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Glenn Diesen: Wars Bring Together Russia, China,...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/07/10

Glenn Diesen: Wars Bring Together Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan & North Korea The first third of today’s discussion was directed at the title subject, namely the growing consolidation of what is a military alliance in all but name between these five Asian powers. The principal source for what I said was last night’s Vladimir Solovyov … Continue reading Glenn Diesen: Wars Bring Together Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan & North Korea →

‘Judging Freedom’: Understanding the Russian Way of War

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/07/09

‘Judging Freedom’: Understanding the Russian Way of War Today’s discussion with Judge Andrew Napolitano had two central issues. The first is captured by the title given to the interview above. The second concerns the vote of no confidence proceedings now going on in the European Parliament which, if successful, would remove Ursula von der Leyen … Continue reading ‘Judging Freedom’: Understanding the Russian Way of War →

Transcript of WION ‘Game Plan,’ 3 July

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/07/05

Transcript submitted by a reader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOBVJPJr2Lo WION: 0:01Trump and Zelenskyy, they met last week. They seemed to have a good meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit. And then what happens? The US president goes back home, and within days you hear that the US has halted key weapons supplies to Ukraine, a move … Continue reading Transcript of WION ‘Game Plan,’ 3 July →

Transcript of ‘Deep Dive’ interview, 3 July

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/07/04

Transcript submitted by a reader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDsJcHxU_uM Lt. Col. Daniel Davis: 0:00If you didn’t know any better, you would think from watching the headlines that the war between Russia and Ukraine has kind of devolved into a budget battle. Who’s going to spend the most money? Who’s bringing in the most contractors? Who’s got the most … Continue reading Transcript of ‘Deep Dive’ interview, 3 July →

Deep Dive with Lt Col. Daniel Davis: ‘Russian...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/07/03

Lt Col Daniel Davis has a distinctive pool of expert guests and audience and it was a great pleasure to be invited to speak today to what is largely a new audience for me. Davis’s particular interest was how the Russians will react to the possibility of a revival of NATO strength following the resolution … Continue reading Deep Dive with Lt Col. Daniel Davis: ‘Russian Aggression is Relentless’ →

Transcript of ‘Judging Freedom,’ 2 July edition

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/07/03

Transcript submitted by a reader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnusdxbXzp0 Napolitano: 0:30Hi everyone, Judge Andrew Napolitano here for “Judging Freedom”. Today is Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025. Professor Gilbert Doctorow will be here with us in just a moment on Russia’s information war against NATO and other relevant topics. But first this. [commercial message] 1:58Professor Doctorow, welcome here, my dear … Continue reading Transcript of ‘Judging Freedom,’ 2

WION ‘Game Plan’: With a Friend Like US and Enemy...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/07/03

With nearly 10 million subscribers, India’s largest English-language global broadcaster, WION (stands for ‘the World is One’) is an important media force. I consider it an honor to have been invited by them to deliver commentary on Russia-related events going back more than two years. During that time their programming has changed somewhat: more daily … Continue reading WION ‘Game Plan’: With a Friend Like US and Enemy Like Russia – What Are Kyiv’s Options? →

NewsX World interviews this afternoon

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/07/02

Russia Denied Access To its detained Citizens In Azerbaijan | NewsX World This brief interview touches upon several of the developments in the unfolding confrontation between Baku and Moscow going back to the shoot down of an Azerbaijan passenger plane over Russia about 6 months ago and coming straight up to this week, when relations … Continue reading NewsX World interviews this afternoon →

‘Judging Freedom’: Russia’s Info War vs NATO

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/07/02

Although the Information War that Moscow has advanced against the NATO decision to raise military budgets of Member States to 5% of GDP was indeed one of the topics in today’s chat with Judge Andrew Napolitano, we did not go into any depth because other subjects took precedence, including the fast deteriorating relations between Azerbaijan … Continue reading ‘Judging Freedom’: Russia’s Info War vs NATO →

Transcript of NewsX interview, 30 June

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/07/01

Transcript submitted by a reader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdLwjoRuonU NewsX: 0:02For our top story, we start in Europe, where Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned that NATO’s push to increase defence spending could backfire. Speaking in Moscow, Lavrov says the move may lead to the catastrophic collapse of the alliance. He added that NATO should be guided … Continue reading Transcript of NewsX interview, 30 June →

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Warns NATO On...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/06/30

It is not often that I find myself describing statements by Sergei Lavrov as empty propaganda, but that is exactly what his latest remarks on Europe’s plans to increase military budgets amounts to. In particular his suggestion that the spending rises would have ‘catastrophic’ consequences sound not just peculiar but downright foolish. “Catastrophic” for whom? … Continue reading Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Warns NATO On Defense Spending | NewsX World

NewsX World (India): Ukrainian Jet Pilot Dies After...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/06/29

I imagine the Community will find this video of a news hour interview this afternoon to be interesting at least as much for the presenter’s questions, which carry a distinct anti-Russian bias, as well as for my answers. Do not be distracted by their production team mislabeling the plane that was destroyed as Russian. There … Continue reading NewsX World (India): Ukrainian Jet Pilot Dies After Shooting Down 7 Drones →

Transcript of interview with Glenn Diesen, 28 June

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/06/28

Transcript submitted by a readerDiesenHi everyone and welcome. Today we’re joined again by Gilbert Doctorow, an historian and international affairs analyst and also the author of War Diaries, the Russia-Ukraine War in which I’ll put a link in the description. And I’m actually reading this book myself at the moment, which is a big book … Continue reading Transcript of interview with Glenn Diesen, 28 June →

Glenn Diesen: NATO’s Summit – Dead Man Walking?

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/06/28

This 45 minute discussion with Professor Glenn Diesen provided an excellent opportunity to expand on various conclusions about Trump and political theater that I have first put out in brief in the past couple of weeks. There is my critique of the Western habit in both mainstream and alternative media to direct all attention to … Continue reading Glenn Diesen: NATO’s Summit – Dead Man Walking? →

Transcript of ‘Judging Freedom’ edition of 26 June

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/06/27

Transcript submitted by a reader Napolitano: 0:34Hi, everyone. Judge Andrew Napolitano here for “Judging Freedom”. Today is Thursday, June 26th, 2025. Professor Gilbert Doctorow joins us now. Professor Doctorow, thank you very much. Let’s start with NATO since they’re not far from you and they were meeting this week; I guess many of them are … Continue reading Transcript of ‘Judging Freedom’ edition of 26 June →

Transcript of ‘Coffee and a Mike’ full video

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/06/27

Transcript submitted by a reader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcl4ULCIcPU Farris: 0:06Gilbert, thanks for coming back so quickly. I, you know, we are … in a bizarre world. I feel like, you know, look at the events over the weekend. And I think to myself, is this country, is the geopolitical, are we in a pro wrestling era now? … Continue reading Transcript of ‘Coffee and a Mike’ full video →

‘Coffee and a Mike’ interview, 25 June: full video

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/06/26

‘Judging Freedom’: How Weak Is NATO?

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/06/26

‘Judging Freedom’: How Weak Is NATO? Today’s discussion with Judge Andrew Napolitano went into the reasons why the commitment of all NATO member states yesterday to raise their military budgets to 5% of GDP from the present 2% was political theater as much as the fawning of Secretary General Rutte over Donald Trump was theater. … Continue reading ‘Judging Freedom’: How Weak Is NATO? →

Transcript of ‘Redacted’ interview, 25 June

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/06/26

Transcript submitted by a reader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x_ye1K3HP4 Redacted: 0:00Well, NATO leaders are trying to play President Trump at the NATO summit with two narratives. Number one, Russia is coming any minute now. We are at eminent threat of a full ground war with Russia is what they want us to believe. Also, they will pay, they … Continue reading Transcript of ‘Redacted’ interview, 25 June →

NATO Just Got EXPOSED — “It’s All a Lie” Says Russia...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/06/26

Last night’s interview on the widely watched interview program ‘Redacted’ provided a fine opportunity to explain why the NATO summit held earlier in the day in The Hague, Netherlands was a piece of political theater stage managed by Donald J. Trump. By forcing the acceptance of the NATO Member States of a new minimum contribution … Continue reading NATO Just Got EXPOSED — “It’s All a Lie” Says Russia Expert | Redacted w Natali & Clayton Morris →

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