Geopolitical Economy Report

Economist Radhika Desai and Ben Norton analyze imperialism, the failure of neoliberalism, and the new cold war that the US is waging against China and Russia. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RVIpyOwJRW4 This is part 2 in a series discussing Radhika's new book "Capitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy". You can download Radhika's book for free here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/17/capitalism-coronavirus-war-geopolitical-economy-radhika-desai Other episodes in the series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hNZoKp0XsLFwSxxlMQu6ye8 Check out the International Manifesto Group at https://internationalmanifesto.org

Malaysia’s longest-serving Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said “the present war between Ukraine and Russia is caused by the Europeans’ love of war, of hegemony, of dominance”. He warned it “can be interpreted as the start of the Third World War”. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3zUJAvB56a4 Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/25/ukraine-europe-love-war-hegemony-malaysia

Top US military officials have stated openly that Washington is preparing to wage war on China, supporting separatists on Taiwan island. Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton gave this presentation as part of the panel discussion "Will there be a war in the Taiwan Strait?", organized by the International Manifesto Group. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ODbrpimBgKo Watch the full panel here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=McRkNqd7waM

Historian Aaron Good discusses the rise of JFK, the Cold War, European colonialism, and the Bay of Pigs. They explore JFK's presidency, his support for Third World nationalism, his struggles with the deep state, and his accomplishments in the Cuban Missile Crisis. They also dive into the life of Joseph Kennedy Sr., the influence of television on JFK's campaign, and the connections between the Kennedy administration and the Rockefeller family.

A study by the EU-funded European Council on Foreign Relations found that the West is increasingly out of touch politically with the rest of the world. Most people in China, India, and Türkiye see Russia as an important ally, and they want a multipolar world, not continued “American global supremacy”. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6onX5CKS3hM Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/25/west-rest-world-eu-study

Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the rise and fall of the US dollar system, the challenges faced by the sterling system, the economic consequences of World War I, the importance of primary commodities and bank call, the limitations of stable currency and free capital flows, and America's dominance in the post-war economic relationship.

China's Foreign Ministry condemns 'US hegemony' and its crimes, including wars, coups, and foreign interventions. The podcast discusses the escalating Cold War between the United States and China, US hegemony and hybrid warfare, US practices and interference in international affairs, regime change operations and color revolutions, China's condemnation of US interventions, and China's critique of US imperialism and call for multipolarity.

German Member of Parliament Sevim Dağdelen, of the Left Party, Die Linke, condemns the NATO "proxy war" in Ukraine, saying the EU is acting as US "vassals". In this interview with Ben Norton, she also denounces the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines as a "terrorist attack" that "should have resulted in a huge outcry". VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NYn0ODIL0Qg TRANSCRIPT: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/22/germany-ukraine-nord-stream-sevim-dagdelen

The foreign ministers of the US, Germany, and Ukraine told the world at the Munich Security Conference, “Neutrality is not an option” in the West’s proxy war against Russia, implicitly criticizing the vast majority of Global South countries, which are independent. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UXjDazqxAPo Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/20/west-global-south-neutral-ukraine German foreign minister: ‘We are fighting a war against Russia’: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/26/german-foreign-minister-baerbock-war-russia 87% of world doesn’t support West’s new cold war on Russia: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/09/21/global-south-west-cold-war-russia

US officials acknowledged the Chinese balloon they shot down on February 4 had likely been blown off course by unexpected weather. The US Air Force later spent $2 million using missiles to blow up what appeared to be a $12 hobbyist balloon. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=mL9Jz-Qruho Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/02/18/us-weather-chinese-balloon-hobbyist Our report documenting how the US military is preparing for war on China - and soon: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Iy5FALVrULM