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A channel dedicated to neutrality in international relations and analysis of world affairs. For more info, visit neutralitystudies.com

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01:19:25

Israel's Terrorist Origin: What The Media Won't Tell...

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2025/05/28

Originally published on 15 May 2025.Today I’m talking again to Dr. Dr. Alfred de Zayas, a Professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy, who used to work as a senior lawyer in the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and later became the first UN Independent Expert on International Order, serving in that capacity from 2012 to 2018.Two years ago, Alfred wrote an important scholarly article entitled “Who will guards over the guardians” about the weaponization of human rights and how the

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01:04:23

Waroholic: Why The USA Is ADDICTED To Mass-Violence |...

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2025/05/28

Originally published on 13 May 2025.War is not a choice. War is a system—a self-perpetuating process. And in the US we have a deadly principe of mass-slaughter and violence baked into the logic of the economic organisation of the nation. Listen to Professor Radhika Desai dismantling the core of the imperial logic with her Geopolitical Economy approach to Marxist theory.Many of you will know her since she is a prolific writer and guest on many YouTube shows. Links to her work:This explains GE in

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00:53:37

New Tarif Narrative, China Winning Friends, US...

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2025/05/27

Originally published on 11 May 2025.You know you are nearing the end of empire when the chief extortionists start asking for ever more money for ever less return. The US is caught in a spiral of economic and moral bankruptcy. To help us take a step back and look at the big picture, I've got today Arnaud Bertrand back on the channel, one of Twitter/X’s best and most profound political analysts. Links:Aranaud’s Twitter/X Profile: https://x.com/rnaudbertrandOur new Goods Shop:

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00:44:04

Dollar Decline, BRICS Rise, and Trump's Failing Trade...

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2025/05/27

Originally published on 9 May 2025.The emperor is naked by now in so many areas that it is difficult to still find even just a shred of fabric somewhere. Even financially, there is no more sweet talking the situation. The US economy is only weeks away from a real supply shock that the bond marked it not playing ball with Trump's trade wars.Today I’m talking to Sean Foo. Many of you will probably know Sean because he is the host of a very successful and useful YouTube channel on geoeconomics on

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00:42:45

How To Defeat The USA At Its Own Game | Prof. S.M....

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2025/05/27

Originally published on 8 May 2025. Today I’m talking to Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi, a Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran, an advisor to the Iranian nuclear negotiating team, and a prolific commentator here on YouTube and on other platforms. Professor Marandi always offers important Iranian viewpoints as well as realist analysis, so I’m happy he agreed to come online.Goods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...

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00:59:23

Politics of Terrorism: Did Pakistan DOOM Itself? |...

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2025/05/27

7 May 2025 InterviewsDid Pakistan lose control of the terrorism it created in the name of the USA or is the escalation of recent days part and parcel of how the politics of regional terrorism is conducted?To discuss all this, today I'm talking to Dr. Hazrat Bahar. Dr. Bahar is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Communication and Media Studies at Leipzig University in Germany. His research focuses on the transformation of Afghanistan's media system over the past two decades

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00:45:39

The Real Reason Yugoslavia Died | Prof. Susan L....

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2025/05/27

Originally published on 6 May 2025.I‘ve been wrestling with the question of how to vest approach the Yugoslav wars and finally decided to ask someone who is not from the region but studied it for decades. Today I’m talking to Susan Woodward, a professor of political science at the City University of New York (CUNY). Professor Woodward is the author of “Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution after the Cold War,” and also the more recent work “The Ideology of Failed States: Why Intervention Fails”Today

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00:39:53

Mass Protests in Taipei, Opposition Imprisoned, MSM...

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2025/05/27

Originally published on 5 May 2025.Last week there were rather large protests in the capital Taipei against the ruling TPP party and President William Lai. This news got suprpisingly little coverage in western media, which usually is so keen on showing all kinds of “people’s power” movements when they occur against governments the west doesn’t like. But this time, rather a wave of silence.To discuss this and more, today I’m talking again to Dr. Joanna Lei, a Taiwanese business woman, media executive

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01:13:40

American Exceptionalism is Getting a Reality Check |...

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2025/05/26

Originally published on 3 May 2025.Today I'm talking again to Michael Brenner. Michael is Professor Emeritus of International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh and a Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Jogn Hopkins.Links:Goods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...Timestamps:00:00:00 Preview00:00:51 Intro00:01:13 Connection between USA's internal politics and its foreign policy00:09:28 Is Trump doing something new, or just repeating a cycle?00:22:19 Discussing

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00:34:11

How China BEAT The USA at its Own Game | Jyotishman...

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2025/05/26

Originally published on 2 May 2025.In the part 2 of the conversation with Jyotishman Mudiar, we discuss the US-China relation, Asia, and the future of Global Power.Jyotishman Mudiar is the host of the very successful YouTube Channel “India and Global Left”. He has been producing great content over there for many years already, so I highly recommend checking it out.Links:Jyotishman's channel "India and Global Left": @IndiaGlobalLeft Goods Shop:

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00:23:32

Kashmir Crisis EXPLAINED: Everybody Is LYING! |...

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2025/05/26

Originally 1 May 2025.What is fueling the current tensions between India and Pakistan? What is the historical root of this conflict? How do the Indian and Pakistani media narratives differ? And where does this conflict sit in the global context?To answer all this and more, today I’m talking to Jyotishman Mudiar, the host of the very successful YouTube Channel “India and Global Left”.Jyotishman has also been producing great content over there for many years already, so I highly recommend checking it

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01:00:08

The REAL Reason The USA Is SCARED Of China | Ali Borhani

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2025/05/03

Originally published on 30 Apr 2025.Today I’m talking to Ali Borhani, a Geopolitical Strategist and the cohost of the BRI-Diaolgue podcast on which he talks to, experts, decision makers, and academics about all thins geopolitics and especially China’s Belt Road Initiative. In fact, Ali has been watching China very closely and included his findings in a report entitled “The Rise of Chinese Multinationals”. His insights are business focused and business relevant, so that’s what we want to discuss

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00:24:46

Russia's Cunning Use Of Neutrality: How Great Powers...

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2025/05/03

Originally published on 29 Apr 2025.Neutrality is much more than fence-sitting. It's a strategic way of approaching world affairs and it's not reserved for smalls states like Switzerland or Austria only. Want proof? Here is a short analysis of the Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact during the Second World War and some of Russia's modern use of the concept even beyond Ukraine.00:00 When Neutrality Becomes Popular05:04 How Neutrality Works11:20 Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact17:07

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00:54:42

100 Days Trump: Fighting The Wrong Enemies With The...

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2025/05/03

Originally published on 27 Apr 2025.NEW (!) Goods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...As we are nearing Donald Trump’s 100th day in office on April 30th, it‘s worth assessing the last three months of his eclectic policies. Today I’m talking again to Cameron Macgregor, a US entrepreneur who founded a free speech platform, a fellow youtuber with a channel on finance and geopolitics, and a Substack writer. Cameron‘s channel: ‪@Neo-Masculinity‬

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00:32:44

A New Great Power Balance: The Real Goal Of...

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2025/05/02

Originally published on 26 Apr 2025.What are the erratic policy decisions of the Trump administration about? And why do the Russians seem so keen on going along with a diplomatic process that seems not conducive toward solving the Ukraine war? Even though Zelensky has already rejected the US framework for a negotiated settlement with Russia, Witkoff still went to Moscow and met with V. Putin. Sergey Lavrov is still talking well about the US president on US TV. What's going on? We might seeing

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00:52:17

SIPRI’s Biggest Failure: Why the West Can't Imagine...

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2025/05/02

Originally published on 25 Apr 2025.Why is the West so hell-bent on solving all its problems through warfare? What happened to those lofty goals and ideals of peaceful coexistence in Europe and the world? What happened to the visions of non-violent international relations and Europe as a peace project?Dr. Oberg is a Danish Peace Researcher in Sweden who recently wrote a noteworthy Substack article about the ongoing deterioration of peace research Europe, specifically about the gradual transformation

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00:54:57

America First VS. Neocons: Showdown in Trump Cabinet?...

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2025/05/02

Originally published on 24 Apr 2025.NEW (!) Goods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...Today I’m talking to two colleagues in the US, James Carden and Lasha Kasradze. James is the editor of the Realist Review on Substack. And Lasha is the Liaoson officer for Sokumi state University in the US.We discuss the complexities of Trump's foreign policy as his administration nears its 100th day, and how the changing multipolar world and internal factors might check US power. We also discuss the

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00:43:37

Small States Forced Into Global Power Struggle | Dr....

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2025/05/02

Originally published on 23 Apr 2025. NEW (!) Goods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...Will BRICS rescue small states from the predatory politics of the neocolonial West or is this just the latest itineration of yet another era of global „might makes right“? Today I’m talking to Dr. Asoka Bandarage.Dr. Bandarage is a Sri Lankan political scientist and the author of the book “Crisis in Sri Lanka and the World” in which she analyses colonial and neoliberal origins of her country’s economic

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00:55:51

Spanish Ambassador DESTROYS US War And Tariff...

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2025/05/02

Originally published on 21 Apr 2025. NEW (!) Goods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...Today I’m talking for the second time to Ambassador Jose Zorrilla .Ambassador Zorilla joined the Spanish Diplomatic Service in 1973, becoming Consul General to Milano, Shanghai, and Moscow and finally Spain’s Ambassador to Georgia in 2011. Today we want to discuss Trump's tariffs and his “Diplomacy” since becoming president.

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01:08:42

Foreign Minister SHOCKS Europe With TRUTHS About...

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2025/05/02

Originally published on 20 Apr 2025.NEW (!) Goods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...All the talk about the "unbreakable" transatlantic bond between the USA and Europe is nothing but smoke and mirrors. In reality, the USA has been using Europe the way a pimp uses his mistresses. The greatest victim of US contempt is of course Ukraine who is now even asked to pay for its gang-rape in precious minerals. But the rest of the continent is not far behind. When will EU leaders wake up

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