The Power Vertical Podcast by Brian Whitmore

The Power Vertical Podcast by Brian Whitmore 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. Brian Whitmore is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Eurasia Center and Russia and Eurasia Specialist and Assistant Professor of Practice at the Charles T. McDowell Center for Global Studies at The University of Texas at Arlington.

The Power Vertical Podcast by Brian Whitmore is a news podcast hosted by Brian Whitmore, with 247 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Brian Whitmore hosts The Power Vertical Podcast by Brian Whitmore, a news show with 247 episodes published.

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  PUTIN'S EUROPEAN FRONT

  Sep 24, 20261h 2m

  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.

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  DÉJÀ VU DIPLOMACY

  Sep 10, 202658 min

  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.

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  UKRAINE AT 35

  Sep 3, 20261h 8m

  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.

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  MR. RATCLIFFE GOES TO MOSCOW

  Aug 27, 202658 min

  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.

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  RUSSIA'S SHAKY WAR ECONOMY

  Aug 20, 202658 min

  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.

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