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Dmitri Alperovitch

Co-Founder, Crowdstrike

Search every verified Dmitri Alperovitch interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder of CrowdStrike and chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator, has been promoting his book "World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century" through a series of podcast appearances and keynotes. In these appearances, he has argued that the United States is already in a second Cold War with China, citing Chinese military modernization, cyber operations targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, and preparations he describes as indicating a potential invasion of Taiwan. He has also discussed what he views as China's economic vulnerabilities, including demographic decline and a stagnating economy, and expressed optimism about America's ability to prevail in this competition if it maintains political will. At CYBERWARCON 2025, Alperovitch delivered a keynote in which he called for an end to the practice of giving threat actors whimsical names like "Cozy Bear" or "Salt Typhoon," arguing that government indictments and sanctions already provide clearer identifiers. He proposed that the cybersecurity community instead use official designations, such as "GRU" or specific unit numbers, with appended references to tactics, techniques, and procedures, to improve clarity for both practitioners and the public.

Recent appearances

  • CYBERWARCON Keynote

    September 10, 2026 · 📺 CYBERWARCON

    CYBERWARCON 2025, November 19, 2025, Arlington, VA Presented by Dmitri Alperovitch Dmitri Alperovitch is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator, a non-profit focused on advancing American prosperity and global leadership in the 21st century and beyond. With more than two decades of experience in the field of information security, Alperovitch is an inventor of 36 patented technologies and has conducted extensive research on reputation systems, spam detection, web security, public-key and identity-based cryptography, malware and intrusion detection and preve…

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  • Crowdstrike Co-Founder Dmitri Alperovitch on America’s Second Cold War With China

    September 02, 2026 · 📺 Coded For Chaos Podcast W/ Hank Thomas

    Follow Coded For Chaos on X: @CodedForChaos The defining geopolitical competition of our time is underway. Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder of CrowdStrike, joins Hank to break down what America’s new Cold War with China means for national security. From defending Taiwan and protecting critical infrastructure to military power, technology, economic competition, and deterrence. In this episode, Hank and Dmitri dive into: • Why Taiwan may be the defining flashpoint of the new Cold War • How China could target America’s critical infrastructure through cyberattacks • The role of technology, economi…

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  • Dmitri Alperovitch On Taiwan, China’s Cyber Preparation, And Deterrence | Ep 48

    September 01, 2026 · 📺 Sentinel Blue

    In Episode 48, Dmitri Alperovitch maps the strategic signals around a potential conflict over Taiwan. He covers what Russia's invasion of Ukraine taught Beijing and how Xi Jinping has consolidated power. He also walks through China's cyber activity inside U.S. critical infrastructure. He explains why a blockade is not the same as an invasion, how deterrence can work across military and economic fronts, and why AI may accelerate both intrusion operations and defensive response. The conversation closes with a measured case for American advantages in a second Cold War. MORE FROM DMITRI ALPEROVIT…

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  • How America Beats China Before It's Too Late | Dmitri Alperovitch - Author of World on the Brink

    August 23, 2026 · 📺 Scott D. Clary - Success Story Podcast

    ➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory In this "Lessons" episode, Dmitri Alperovitch, author of World on the Brink and co-founder of CrowdStrike, explains why China’s rise may not be as inevitable as many believe. He explores how economic stagnation, demographic decline, and policy decisions could limit China’s long-term power, while outlining why preventing a conflict over Taiwan should remain a critical priority for the United States. Dmitri also discusses America’s advantages in innovation, access to capital, military strength, and global alliances,…

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  • CrowdStrike Founder: "China Has Planted Sleeper Cells In Our Power Grid!" | Dmitri Alperovitch

    August 22, 2026 · 📺 The Peter McCormack Show

    Dmitri Alperovitch co-founded CrowdStrike, ran the investigation that first exposed Chinese state hacking to the world and predicted Russia's invasion of Ukraine months before it happened. He is now chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator and the author of World on the Brink, he argues we are already in a second Cold War that looks almost exactly like the first one. Dmitri and I discuss why Taiwan is one of the worst places on earth to invade, the 1944 American plan to do it that was abandoned as too costly, why 2032 matters more than 2027 and why Chinese malware is already sitting dorma…

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  • Goat Rodeo 60 - Cold War II? Crowdstrike CoFounder on China, AI, Cyber Warfare & the Future

    August 07, 2026 · 📺 Goat Rodeo Podcast

    What happens when one of the world's leading cybersecurity entrepreneurs argues that we're already in a new Cold War? This week, Garrett Smith, Dave Caudle, and Simon Coon sit down with Dmitri Alperovitch—CrowdStrike co-founder, Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, bestselling author of World on the Brink, investor, and host of Geopolitics Decanted. The conversation explores why Dmitri believes strategic competition with China has already become "Cold War II,"why Taiwan sits at the center of the 21st century geopolitical landscape, and what winning the AI race will require. Along the wa…

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  • Is America Already in Cold War II? | CrowdStrike Co-Founder Dmitri Alperovitch

    August 06, 2026 · 📺 Goat Rodeo Podcast

    What happens when one of the world's leading cybersecurity entrepreneurs argues that we're already in a new Cold War? This week, Garrett Smith, Dave Caudle, and Simon Coon sit down with Dmitri Alperovitch—CrowdStrike co-founder, Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, bestselling author of World on the Brink, investor, and host of Geopolitics Decanted. The conversation explores why Dmitri believes strategic competition with China has already become "Cold War II,"why Taiwan sits at the center of the 21st century geopolitical landscape, and what winning the AI race will require. Along the wa…

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  • Inside Cyber Minds S2E1 — Dmitri Alperovitch: Cyber War & Global Security

    June 10, 2026 · 📺 LufSec Cyber Security

    The Season 2 premiere of Inside Cyber Minds features a conversation with Dmitri Alperovitch — co-founder and former CTO of CrowdStrike, co-founder and chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, founder of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and author of World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century. In this episode, Dmitri goes beyond traditional cybersecurity conversations to explore how cyber conflict now fits into a much larger global picture: nation-state competition, geopolitical power, deterrence, intelligence, Chi…

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  • Origins of the War with Dmitri Alperovitch

    May 27, 2026 · 📺 The Kennan Institute

    What led to Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and what does the war reveal about the future of global conflict? In this episode of Origins of the War, Dmitri Alperovitch joins the Kennan Institute to discuss the geopolitical roots of the war in Ukraine, the role of cyber operations in modern warfare, and how the conflict connects to broader questions about deterrence, authoritarianism, and global security. Drawing from his recent book World on the Brink, Alperovitch explores how Russia’s actions toward Ukraine may shape future crises, including the possibility of conflict over…

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  • World On the Brink | Dmitri Alperovitch | TEDxPaloAlto

    May 26, 2026 · 📺 TEDx Talks

    NOTE FROM TED: This talk only represents the speaker’s personal views and interpretation of foreign policy and conflict. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/t... The relationship between the world's major powers is shifting in ways that may define the decades ahead. Dmitri Alperovitch examines where the fault lines are forming and what it will take to navigate them wisely. Dmitri Alperovitch is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, national be…

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  • We’re Giving China the AI That Could Defeat Us w/ Dmitri Alperovitch

    April 25, 2026 · 📺 The NDS Show

    In this episode of The NDS Show, Nick Smith sits down with Dmitri Alperovitch to break down the AI arms race between the United States and China, the growing threat of cyber warfare, and why we may already be in a new Cold War. Order Dmitri's book! World on the Brink How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century Amazon: https://a.co/d/0aWOAOM2 Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Dmitri's Congressional Testimony 01:00 Should the US Sell AI Chips to China? 01:56 AI Race as a 21st Century Superpower Competition 04:10 National Security vs Economic Interests in AI 05:42 Scale o…

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  • Dmitri Alperovitch Warns: AI Race Will Decide the 21st Century

    April 16, 2026 · 📺 The Select Committee on China

    Cybersecurity expert Dmitri Alperovitch delivers a stark warning to Congress: the global race for artificial intelligence supremacy is already underway, and the outcome could define the 21st century. Testifying before the Select Committee on China, Alperovitch explains why compute power, not talent, data, or funding, is the decisive factor in AI leadership. At the center of this competition are advanced semiconductor chips, which are rapidly becoming the most strategic resource in the world. He outlines how China is aggressively pursuing U.S. AI technology through both legal and illicit chan…

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Verified interview transcripts

Notable quotes

“So, 15 years of animals, weather schemes, god knows what other naming schemes out there, more than enough. Let's end it. A call to action here. Let's do something that makes it easier to understand, to remember, and focus on what really matters to your audience. If the audience does not care about 26165, if all they want to know it's Russia, just say Russia or GRU or whatever else they may be may care about.”

“The Chinese are preparing for war. They're building these huge barges that have Bailey bridges on them that you can link together. There's no purpose for them whatsoever. There's no civilian purpose. There's no military purpose except for a very large amphibious invasion. They've built an exact replica of the Taipei government district and they're practicing decapitation strikes with their special forces there agains”

“China is really screwed, right? So, let's begin with their economy, which is now stagnating on a relative basis. The era of double-digit growth is gone. ... China right now is at $13,000 per capita. And the problem for China is that they hit this middle-income trap too early.”

“China, I think, is actually a weaker power than the Soviet Union ever was during the first Cold War. If we won on one, we can absolutely win this one. We have all the ingredients for victory. The only question is are we willing to use them? Do we have the political will to do so?”

“We are on the brink unfortunately of war, right? You know, you you look at President Trump's request for a $1.5 trillion budget. It's not to fight Iran, it's not to, you know, give more aid to Ukraine. It's China, China, China, right? And the Chinese have of course been going through a massive modernization of the PLA, of the People's Liberation Army, that's unprecedented in history in terms of the scale and and rapi”

“First and foremost, we have to be honest with American public. We have to call a spade a spade. I believe it is a Cold War and we should call it such. Well, beyond that, probably the biggest differences between these two Cold Wars, unfortunately, that exist is that in the first Cold War, you know, if you had gone to virtually any American, regardless of their political persuasion, you could be on the left, you could ”

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