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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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Mar 23, 2015

Brzezinski on the Breakdown of Relations Between Moscow and the West

By Ian Brzezinski

The Polish Institute of International Affairs quotes  Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski on how Russia’s withdrawal from the Conventional Forces Europe treaty demonstrates a further breakdown in relations between Moscow and the West:

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AfricaSource

Mar 23, 2015

Russia’s Return to Africa: An Update

By J. Peter Pham

One year after the disputed referendum to join Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula to Russia, the Kremlin is increasingly finding in Africa a welcome break from what has otherwise been its continued international diplomatic and economic isolation as a result of its aggression against its Eastern European neighbor.

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Danish warship Absalon, April 29, 2013

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Mar 22, 2015

Russia Threatens to Aim Nuclear Missiles at Denmark’s Ships If It Joins NATO Shield

By Reuters, Telegraph, and Copenhagen Post

From Reuters:  Russia threatened to aim nuclear missiles at Danish warships if Denmark joins NATO’s missile defense system,

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Konstantin Kosachev, Federica Mogherini, Jens Stoltenberg, and Victoria Nuland, March 20, 2015

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Mar 20, 2015

Russian Official Asks Secretary General if NATO Would Bomb Country that Initiated Cyber Attack

By John Thor Dahlburg, AP

When the discussion turned to the growing threat of cyber-attacks being used to undermine a country’s economy or security,

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Russian fighter jets, May 24, 2008

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Mar 20, 2015

NATO Intercepts Eight Russian Fighter Jets Over Baltic Sea

By Andrius Sytas, Reuters

A NATO patrol intercepted Russian fighter jets over the Baltic Sea, Lithuanian authorities said on Wednesday,

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Mar 20, 2015

Kroenig on NATO Strategy Toward Russia

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig writes for Survival, debating his critics over NATO strategy toward Russia:

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Nordic Battle Group Training in Sweden, Nov. 7, 2007

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Mar 19, 2015

Stockholm’s Security Service Concerned About Possible Russian Military Operation Against Sweden

By Reuters and AP

From Anna Ringstrom, Reuters:  Sweden’s security services said on Wednesday they feared possible Russian military operations against their country following an increase in espionage activity

Intelligence Northern Europe

In the News

Mar 19, 2015

Metzl on the Putin-Kim Alliance

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper to discuss the increasing importance of the Russia-North Korea relationship and what that means for the United States:

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UkraineAlert

Mar 18, 2015

EU Will Kick the Can Down the Road on Russia Sanctions

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Europeans do not want to undermine Minsk II, says analyst European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on March 19 are unlikely to either ramp up or lift sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, says Edward W. Walker, a professor of political science at the University of California at Berkeley. “It’s very likely that […]

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Mar 18, 2015

Sanctions Are Still the Answer

By John E. Herbst

Last week, UkraineAlert linked to an interesting piece by Clifford Gaddy criticizing the West’s sanctions on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine. His point is this: Putin believes that Russia is “under assault” by the West and cannot allow Ukraine “to be brought fully into the sphere of influence of its enemy.” Therefore, the West […]

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