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.
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Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Tuesday 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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