Podcasts
How China Might Invade Taiwan: A World on the Brink Scenario
Silverado Policy Accelerator|04/29/2024
Dmitri and his co-author Garrett Graff discuss their upcoming book “World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century”.
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New Secrets From the Cold War and Lessons for Cold War II With China
Silverado Policy Accelerator|04/16/2024
Alperovitch and Radchenko discuss Cold War secrets, China's role in crises, and strategies for victory in their upcoming books.
Listen NowHow the US Planned to Respond to Russia Using a Nuke in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|04/08/2024
Alperovitch and Hennigan discuss US concerns over Russia in Ukraine, nuclear strike power limits, and Russian space weapons.
Listen NowThe Trinity Revolution in Warfare: Precision, Sensors and Comms
Silverado Policy Accelerator|02/29/2024
Alperovitch and Joshi discuss modern warfare, including precision munitions, sensors, infantry, unmanned systems, hypersonic missiles, and cyber weapons.
Listen NowWhy North Korea is Probably Not Planning a War
Silverado Policy Accelerator |02/22/2024
Dmitri Alperovitch and Dr. Jeffrey Lewis discuss military spending on nuclear weapons, deterrence, and the implications of Chinese nuclear build-up.
Listen NowWhy China Can’t Blockade Taiwan
Silverado Policy Accelerator|02/07/2024
Dmitri talks with Ivan Kanapathy about the looming threat of Chinese invasion and why a Chinese blockade or quarantine of Taiwan is unlikely to succeed.
Listen NowBattle of Wills: Ukraine’s Path to Victory
Silverado Policy Accelerator|01/21/2024
Dmitri talks with Yaroslav Trofimov about his new book "Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence."
Listen Here The Drone Wars: How Consumer Tech Is Shaping the Ukraine War
Silverado Policy Accelerator|12/15/2023
Dmitri talks with Michael Kofman, Rob Lee and Andrey Liscovich on how FPV drones and countermeasures to them are changing the nature of warfare in Ukraine.
Listen NowAll Things AI: An Interview With White House AI Guru Ben Buchanan
Silverado Policy Accelerator|12/08/2023
Dmitri visits the White House to interview Dr. Ben Buchanan, the White House Special Advisor on AI.
Listen HereWhy Chinese Economy Is Heading For Stagnation, Not Collapse
Silverado Policy Accelerator|11/06/2023
Dmitri and guest co-host Patrick Gray interview Alicia García-Herrero, a Spanish-born economist based in the Indo-Pacific and who specializes on China.
Listen NowWhy Quantum Computing May be Overhyped but AI isn't: Interview with the NSA
Silverado Policy Accelerator|10/17/2023
Dmitri interviews Gilbert Herrera, Director of Research at the National Security Agency and a member of the U.S. National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee.
Listen NowHow Ukraine Can Benefit From ATACMS Missiles
Silverado Policy Accelerator|09/28/2023
Dmitri Alperovitch sits down with Colby Badhwar, a Canadian security analyst, who has written an extensive X thread on ATACMS, to discuss these topics.
Listen NowStarlink in Ukraine: Why the Story Is Not So Simple
Silverado Policy Accelerator|09/21/2023
Dmitri 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.
Listen NowWhy 702 is America’s most valuable intelligence program: Interview with the FBI
Silverado Policy Accelerator|09/09/2023
Dmitri sits down with Bryan Vorndran, Assistant Director of FBI's Cyber Division, to discuss why FISA Section 702 is the most valuable intelligence program.
Listen NowWhat the Death of Prigozhin Means for Wagner, Russia and Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|08/23/2023
Dmitri talks to Russian military analyst Rob Lee and Wagner Group expert Jack Margolin about the implications of reports of Prigozhin's death.
Listen NowHow Russian Intelligence operatives have attacked Ukraine in cyberspace
Silverado Policy Accelerator|08/20/2023
Dmitri and Patrick Gray talk to Illia Vitiuk, the Head of the Department of Cyber and Information Security of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
Listen NowWhy Reports of the US Dollar’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Silverado Policy Accelerator|08/03/2023
Dmitri talks with geoeconomist Douglas Rediker about the enduring dominance of the U.S. dollar and why it won't change any time soon.
Listen NowWhy Europe’s Dependence on the US Military Will Not Change
Silverado Policy Accelerator|07/31/2023
Dmitri talks with Franz Stefan Gady about why American military involvement in Europe is unlikely to be significantly reduced in the coming years.
Listen NowHow Drones Are Changing the Nature of Warfare in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|07/24/2023
Dmitri talks with Andrey Liscovich about how various types of drones are used for artillery correction, target identification and strike missions in Ukraine.
Listen NowTrip Report: What I Learned in Kyiv
Silverado Policy Accelerator|07/14/2023
Patrick Gray interviews Dmitri about his recent trip to Kyiv and what he learned from his meetings with senior military and intelligence leadership there.
Listen NowMutiny in Russia: Who Won, Who Lost and What Caused It
Silverado Policy Accelerator|06/23/2023
Guest host Patrick Gray interviews Dmitri about Evgeny Prigozhin's so-called "March for Justice".
Listen NowUkraine’s Offensive Has Begun: Analysis With Michael Kofman and Rob Lee
Silverado Policy Accelerator |06/08/2023
Dmitri talks with military analysts Michael Kofman and Rob Lee about this week's launch of Ukraine's counteroffensive.
Listen NowHow AI Will Transform Future Militaries (And Societies)
Silverado Policy Accelerator|05/01/2023
Dmitri discusses the evolution of AI with Teddy Collins about the implications of AI.
Listen NowHow China Plans to Win the Chip War
Silverado Policy Accelerator|04/24/2023
Dmitri talks with Chris Miller, author of the recent New York Times bestseller Chip War, about one of the central elements of the US-China.
Listen NowHow Ukraine Can Survive the Exhaustion of Its Air Defense Stocks
Silverado Policy Accelerator |04/16/2023
Dmitri talks with Justin Bronk and Dara Massicot about the dire implications of the dwindling stocks of Ukrainian air defense interceptors.
Listen NowChina and Russia: An Alliance, an Alignment or a Marriage of Convenience?
Silverado Policy Accelerator|04/07/2023
Dmitri talks with Alexander Gabuev and Sergey Radchenko, two of the foremost experts on the true nature of the China-Russia relationship.
Listen NowWhy Taiwan’s Military Modernization Is Moving Too Slowly
Silverado Policy Accelerator|03/20/2023
Dmitri talks with Vincent Chao about why Taiwan is moving slowly to modernize its military and increase deterrence of an existential threat of Chinese invasion.
Listen NowMyth Busting With Michael Kofman: Debunking Common Misperceptions
Silverado Policy Accelerator|03/09/2023
Dmitri sits down with Michael Kofman to talk about his observations on the fighting in Ukraine, as well as common misperceptions about Wagner Group.
Listen NowHow Russia’s Winter Offensive Could Backfire
Silverado Policy Accelerator|02/20/2023
Dmitri sits down with Michael Kofman to discuss the strategic mistakes of Russia's current offensive in the Donbas.
Listen NowInterview: This American Spent 10 Months Fighting in Ukraine
Geopolitics Decanted |02/12/2023
Dmitri talks to David Bramlette who has recently returned from fighting with the Ukrainian Foreign Legion in the Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
Listen NowHow Russia is Working Around Western Sanctions and Export Controls
Silverado Policy Accelerator|01/22/2023
Dmitri talks to Silverado's own experts - Sarah Stewart and Andy David about Silverado's new just published analysis of Russian import trade flows.
Listen NowWhy Ukraine May Try to Retake Crimea Next
Silverado Policy Accelerator|01/12/2023
Dmitri once again talks to Sergii Grabskyi, who makes a compelling case that Ukraine is likely to try to retake Crimea as part of an upcoming new offensive.
Listen NowHow Dwindling Ammunition Stocks Could Decide the Outcome of the War
Geopolitics Decanted|12/22/2022
Dmitri talks with Russian military expert Michael Kofman about why this war may be decided by which side can stretch their ammunition supplies the longest.
Listen NowNew Phase of the War: Ukraine Faces Tough Decisions
Silverado Policy Accelerator|12/12/2022
Dmitri talks with Michael Kofman on the strategic impact of Russian terror strike campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure.
Listen NowNo Way Out: Why Negotiations Won’t End the War Soon
Silverado Policy Accelerator |12/02/2022
Dmitri talks with historian and Russia expert Mark Galeotti about whether Putin is capable of compromising his war aims in any future negotiations with Ukraine.
Listen NowRussia’s Cyber Game: What Worked and What Didn’t
Silverado Policy Accelerator|11/25/2022
Dmitri talks with Dr. Danny Moore, a scholar of offensive cyber operations about the successes and failures of Russian cyber attacks against Ukraine.
Listen NowHow the Russian Air Force Failed in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|11/17/2022
Dmitri talks to Justin Brock and Dr. Jack Watling from Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) about their findings from the recent trip to Ukraine
Listen NowKeys Lessons for Taiwan from the War in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|11/12/2022
Dmitri speaks to Franz-Stefan Gady about his recent trip to Ukraine and the non-obvious lessons for Taiwan from this conflict
Listen NowHow Putin’s Reign Could End
Silverado Policy Accelerator|11/08/2022
Dmitri Alperovitch speaks to Daniel Treisman about how Putin's multi-decade reign of Russia might end.
Listen NowScenarios for How This War Might End
Silverado Policy Accelerator|10/31/2022
Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Michael Kofman, who is just back from a trip to Ukraine, and discuss the latest on the fight in Kherson and Luhansk.
Listen NowHow America Pulled the Plug on China’s Chips Sector
Silverado Policy Accelerator|10/15/2022
Dmitri and Silverado's Executive Director Sarah Stewart talk to Kevin Wolf about the latest export control measures announced by the Biden Administration.
Listen NowWhat the Kerch Bridge Attack Means for the War
Silverado Policy Accelerator|10/08/2022
Dmitri talks with Michael Kofman about the Kerch bridge attack, the prospect of nuclear weapons use by Putin and how Russia's mobilization drive has gone.
Listen NowBetting It All on Black: Putin’s Partial Mobilization
Silverado Policy Accelerator|09/21/2022
Dmitri, Michael Kofman, and Rob Lee talk about the implications of Putin's partial mobilization order and the impact it may have on the outcome of the war.
Listen NowLike Ants to Wet Sugar: How Ukraine Won The Battle of Kharkiv
Silverado Policy Accelerator|09/11/2022
Dmitri discusses the latest Ukraine counteroffensive developments with Sergii Grabskyi, a Reserve Colonel in the Ukrainian military.
Listen NowRussian northern front collapse: Latest on Ukrainian Counteroffensive
Silverado Policy Accelerator|09/10/2022
Dmitri and Michael Kofman discuss the implications of the rapid collapse of the Russian forces pocket in northern Ukraine and Ukrainian counteroffensives.
Listen NowWhy the global food shortage is a myth
Silverado Policy Accelerator|08/31/2022
Dmitri gets the real story from Dr. Scott Irwin, Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at University of Illinois in agricultural economics.
Listen NowUkraine's cheap drones wreak havoc in Crimea
Silverado Policy Accelerator|08/21/2022
Dmitri discusses the impact of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian military facilities and logistics in Crimea with Michael Kofman.
Listen NowSlicing the Sausage: Ukraine’s Upcoming Counteroffensive
Silverado Policy Accelerator |08/03/2022
In this podcast Dmitri Alperovitch interviews Sergii Grabskyi, a Reserve Colonel in the Ukrainian military, about Ukraine’s upcoming counteroffensive.
Listen NowHow Russia Engineered the Perfect Gas Crisis
Silverado Policy Accelerator|07/28/2022
Dmitri talks with energy markets and russian oil and gas sector expert Sergey Vakulenko about how Russia is engineering an energy crisis in Europe.
Listen NowWhy Giving Ukraine F-16s Makes Sense
Silverado Policy Accelerator|07/17/2022
Dmitri talks with Retired UK Air Marshall Greg Bagwell about how the West can overcome challenges to provide Ukraine modern aircraft platforms such as F-16s.
Listen NowUkraine’s HIMARS edge may not last: Analysis of the war in Ukraine (July 10, 2022)
Silverado Policy Accelerator|07/10/2022
Dmitri talks with Michael Kofman about the new developments in the war in Ukraine on Twitter Spaces.
Listen NowHow Putin is dragging Belarus into the war: Analysis of the war in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|06/26/2022
Dmitri talks with Michael Kofman and Henry Schlottman about the new developments in the war in Ukraine on Twitter Spaces.
Listen NowThe War of Attrition: Analysis of the war in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|06/19/2022
Dmitri talks with Michael Kofman about the new developments in the war in Ukraine on Twitter Spaces.
Listen NowThe Long War: Analysis of the war in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator |06/05/2022
Dmitri talks with Michael Kofman and Rob Lee about the new developments in the war in Ukraine on Twitter Spaces.
Listen NowInside the West's Economic War Against Russia: Analysis of the war in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|05/27/2022
Dmitri talks with Maria Shagina about the economic war the West is waging against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
Listen NowHow effective is the Russian military: Analysis of the war in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|05/15/2022
Dmitri talks with Michael Kofman and Dara Massicot about the new developments in the war in Ukraine on Twitter Spaces.
Listen NowHow Moskva Was Sunk: Analysis of the war in Ukraine (May 8, 2022)
Silverado Policy Accelerator|05/08/2022
Dmitri talks with Michael Kofman and US Navy Capt. Chris Carlson (Ret.) about the new developments in the war in Ukraine on Twitter Spaces.
Listen NowUkrainian Military: Analysis of the war in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|05/01/2022
Dmitri talks with Michael Kofman and Nolan Peterson about the new developments in the war in Ukraine on Twitter Spaces.
Listen NowFight for Donbas: Analysis of the war in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|04/25/2022
Dmitri talks with Michael Kofman about the new developments in the war in Ukraine on Twitter Spaces.
Listen NowNuclear Weapons: Iran, North Korea and Have We Lost the Nonproliferation Fight?
Silverado Policy Accelerator|04/10/2022
Dmitri talks with Jeffrey Lewis, Director of East Asia Nonproliferation Project at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey.
Listen NowScience of War: Analysis of the war in Ukraine and implications for Taiwan
Silverado Policy Accelerator |04/03/2022
Dmitri talks about the new developments in the war in Ukraine on Twitter Spaces and implications of conflict for Taiwan with Michael Kofman and Ivan Kanapathy.
Listen NowEndgame in Sight: Analysis of the the war in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|03/27/2022
Dmitri discusses cyber attacks on US and allies with Chris Krebs and analysis of Russia's announced endgame for the war with Michael Kofman.
Listen NowStalemate: Analysis of the the war in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|03/21/2022
Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Michael Kofman and Andrew Monaghan about the new developments the war in Ukraine on Twitter Spaces.
Listen NowWar for Cities: Military analysis of the the war in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|03/13/2022
Dmitri talks about the new developments the war in Ukraine on Twitter Spaces with Michael Kofman and Rob Lee.
Listen NowMilitary analysis of the the war in Ukraine
Silverado Policy Accelerator|03/11/2022
Dmitri discusses the war in Ukraine on Twitter Spaces with Michael Kofman and Rob Lee.
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