Episodes

  • 'WHY BREAK WHAT'S WORKING?' - THE STRANGE SACKING OF UKRAINE'S DEFENSE MINISTER

    'WHY BREAK WHAT'S WORKING?' - THE STRANGE SACKING OF UKRAINE'S DEFENSE MINISTER
    Jul 17 2026
    On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Michael Carpenter, a senior fellow for Transatlantic Affairs at the International Institute for Strategic Studies who served in the administration of former President Joe Biden as the NSC's Senior Director for Europe and U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE and in the administration of Barack Obama as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia; and Max Bergmann, director of the Europe and Russia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies who served as a member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff and as a speechwriter for former Secretary of State John Kerry.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • UKRAINE, POLAND, AND HISTORY

    UKRAINE, POLAND, AND HISTORY
    Jul 10 2026
    On this week’s episode of the Power Vertical Podcast, Brian Whitmore speaks with James Sherr, Marta Dyczok, and Serhiy Kudelia about the historical disputes straining Polish-Ukrainian relations and what they mean for Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • WAR AND INNOVATION - HOW UKRAINE REVOLUTIONIZED CIVIL DEFENSE

    WAR AND INNOVATION - HOW UKRAINE REVOLUTIONIZED CIVIL DEFENSE
    Jul 2 2026
    WAR AND INNOVATION - HOW UKRAINE REVOLUTIONIZED CIVIL DEFENSE by The Charles T. McDowell Center for Global Studies and Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center
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    58 mins
  • THE KREMLIN’S NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

    THE KREMLIN’S NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
    Jun 26 2026
    On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Mikhail Zygar, author of the bestselling books All The Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin, War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, and the recently published The Dark Side of the Earth: Russia's Short-lived Victory over Totalitarianism to make sense of it all and to separate the signal from the noise.
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    57 mins
  • INNOVATION NATION: HOW UKRAINE IS REVOLUTIONIZING WARFARE

    INNOVATION NATION: HOW UKRAINE IS REVOLUTIONIZING WARFARE
    Jun 12 2026
    On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore looks at this military revolution with former Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Zagorodniuk and Michael Carpenter, who served in the administration of former President Joe Biden as the NSC's Senior Director for Europe and U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE; and in the administration of Barack Obama, Mike served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • RUSSIA VS. EUROPE

    RUSSIA VS. EUROPE
    May 29 2026
    On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore breaks it all down with James Sherr, an Honorary Fellow at the International Center for Defense and Security and an Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs; and former U.S. State Department official Max Bergmann, director of the Europe and Russia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies who served as a member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff and as a speechwriter for former Secretary of State John Kerry.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • VIBES, REALITY, AND WAR

    VIBES, REALITY, AND WAR
    May 22 2026
    On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with military analyst Michael Kofman, a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Principal Research Scientist at the CNA Corporation, and a senior editor at War on the Rocks.
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    54 mins
  • RUSSIA'S SEASON OF DISCONTENT

    RUSSIA'S SEASON OF DISCONTENT
    May 8 2026
    On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore breaks it all down with Michael Carpenter, a Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Affairs at the International Institute for Strategic Studies who served in the administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden as the NSC's Senior Director for Europe as well as the US Ambassador to the OSCE and in the administration of Barack Obama as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia; and Casey Michel, author of the books American Kleptocracy: How The US Created the Greatest Money Laundering Machine in History, Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World, and United States of Oligarchy: How America's Wealthiest Ally with Dictators, Weaken the U.S., and Destroy Democracy.
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    52 mins