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Edward Lozansky: Ukraine, Trump, NATO & Eurasia in the New Cold War

Ukrainian-born academic Edward Lozansky joins us to do discuss the situation in Ukraine, Trump's "Ukrainegate", NATO Expansion, the threat of nuclear war, Eurasian integration, the US-Russian economies, and what happens after Trump and Putin in 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMNSnZjNzZc Watch on BitChute / Rumble Geopolitics & Empire · Edward Lozansky: Ukraine, Trump, NATO & Eurasia in the New Cold War #126 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Become a Member https://geopoliticsande...

Dec 09, 201957 min

Ioan Grillo: Mexico, Drug Cartels, Solutions, & the Future

Journalist and author Ioan Grillo speaks on the situation in Mexico including: the relationship between the cartels and the government, how the level of violence skyrocketed in the 2000s, why beheadings became a modus operandi, what it's like to live in Mexico, his new book on gun trafficking, solutions which include drug & gun policy reform/rule of law, and the future for AMLO and Mexico as he sees it. Watch on BitChute / Rumble Geopolitics & Empire · Ioan Grillo: Mexico, Drug Cartels, ...

Nov 20, 201950 min

Tuomas Malinen: The First-Ever Truly Global Economic Crisis & Depression

Professor and CEO of GnSEconomics.com Tuomas Malinen discusses why he thinks what's coming is the first-ever truly global economic crisis. We look at flashpoints in Europe, the United States, and China. He also gives a glimpse into what the aftermath might look like and what people can do to protect themselves. Watch on BitChute / Rumble Geopolitics & Empire · Tuomas Malinen: The First-Ever Truly Global Economic Crisis & Depression #124 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Become a Member ...

Nov 13, 201924 min

Victor Bulmer-Thomas: The U.S. Empire is in Retreat

Former Chatham House director Dr. Victor Bulmer-Thomas discusses his book "Empire in Retreat" which explains that the U.S. became an empire from its very inception and how it developed a new form of semi-global empire through institutions which it used to manage the world (e.g. UN & Bretton Woods). He believes the retreat of U.S. Empire is accelerating under the Trump administration due to inherent internal problems such as a declining economy (e.g. crumbling infrastructure, deteriorating qu...

Nov 09, 20191 hr 3 min

Taco Dankers: Demographic Decline to Collapse Economy & Migration to Create Social Tensions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocYuncDf6zk Taco Dankers is the editor of the global analysis bulletin GEFIRA and he discusses his views on how the rapidly declining global demographic situation is threatening to implode the economy and how mass migration will create social tensions that threaten different societies which in turn will exacerbate the economic crisis. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/empiregeopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopoli...

Nov 03, 2019

Sourabh Gupta: Xi, Modi, & India as a Leading Power in the Indo-Pacific

Geopolitics & Empire · Sourabh Gupta: Xi, Modi, & India as a Leading Power in the Indo-Pacific #121 Sourabh Gupta discusses the Xi Jinping-Narendra Modi talks and why India is not a fan of BRI or CPEC. He explains India's role in the Indo-Pacific which seeks to become not a 'balancing power' but a leading power in the region, yet wishes to remain friendly with both the U.S. and China. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/empiregeopolitics PayPal ht...

Oct 19, 2019

Daniel McAdams: Media & Censorship in the National Security State

Geopolitics & Empire · Daniel McAdams: Media & Censorship in the National Security State #120 Daniel McAdams discusses the state of censorship in Western media and how his Twitter account was terminated for criticizing Sean Hannity and the CIA. We also discuss the nexus between Big Tech and the Military-Industrial-Complex as well as Trump's 'Ukrainegate' and how the political assassination of the president bears echoes of JFK. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://...

Oct 10, 2019

Daniel Faggella: The US-China AI Arms Race Toward a Post-Human Future

Geopolitics & Empire · Daniel Faggella: The US-China AI Arms Race Toward a Post-Human Future #119 Daniel Faggella discusses the state of the artificial intelligence arms race between the U.S. and China and how all other players such as the EU and Russia are way behind. He explains how the real battle is for the "computational human substrate that houses human experience and artificial intelligence" and that whoever controls the virtual ecosystem will control the world. *Support/Donate to Geo...

Sep 19, 2019

Major Danny Sjursen: The Prospects of Pulling Out of Afghanistan & War with Iran

Geopolitics & Empire · Major Danny Sjursen: The Prospects of Pulling Out of Afghanistan & War with Iran #118 Major Danny Sjursen ponders 9/11 and how the Global War On Terror has become far removed from its original purpose. He comments on the removal of John Bolton, the possibility of President Trump pulling troops out of Afghanistan, the future of the wars in Syria and Yemen, the potential consequences of an invasion of Iran, and media censorship and propaganda. *Support/Donate to Geop...

Sep 12, 2019

Marc Friedrich: Recession Imminent, Euro Doomed, Digital Gold-Backed Currency Is The Future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crexjLpD31I Best-selling author Marc Friedrich discusses his thoughts on the global financial crisis, collapse, and debt bubble. He thinks a recession is imminent and that the Euro is ultimately doomed, how no monetary union has ever been successful in history. He gives tips on how to prepare (e.g. real assets) and describes what he thinks the future monetary system will look like...some type of asset-backed digital currency. He thinks that China definitely is set...

Jul 10, 2019

Sune Sorensen: Is a China Centric World on the Horizon?

Geopolitics & Empire · Sune Sorensen: Is a China Centric World on the Horizon? #116 Sune Hojgaard Sorensen joins us again to talk about his new in-depth report which examines the rise of the China-centric world. The report includes collaboration from Harald Malmgren and Millenial Macro Research. Four key areas are examined which include: trade, technology, the financial system, and the military. Sune provides an extremely well-researched and objective geopolitical macro examination of where ...

Jul 07, 2019

Danny Haiphong: The Dangers & Double Standards of American Exceptionalism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnlQDa0_zsU Danny Haiphong discusses the dangers of "American exceptionalism" and how it attempts to justify and enable illicit actions of the U.S. Empire around the world, including regime change wars and double standards when it comes to diplomacy and human rights. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/empiregeopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Websites ...

Jul 03, 2019

Michael Pento: Debt Bubbles Nearing Default, But Wise Investing Can Navigate Storm

Geopolitics & Empire · Michael Pento: Debt Bubbles Nearing Default, But Wise Investing Can Navigate Storm #114 Michael Pento joins us to discuss the causes of the ongoing financial crisis, the inevitable bursting of multiple debt and asset bubbles, how a wise investor can protect themselves, and the fact that war remains a possibility at the end of economic cycles that run concurrent with the decline of great empires. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://www.patreon.c...

Jun 13, 2019

Cory Doctorow: Big Tech, EU Copyright Directive, & the Chinafication of the Internet

Geopolitics & Empire · Cory Doctorow: Big Tech, EU Copyright Directive, & the Chinafication of the Internet #113 Cory Doctorow discusses the oligarchic or monopoly power amassed by Big Tech (e.g. Facebook, Google, Amazon), their business model of surveillance capitalism, the need for anti-trust reform, the futility of using alternative systems, the EU Copyright Directive, and the Chinafication of the internet. He also discusses his fascinating science fiction work. *Support/Donate to Geo...

May 28, 2019

Oswaldo Zavala: Cartels Don’t Exist & How Narcos Are Subordinate to the U.S. & Mexican State

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK0it5GZcaM Dr. Oswaldo Zavala discusses his book "The Cartels Don't Exist" in which he examines the questionable narrative that the Mexican drug cartels are in control of the government. In fact, he points to evidence that it is the U.S. and Mexican security state apparatus managing the drug cartels. He deconstructs how the state's false narrative of being the victim of the cartels then is reproduced by mass media, ambitious but naive journalists, film (e.g. Netf...

May 23, 2019

Andreas Bummel: Climate Catastrophe, Nuclear War, & the Case for World Parliament

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1g5uxnJpe8 Andreas Bummel discusses the historical idea of world government and how existential civilizational threats such as climate change, thermonuclear war, and systemic global financial collapse necessitate the creation of a world parliament. We discuss numerous aspects of the movement, the role of regional unions, a global currency, and criticisms which include the threat of the world state becoming a tyrannical global leviathan. He discusses the change in...

May 20, 2019

Sune Hojgaard Sorensen: Geopolitical & Macro Trends & Analysis in 2019

Geopolitics & Empire · Sune Hojgaard Sorensen: Geopolitical-Macro Trends & Analysis in 2019 #110 Librarium Associates founder and BFI Capital Group Advisory Board Member Mr. Sune Hojgaard Sorensen joins us to discuss current geopolitical-macro trends and his quarterly publication "Around the World in 8 Pages." We also discuss the unique frameworks and methods he uses in successfully analyzing geopolitical and macroeconomic trends. *Download the latest edition of "Around the World in 8 Pa...

Apr 29, 2019

Julian Dierkes: Geopolitics of Mongolia & Move Toward Authoritarian Rule?

Geopolitics & Empire · Julian Dierkes: Geopolitics of Mongolia & Move Toward Authoritarian Rule? #109 Dr. Julian Dierkes joins us to discuss Mongolian President Battulga's new amendments to the judiciary which seem to signal a slight move toward authoritarianism. We also talk about the economy and geopolitical positioning of Mongolia between Russia, China, and North Korea. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/empiregeopolitics PayPal https://www.pa...

Apr 23, 2019

Joanna Lillis: Kazakhstan & What Happens After Nazarbayev

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjjp7GUfkho Author and journalist Joanna Lillis discusses her book "Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan". We talk about the history of Kazakhstan before, during, and after former President Nursultan Nazarbayev. We look at the Russian influence, ethnic dynamics, the effects of Soviet nuclear testing, the economic situation, political corruption and scandals, and Kazakhstan in the New Great Game between Russia, China, and the United States. Finally, ...

Apr 19, 2019

Bob Moriarty: American Empire, Military Overstretch, & Economic Collapse

Geopolitics & Empire · Bob Moriarty: American Empire, Military Overstretch, & Economic Collapse #107 Vietnam veteran, author, and investor Bob Moriarty joins us to discuss his thoughts on American Empire. He says military adventurism signals a clear decline. We also talk false flag operations and media propaganda. Finally, he discusses the inevitable debt bubble, civil unrest, precious metals, cryptocurrencies, and some investing basics. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patre...

Apr 12, 2019

Jim Rogers: The Coming Global Financial Crisis Will Be The Worst In Our Lifetime

Geopolitics & Empire · Jim Rogers: The Coming Global Financial Crisis Will Be The Worst In Our Lifetime #106 Renown investor Jim Rogers joins Geopolitics & Empire to discuss the coming global financial crisis, what central banks will do to delay the inevitable, the dollar and de-dollarization, the Eurozone, gold, China and the Asian Century, President Trump and the political divisions in America, and what the American Empire's wars abroad mean for the world and the USA. *Support/Donate t...

Apr 05, 2019

Jim Jatras: NATO Becomes GATO in Expansion to Latin America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AdPZ8B-kXU Jim Jatras discusses NATO's expansion into Latin America via Brazil and the big picture of what he sees happening in Venezuela, considering Russian and Chinese broader interests. We also examine NATO in light of its 70th anniversary and Foreign Minister Lavrov's comments on the "reluctance of the United States and its western allies to agree that the 500-year-long period of western domination in world affairs is coming to an end." *Support/Donate to Ge...

Apr 02, 2019

Ted Galen Carpenter: U.S. Support of Authoritarian Regimes, NATO, & North Korea

Geopolitics & Empire · Ted Galen Carpenter: U.S. Support of Authoritarian Regimes, NATO, & North Korea #104 Dr. Ted Galen Carpenter of the Cato Institute joins us to discuss his research on U.S. foreign policy and support for authoritarian regimes and how these policies contrast starkly from American founding principles of non-intervention. We also discuss NATO expansion, the New Cold War, Russian maneuvering in Latin America and the renewed Monroe Doctrine, and North Korea. *Support/Don...

Mar 23, 2019

Peter Ford: The “Permanent Government” Imperial War on Syria & World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph44p4SMWBQ Retired British Ambassador to Bahrain and Syria Peter Ford discusses the Syrian War and its latest developments, including attempts to try Bashar al-Assad at the ICC. He describes the "permanent government" of the U.S. which is a key driver of the war, as well as America's European counterparts such as France and Britain, who still cling to the coattails of their imperial past glory. Ambassador Ford believes Gulf unity is shattered and that Syria will ...

Mar 21, 2019

Yves Engler: Canadian Imperialism & Foreign Policy in Venezuela & Beyond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XBu-EidDrI Canadian author Yves Engler discusses how Canadian foreign policy is an extension of US foreign policy, how the myth and image of Canada as a benevolent nation is destroyed by its violent regime change of Haiti in 2006 and current involvement in the Venezuelan coup, as well as its role subservient to Washington and its wars of the 20th century. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/empiregeopolitics PayPal https:/...

Mar 11, 2019

Rico Brouwer: The EU, Pirate Party, & Fighting MSM With Podcast Journalism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-avtJPz1X8M Former Dutch Pirate Party candidate, musician, and journalist Rico Brouwer of the Potkaars podcast joins me to discuss his experience as an average citizen trying to make a change in national and European politics with the Pirate Party, and his turn to podcast journalism. We talk about the problems with the establishment or mainstream media and what he calls the "Many Stream" or alternative and independent media. We also discuss the general sentiment i...

Mar 06, 2019

Tom Luongo: Global Economy on Autopilot Until Europe Implodes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfa3mpu_L-k Analyst Tom Luongo joins us to discuss the global economy. We look at the U.S., EU, and China. His thesis is that all regions are on autopilot until something cracks, which he thinks will come from Europe, just as it has in the 20th century with the two world wars. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/empiregeopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate...

Feb 28, 2019

Patrick Wood: China, Dystopian Technocracy, and Global Governance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jziDChiicQ Author Patrick Wood discusses the 1930s technocracy movement and how it is becoming prominent once again not only in China, but spreading around the world, including to the EU and United States. He highlights the dangers of technocracy, how it can easily turn into dystopia, and how politicians are increasingly looking to scientific elites or "technocrats" to run their governments. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://www.patreon...

Feb 23, 2019

Alfred de Zayas: Weaponization of Human Rights by the U.S. & EU in Venezuela and Catalonia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xv3V-zo9YU Former UN Special Rapporteur Dr. Alfred de Zayas explains the coup in Venezuela, how the U.S. is responsible for the humanitarian crisis, how civil war and U.S. intervention are possible, and more. He describes how human rights are weaponized by Washington (in the case of Caracas) and by Spain and the EU (in the case of Catalonia). Dr. de Zayas also comments on media propaganda, fake news, and the censorship he has personally experienced. *Support/Dona...

Feb 14, 2019

Daniel Estulin: New Global Order as U.S. Takes Venezuela, China Gets North Korea

Geopolitics & Empire · Daniel Estulin: New Global Order as U.S. Takes Venezuela, China Gets North Korea #097 Daniel Estulin explains the US regime change in Venezuela and how it is part of a bigger global shifting alliance of interests, where China has agreed to let the U.S. take Venezuela in exchange for North Korea. He discusses his latest book "In the Shadows of a Presidency", and what scenarios he sees playing out beyond the coming global economic reset. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics &a...

Feb 09, 2019
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