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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.

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German Eurofighter Typhoon

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2014

Is Germany Willing to Defend the Baltics?

By Christiane Hoffmann and Rene Pfister, Spiegel

Excerpts from Spiegel interview with historian Heinrich August Winkler.

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Article

Jun 30, 2014

If NATO Delays Path to Georgia’s Membership, What Is the Alternative?

By Tedo Japaridze

Alliance’s September Summit Must Offer ‘Concrete,’ Not ‘Token’ Help as Georgia Faces Russia In the same week that the European Union signed an association agreement with Georgia on June 27, NATO officials meeting in Brussels decided not to offer the country a formal plan this year to achieve membership in the alliance. If ‘no’ is […]

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Montenegro's President Milo Djukanovic, May 22, 2014

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Jun 30, 2014

Extend NATO’s Umbrella to Montenegro and Macedonia

By Michael Haltzel, Washington Post

In reacting to Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine, President Obama has reassured exposed NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia of firm U.S. support

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In the News

Jun 30, 2014

Itani on Options in Iraq

By Faysal Itani

Bloomberg quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Fellow Faysal Itani on Russian and Iranian involvement in the ongoing crisis in Iraq:

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Victory Day parade in Moscow, May 9, 2014

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Jun 27, 2014

Will Europe Stay Awake this Time or Go Back to Dreaming of Yesterday?

By Henrik Liljegren

“Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now it looks as though they’re here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday” The Beatles

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Austin, May 10, 2011

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Jun 27, 2014

NATO Chief: America and Europe – Defending Freedom Together

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

The soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy and who parachuted into the fields of northern France were upholding a fundamental truth: that you can’t have security on one side of the Atlantic without security on the other.

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Swedish Chief of Defense Gen. Sverker Goranson (on right) at NATO headquarters, May 21, 2014

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Jun 26, 2014

Russia Stokes Fresh Debate Among the Nordics about NATO Membership

By Charlemagne, Economist

Sweden and Finland stopped being neutral years ago.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, June 26, 2014

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Jun 26, 2014

Most Germans Oppose Permanent NATO Base in Poland and Baltics: Poll

By Stephen Brown; Reuters

Nearly three quarters of Germans would oppose NATO having permanent NATO military bases in eastern Europe as requested by Poland and the Baltic states because of a perceived threat from Russia, according to a new poll released on Wednesday.

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New Atlanticist

Jun 26, 2014

Call it Terrorism: The Unacknowledged Tactic of the Russian-Led Insurgency in Ukraine’s East

By John E. Herbst

Once the Kremlin  seized and “annexed” Crimea in late March, it began a campaign designed at a minimum to destabilize Eastern Ukraine.  While we cannot know for sure what Mr. Putin’s maximalist goal is, it includes, at least, establishing an autonomous southeastern Ukraine sensitive to Moscow’s interests. The Kremlin, however, badly miscalculated.  It acted as […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, April 28, 2014

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Jun 26, 2014

Why Expanding NATO would Deter Russia, Stabilize Europe

By Tomas Valasek and Damon Wilson, CNN GPS

At a time when NATO is facing a period of tensions and confrontation along its borders, does enlargement help or hurt the Alliance?

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