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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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Latvian soldier participating in Saber Strike 2013 exercise

NATOSource

Mar 27, 2014

Baltic Republics Pledge More Defense Spending as Ukraine Crisis Continues

By Lithuania, Latvia, and Financial Times

From Office of the President of Lithuania:  Membership in NATO and the European Union is our indisputable strength – which was confirmed by life itself.

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In the News

Mar 27, 2014

Brzezinski: Western Powers Weigh Responses To Russia

By Ian Brzezinski

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski joins the Diane Rehm Show to discuss Western powers’ response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Listen here.

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In the News

Mar 27, 2014

Pavel: “We’re a Shooting Incident Away from Civil War” in Ukraine

By Barry Pavel

The Los Angeles Times quotes VP and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on NATO’s readiness for conflict in Ukraine:

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In the News

Mar 27, 2014

Wilson: “Putin Just Declared War on the European Order”

By Damon Wilson

The New York Times quotes Executive VP Damon Wilson on President Obama’s renwed focus on Europe and NATO:

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President Barack Obama

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Mar 26, 2014

NATO Challenged to Agree on Nature of Threat from Russia

By Economist

Almost nobody connected with NATO believes that the crisis created by Russia’s appropriation of Crimea will quickly fade.

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Soldier and tank near border with Russia

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Mar 26, 2014

Russia’s Window of Opportunity in Ukraine

By Pavel Felgenhauer, Foreign Policy

Russian forces have been concentrated for possible offensive action on the borders of Ukraine, in vast numbers and in a high state of readiness, according to U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

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Russian Presiden Vladimir Putin, March 24, 2014

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Mar 26, 2014

Putin’s Challenge to the West Not Limited to Ukraine

By Robert M. Gates, Wall Street Journal

Mr. Putin aspires to restore Russia’s global power and influence and to bring the now-independent states that were once part of the Soviet Union back into Moscow’s orbit.

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In the News

Mar 26, 2014

Pavel: Russia’s Aggression Challenges Obama’s Foreign Policy

By Barry Pavel

Bloomberg Businessweek quotes Atlantic Council VP and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on how Russia’s aggresion in Eastern Europe has altered President Obama’s foreign policy strategy:

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Mar 26, 2014

Webcast: Chairman of Ukraine’s National Security Council, Andriy Parubiy

Participate in a live conversation with the Chairman of Ukraine’s National Security Council, Andriy Parubiy.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, March 11, 2014

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Mar 25, 2014

A Trading Power: Germany’s Hyperrealistic Foreign Policy

By Thomas Paulsen

German foreign policy is in dire straits, if we believe experts at home and abroad. Germany is criticized for being too passive on an international level, and for being unwilling to shoulder the kind of international responsibilities that would seem to be commensurate with its greater size.

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