec 17, 2015

Hof on Kerry’s Trip to Moscow

By Frederic Hof

Defense News quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof on Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent trip to Moscow to discuss the crisis in Syria, and what was meant by his discussion of “regime change”:

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In the News

Dec 17, 2015

Stephan: Keep on Trucking

By Maria Stephan

Strategic Foresight Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Maria J. Stephan cowrites for Foreign Affairs with former Ambassador to Ukraine William B. Taylor on whether striking truckers could usher in a Russian spring:

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In the News

Dec 16, 2015

Riley: Challenging Putin’s Pipeline Strategy

By Alan Riley

Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Alan Riley writes for the Wall Street Journal on the European Union’s Central and Eastern European members’ opposition to Moscow’s Berlin-backed plan to boost its energy leverage:

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In the News

Dec 16, 2015

Pham on Russia’s Increasing Trade Relationship with Africa

By J. Peter Pham

Pulse Ghana quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Russia’s increasing trade relationship with Africa:

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In the News

Dec 16, 2015

Khoury: New Cold War Comes to Syria

By Nabeel Khoury

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Nabeel Khoury writes for The Cairo Review of Global Affairs on Russia’s intensifying intervention in the Syrian civil war:

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