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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

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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The Israel-Iran War: Possibilities and the Dangers of Overreach

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Israeli Gen Amos Yadlin (Ret.), who has participated in the destruction of three Middle Eastern nuclear weapons programs.

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Israeli Gen Amos Yadlin (Ret.), perhaps the world's only person who has participated in the destruction of three Middle Eastern nuclear weapons programs: first, as an F-16 pilot in 1981 against Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak, as Head of Military Intelligence in 2007 against Syrian nuclear reactor Al Kibar, and in various IDF roles for the last nearly 20 years planning the current operation against Iran.

  • 00:00 Introduction
  • 01:29 Strategic Objectives of the Operation Against Iran
  • 07:30 How to Deal With Fordow Enrichment Facility
  • 08:16 Shocking Success
  • 11:20 Danger of Euphoria
  • 14:08 Where Are the Iranian Proxies?
  • 15:40 Threat to the Strait of Hormuz
  • 18:00 Khamenei's Psychological State and Strategic Decisions
  • 20:56 Likelihood of Regime Change
  • 23:38 Implications for the Broader Middle East

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