Glenn Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast

George Beebe, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen on the Duran

For the full interview, https://rumble.com/v6bbli4-what-to-expect-with-the-return-of-trump-john-mearsheimer-alexander-mercouri.html

The Ukraine War and the Eurasian World Order https://www.bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org/ Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and political scientist Glenn Diesen as they discuss Professor Diesen’s new book, The Ukraine War & the Eurasian World Order. Professor Diesen explains Europe’s fractured security framework which he believes has steered the continent toward conflict with no clear way to reverse course. The conversation focuses on Ukraine - a nation itself divided within a divided Europe, and a pivotal piece in the deadly geopolitical chess game between NATO and Russia. Together, they dissect the high-stakes battle between NATO and Russia, where compromise has so far been impossible, and yet where the potential consequences of escalation are catastrophic, up to nuclear war. Join in as they unpack the dynamics of a rapidly changing world order and what these changes portend for the future of war and peace, geopolitics, and global governance

I had the pleasure to speak with Nelson Wong and Alexander Mercouris about the unstoppable rise of China. Wong is the Chairman and Director of ACN Worldwide & President of the Shanghai Centre for RimPac Strategic and International Studies. The purpose of the discussion was to address some common misunderstandings about China, and how China differs from other great powers. The failure of America’s economic coercion and efforts to break China's technological development should have been predictable if there had been a proper understanding of China. Furthermore, if there had been a greater appreciation for the depth of the China-Russia strategic partnership, then the US and its allies would not have wasted their time and political capital attempting to create a split between the two Eurasian giants.

George Beebe, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen on the Duran

George Beebe, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen on the Duran

An interview during Trump's inauguration. Diana Panchenko was formerly recognised as Ukraine's “Journalist of the Year” and among Ukraine’s top 10 most influential women.

GMU econ prof Dan Klein says a populist strain is natural to classical liberalism. He draws on ethics and libertarian class analysis. He highlights Javier Milei. He discusses two types of popuphobes, swampy globalists and certain misguided classical liberals. He explains how “populism” is gas in the swampy globalists’ gaslighting—and suggests that the misguided classical liberals are playing into their hands. He relates populism to Max Weber’s three sources of legitimacy for a political leader, finding a correlation between populism and charisma. Classical liberals should be wary of populism but accord it at least one cheer, especially in these times of swampy globalism.

I had the pleasure to speak with Prof. John Mearsheimer and Alexander Mercouris about what Trump can achieve as he returns to the White House. Trump will seek to shift focus away from an increasingly irrelevant Europe and America’s perpetual wars in the Middle East, as the main challenge to US dominance comes from China. However, Biden has escalated the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East to such an extent that there are options left for Trump.

A peace agreement will be almost impossible to achieve. Russia considers itself to be fighting an existential threat from NATO and demands that Ukraine restore its neutrality and accept territorial concessions. Even if Trump accepts these conditions, it would be difficult to sell such a peace agreement to Washington, the Europeans and the Ukrainians. As NATO expansionism triggered the war, it is unlikely that even NATO security guarantees to Ukraine would be acceptable in any peace agreement. A peace agreement has more chance to succeed if it is based on the recognition that the Ukraine War is not only a conflict between Ukraine and Russia but primarily a conflict between NATO and Russia. A peace agreement attempting to resolve the destructive zero-sum European security architecture could produce a positive-sum approach to security that benefits Ukraine, Russia and the NATO countries.