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Ambassador Chas Freeman, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen Full episode on the Duran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq4J8kXvWfA&t=2833s

Ambassador Chas Freeman, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen Full episode on the Duran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq4J8kXvWfA&t=2833s

https://glenndiesen.substack.com/publish/post/154882697?back=%2Fpublish%2Fposts%2Fscheduled I had a conversation with Alexander Mercouris and Ambassador Chas Freeman, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. Besides being a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Freeman’s career included opening China with Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon in the 1970s and developing the post-Cold War security architecture in Europe. We discussed the messy world that the Biden Administration is handing over to Trump. There is seemingly a genuine desire to end the proxy war in Ukraine, and Trump may also achieve a ceasefire in Palestine. However, NATO’s escalations in Ukraine to sabotage possible negotiations and the reckless support for HTS in Syria have reduced the possibilities available to Trump. Will the Ukraine War be resolved by a Russian victory or a political settlement?

Trump recognises NATO expansionism as the source of the war, and blames Biden.

Ambassador Chas Freeman, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen Full episode on the Duran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq4J8kXvWfA&t=2833s

I participated in a debate on “Inside Politics with Anastasiya Lavrina” to discuss Armania’s shift toward the West and its deteriorating relations with Russia. I argue that it is in Armenia’s to diversify its economic partnerships to avoid excessive reliance on only Russia. However, Armania’s objective to establish a balanced relationship between the West and Russia is not shared by the West. The continent is redivided and a new Cold War is being fought over where to draw the new dividing lines. The main interest and objective of the West is to drive a wedge between Armenia and Russia to weaken a strategic rival. This could be disastrous for Armenia as Russia is its most important economic partner, the Eurasian Economic Union serves its national interests, and the regional geopolitical balance would also shift to the advantage of Armenia’s adversaries.

Israel has been a leading advocate for America's forever wars in the Middle East

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On BreakThrough News

I had a conversation with Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Alexander Mercouris about the possibility of Trump delivering peace in the Middle East and Ukraine. Trump recently posted a video of Professor Sachs criticising the presentation of international conflicts as a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. In the video, Professor Sachs also scolded Netanyahu and blamed Israel for America’s wars in the Middle East over the past 30 years (Netanyahu will reportedly not attend Trump’s inauguration). Trump has also recognised that NATO expansionism was the source of the proxy war in Ukraine, and has been vocal about his desire to end the proxy. These actions give some reason for cautious optimism that peace can be achieved at a time when the world appears to be heading toward major wars. The false narratives that conflict in the world derives from a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism create a dangerous Manichaean worldview. Peace then requires good defeating evil, while compromise and workable peace are derided as appeasement. Anyone contesting the Manichaean worldview can be accused of betraying liberal democratic values. Trump has many flaws, but his greatest strength is his ability to say what he wants and break away from the West’s ideological narratives and Manichaean worldview. By recognising the security interests of rival powers (a big taboo in the West), Trump can also mitigate these concerns as the foundation for any durable peace.