
Going Underground Hosted by Afshin Rattansi US Deep State’s SINISTER Plan: Preventing a Russia-China-Europe Alliance (Prof. Tuomas Malinen)
Jan 26, 2026
Tuomas Malinen, Associate Professor of Economics and CEO of GnS Economics, offers economic and geopolitical forecasts. He explores why Trump may fail to secure Ukraine peace, how US neocon priorities aim to prevent a China-Russia-Europe alliance, rising militarization in Finland and NATO tensions, European banking and euro fragility, and heightened Middle East dangers including threats to the Strait of Hormuz.
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Deep-State Blocks A True Ukraine Peace
- Tuomas Malinen argues a neocon faction inside the U.S. state apparatus blocks genuine peace in Ukraine.
- He says the U.S. foreign-policy
Preventing A Eurasian Alliance
- Malinen frames U.S. policy toward Ukraine as aimed at preventing a China–Russia–Europe alliance.
- He describes destabilizing Europe as a deliberate goal of that policy faction.
Deep-State Endures Beyond Presidencies
- Malinen warns a longstanding U.S. deep-state apparatus constrains presidents on foreign policy.
- He cites the CIA's influence since the 1960s as limiting presidential autonomy.

