Episode description

NATO expansion might have provoked the war in Ukraine, but surrounding Russia isn’t the organization’s only pursuit. NATO participated in the US “war on terror” in Afghanistan, NATO destroyed Libya and today NATO is expanding into Africa. 

To help break it all down, Rania Khalek was joined by Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and author of many books, including “Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations."

Vijay’s articles discussed in the episode: 

The rise of Nato in Africa https://mg.co.za/top-six/2022-06-02-opinion-wests-military-muscle-forcing-its-way-into-africa/ 

Africa is on the move https://monthlyreview.org/2022/05/01/africa-is-on-the-move/ 

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TIME CODES:

0:00 Intro

2:00 What is NATO?

4:50 A global NATO

7:59 Europe’s military footprint in Africa

11:00 NATO goes to Africa 

12:10 NATO in Libya: Chaos and consequences

17:32 Flood of weapons into Libya destabilized Africa 

22:40 New mood growing in Africa

26:43 Bully Africa over Ukraine

33:45 Germany becomes third largest military spender

41:15 Africa is on the move

49:02 Taiwan

53:06 Sri Lanka update