Podcast Episodes

Andrei Martyanov: Russia's Military Strategy in Ukraine

Andrei Martyanov is an expert on Russian military and naval strategy. He was born in Baku, USSR in 1963. He graduated from the Kirov Naval Red Banner Academy and served as an officer on the ships and…

Published on 7 months ago

Marlene Laruelle: Ideology and Meaning-Making under Putin

Marlene Laruelle is Research Professor of International Affairs and Political Science and Director of the Illiberalism Studies Program at The George Washington University. Prof. Laruelle talks about …

Published on 7 months ago

Peter Schiff: Trump Folds In Trade War, Then Declares Victory Over China

Peter Schiff is a financial commentator & CEO of Euro Pacific Asset Management: https://europac.com/Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen:

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Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Gideon Levy: Gaza Burns & Israel Turns On Itself

Gideon Levy is an Israeli journalist, author and columnist at Haaretz. Levy describes how genocide has become normalised and the internal problems that are building within Israel.

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Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Sergey Karaganov: Russia's Eurasian Future & Spiritual Revival

Professor Sergey Karaganov wrote speeches for Brezhnev and advised Gorbachev, Yeltsin and Putin. Professor Karaganov has become a leading voice for Russia to pivot to the East to develop an alternati…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Gilbert Doctorow: Trump's Ukraine Peace Plan or Deception?

The Europeans present an ultimatum of unconditional ceasefire, yet still refuse to speak with Moscow. Trump is pushing two contradictory peace plans. Zelensky puts on a political PR stunt in Istanbul…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Ian Proud: Ukraine Peace Talks or Political Theatre?

Ian Proud was a member of His Majesty's Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. Ian was a senior officer at the British Embassy in Moscow from July 2014 to February 2019, at a time when UK-Russia relat…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lord Robert Skidelsky: Russophobia & the Politics of Fear

Lord Robert Skidelsky is a member of the British House of Lords, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, and the author of a prize-winning three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes. He began his…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Chas Freeman: The Lies We Tell Ourselves About China

Chas Freeman argues that the US tells itself lies about China, which results in self-harm as opportunities for cooperation are wasted and conflicts are unnecessarily pursued. Ambassador Freeman was A…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Yanis Varoufakis: New Economic World Order & Europe's Suicide

Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, the former Finance Minister of Greece, and the author of numerous bestselling books. Varoufakis argues that the former US-centric economic model has exhausted itself…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago