Special episode from Hill & Valley Forum 2026: A conversation with Dmitri Alperovitch Cofounder of CrowdStrike (a $100B company), Silverado Policy Accelerator and Author of World on the Brink
Dmitri has correctly predicted three wars including the Russia-Ukraine war and has a prediction for China going after Taiwan.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:53 - The mission of Silverado Policy Accelerator
02:00 - Predictions of war and the state of Ukraine - Russia conflict
02:31 - Timeline for conflict in Taiwan and the 2028 elections
04:15 - Operation Causeway: Why Taiwan is a complex military feat
06:40 - High stakes of failure for Xi Jinping
08:21 - The evolving relationship between Silicon “Valley” and “Hill”
09:19 - Building in defense tech
10:56 - Military-grade vs. Consumer-grade
12:38 - System integration over “widgets”: Lessons from the front
15:03 - New Defense Tech and Old Primes
16:44 - Mapping the Next American Century and neutralizing threats
19:40 - The American industrial base compared to Russia
22:50 - The need to reindustrialize America
24:39 - Advice to founders
