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PODCAST

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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00:48:54

How Russia’s Winter Offensive Could Backfire

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2023/02/21

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01:04:47

Interview: This American Spent 10 Months Fighting in...

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2023/02/12

Dmitri Alperovitch talks to David Bramlette, a former U.S. Ranger and Green Beret combat veteran, who has recently returned from fighting with the Ukrainian Foreign Legion in the Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. David shares his experiences of the war, why he went over to risk his life for a foreign country, his impressions of the Russian and Ukrainian forces, and what happens when Americans get wounded in Ukraine.

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00:24:54

How Russia is Working Around Western Sanctions and...

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2023/01/23

"Russia Shifting Import Sources Amid U.S. and Allied Export Restrictions" report download link: https://silverado.org/news/report-russia-shifting-import-sources-amid-u-s-and-allied-export-restrictions

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01:01:58

Why Ukraine May Try to Retake Crimea Next

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2023/01/13

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00:46:53

How Dwindling Ammunition Stocks Could Decide the...

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2022/12/23

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Russian military expert Michael Kofman about: - Why this war may be decided by which side can stretch their ammunition supplies the longest - Putin's visit to Belarus and whether a new Russian offensive may be coming soon - 3 areas in which Russian military has been outclassed by Ukrainian forces - How Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) has performed in this conflict - Whether Surovikin is the best military commander Russia has had thus far in this war - What impact

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00:47:47

New Phase of the War: Ukraine Faces Tough Decisions

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2022/12/12

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Michael Kofman - The strategic impact of Russian terror strike campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure - Likelihood of a near-term Ukrainian offensive to retake the South - Is Ukraine trying to retake Kinburn Spit to control the Dniepier river? - Would tanks help Ukraine break through the Russian trenches in the Donbas? - Will we see significant offensive action this winter? - Why the war will not stop at February 24 lines

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01:05:09

No Way Out: Why Negotiations Won’t End the War Soon

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2022/12/02

In this episode, Dmitri Alperovitch talks with historian and Russia expert Mark Galeotti about: - Whether Putin is capable of compromising his war aims in any potential future negotiations with Ukraine - Th real reason for why he chose to invade Ukraine - Why he went ahead and annexed territories he didn't even have full control over - The similarities between Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 - Why Prigozhin and Kadyrov are no threat to Putin's

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00:45:45

Russia’s Cyber Game: What Worked and What Didn’t

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2022/11/25

In this episode, Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Dr. Danny Moore, a scholar of offensive cyber operations and a former cyber operator in the Israeli Defense Forces, about the successes and failures of Russian cyber attacks against Ukraine, the reasons for the lack of Russian cyber retaliation against the West, how the cyber component of warfare might play out different in a potential conflict with China over Taiwan, and the disturbing vulnerabilities of US weapons platforms like the F35 to cyber

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01:09:28

How the Russian Air Force Failed in Ukraine

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2022/11/17

Why has Russia been unable to suppress Ukrainian air defenses? What is the true state of its missile stockpiles and production rates? Is the F-16 the best aircraft to provide to Ukraine to replace its old Soviet fighter jets? How can the West disrupt the chips supplies for the Russian military? Dmitri Alperovitch talks to Justin Brock and Dr. Jack Watling from Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) about their findings from the recent trip to Ukraine

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00:46:19

Keys Lessons for Taiwan from the War in Ukraine

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2022/11/12

What lessons should Taiwan and its allies draw from the current conflict in Ukraine? Is the tank obsolete? Are commercial drones the future of warfare? Dmitri Alperovitch speaks to Franz-Stefan Gady, a research fellow at IISS and a deep thinker on the future of conflict and war, about his recent trip to Ukraine and the non-obvious lessons for Taiwan from this conflict

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00:52:49

How Putin’s Reign Could End

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2022/11/09

Military coup or orderly transition? Nothing lasts forever and in this edition of the podcast, Dmitri Alperovitch speaks to Daniel Treisman, professor of political science at University of California, who specializes on Russian politics and economics, about how Putin's multi-decade reign of Russia might end

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00:52:49

Scenarios for How This War Might End

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2022/11/01

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Michael Kofman, who is just back from a trip to Ukraine. They discuss: - The latest on the fight in Kherson and Luhansk - Impact of Russian terror strikes on civilian infrastructure - Ukrainian morale - How Putin's mobilization is progressing - What the Russians are trying to achieve with the dirty bomb scares, - Lkelihood of use of nuclear weapons and - How this war might end.

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00:47:24

How America Pulled the Plug on China’s Chips Sector

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2022/10/15

Dmitri Alperovitch and Silverado's Executive Director Sarah Stewart talk to Kevin Wolf, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, about the latest export control measures announced by the Biden Administration that are now crippling the Chinese semiconductor companies and why this is one of the most important actions the US could have taken to deter an invasion of Taiwan

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00:48:46

What the Kerch Bridge Attack Means for the War

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2022/10/08

In the latest episode, Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Michael Kofman about the Kerch bridge attack, as well as: - Prospect of nuclear weapons use by Putin - Analysis of how Russia's mobilization drive has gone thus far - Kherson and Donbas counteroffensives by Ukrainian forces - Why the Russians continue their pointless attacks in Donetsk oblasts - Ongoing game of musical chairs taking place at the highest levels of Russian military hierarchy - And the strange things happening with Starlink in

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00:53:35

Betting It All on Black: Putin’s Partial Mobilization

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2022/09/22

Twitter Space recording from September 21, 2022 of a conversation between Dmitri Alperovitch , Michael Kofman and Rob Lee on the implications of Putin's partial mobilization order and the impact it may have on the outcome of the war, as well as Putin's own political futures

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00:45:27

Like Ants to Wet Sugar: How Ukraine Won The Battle of...

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2022/09/11

How did the Russian northern front collapse so rapidly and what can be expected now in the fight for Donbas and Kherson? Dmitri Alperovitch discusses the latest Ukraine counteroffensive developments with Sergii Grabskyi, a Reserve Colonel in the Ukrainian military.

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00:42:54

Russian northern front collapse: Latest on Ukrainian...

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2022/09/11

Twitter Space recording from September 10, 2022 of a conversation between Dmitri Alperovitch and Michael Kofman on the implications of the rapid collapse of the Russian forces pocket in northern Ukraine and what the future holds for Ukrainian counteroffensives in the north and south

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00:38:05

Why the global food shortage is a myth

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2022/08/31

Was there ever a grain shortage crisis caused by the Russian blockade of Ukrainian exports? Dmitri Alperovitch gets the real story from Dr. Scott Irwin, Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at University of Illinois and an international leader in the field of agricultural economics. Dr. Irwin discusses the true state of grain markets and the causes behind the recent increase in food prices and what can be done about it.Topics covered:How likely is the current grain crisis to lead to

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01:02:07

Ukraine's cheap drones wreak havoc in Crimea

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2022/08/22

Dmitri Alperovitch discusses the impact of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian military facilities and logistics in Crimea with Michael Kofman (Research Program Director in the Russia Studies Program at the Center for Naval Analysis). And Dmitri's theory on the Russian masterplan for Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power PlantTopics covered:$10,000 Chinese UAVs are Ukraine's new asymmetric weapon in the war of attrition in UkraineRussia's plan for Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power PlantUkrainian planned

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00:53:07

Slicing the Sausage: Ukraine’s Upcoming Counteroffensive

Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch ·

2022/08/03

In this podcast Dmitri Alperovitch interviews Sergii Grabskyi, a Reserve Colonel in the Ukrainian military, about Ukraine’s upcoming counteroffensive.Michael Kofman, Research Program Director in the Russia Studies Program at the Center for Naval Analysis, also joins the show to share his latest analysis of what’s happening on the ground in Ukraine.Topics covered:Ukraine's weapons needs for a successful counteroffensive and the challenges they will faceStrategic objective of the counteroffensive and

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