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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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Finnish Army helicopter, August 7, 2010

NATOSource

Jul 30, 2015

Minister Niinistö: Finland Needs to Rethink its Defense of Åland Islands

By Estonian Public Broadcasting and YLE

From Estonian Public Broadcasting:  Finnish Defense Minister Jussi Niinistö has disclosed that Finland is planning to test its defenses of Åland Islands from “little green men.”

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Estonian soldier participating in NATO's Steadfast Javelin Exercise, May 11, 2015

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Jul 30, 2015

Gaps in NATO Hybrid Defense

By Mark Galeotti, War on the Rocks

[In hybrid warfare,] soldiers are often the last, not the first into the breach, only appearing once the war has been all but won through political and economic subversion, division, and demoralization.

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RAF Typhoons Intercept Russian Jets, July 24, 2015

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Jul 30, 2015

British Fighters Intercept Ten Russian Military Aircraft in One Mission

By Royal Air Force and Telegraph

From Royal Air Force:  On Friday 24th July as part of NATO’s ongoing mission to police Baltic airspace, RAF Typhoons intercepted 10 Russian aircraft during a single Baltic Air Patrol, Quick Reaction Alert mission:

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In the News

Jul 30, 2015

Tanchum: The New Nuclear Race

By Micha'el Tanchum

Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Micha’el Tanchum writes for Asia and the Pacific Policy Society Forum on China’s competition with Russia in the Middle East market for nuclear technology:

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UkraineAlert

Jul 30, 2015

Euromaidan’s Shockwaves: An Exile in Ukraine Recalls Fleeing his Native Kyrgyzstan

By Matthew Kupfer

On a recent warm summer night, Ilya Lukash sat in a bar near Kyiv’s trendy Kontraktova Square, drinking a beer and chatting with his friends in Ukrainian, Russian, and English. In a red T-shirt emblazoned with patriotic Ukrainian slogans, he could easily have been any one of the countless young, educated, pro-democracy Ukrainians who in […]

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In the News

Jul 28, 2015

Åslund on Russian Economic Decline

By Anders Aslund

The Washington Post quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Senior Fellow Anders Åslund on the growing economic crisis in Russia:

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In the News

Jul 28, 2015

Herbst on Military Aid in Ukraine

By John Herbst

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John Herbst joins KSFR’s Here and There to discuss the conflict in Ukraine and the need for US military and financial aid to the government in Kyiv:

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In the News

Jul 28, 2015

Nordenman: Sub Discovery Media Storm Highlights Tensions Between Russia and the West

By Magnus Nordenman

Brent Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Magnus Nordenman writes for USNI News on why a mysterious submarine discovered near Sweden highlights tensions between Russia and the West:

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In the News

Jul 28, 2015

Nordenman on US Troops in Europe

By Magnus Nordenman

VICE News quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Magnus Nordenman on the United States continuing to boost troop rotations and equipment in Europe to deter Russian aggression:

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Jul 27, 2015

Herbst on Putin’s Misinformation Campaign

By John E. Herbst

Italian-language Formiche quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst on Putin’s massive media disinformation campaign to obfuscate Russian aggression in Ukraine: Read the full article here.

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