Geopolitics Decanted by Silverado

By: Silverado Policy Accelerator
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  • Geopolitics Decanted is a podcast featuring geopolitical analysis and in-depth expert interviews on topics ranging from War in Ukraine, Great Power Competition with China, changing nature of warfare, sanctions and export controls, semiconductors and cybersecurity. This is a podcast for people who care about the details and are seeking a comprehensive understanding of global issues, not just the sound bytes. It is hosted by Dmitri Alperovitch, Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator (www.silverado.org), a Washington DC-based non-profit with a mission to promote prosperity and global competitiveness for America and its allies by accelerating bipartisan strategic, economic and technological policy solutions.
    2022-2025 Geopolitics Decanted
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Political Science
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Episodes
  • The One Factor That Could Crash the Russian Economy

    The One Factor That Could Crash the Russian Economy
    Jan 3 2025
    Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Russian economy expert Chris Weafer about the state of the Russian economy in 2025. They talk about inflation and its impact on people and business, why the ruble is collapsing, which sanctions have been the most impactful, and the one thing that could potentially trigger a crash and give Ukraine leverage to negotiate an acceptable peace deal
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Putin's Nuclear Meltdown

    Putin's Nuclear Meltdown
    Nov 26 2024
    Dmitri Alperovitch talks all things nukes with Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, an expert in arms control and nuclear and missile nonproliferation, currently a professor at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, and director of the CNS East Asia Nonproliferation Program. They discuss: - Putin's frustrations about limitations of nuclear blackmail and his responses to the ATACMS targeting decision by the Biden Administration - What the new Russian nuclear doctrine means for World War III prospects - What the Ukraine conflict teaches us about nuclear deterrence theory - Putin's real redlines - Implications of the Oreshik (RS 26) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile against Ukraine - Why ballistic missile notification regime is a GoodThingTM - The resumption of the Iranian nuclear warhead design program - How to respond to the Chinese nuclear buildup - How many nukes does the US need for comprehensive deterrence Russian nuclear doctrine changes thread by Oleg Shakirov: https://x.com/shakirov2036/status/1858810939652370886
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    43 mins
  • Inside the Drone War Arms Race in Ukraine

    Inside the Drone War Arms Race in Ukraine
    Oct 22 2024
    Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Andrey Liscovich (UkraineDefenseFund.org) about the latest updates in the evolution of drone warfare on the battlefields in Ukraine. They discuss: - How Ground Unmanned Vehicles (GUVs) are being used in battle - 3rd Generation FPV drones - Quadcopter bombers - Mass-market EW systems - Fiber optics C2 - EW recon units - Use of aerial drones for anti-drone/aircraft warfare - Impact of Chinese export controls - Thermite 'Dracarys' drones - Mothership drones - Long-range deep strike drones - Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance drones - How Starlink is giving Russia an advantage! - How commercial satellite imagery of Ukrainian lands may be playing into Russia's hands - Why the US and Ukrainian use-cases for drone warfare are so dramatically different - Introduction of autonomy in unmanned systems
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    1 hr and 4 mins

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