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Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch

Silverado Policy Accelerator

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

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00:46:22

All Things AI: An Interview With White House AI Guru...

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2023/12/08

Dmitri Alperovitch comes to the White House to interview Dr. Ben Buchanan, the White House Special Advisor on AI, about: - The risks and benefits of AI - What the US government is trying to achieve with the President's Executive Order on AI - Why Terminator AIs are not coming to kill us but evil people using AI just might - What the requirements to report to US government about the development of cutting-edge foundational models is all about - How the US can maintain its lead in this technology -

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00:51:34

Why Chinese Economy Is Heading For Stagnation, Not...

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2023/11/06

Dmitri Alperovitch and guest co-host Patrick Gray interview Alicia García-Herrero, a Spanish-born economist based in the indo-Pacific and who specializes on China. They discussed why China has exhausted its growth potential and is now facing structured deceleration, which will be a major global deflationary trend. Other topics covered: why the real-estate bubble will likely not cause a dire crisis, why stimulus spending will not solve China's fundamental problems, why China has not yet experienced

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00:56:02

Why Quantum Computing May be Overhyped but AI isn't:...

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2023/10/18

Dmitri Alperovitch interviews Gilbert Herrera, Director of Research at the National Security Agency (NSA) and a member of the U.S. National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee. They discussed the current state of quantum computing, why its current applications outside of breaking certain types of public key cryptography are highly limited, why we may not see a useful quantum computer for many years and why AI will deliver faster and more revolutionary progress to our daily lives than quantum

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00:36:54

How Ukraine Can Benefit From ATACMS Missiles

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2023/09/29

ATACMS episode: - What variants of the missile exist - What unique advantages they offer over already provided Storm Shadows / SCALP-EGs from UK and France - How many missiles may exist in the US inventory and why some can be provided to Ukraine without jeopardizing US military readiness - Why the German Taurus missile is also a much needed munition for Ukraine - The state of production of the next-generation Precision Strike Missile and its advantages over ATACMS - How ATACMS usage in Ukraine

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00:39:04

Starlink in Ukraine: Why the Story Is Not So Simple

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2023/09/22

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Patrick Gray, host of Risky Business podcast, about why the Starlink-Elon saga is much more complicated than it might seem at first glance. Blaming Elon for his Crimea action is probably unfair, but he does deserve both praise and criticism for his contributions to Ukrainian battlefield successes and challenges. And so does the Department of Defense for taking too long to come up with an appropriate solution, which they thankfully ultimately did Preorder link for

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00:52:09

Why 702 is America’s most valuable intelligence...

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2023/09/07

Dmitri Alperovitch sits down with Bryan Vorndran, Assistant Director of FBI's Cyber Division, to discuss why FISA Section 702 is by far the most valuable intelligence program in the US government's arsenal and is responsible for the majority of the most valuable intelligence the country collects. In this episode, Vorndran provides some examples of 702 successes including disrupting attempted assassination plots of American officials by a foreign country and identifying the perpetrator of the

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01:04:52

What the Death of Prigozhin Means for Wagner, Russia...

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2023/08/24

Dmitri Alperovitch talks to Russian military analyst Rob Lee and Wagner Group expert Jack Margolin about the implications of reports of Prigozhin's fiery death in a plane crash in Russia. Where does Wagner go from here? What happens to Russian ambitions in Africa? Does this event help restore Surovikin, Russia's most competent commander of this war, back to command one day? And what impact this might have on the future of the war Music: Richard Wagner's Funeral March

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00:52:17

How Russian Intelligence operatives have attacked...

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2023/08/21

In this joint Geopolitics Decanted and Risky Business feature interview, Dmitri Alperovitch and Patrick Gray talk to Illia Vitiuk, the Head of the Department of Cyber and Information Security of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) about the cyber dimension to Russia's invasion. From turning off Ukraine's power grid with a cyber attack in 2015, to the Viasat satellite communications hack in 2022, Russia's intelligence services are world renowned for executing creative destructive cyber campaigns

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00:38:45

Why Reports of the US Dollar’s Death Have Been...

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2023/08/07

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with geoeconomist Douglas Rediker (Senior Fellow at Brookings and formerly with the IMF Executive Board) about the enduring dominance of the U.S. dollar and why it won't change any time soon. Why the dollar continues to have no realistic alternatives and why Chinese renminbi is not a viable replacement. Also, what are the prospects and obstacles for seizing Russia's Central Bank Reserves to pay for Ukrainian reconstruction and other budget needs. And is there anything

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00:33:26

Why Europe’s Dependence on the US Military Will Not...

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2023/08/01

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00:56:28

How Drones Are Changing the Nature of Warfare in Ukraine

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2023/07/24

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01:05:43

Trip Report: What I Learned in Kyiv and Conversation...

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2023/07/14

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00:48:29

Mutiny in Russia: Who Won, Who Lost and What Caused It

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2023/06/26

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00:48:53

Ukraine’s Offensive Has Begun: Analysis With Michael...

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2023/06/08

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00:58:00

How AI Will Transform Future Militaries (And Societies)

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2023/05/02

Dmitri Alperovitch discusses the evolution of AI with Teddy Collins (former Assistant Director for Technology Strategy at the White House, Research Scientist at Google’s DeepMind and co-author of "Teams of Teams" with General Stan McChrystal): - The AI triad of Talent/Algorithms, Data and Compute which has driven so much improvement in the last 5 years - How AI could disproportionally benefit the large and rich technology platform companies - The challenge of Sim2Real jump and why using AI to solve

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00:39:25

How China Plans to Win the Chip War

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2023/04/25

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01:06:07

How Ukraine Can Survive the Exhaustion of Its Air...

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2023/04/17

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00:58:44

China and Russia: An Alliance, an Alignment or a...

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2023/04/07

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01:03:47

Why Taiwan’s Military Modernization Is Moving Too Slowly

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2023/03/21

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Vincent Chao, a Taiwanese politician and former diplomat and national security strategist, about why Taiwan is moving so slowly to modernize its military and increase deterrence of an existential threat of Chinese invasion. They discuss Taiwan's messy identity politics, whether Taiwanese will fight to defend their freedoms, Chinese misinformation efforts to drive wedges in Taiwan's political system and alliances, whether Silicon Shield can protect Taiwan and why a

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00:38:59

Myth Busting With Michael Kofman: Debunking Common...

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2023/03/10

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