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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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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, October 14, 2014

NATOSource

Nov 4, 2014

Stoltenberg and Mogherini Discuss Improving NATO/EU Cooperation

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

NATO and the European Union we have a lot in common.

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SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove, Nov. 3, 2014

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Nov 4, 2014

Russia Continues to Train and Equip Ukraine Rebels, NATO Official Says

By Michael R. Gordon Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times

Hundreds of Russian troops are still training and equipping separatists in Ukraine, NATO’s top military commander said Monday, activities that are heightening tensions with the West and Ukraine’s government

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Gen. Philip M. Breedlove in Turkey in July

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Nov 3, 2014

US European Commander Asks for More Troops

By Paul McLeary, Defense News

In the face of sustained Russian incursions into Ukraine and the dozens of fighter and bomber flights that have skirted European airspace in recent weeks, the head of US European Command has come to the Pentagon to ask for more troops and equipment.

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Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber intercepted by RAF Typhoons, October 29, 2014

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Nov 3, 2014

As Russian Provocations Increase, Should the US Continue to Cut Forces in Europe?

By Jorge Benitez, The Hill

Last week, jets from six NATO air forces intercepted 19 Russian military aircraft in just one day.

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In the News

Nov 3, 2014

Benitez: Should the United States Cut Forces in Europe?

By Jorge Benitez

NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez writes for the Hill on whether the United States should continue to cut forces in Europe given Russian actions: 

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UkraineAlert

Nov 3, 2014

Russian-Ukraine Gas Deal Gives Moscow the Leverage and Europe the Energy

By John E. Herbst

Ukrainians Will Get Gas, Too, But Their Cost and Risk of Cutoffs Remain High European Union leaders in Brussels may be celebrating the gas deal signed Thursday between Ukraine and Russia as an assurance of Russian gas supplies to Europe this winter, but Ukrainians can at best take cold comfort from the agreement. EU Energy […]

Eastern Europe Energy & Environment

Article

Oct 31, 2014

Albania’s Defense Minister Speaks on the Challenges to Security in the Western Balkans

Mrs. Mimi Kodheli Addresses Strategy Session at the Atlantic Council Albanian Defense Minister Mimi Kodheli spoke to an invited audience on October 28 at a policy strategy session hosted by the Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. Here is the text of her address:

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In the News

Oct 31, 2014

Koranyi on Russian-Ukrainian Interim Gas Supply Agreement

By David Koranyi

Oil and Gas Journal quotes Eurasia Center Deputy Director David Koranyi on the interim gas supply agreement between Russia and Ukraine:

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A Russian Tu-95 Bear H strategic bomber, October 29, 2014

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Oct 31, 2014

Why Russia Is Buzzing NATO?

By Marc Champion, Bloomberg View

In a single 24-hour period this week, Russia dispatched 19 combat aircraft — including “Bear” strategic bombers — to probe North Atlantic Treaty Organization air defenses.

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UkraineAlert

Oct 31, 2014

Ukraine Gas Deal May Show That the West’s Sanctions on Russia Are Working

By James Rupert

The gas supply deal signed in Brussels yesterday among Russia, Ukraine and the European Union “is perhaps the clearest indication yet that sanctions imposed on Russia are working in terms of changing Russia’s behavior,” writes Timothy Ash, an economist who directs emerging markets strategy at Standard Bank in London.

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