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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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USS Connecticut in Arctic Ocean

NATOSource

Jan 15, 2014

Arctic Passage Opens Challenges for US Military

By Julian E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal

The 40-year-old Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star returned to the Arctic Ocean this summer after seven years in semiretirement, charging into a thinning polar ice sheet that U.S. defense officials predict will give way to new commercial waterways and a resource-rich frontier by midcentury.

Europe & Eurasia Russia
Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide in Washington

NATOSource

Jan 13, 2014

Norway Concerned about Russia’s Military Modernization and Increased Military Activity in the Arctic

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

“I don’t think that the alliance will be irrelevant any time soon,” Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Eriksen] Soreide told Reuters.

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Cybersecurity and Stability in the Gulf

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Jan 10, 2014

The Gulf is a Flashpoint for Cyber Conflict

By James Andrew Lewis, CSIS

Cyberattack is a new tool of national power. It provides a means of coercion, influence, and warfare.

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Minister of Defence of Cyprus Fotis Fotiou at Andreas Papandreou airbase

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Jan 10, 2014

Cyprus Agrees to Allow Russian Military to Use Airbase

By Cyprus Weekly

Cyprus is allowing Russian military aircraft to use the Andreas Papandreou military airbase near Paphos, as well as opening Limassol port to its naval vessels.

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HMS Defender

NATOSource

Jan 8, 2014

Royal Navy Needed 24 Hours to Reach Russian Missile Ship Off UK Coast

By Mark Nicol, Daily Mail

A fully armed Royal Navy warship was scrambled to challenge a missile-carrying Russian vessel in the waters off Britain just days before Christmas, defence sources revealed last night.

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Syria's 1st batch of chemical weapons materials now onboard the Ark Futura

NATOSource

Jan 8, 2014

First Chemical Weapons Removed From Syria to Danish Ship

By BBC and AP

From BBC:  The first consignment of Syrian chemical weapons materials has left the country on a Danish ship.

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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, June 6, 2012

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Jan 3, 2014

China and Russia Bring Back Cold War Tactics

By Anne Applebaum, Washington Post

We in the United States may not believe that there is any real threat to our longtime alliance structures in Europe and Asia, but other people think those alliances are vulnerable and have set out to undermine them.

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Euromaidan demonstration in Paris, November 24, 2013

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Jan 2, 2014

Europe’s Ukrainian Blunder

By Joschka Fischer, Project Syndicate

After [Vladimir] Putin succeeded Boris Yeltsin as President of the Russian Federation, he followed three strategic goals, which he continues to pursue

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, October 23, 2013

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Jan 2, 2014

NATO Secretary General Condemns Terrorist Attack in Russia

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on a railway station in Volgograd, Russia, which killed and injured many people.

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Congressional Relations

Dec 19, 2013

Prepared Remarks by Senator John McCain on America’s Role in Europe’s East

Prepared remarks by Senator John McCain (R-AZ), delivered at the Atlantic Council event “Ukraine’s Opportunity Through Crisis: America’s Role in Europe’s East” on December 18, 2013.

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