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Elon Musk interview with AfD chief Alice Weidel: an...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/01/11

In the days immediately ahead of the chat on his social medium X that Elon Musk had scheduled with Alice Weidel, co-chairwoman of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD), Germany’s leading politicians, Olaf Scholz for the Social Democrats and Friedrich Merz for the Christian Democrats, both condemned what they called Musk’s ‘interference’ in the forthcoming … Continue reading Elon Musk interview with AfD chief Alice Weidel: an exercise in mutual admiration →

A gift to Russian speakers: yesterday’s ‘Judging...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/01/10

From time to time Russian social media re-publish my interviews on Judging Freedom with a Russian language voice-over on the Russian answer to youtube: rutube.ru This usually occurs some time after the initial release by Judge Napolitano’s youtube channel. However, yesterday’s discussion of the logic for Trump’s sudden wish to seize Greenland obviously caught the … Continue reading A gift to Russian speakers: yesterday’s ‘Judging Freedom’ in Russian voice-over

‘Dialogue Works,’ edition of 10 January: Elon Musk...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/01/10

‘Dialogue Works,’ edition of 10 January: Elon Musk and Alice Weidel (AfD) Ignite Controversial Discussion on X! Yesterday’s two-hour long on-air chat between Elon Musk and the chief of the so-called hard right opposition party in Germany, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) was the principal point for discussion today with ‘Dialogue Works’ host Nima Alkhorshid. … Continue reading ‘Dialogue Works,’ edition of 10 January: Elon Musk and Alice Weidel (AfD) Ignite Controversial Discussion

Transcript of ‘Judging Freedom,’ 9 January edition

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/01/10

Transcript submitted by a reader Napolitano: 0:32Hi there, everyone. Judge Andrew Napolitano here for Judging Freedom. Today is Thursday, January 9th, 2025. Professor Gilbert Doctorow joins us now. Professor Doctorow, thank you for your time. Thank you for all of your time in 2024. It’s all very, very helpful. And it’s a privilege for me … Continue reading Transcript of ‘Judging Freedom,’ 9 January edition →

Transcript of NewsX panel discussion, 8 January

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2025/01/09

Transcripti submitted by reader NewsX: 0:00We are joined by Dr Sergei Dvorinov, Director, Communication of BRICS Culture Media Forum; Gilbert Doctorow, Russian affairs expert located in Brussels; Ambassador Bhaswati Mukherjee, former diplomat. Thank you for joining us on this discussion. Sergei, I wanted to come to you first. There is a lot of talk about … Continue reading Transcript of NewsX panel discussion, 8 January →

Did Viktor Orban achieve anything during his mission...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/15

We have all seen video images of Viktor Orban’s visit with Donald Trump on Monday, 9 December, which featured the two leaders smiling broadly and showing thumbs up to photo journalists. We know that during the same visit, Orban met with Elon Musk: and major media showed them in a friendly conversation during which Musk … Continue reading Did Viktor Orban achieve anything during his mission to Mar-al-Lago this past week? →

Press TV, Iran: “Israeli aggression” [in Syria]

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/14

As I have said several times in the past, I always appreciate the gentle prompting from the Iran broadcaster to put on my thinking cap and offer analysis of events that I otherwise would observe only as a consumer of information. So, it was this morning. The product of this process was http://www.urmedium.net/c/presstv/131967 We are … Continue reading Press TV, Iran: “Israeli aggression” [in Syria] →

Transcript of ‘Coffee and a Mike,’ 13 December 2024

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/14

Michael Farris Gilbert, I appreciate you taking the time to speak with me. Lots of things happening. And just right before I got on, I’m seeing Russia launch a massive– Zero-hedge– they launched a massive attack on Ukrainian critical fuel and energy infrastructure. So I don’t know, I know you haven’t had a chance to … Continue reading Transcript of ‘Coffee and a Mike,’ 13 December 2024 →

“Coffee and a Mike”: American Foreign Policy is...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/13

“Five will get you ten!” That old folk wisdom of gambling folk sometimes also works in reverse. Appearing on one or another of the leading alternative video platforms like ‘Judging Freedom’ which has just passed the line of 500k subscribers means that you may well get invitations also from start-ups, as I now do from … Continue reading “Coffee and a Mike”: American Foreign Policy is Flying Blind →

German translation of ‘Judging Freedom’ edition of 12...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/13

My thanks to Andreas Mylaeus for the following translations. „Judging Freedom“-Ausgabe vom 12. Dezember: Russland, Syrien und Georgien Es war mir eine besondere Freude, heute bei „Judging Freedom“ aufzutreten, als Gastgeber Andrew Napolitano das Erreichen von 500.000 Abonnenten feierte. Die einleitenden Kommentare zu diesem Video drücken überschwängliches Lob für diese wohlverdiente Leistung im Dienst für … Continue reading German translation of ‘Judging Freedom’ edition of 12

The tiresome daily televised addresses of Vladimir Putin

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/13

Today I will deal with an issue that receives no attention whatsoever on Russian talk shows. On the contrary, they have become accessories to the problem. Both of my favorite television programs of this genre, The Great Game and Evening with Vladimir Solovyov now open with 15 minutes or more of the day’s speech to … Continue reading The tiresome daily televised addresses of Vladimir Putin →

Transcript of ‘Judging Freedom’ edition of 12 December

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/12

As an introductory comment to the transcript of today’s chat with Judge Andrew Napolitano, I am obliged to explain my point about how a factory producing the Russian equivalent of American AWACS planes may have been the true target of the Ukrainian strike on Taganrog using ATACMS missiles. Like the Ukrainian drone attacks earlier this … Continue reading Transcript of ‘Judging Freedom’ edition of 12 December →

‘Judging Freedom’ edition of 12 December: Russia,...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/12

It was a particular pleasure to appear on ‘Judging Freedom’ today, when host Andrew Napolitano celebrated reaching 500,000 subscribers. The opening comments on this video express fulsome praise for this well-earned achievement in public service. In our chat about Syria, the key question was whether this is truly a major setback for Vladimir Putin as … Continue reading ‘Judging Freedom’ edition of 12 December: Russia, Syria and Georgia →

Transcript of ‘Dialogue Works’ edition of 10 December...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/10

Transcription submitted by a reader Nima R. Alkhorshid: 0:05Hi everybody. Today is Tuesday, December 10th, and Dr. Gilbert Doctorow is back with us. Welcome back, Gilbert. Gilbert Doctorow, PhD:Well, thanks for the invitation. It’s a pleasure to be with you. Alkhorshid:Let’s get started with what’s going on in Syria and the repercussions of what has … Continue reading Transcript of ‘Dialogue Works’ edition of 10 December 2024 →

‘Dialogue Works’ edition of 10 December: Russia and...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/10

‘Dialogue Works’ edition of 10 December: Russia and the turmoil in Syria and Georgia Today’s session with host Nima Alkhorshid focused primarily on the situation in Syria following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. Who are the winners and losers from this among the foreign interveners? Will the new HTS-backed government, with its just named premier … Continue reading ‘Dialogue Works’ edition of 10 December: Russia and the turmoil in Syria and Georgia →

‘No Nuclear War’: 7 December at The National Press Club

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/08

What is the value of the Opposition in the USA and Europe in preventing a looming nuclear war? A look at The National Press Club event organized by Scott Ritter yesterday provides some answers. The ‘No Nuclear War’ proceedings in Washington, D.C. on 7 December (Pearl Harbor Day in the United States) will no doubt … Continue reading ‘No Nuclear War’: 7 December at The National Press Club →

My experience as a talking head on the Syrian crisis...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/07

My preference is to ‘stick with my knitting’ and limit my participation in on air news programs to what I know best, which is Russia. However, since Russia has long been a major player in the Middle East thanks to its close ties with Syria, Iraq and, more recently, with Iran, it is difficult to … Continue reading My experience as a talking head on the Syrian crisis for WION, India’s premier global broadcaster →

Transcript of Press TV panel discussion on Syrian...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/07

Transcript submitted by a reader http://www.urmedium.net/c/presstv/131888PressTV: 0:01Iran’s foreign minister in a trilateral meeting with his Syrian and Iraqi counterparts says the situation in Syria is a threat to the whole region, which requires regional and international action to resolve it. Abbas Araghchi: 0:16The trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Iran, Iraq and Syria had … Continue reading Transcript of Press TV panel discussion on Syrian crisis, 6 December

Last night’s discussion in Press TV, Iran of the...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/07

This ten-minute segment from last night’s Press TV news round-up at a little after midnight Iranian time opens with statements from the Iranian Foreign Minister at the end of consultations with his counterparts from Iraq and Syria on how to deal with the HTS rebel advances in the northwest of Syria these past several days. … Continue reading Last night’s discussion in Press TV, Iran of the crisis in Syria →

CNN interview with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister...

Gilbert Doctorow ·

2024/12/07

According to TASS, Tucker Carlson’s interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov released a couple of days ago has already been seen by more than 2 million viewers on the social network X alone, with presumably a great many more who watched it on Carlson’s own TCN network and on other media outlets. That was, … Continue reading CNN interview with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov: compelling for those who want to think for themselves →

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