GoodFellows: Conversations on Economics, History & Geopolitics Cyber Rattling & Socialism: Anne Neuberger on Future Wars, Mayor Mamdani, and a Big Deal at the BBC | GoodFellows | Hoover Institution
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Nov 14, 2025 Anne Neuberger, a former White House cyber policy advisor and expert on cyber warfare, joins the panel to discuss the future of warfare and the perceived cyber gap between the U.S. and China. She highlights how emerging technologies like drones are reshaping military strategies and the need for the U.S. to adapt. The conversation also explores the implications of a newly elected socialist mayor in NYC and the potential risks of algorithm-driven governance in Albania, alongside controversies regarding the BBC's editorial bias.
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Small, Many Satellites Change Resilience
- Large constellations of short-lived satellites change resilience and jamming dynamics.
- Replacing decades-long satellite lifecycles with many shorter-lived sats shifts procurement and defense needs.
Democracy Creates Defensive Asymmetry
- Democracies face a 'cyber gap' because governments lack the visibility into privately run critical infrastructure.
- That defensive asymmetry constrains offensive options and raises vulnerability to prepositioned adversary access.
Harden Critical Networks Now
- Implement basic cyber hygiene: encryption, multi-factor authentication, monitoring, and network segmentation.
- Build digital twins and exercise worst-case attacks to measure recovery times and fix cascading failures.
