The Power Vertical Podcast at CEPA

In case you were wondering, Russia has nukes—and they want to make sure nobody forgets. But what is really driving the bellicose posturing? Listen to the Power Vertical podcast as Brian Whitmore and Donald N. Jensen explore Moscow's missile mind games.

As Moldova heads toward a watershed parliamentary election, listen to the Power Vertical podcast as Brian Whitmore breaks down what to expect and what to watch for with Donald N. Jensen and special guest Corina Rebegea.

It's a manifesto. It's an ideology. It's a warning to the West. It's a declaration that Putin will be in power forever. And it's an acknowledgment that Putin's days are numbered. Or maybe it's just the Kremlin's post-modern Troller in Chief just being himself. It, of course, is Vladislav Surkov's latest opus titled: Putin's Long State. It was published this week in Nezavisimaya Gazeta and it's got Kremlin-watchers talking. So, let's talk about it.

We can all learn a lot from the Baltic states. So let's learn. Listen to the Power Vertical podcast as Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius discuses the Baltic Front with Brian Whitmore and CEPA President Peter B. Doran.

From the Baltic in the north to the Black in the south, Russia has ramped up its maritime military posture. Listen as LTG (Ret.) Ben Hodges navigates the choppy waters ahead on the latest Power Vertical podcast with Brian Whitmore.

We've got spy cases. We've got escorts involved in high-stakes political intrigue. We've got great power competition in different corners of the globe. And we've got bickering over an arms control treaty. No, it's not 1974. It just feels that way. This week, the Power Vertical podcast is trying something a little different. Brian Whitmore and CEPA Editor in Chief Donald N. Jensen take a rapid-fire look at a series of things that have been happening recently.

Michael Carpenter considers what's at stake in Belarus and how the West should approach Minsk on the latest Power Vertical podcast with Brian Whitmore and Donald N. Jensen

First Putin promised prosperity in exchange for freedom. Then Putin promised empire in exchange for prosperity. But with empire appearing to slip away, what will he have to offer?

Listen to the latest Power Vertical Podcast as Brian Whitmore discusses what the West can learn from Russia’s asymmetric complex with guests Krisztian Jojart, the Andrassy National Security Fellow at CEPA, author of a forthcoming report on the Historical Roots of Russian Asymmetric Warfare, report co-author Dorka Takácsy, the Szell Kalman Fellow at the Hungary Initiatives Foundation in Washington, and Donald N. Jensen, a senior fellow at CEPA and a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University.

Nearly five years ago Vladimir Putin's regime forcefully and illegally annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. Today Russia is attempting to forcefully and illegally annex the international waters of the Sea of Azov. Listen to the latest Power Vertical Podcast as Brian Whitmore navigates the choppy waters of the Sea of Azov with guests Stephen Blank, a senior fellow for Russia at the American Foreign Policy Council and CEPA Senior Fellow Donald N. Jensen.

The West has seen Russia's strategy of chaos before. And it can fight back. Listen to the latest Power Vertical podcast as Peter B. Doran and Donald N. Jensen explain how.

With all the trolls, bots, cut-outs, fakes, psy-ops, active measures, and influence campaigns, the West is facing a stealthy and joined-up threat from the Kremlin and other hostile actors. Some of it, we've seen before in the Soviet propaganda campaigns of the Cold War. Some of it is new, tailored to the era of digital news and social media. So, how is the push-back going?

They're agile. They're mobile. And they're elusive. They're stateless, they're disruptive, and they're violent. They're the new barbarians. They're at the gates of Western civilization. And in an era of heightened great power conflict and competition, they're changing the calculus, strategy, and rules of international politics. Are terrorists, pirates, and hackers the new Huns, Goths, and Vandals? And how do they play into the conflict between Russia and the West?

A Russian invasion masquerading as a popular uprising. An unexpectedly robust Ukrainian defense. A frozen stalemate with no end in sight. So what exactly has Moscow learned after more than four years of war in the Donbas? On this week’s Power Vertical Podcast, we take a look at how Russian military thinkers view the war and what that means for the future.

Elite tension, protests, and duels: Listen to the latest on Russia with Brian Whitmore, Donald N. Jensen, and Maria Snegovaya.