If Vladimir Putin's goal in invading Ukraine was to push NATO and the EU out of Eastern Europe, he has failed miserably.

Because suddenly, Finland and Sweden have applied to join NATO, a prospect highly unlikely just months ago.

Suddenly, the prospect of Ukraine joining the EU, unthinkable just months ago, is now a very real possibility.

And suddenly, we are entering into a whole new era of European security. What will it look like?

On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with former US State Department official Max Bergmann, director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies about European security in the wake of the war in Ukraine.