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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

Aug 13, 2015

Pham on Putin’s Russia and Africa

By J. Peter Pham

The Council on Foreign Relations quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Russia’s economic and military ties with Africa:

Africa Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 13, 2015

POLITICO Features NATOSource Infographic

By NATOSource

POLITICO Europe features NATOSource’s infographic which debunks Russian myths of NATO expansion:

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Polish President Andrzej Duda, September 12, 2013

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Aug 13, 2015

NATO Treats Poland Like a Buffer State, Says New President

By Henry Foy, Financial Times

Polish president Andrzej Duda has criticised Nato for treating Poland like a “buffer zone” rather than a fully fledged member facing a resurgent Russia and urged the alliance to place permanent bases in the former Soviet bloc country.

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UkraineAlert

Aug 13, 2015

Russia’s Occupation of Ukraine Still Top Threat to Global Security

By Stephen Blank

Recent articles in the US media suggest that the Pentagon is “rebalancing” its forces towards Europe to meet the Russian challenge. At the same time, NATO plans to halve the number of air patrols over the Baltic. Supposedly the Russian threat to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania has ebbed, and governments are finally stepping up to […]

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In the News

Aug 12, 2015

Karatnycky on Ukraine’s Book Ban

By Adrian Karatnycky

Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky joins The Takeaway to discuss Ukraine’s ban on thirty-eight Russian books:

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UkraineAlert

Aug 12, 2015

How Mr. X Outsmarted Mr. Kvit: The Lopsided Progress of Ukraine’s Education Reforms

By Kateryna Smagliy

Let me tell you the story of Mr. X—a student whom I had never seen in class, and who had not shown up for any of his final exams. “Oh, do not worry,” his fellow students reassured me, “it has been like this year in year out.” I could have easily forgotten this trivial episode […]

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UkraineAlert

Aug 12, 2015

Ukraine Crisis Is Not Only About Ukraine

By Andreas Umland

The Ukraine crisis is not only about Ukraine. Far more urgent for humanity as a whole are the commitments made by Russia and other UN Security Council members with regard to Ukraine’s accession to the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) following the Soviet Union’s collapse. The NPT aims to curtail the spread of weapons […]

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In the News

Aug 11, 2015

Czuperski on MH17

By Maksymilian Czuperski

Special Assistant to the President and CEO Maksymilian Czuperski joins Voice of America Ukraine to discuss MH17 and the potential that fragments from the crash site could be from a Russian-made missile:

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UkraineAlert

Aug 11, 2015

Even After Iran Deal, Putin Won’t Get His Way in Ukraine

By John E. Herbst

Ever since US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi last May, Ukraine’s friends have been concerned that in its eagerness to ensure Kremlin support for a deal with Iran, the White House was willing to let Putin have his way in Ukraine. Advocates of this outlook point to five […]

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In the News

Aug 11, 2015

Aslund on Crimea

By Anders Aslund

War on the Rocks cites Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund on his analysis of Russian incursions into Crimea: 

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