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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 21, 2014

Time Is Not on His Side

By Robert A. Manning

To salvage the Russian economy, Putin should withdraw from Ukraine and accept a compromise. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s problem is that he was born on third base, but thinks he hit a triple. Putin’s tenure in office has, until now, been lubricated by high oil prices that account for 60 percent of Russian exports and, […]

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In the News

Dec 21, 2014

Gopalaswamy: Productive Visit Enhances Delhi-Moscow Ties

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

South Asia Center Deputy Director Bharath Gopalaswamy writes for the Global Times on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to India: 

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In the News

Dec 21, 2014

Manning: Time Is Not on [Putin’s] Side

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for US News and World Report on what Russian President Vladimir Putin can do to save his country’s economy from further collapse:

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Russian Mig-31, March 31, 2012

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Dec 19, 2014

Five Weapons Russia Could Use in an Arctic War

By Robert Farley, National Interest

It’s not surprising that Russia has prepared its military for arctic operations better than any other country.

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French Mistral class warship Dixmude, July 14, 2011

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Dec 19, 2014

Mistral Mysteries

By Jeff Lightfoot, American Interest

To most American and European observers, Hollande’s reluctance to cancel the Mistral sale was incomprehensible.

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In the News

Dec 19, 2014

Slavin on Cuba, Russia

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins Voice of America’s Issues in the News to discuss latest developments in Cuba and Russia, among other breaking stories this week: 

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Dec 19, 2014

Putin Leaves All Options Open on Economic Crisis and Ukraine War

By James Rupert

Pascual: As Russia Faces Economic Downturn, West Should Probe Kremlin on Chances of a Merkel-Brokered Deal In his annual press conference this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered no clear suggestion for how he proposes to dig Russia out of its deepening economic hole. And he signaled no new direction in government’s sponsorship of the […]

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In the News

Dec 19, 2014

Menon: Ukraine Should Put Russia to the Test

By Rajan Menon

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Rajan Menon cowrites for the Los Angeles Times on what the declining Russian economy could mean for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine: 

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Russian sailors in front of the Mistral-class helicopter carrier Vladivostok, Nov. 25, 2014

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Dec 19, 2014

Russian Sailors Leaving France Without Mistral Warship

By Sylvie Corbet and Angela Charlton, AP

Hundreds of Russian sailors pulled out of a French port Thursday, bearing perfumes for their loved ones but lacking the controversial bounty they came for: a 1-billion-euro, French-built warship

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Emerging Defense Challenges

Dec 18, 2014

Securing Operations Superiority Through Defense Innovation: A UK Perspective

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On Wednesday December 17, 2014, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed Philip Dunne MP, minister for defense, equipment, support and technology, for his speech titled “Securing Operational Superiority through Defense Innovation: A UK Perspective.” This Defense-Industrial Policy Series event, cohosted with the National Defense Industrial Association, was moderated by Steven Grundman, the M.A. […]

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