Geopolitical Economy Report

The US government has sent troops to Taiwan, just a few kilometers from mainland China, while also selling billions of dollars of weapons and military equipment. Is Washington preparing for war? Ben Norton analyzes the geopolitical situation. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sWWABuHjSvU After Ukraine, US readies ‘transnational kill chain’ for Taiwan proxy war: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/03/01/ukraine-us-kill-chain-taiwan-war Topics 0:00 Intro 2:15 US sends troops to Taiwan 4:39 US general threatens war on China 5:28 Nuclear weapons 7:03 US once had nukes in Taiwan 10:22 US "arms Taiwan to the teeth" 13:27 US military surrounds China 16:22 Pentagon's "kill chain for the Pacific" 18:23 Elon Musk's role 19:19 US military interoperability with Taiwan 20:57 Washington threatens Chinese sovereignty 22:58 US communiqués recognizing One China policy 27:46 US violates agreements 29:28 Parallels to Ukraine 31:48 Outro

Israel is carrying out genocide against the Palestinian people and "systematic destruction of every aspect necessary to sustain life in Gaza", United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese detailed in her report titled "Anatomy of a Genocide". Ben Norton analyzes the political context. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=o4e4fI_r3b0

The world economy is structured in an unjust way in which the West drains the wealth of the Global South. Ben Norton discusses the economics of imperialism, and how China has tried to reverse it. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=PlAN5-Lk0hw China is ‘world’s sole manufacturing superpower’, with 35% of global output: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/01/31/china-world-manufacturing-superpower-production Topics 0:00 Global inequality 3:01 World-systems analysis 4:37 Prebisch-Singer thesis 6:55 Dependency theory & commodity supercycles 8:27 Unequal exchange 11:01 Haiti & Honduras: Wage suppression in the periphery 13:57 New International Economic Order 15:22 China & the Asian Tigers 19:27 The Global South rebels 22:41 South Africa's President Ramaphosa on industrialization 25:13 Indonesia's economic development 26:34 (Neo)colonialism in Indonesia 29:29 Indonesia bans raw mineral exports 32:18 Protectionism (for the West, not for the rest) 37:38 China helps Indonesia industrialize 42:04 The myth of Chinese "imperialism" 43:04 India's economy vs. Indonesia's 46:41 China's South-South integration 49:33 Outro

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by Beijing-based scholar Mick Dunford to discuss China's economy and debunk Western media myths, addressing accusations that consumption is too low, fears of "Japanification", the role of exports, and the new Chinese growth strategy. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=isJR5dS27qA This is part 2 of their discussion. Watch part 1 here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3K1Vku1SDd8 You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

US government's plan to ban TikTok is seen as part of economic war on China and to protect Big Tech monopolies. Podcast explores US Congress movements, India banning Chinese apps, Silicon Valley lobbying. Trump's attempted TikTok ban and the role of Israel/Palestine. Discussion on US trade war with Japan, 'Free market' fundamentalist hypocrisy, and Washington Consensus. US not truly seeking 'competition' with China.

The podcast delves into the CIA's role in the Ukraine proxy war, revealing Western involvement, training of Ukrainian forces, and CIA operations inside Russia. It uncovers the US government's knowledge of NATO expansion causing Russian intervention, CIA's collaboration with UK and Netherlands, and assassinations by CIA-trained Ukrainian forces.

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by Beijing-based scholar Mick Dunford to discuss what is actually happening in China, explaining its economic transition and move toward a new industrial revolution. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3K1Vku1SDd8 You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

The US government has sent Israel more than 100 arms shipments since October 7, to help it bomb Gaza. Polls show 52% of North Americans oppose these weapons sales. Biden is defying the Democratic Party's base, while allying with Trump and the Republicans. Ben Norton reviews the evidence. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yoj8Sleb9XQ US kills 4th UN call for peace in Gaza, helping Israel violate Hague's genocide ruling: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/02/21/us-veto-un-resolution-gaza-israel-hague-genocide/ Topics 0:00 Most Americans oppose US arms sales to Israel 2:57 Youth & Democrats say Israel commits genocide 5:10 ICJ: genocide case against Israel is "plausible" 5:30 Top UN expert: Israel commits genocide in Gaza 6:03 US court: Israel "plausibly" committing genocide 7:00 Biden admin sends Israel 100+ arms shipments 9:17 US vetoes ceasefire resolutions in UN Security Council 9:50 Israel's war on Gaza is most destructive in modern history 10:50 Biden's cynical "food aid" PR stunt 11:19 Israel is starving Palestinian children to death 12:01 Amnesty: Israel violates Hague's Gaza ruling 12:46 UN warns Gaza kids are dying of hunger 13:50 China condemns Israel's "disgrace for civilization" 14:23 Malaysia's PM blasts West's "murderous" hypocrisy 16:21 Western colonialism continues 18:57 Outro

Ben Norton, a commentator on China's emergence as an industrial powerhouse, dives into why the U.S. is escalating economic hostilities against China. He explains how China has become the world's leading manufacturer and is dominating green technologies like solar energy. Norton critiques the hypocrisy of the West regarding climate policies while highlighting the contradictions in its approach to free trade. He suggests that the U.S. is struggling to compete due to its neoliberal model, as Chinese state-led industrial development thrives.

The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, admitted that the “era of Western dominance has indeed definitively ended”. He warned that the EU must not divide the world into “the West against the Rest”, as “many in the ‘Global South’ accuse us of ‘double standards’”. Ben Norton analyzes the historic shift. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=PVSQRypJXzY Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/02/26/western-dominance-ended-eu-josep-borrell/ Related videos: - EU confesses 'our prosperity was based on China & Russia': cheap energy, low-paid labor, big market: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/10/18/eu-prosperity-china-russia-energy-market/ - West votes against democracy, human rights, cultural equality at UN; promotes mercenaries, sanctions: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/11/26/west-vote-democracy-human-rights-un-sanctions/ Topics 0:00 "Western dominance has ended" 2:41 Europe's "prosperity was based on China and Russia" 4:05 West vs. the Rest 5:07 Ukraine and NATO 7:05 Europe becoming US "vassal" 8:06 West votes against rest of world at UN 12:44 US-led imperialist system 18:58 Terms "Global South" and "West" 24:54 Outro