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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
Política y Gobierno
Episodios
  • Why Drones Can’t Replace Traditional Firepower
    Aug 5 2025

    Dmitri Alperovitch talks to air power expert Justin Bronk about why it's a bad idea for Western militaries to follow Ukraine's lead and overly invest in production of small drones like FPVs and other loitering munitions. They also dive into best counter-drone strategies, as well as the implications of Ukraine's Operation SpiderWeb and Israel's forward deployed drones neutralizing Iranian air defenses during Operations Rising Lion for strategies to protect aircraft and air-defenses against such threats.

    00:00 Introduction

    00:28 Why NATO Should Not Follow Ukraine Into Overreliance on Drones

    09:22 Small FPVs vs Other Drone Types

    15:42 Best Strategy for Effective Anti Drone Defense

    26:06 Would Ukraine Be Better Off Spending Money on Conventional Systems?

    28:01 Orchestration of Combined Arms Warfare

    29:11 Does Ukraine Need More FPVs or Artillery?

    31:33 Can America Afford to Invest in Both Small Drones and Conventional Systems?

    34:06 Options for Neutralizing Air Defenses

    36:53 The State of Russian Air Defenses

    38:53 How to Protect Air Forces Against Operation SpiderWeb-style drone tactics

    44:35 Assessing the Efficacy of Ukrainian F-16s

    NATO Should Not Replace Traditional Firepower with ‘Drones’: https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/rusi-defence-systems/nato-should-not-replace-traditional-firepower-drones

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    49 m
  • Why America's Nuclear Deterrence Strategy Needs to Change
    Jul 2 2025

    Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Vipin Narang, a former Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, a portfolio which includes U.S nuclear weapons employment strategy, about why we are now entering the New Nuclear Age and the urgent changes that the United States has to make to its nuclear deterrence posture and strategy. They also debate the utility of counterforce vs countervalue nuclear targeting approaches and how believable the U.S. extended nuclear deterrence is to allies.

    00:00 Introduction

    00:57 Israel-Iran War

    11:47 CAT5 Hurricane of Nuclear Threats

    13:50 Is China Preparing to Fight a Nuclear War?

    18:04 Debating Counterforce vs. Countervalue Nuclear Targeting Strategies

    24:32 Is Nuclear Extended Deterrence Believable to Allies?

    40:02 Is Pakistan Building ICBMs to Target the United States?

    42:44 Does America Need Mobile ICBM Launchers?

    How to Survive the New Nuclear Age by Vipin Narang and Pranay Vaddi: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/how-survive-new-nuclear-age-narang-vaddi

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    46 m
  • Assessing the Damage to Iran’s Nuclear Program
    Jun 24 2025

    Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear nonproliferation expert, to assess the damage that has been inflicted upon the Iranian nuclear program over the course of the past 11 days and potential for reconstitution.

    00:00 Introduction

    00:49 Assessment of Damage to Each Part of the Iranian Nuclear Program

    07:34 What is the Level of Difficulty of Reconstitution?

    09:53 Did Iran Evacuate Fordow?

    11:55 The Importance of the 400kg of Highly Enriched Uranium issue

    12:49 Where Is the New Secret Enrichment Facility?

    13:58 What Are the Nonproliferation Lessons From This War?

    16:26 Impact of the Assassinations of Nuclear Scientists

    18:16 Capabilities of Iran's Ballistic Missiles

    20:27 Origins of Iran's Nuclear Weapons Designs

    22:46 Is There a Legitimate Need for Iran to Have Uranium Enrichment?

    24:45 Was The War Worth It?

    32:31 What Will Iran Do Next?

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    37 m
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