Geopolitics & Empire · Paul Robinson: Russia, the West, and the World #096 Dr. Paul Robinson from the University of Ottawa explains the current state of US-Russia relations. We talk Putin, Trump, Russiagate, media propaganda, the New Arms Race, the Russian economy, and his forthcoming book on Russian conservatism. Websites https://irrussianality.wordpress.com https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/994/profile Publications https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Robinson/e/B001HQ26YE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3?qid...
Feb 05, 2019
Geopolitics & Empire · Bill Simpich: Kennedys and Kings Call for New Probe into Deaths of JFK, RFK, MLK, Malcolm X #095 Civil rights attorney Bill Simpich joins us to discuss the new call put forward by Kennedy and King family members as well as 50+ other prominent Americans to open new probes into the deaths of JFK, RFK, MLK, and Malcolm X. Mr. Simpich explains why the call is happening now, who is behind it, what needs to happen in the future, and why it is so important for American democr...
Jan 29, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SuX47jF-GM Dr. Paul Craig Roberts joins us to discuss US military interventions, how the "Everything Bubble" won't pop until the dollar ceases to be the world reserve currency, the Orwellian media landscape, and how identity politics is causing violent polarization in America that could lead to internal conflict. Websites http://www.paulcraigroberts.org Books https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Craig-Roberts/e/B001ITWVPE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1494260819&sr=8-2 Ab...
Jan 25, 2019
Geopolitics & Empire · Klaus Dodds: Scramble for the Poles? Geopolitics of the Arctic and Antarctic #093 Professor of geopolitics Klaus Dodds explains the 'Scramble for the Poles' and how elements of stagecraft and triumphant geopolitics are used by countries such as Canada, China, and Russia to gain currency in order to better assert themselves in the Arctic and Antarctic. He explains the legal regimes that govern the regions, the Cold War military history, and what the future holds for one...
Jan 10, 2019
Geopolitics & Empire · Elijah J. Magnier: The War in Syria is Over, What Happens Next? #092 Senior Political Risk Analyst Elijah J. Magnier discusses the end of the war in Syria and what follows as the U.S. pulls out, Syria is reintegrated into the Arab League, Russia helps consolidate Syrian sovereignty, the Kurds are left to fend for themselves, and Turkey and Israel ponder on how to move forward. Transcript Podcast: On this edition of Geopolitics and Empire, we interview senior political ...
Dec 28, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Todd Weaver: Privacy Protection in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism #091 Founder and CEO of Purism, Todd Weaver, discusses surveillance capitalism, digital rights, and why he decided to create an entire ecosystem of computers, mobile phones, and software that provide users with nearly 100% control over their devices. Websites https://puri.sm https://twitter.com/puri_sm About the Guest Serial entrepreneur and successful businessman, Todd has been recognized for his vi...
Dec 23, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Steven Seegel: The Geographers Who Defined East Central Europe #090 Professor of History Dr. Steven Seegel discusses his book "Map Men: Transnational Lives and Deaths of Geographers in the Making of East Central Europe" and how famous geographers such as Isaiah Bowman or Hungarian Prime Minister Count Pál Teleki influenced maps and policy in the 20th century. Websites https://twitter.com/steven_seegel http://unco.academia.edu/StevenSeegel Books https://www.press.uchica...
Dec 17, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · William Engdahl: Are the French Protests a U.S. Color Revolution & is Trump the Real Deal? #089 Strategic risk consultant and best-selling author F. William Engdahl discusses his latest book "Manifest Destiny" describing US-sponsored democratic regime change operations known as "color revolutions" which utilize civil society organizations such as USAID, Soros' Open Society Foundations, and NGOs such as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). He provides his ana...
Dec 12, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Dmitry Orlov: How the Technosphere Threatens the Biosphere and our Freedoms #088 Dmitry Orlov rejoins us to discuss his book on the technosphere and how it threatens the environment or biosphere, limits our economic freedoms, and can become weaponized as a political technology. He gives some recommendations on ways to mitigate against the overarching influence of the technosphere. Transcript Podcast: Returning to the Geopolitics and Empire Podcast is author Dmitry Orlo...
Dec 10, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Dmitry Orlov: How the Technosphere Threatens the Biosphere and our Freedoms #088 Schiller Institute science advisor Jason Ross discusses China's imperial ambitions in Africa through its Belt And Road Initiative and the challenges it poses to the US-dominated Bretton Woods system. Show Notes Extending the New Silk Road to West Asia and Africa https://schillerinstitute.com/extending-new-silk-road-west-asia-africa Why China’s ‘Debtbook Diplomacy’ is a Hoax https://schille...
Nov 17, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Noah Coburn: The Invisible Workers of America’s Global War #086 Political Anthropologist Dr. Noah Coburn discusses his latest book "Under Contract: The Invisible Workers of America's Global War" as we delve into the lives of over 3 million private contractors who service the logistics and underbelly of the Global War On Terror in Afghanistan. Show Notes Trump’s Disastrous Plan to Increase Contracting in Afghanistan https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/trumps-disastrous-plan...
Nov 10, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Isa Blumi: The Geopolitics of the War on Yemen #085 Dr. Isa Blumi discusses his book "Destroying Yemen" which explains how the Atlanticist empire has sought for a century to secure financial, political, and resource control over an independent Yemeni state with the help of GCC actors. Blumi also explains how Saudi Arabia is quickly disintegrating and what this means for the future. Show Notes In Yemen, Hardly A Revolution https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/opinion/09bl...
Nov 03, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Balihar Sanghera: Central Asia as the New Economic Battleground for China, Russia, and the USA #084 Dr. Balihar Sanghera discusses the economic dystopia left behind by the Soviet Union in Central Asia as well as why he thinks the United States holds the upper hand in the region despite Russia's formidable Eurasian Union project and China's Belt and Road. Websites https://www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/staff/academic/s/sanghera-balihar.html Show Notes https://www.opendemocracy.n...
Oct 22, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Jeremy Kuzmarov: The New Cold War is a Farce #083 Academic and author Jeremy Kuzmarov discusses his latest book "The Russians Are Coming, Again: The First Cold War as Tragedy, the Second as Farce." Topics covered include the true origins of the Cold War, how a Henry Wallace presidency could've altered the course of history, the Military-Industrial-Academic-Complex, the use of propaganda against Russia in the New Cold War, NATO expansion, color revolutions, and how the ...
Oct 18, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Adriel Kasonta: Has Brexit Become a US Foreign Policy Tool Against the EU and Russia? #082 Political analyst and consultant Adriel Kasonta discusses potential Brexit scenarios and how it has been weaponized by the United States against the EU and Russia. Websites https://www.adrielkasonta.com https://www.twitter.com/Adriel_Kasonta About the Guest Adriel Kasonta is a London-based professional with a strong background in law, politics and diplomacy. He is currently servi...
Oct 06, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Dan Kovalik: The CIA and Deep State Plot To Attack Iran #081 Human Rights Attorney Dan Kovalik and author of "The Plot To Scapegoat Russia" and "The Plot To Attack Iran" discusses the US drive to overthrow Iran which includes proxy wars in Nicaragua, Yemen, Libya, and Syria that have the potential to pull Russia and China into a greater conflict. Websites https://twitter.com/danielmkovalik Publications https://www.amazon.com/Dan-Kovalik/e/B06XZ9ZRSD/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk...
Sep 25, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Morris Berman: End Of Empire...Are We There Yet? #080 We return to the broadcast with cultural historian Dr. Morris Berman to discuss his latest book titled “Are We There Yet?” which consists of a collection of lectures, unpublished essays and reflections on the continued decline of American Empire. Websites http://morrisberman.blogspot.com Publications http://www.amazon.com/Morris-Berman/e/B001HCWOWM About the Guest Morris Berman is well known as an innovative cultura...
Sep 09, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Tom Luongo: Has The Deep State Defeated Trump In Syria? #079 Geopolitical analyst Tom Luongo discusses the recent US strikes in Syria and whether President Trump has effectively been neutered by the Deep State and Military-Industrial-Complex. Also, is Trump in control of his own Twitter account and will he succeed in North Korea? Show Notes 'The Goal for China is to Open Up the Yuan Trade' – Tom Luongo on Sputnik News https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201804051063239817...
Apr 21, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Christian Costamagna: The 'Special War' Doctrine to Destroy Yugoslavia #78 Dr. Christian Costamagna brings to light new research on the Yugoslav "Special War" describing the foreign interference and destabilization of Yugoslavia in the 1980s which exacerbated the existing internal crises and led to the bloodiest war in Europe since WWII. Show Notes Archival Documents Reveal Late-Yugoslav Strategic Thinking on the ‘Special War’ http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2018/02/0...
Apr 18, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJHMLAm3Ozo Former U.S. diplomat Jim Jatras discusses President Trump's rush to war in Syria, the false flag chemical attacks warned about by Russia, Putin's options in case of U.S. strikes, and the real geopolitical game being played in the Middle East which can lead to fatal escalation. Transcript G&E Podcast: We are speaking with analyst, former U.S. diplomat and foreign policy advisor to the Senate GOP leadership, Jim Jatras. We will be discussing the U.S....
Apr 11, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Chris Devonshire-Ellis: China's Silk Road & Eurasian Game #076 Chris Devonshire-Ellis provides insight into the Belt and Road based on extensive travel in the region and sees China as spreading peace through trade. Show Notes The Belt and Road: Five Opportunities for Foreign Investors https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2018/03/30/belt-road-five-opportunities-foreign-investors Belt and Road Initiative Ushering in New Trade, Logistics, Blockchain, and 5G Technolog...
Apr 04, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Edward Curtin: False Flag Operations Will Start New War #075 Professor of Sociology Edward Curtin discusses the attempts by the US, Britain, NATO and Israel to create false pretexts for an invasion of Syria and war with Russia. He discusses how the Deep State has concocted RussiaGate and how media and propaganda make it difficult to tell fact from fiction. Transcript G&E Podcast: We are speaking with Professor Edward Curtin, who teaches sociology at the Massachuset...
Mar 24, 2018
Analyst Richard Heydarian explains President Rodrigo Duterte's rise to power and the geopolitics and foreign policy of the Philippines as it struggles to find its way between a military alliance with the United States and its economic integration with China and the New Silk Road, all in the shadow of the ongoing South China Sea crisis. Show Notes How fear and paranoia about China’s rise breathed new life into the ‘Quad’ – at Asean’s expense http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/articl...
Mar 20, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Rupert Darwall: Radical Environmentalism and the Climate Deep State #073 Author Rupert Darwall discusses the totalitarian roots of radical environmentalism and the "Climate-Industrial-Complex" or "Climate Deep State" composed of NGOs, government agencies, oligarchs, academia and green technology companies. He explains how the climate change movement began as a political agenda with roots in Nazi Germany and 1970s Swedish technocracy and that renewable energy cannot fea...
Feb 26, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Marc Faber: Markets, Petroyuan, and World War #072 Renown Swiss investor and publisher of "The Gloom, Boom and Doom Report" Dr. Marc Faber discusses the global markets, housing and bond bubbles, central bank manipulation, gold, Trump, the petroyuan, the New Silk Road and what a potential conflict between the U.S. and China might look like as old empires die and new ones are born. Show Notes Financial insiders contemplate “imminent” 2018 US stock market crash of up to “...
Feb 21, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Jefferson Morley: James Angleton and the Birth of the American Deep State #071 Washington author and veteran journalist Jefferson Morley discusses his latest book on CIA Director James Angleton who was one of the founders of what is known as the American "Deep State". Show Notes 5 of the Most Important JFK Files the CIA Is Still Hiding https://www.alternet.org/top-5-jfk-files-cia-still-hiding-coverup-secrecy Sure, #ReleaseTheMemo—Along With All of the Underlying Docume...
Feb 03, 2018
Geopolitics & Empire · Gideon Levy: Israel, Palestine and American Empire: #070 Author and journalist Gideon Levy discusses Israeli politics, the fate of Palestine and the role of American empire in the Middle East. Show Notes Netanyahu's son caught on secret recordings outside strip club talking about major energy deal http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/09/netanyahus-son-caught-secret-recordings-outside-strip-club-talking Abbas Is Right. Why Does Israel Keep Saying He's Wrong? https://...
Jan 20, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJtm_0VMIZo&t=25s In this interview we speak with Sayasat Nurbek who is the managing director of the Astana International Financial Center and the director of the Public Policy Institute which is associated with the Kazakh government's "Nur Otan" political party. We discuss the geopolitics of Kazakhstan and what it’s future looks like as it integrates into the global economy with a new stock exchange, cryptocurrency and China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Show N...
Dec 07, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BI_ftWfGcg&t=18s Market analyst Tom Luongo describes the maturation of the cryptocurrency market and what lies ahead for Bitcoin and other cryptos. He also explains why countries such as Russia and Kazakhstan are seeking crypto versions of their national currencies. Show Notes The Foundation of the Next Cryptocurrency Bull Market https://tomluongo.me/2017/11/16/the-foundation-of-the-next-cryptocurrency-bull-market With Bitcoin’s Adolescence Comes Real Competi...
Nov 23, 2017
Geopolitics & Empire · The Saker: Russia's Military Superiority and Response to NATO-Pentagon #067 Former military intelligence officer The Saker gives an update on the New Cold War and explains how Russia has developed a superior military capability to NATO-Pentagon and how they are geopolitically positioning themselves in preparation for a war. Show Notes Debunking two American myths http://thesaker.is/the-two-great-us-american-myths-which-can-result-in-a-war-with-russia Does Russia Now Ha...
Nov 15, 2017
