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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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Defense Industrialist

Nov 18, 2014

Third Offset Strategy, Second Adversary

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >James Hasik, Alex Ward</span>

  What worked on the Soviets may not work on the Chinese.   Chuck Hagel’s speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum this past weekend may have been one of the most important by an American defense secretary in recent years. His new ‘Defense Innovation Initiative’ seems neither a DARPA program writ large nor a […]

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Russian Su-34 Fullback fighter bomber off the coast of Norway in late October

NATOSource

Nov 17, 2014

Putin Targets the Scandinavians

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Andrew A. Michta, American Interest</span>

Throughout 2014, an unprecedented number of air space violations and incidents have required NATO Baltic Air Policing to scramble jets in response.

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Russian embassy in Warsaw

NATOSource

Nov 17, 2014

Poles, Russians Expel Diplomats Over Spying

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Vanessa Gera, AP</span>

Russian and Polish officials confirmed Monday that they have carried out tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions in an espionage affair that highlights intensified efforts by Moscow to penetrate NATO counties

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Pro-Russian armor in Donetsk, Oct. 25, 2014

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Nov 14, 2014

Russian Tanks in Ukraine, but US Won’t Say ‘Invasion’

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Kirit Radia, ABC News</span>

Thousands of Russian troops have crossed into eastern Ukraine in recent days, along with columns of tanks, artillery and air-defense systems, according to NATO’s top commander.

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Brandenburg Gate

NATOSource

Nov 13, 2014

Time for Germans to Earn the Gift of 1989

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Constanze Stelzenmüller, Brookings</span>

At this watershed moment, Germany, dubbed the “reluctant hegemon” not so long ago, finds itself the pivotal player in Europe.

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In the News

Nov 13, 2014

Herbst on US Response to Russian Aggression in Ukraine

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >John Herbst</span>

ABC News quotes Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on the presence of Russian tanks in eastern Ukraine:

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In the News

Nov 13, 2014

Pavel on Russian Air Patrols Off US Shores

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Barry Pavel</span>

VP and Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel joins CNN’s Situation Room to discuss Russia’s announcement that it will conduct bomber flights off of US coasts:

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8 northern European nations decide to strengthen defense cooperation

NATOSource

Nov 13, 2014

Northern European Nations to Boost Military Cooperation Against Russia

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Alister Doyle, Reuters</span>

Eight northern European nations agreed on Thursday to step up cooperation to counter an increase in Moscow’s military activity that has included a tripling of NATO intercepts of Russian jets this year.

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Congressional Relations

Nov 13, 2014

Bielecki: Russia’s challenge “even graver than it may appear”

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

The Atlantic Council hosted the 2014 Bronislaw Geremek Lecture on the evening of November 6 at its headquarters in Washington, DC. The lecture series is an initiative launched by the Atlantic Council and the Government of Poland in 2009 to honor one of the great heroes of the Solidarity movement in Poland—and as a reminder […]

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, October 1, 2014

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Nov 13, 2014

NATO Calls on Russia to Withdraw Troops from Ukraine

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Pavel Polityuk and Anton Zverev, Reuters</span>

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed concern about what he called a “significant military build-up.”

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