Cyber Rattling & Socialism: Anne Neuberger on Future Wars, Mayor Mamdani, and a Big Deal at the BBC

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Will future wars be decided by who controls space—cyber and outer—and which superpower has better paired geostrategic thinking with emerging technologies? Anne Neuberger, the Hoover Institution’s William C. Edwards Distinguished Visiting Fellow and a former White House and Pentagon cyber policy advisor, joins GoodFellows regulars Sir Niall Ferguson, John H. Cochrane, and Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster to discuss what she sees as a “cyber gap” between China and America, the need for the US to rethink traditional weapons platforms (hello, drones), plus how Dwight Eisenhower’s warning of a “military industry complex” is being redefined by the tech sector’s growing role in present-day and future warfare. After that: the three fellows weigh the significance of a utopian socialist recently elected mayor of a very capitalist New York City, a new “algocracy” (algorithms running the government) in Albania, the UK’s fabled BBC in hot water over alleged editorial bias, plus whether the “war of the tomorrow” may be in . . . Venezuela? 0:00 - Introduction 2:30 - The Future of War and Technology Asymmetry 4:30 - Action, Counteraction, and the Role of Commercial Tech 9:00 - US Military Adaptation and Supply Chain Choke Holds 14:30 - Cyber Vulnerability: Civilian Infrastructure vs. Financial Systems 19:00 - Closing the US-China Cyber Gap 24:30 - The New Military-Industrial Complex (MIC) and Exquisite Systems 35:00 - Big Deal, Little Deal, No Deal at All - NYC Mayor, Zoran Mamdani 39:00 - Trump's Economy and Crony Capitalism 42:00 - Algocracy and Governance by Algorithm 47:30 - The BBC Crisis and Cognitive Warfare 54:00 - Possible War with Venezuela Watch previous episodes of GoodFellows by visiting: https://www.hoover.org/publications/goodfellows?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=gf_youtube&utm_content=11132025 __________ The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Hoover Institution or Stanford University. © 2025 by the Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University. 🔔 Subscribe for more discussions: @HooverInstitution 👍 Like and share this video! 🌐 Follow us on social media: • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HooverInstStanford • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hoover-institution-at-stanford-university • Instagram: https://instagram.com/hooverinstitution • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hooverinstitution • X: https://www.twitter.com/HooverInst