The Power Vertical Podcast by Brian Whitmore

On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Agnia Grigas, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, author of the book Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire, and the author of the forthcoming Atlantic Council report, "The Deterrence Gap: How Can NATO Protect Its Front Line From Russia," which will be launched and published on October 7.

On the Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore hosts an all-start lineup of guests to break it all down: Michael Carpenter, who served as the U.S. National Security Council's Senior Director for Europe, US Ambassador to the OSCE, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia; and Max Bergmann, a former U.S. State Department official who served, among other posts, as a member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff and as a speechwriter for former Secretary of State John Kerry.

On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Yuriy Boyechko, a Ukrainian-American humanitarian leader and the founder and CEO of Hope For Ukraine, a nonprofit providing aid to civilians affected by Russia’s war against Ukraine, and veteran U.S. diplomat David Kramer, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor in the administration of President George W. Bush and currently is the Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute in Dallas.

On The Power VerticalPodcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Serhiy Kudelia, a Professor of Political Science at Baylor University, and the author of the recently published book, Seize the City, Undo the State: The Inception of Russia's War on Ukraine and Marta Dyczok, an Associate Professor of History and Political Science at the Western University, a Fellow at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs, and author of the book Ukraine, Not The Ukraine.

On the Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore hosts an all-start lineup of guests to break it all down: Michael Carpenter, who served as the U.S. National Security Council's Senior Director for Europe, US Ambassador to the OSCE, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia; John Sipher, a 28-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency's National Clandestine Service and recipient of the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal; and James Sherr, an honorary fellow at the International Center for Defense and Security and an Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House.

On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Craig Kennedy, a member of the Advisory Board at Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and author of the must-read Substack newsletter Navigating Russia. Craig has also had a long career in international banking and served as Vice Chairman of Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with James Sherr, an honorary fellow at the International Center for Defense and Security in Tallinn and an associate fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House.

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 senior editor at War on the Rocks, and host of the Russian Contingency Podcast who just returned from a visit to the front in eastern Ukraine.

On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore has a wide-ranging discussion with Serhiy Kudelia, a Professor of Political Science at Baylor University, and the author of the recently published book, Seize the City, Undo the State: The Inception of Russia's War on Ukraine. The discussion examined what this crisis has taught us about the state of Ukrainian democracy during wartime, the generational divide defining the country's politics, and the ongoing struggle to root out corruption.

On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore has a conversation about what that means with Yuriy Boyechko, a Ukrainian-American humanitarian leader and the founder and CEO of Hope For Ukraine, a nonprofit providing aid to civilians affected by Russia’s war against Ukraine.