New Study: THIS Is Why The West Is Really Doomed.
In his new book "The Ukraine War and the Eurasian World Order", Professor Glenn Diesen argues compellingly that the way the world used to work not only for the past century, but for the past 500 years is over and done with. From here on, the global system will be much more dynamic, multi-polar, and much more complex. Professor Diesen also shows how Ukraine has been a pawn in the hands of NATO warmongers who despite their best efforts, however, have not been able to break even one of their strategic rivals in the system. The time of Western impunity is ending. The question is, what comes next?
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Here in Sweden we didn't have any debate about NATO. All opposing voices have been shut down. Seems like shock politics, make political decisions while people are in distress.
Here in the UK if you criticise NATO or the USA, you are condemned by establishment politicians as a traitor.....
In short, it is obvious that people in Europe lost any political awareness and real interest just seeing rise of fake parties like “greens” and level of knowledge among European top politicians, it’s shameful, though when I look at it from neutral point of view what ever we get from that at the end it is what people deserve since it was allowed to happen
Good they are aware of the russian threath. Putin made swedes change their mind, they could not go on alone, like before. Finland did the same.
As you can see from the other Finnish commenter, the propaganda in Finland has been on another level. It is absolutely forbidden to have a more nuanced discussion, one truth allowed.
@@user-lx2oe9zs4q Finland suppressed all democratic debate on NATO membership. What kind of democracy is that? You seem to revel in the West’s adoption of authoritarian methods.
50 years ago I started my career in Engineering. One of the first things I was taught about complex systems is that they become dysfunctional in the absence of the truth. This is very easy to see with a complex system like an Airliner or Nuclear power station. Knowing the truth about the vulnerabilities of all components of the system is critical to avoiding catastrophic failure. Over that 50 years I have formed the view that this principal also applies the more abstract systems like Political Systems. At the same time I've seen western political systems evolve to the extent that any commitment to recognising and respecting the truth has completely disappeared and the central features of western politics have become dishonesty, hypocrisy and double standards. The west IS doomed as a result.
Once the west started to accept the silliness of feminism as truth, they were doomed.
@stwadoo Your principle indeed applies to a political system such as democracy. This has been elaborated by the philosopher Jürgen Habermas. He distinguishes two types of action, a) 'communicative action', in which the values reason and truth are upheld, aimed at consensus, b) 'strategic action', aimed at achieving goals, to which reason and truth are subordinated. When strategic action overrides communicative action, a democracy will collapse. "Theory of communicative action" is Habermas' main book on this. A large part of it is taken up by defending the position that people are capable of such communicative action at all. p. s. Please reply if you can see this comment, because YT often 'disappears' comments in which titles of publications are mentioned.
Well said. I agree the West is doomed, I only hope the process is slow and drawn out. I think it will be a stair step process.
That's comment is top drw for me.
In a kind of zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance way
William Burns who is director of the world's biggest criminal organisation, the CIA said that our success will depend on providing continued military aid to Ukraine. Using just 5 percent of our defence budget to help Ukraine will provide significant returns for our geopolitical gains n notable returns for our defence industries. The US certainly has no qualms about having other countries destroyed to serve their own greed n selfish interests
The whole US government is paid and owned by Military Industrial Complex… 😂
William Burns, warned years back that expansion of NATO would lead to hostilities.
the US is in slow collapse.. they are eating themselves from within.. but they are very good at convincing others of their economic and military lie.. many intelligent people actually believe all that fantasise figures the US puts out..
American here and the truth is the US doesn’t care that it has destroyed its OWN country in pursuit of Full Spectrum Dominance. if Europe has any sense they’ll kick them out ASAP.
That's right. But as usual, the collective West are the good guys and those who won't bow to them are the bad guys. Go figure.
Trying to spread the US gospel of 'spreading democracy' at the point of a gun is an absolute contradiction.
You mean genocide
America didn't spread democracy at gun point. The US believes strongly in the idea of freedom and wealth. This is why it intervened in WWI, WWII, Vietnam and Korean war. Vietnam was lost due to the "shtupidity" and manipulation.
Brzezinski admits in his 2004 book the Choice in chapter 5 that Democratic Rhetoric is used to camouflage the Hegemony. He admits in his 1997 book that America is too democratic at home to be autocratic abroad and that the "pursuit of power" does not motivate the common people. All there admitted to in non classified books. Democracy spreading and Humanitarian aid are just things to tell the masses to get them to go along with what they really don't ant and doesn't benefit them. The Humanitarian angle has become quite clear with Gaza these last few months. And it should have been clear with Rwanda in 1990s. The focus on Yugoslavia Humanitarian crisis to justify NATO bombing ignored ethnic cleaning by non Serbia Yugoslavia states to focus on Serbia. Thus the Humanitarian angle was used to hide a Grand Chessboard geopolitics power move.
@Chris-dt5td World War I was a bunch of European empires fighting over dominance and territory. It had nothing to do with Democracy. Look at what the British did in India in 1919 slaughtering those who wanted freedom at gunpoint if you really think their Parliment represents a spirit of Democracy
@@Chris-dt5td The belief cant be as strong seeing the lack of freedom one can experience in the USA. Lets not even start with wealth let alone wealth for other countries
We are living a Star Wars period of history - the evil Western NATO/EU Empire against the rebels of the rest of the world.
Nobody could simply the current situation better than you, thank you.
@sabergolbaf1364 👍
😂😂😂😂😂❤
"...ARE WE THE BAD GUYS???"
@@The2realistic I'm not.
How do you know this war was provoked? If we are told for 2 straight years “unprovoked, unprovoked, unprovoked “ then You know it was provoked… 😂
A little research on your own will do you good not harm as opposed to being told. These things are in the open.
Same with "invasion, invasion, invasion" Russia didn't invade Ukraine, it joined the provocative war that Ukraine was waging against the Russians in the independent Donbas republics, to protect those Russians. It was also an action to restore water to Crimea that Ukraine illegally cut off.
I wish we still could find the transcripts of the Munich Security Conference that Tucker Carlson mentioned to Putin. I had been blasting it on his channel for 2 years. Finally he did the research and found it. That was the provocation. Kamala Harris got up and spoke about fast tracking Ukraine into NATO. 2.5 days later Russia invaded when they really wanted the Minsk Accords restarted after Boris the Bum had them tear it up.
Stop accepting what your being Told! Like Ronald Reagan once said: we're from the government and here to help. 😂🤣🤣. Propaganda is real and full of lies!!
Just thinking the opposite of what the media tells you, often goes a long way...
I'm an American I look forward to us not being in control of everything
I’m just hoping your neocon lunatics don’t take us all down in the process. Are you optimistic that there will be a radical change in the governance of the U.S. centred on the needs and aspirations of the general population?
the american population was never in control of anything. its just the elite deciding to start wars when they feel like it.
Hello from Russia to you dear fellow! I do wish your government stops dictating the world it’s “rules”.
@@julz6549 It's the government causing problems, not the citizens.. We want peace just like you..
@@tonyhust1Americans who pay attention want peace. The majority doesn’t pay attention and are either apathetic or propagandized.
Wow! As an American I appreciate this conversation. Embarrassed by current administration 😕 Eyes are being opened in the US about our CIA, FBI and that we need to change this.
So now you go for Putin ? Because of CIA and FBI ?
You need to change your evil society not change the fact people are aware of it
@@user-lx2oe9zs4q Did you listen to the discussion in this video? Then you should understand the severity of supporting "our" ruling class of unipolar maniacs.
@@The2realistic I know very well Diesen's pro russian propaganda. He reminds me of Quisling who lived 85 years ago. Then it was Hitelr who was provokes and had to attack us- Comspiracy theories, boring. Besides he should care more for russian eceonomy which will crash totally when China enters the low carbon age.
So you want an administration that is successful in its genocides and doesn't embarrass you?
If the west is a democracy then i vote for the western parliaments to be the army and go to the front lines Under Field Marshall von der Leyen.
Wars would 2nd very quick if all leaders advocating them had to go to the front lines for a few months. Might as well send their parents and kids as well.
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Any country that has Democratic in its title is not democratic in any way. Those that claim we have democracy is lying too, because they operate so called representative democracy where all the MP's are usually from 2 main parties, given full media coverage, severely limiting air time to alternatives, where each prospective candidate is carefully selected by a very small clique, before any voter puts their mark on a ballot paper. True democracy is where plebiscites are held on a broad spectrum of important national issues that effect them and each man and woman has one vote, like in Switzerland. C
I love this phrase: INTELLECT INSULTING. this is how I feel too when listen to the western narrative.
Tucker is after all American and follow the general US politics which is divide and Rule. After long years of the west + Israel atrocities, Russians and ME, mainly Arabs and Africans be stupid to trust them. Can have trade and relationships but very sensible politics.
Indeed INTELLECT INSULTING! WESTERNS ARROGANCE 🤔
But many people accept it. 😑
It's just those the media has called, "The West", to make them seem bigger than they are.
@@hwahwa2008Which shows a massive hole in the intellectual growth of the majority.😢😢
Usa: the deaf leading the blind!
Or the evil and stupid leading the cowardly and unprincipled.
True.
And the dumb....
Or the inmates are running the asylum.
USA: The mafia godfather summoning his hitmen!
Greetings from Kenya Uganda border, I come away informed by the uploads and the interview, I enjoy watching Glenn D on the Duran as well. Asante Sana
Advice from an Englishman to an African: Don't follow (or submit to) the U.S. or its vassals in Europe, Canada or Australasia.
Hata mimi hapa Mogadishu, Somalia.
@@Khayyam-vg9fwtoo late. Look into their president ruto. And Somalia just agreed to let the US build military bases. Sad.
Love the people of Uganda
@@Gh-jo1sr Not good news, but Somalia is not the whole of Africa, and I do not know what organised resistance might already exist or yet emerge there.
Project Ukraine project Taiwan project Israel ain’t gonna bode well for the usa.
Let's hope everything will be settled without anybody pushing the BIG RED button
But the U.S. did so well with project: Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya and Syria 😂😂😂
Maybe designed to drain US defense resources?
I honestly dont think the people in power think that it will work I think they are just grabbing the gold before the ship sinks to the bottom Imagine being terminally ill, and maxing out all your credit cards, that is how congress is spending. They will retreat in some other nation with all the money they were able to extract out before it all collapsed
@@DaxBruce-kv4vf But they are not Russia or China.
"This degradation in the West. You do not have to be religious to appreciate it, to be appalled by it. You can feel it in your soul, in your own moral compass. Something terrible is happening to the West and a destiny awaits for it." ~Mike Jones, Journalist
"To those the Gods seek to destroy they first drive insane. ".....can't remember the origins of the quote but l think its from the Greeks.
its not that deep. empires come and go.
@@tpeterson9140it is. We are closer to the end of history of the whole humanity than ever.
And yet everyone wants to live in the West, ape everything the West has produced, play its sports, wear its clothes... It's almost as if a lot of people are a bit resentful of its success.
I think it's from The Bacchae by Euripides.
"The top dog doesn't tolerate any other dogs on the same level..." Exactly. 🤣
Or the Chinese idiom - one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.
And the Chinese and all the other empires historically were just the same
@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp Not the same at all. The Chinese empire is always within China. Admiral Cheng He sent his mighty fleet all the way to Africa - to trade, and to enslave, plunder and pillage.
"he Chinese and all the other empires historically were just the same" ...so, conclusion, we need to be dominated by an empire? @@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp
Yes! We are hearing the truth now! Hope is still there that Europe will realise that they have been colonised by the condescending USA 😮
Of all the good things Putin should be credited for (especially inside Russia), the one thing seems to be missing by most geopolitical commentators is that Putin made it possible to make war with a nuclear superpower, without it escalating to nuclear war. A remarkable, mature, wise and pragmatic set of prescient qualities for a global politician....
HE IS ONE OF THE GREATS' No diaper-wearing, thumbsucking Western politician can come close to PUTIN.
The fat lady hasn't made her singing appearance yet.
So far... though the US/NATO are pushing their luck by backing strikes within the borders of Russia.
Yeah media wont allow to praise Putin, but the guy is heavily undervalued for his impact he had and still has obviously on Russia. The US represantatives are children playing in the sand in comparison to Putin and Lavrov who are the grown ups in that scenario
Really, I had no idea since 1945 so many nuclear weapons had been exploded on unsuspecting, non nuclear nations by the Americans. We live and learn don't we.
Excellent discussion on US hegemony and rules based order. They believe their own lies! 😊
No one believes the lies. The lies justify the ends and will be reversed as needed.
Rules based order! That's a good one😂😂😅😂😂😅😅😂😂😅😅😂😂😂😂😅😂😂
The great Pepe Escobar went to the Donbas last week, and described the current times in a more poetic way: “I had to go to the black soil of Novorossiya to watch where the rules-based international order came to die".
I ❤ Pepe👏👏👏👏
Most people in that region are either dead or had to flee. Seems like death of rules-based international order didn't work well for them. However people like you don't care about human lives and well-being.
need a copy this "rules based order" . cannot find one. Glen is revealing truth
Lol I was thinking of the same thing
rules based order = I make the rules, you follow the order
There's a video of putin saying exactly this not long ago. It'll probably be on KZhead somewhere.
Might makes Right The end.
@@fredh4482 my thoughts exactly.
A voice of sanity from Norway.
Jepp! Den eneste🤨
A lone voice. Most seems to have gone off the rail. US bases are popping up like mushrooms.
@@evaskjerdDu har faktisk russisk flagg på profilen! 😅 Den skal du ha respekt for i disse dager
Heldigvis ensom stemme...
@@larissamartinsen4166 Heldigvis ? Er du under overvåkning også ?
Glenn is a rational and sensible analyst.
He plays just in the hands of Putin, Teheran and North-Korea. The shinig future for mankind.
No rariionale in giving way to the Red Terror - Russia.
Unfortunately he is affiliated with russian media outlets and think tanks.
Such a relief to hear someone who actually knows what he's talking about! I love both of you.
There is not enaf words of thanking to Glenn, for beeng voice of reason and truth, integrity and decency, and representation of real Europian values of culture, knowlidge, and enlightment..
Great conversation!
Why aren’t there more people like Glenn on the advisory panel for governments? Oh I guess he’s too logical and cerebral.
truth is no longer wanted on the panels.
He isn’t a cold-blooded criminal! The US government only accepts cold-blooded criminals for membership!
Thank you very much, Mr. Pascal Lottaz for this excellent interview with Prof. Glenn Diesen. You have produced a splendid masterclass in geopolitics. Greetings (Porto, Portugal)
Whenever Glenn appears on The Duran to host distinguished guests like Jeffrey Sachs and John Mearsheimer, Glenn looks so comparatively young I forget he too is a high caliber analyst himself.
no mention of juice which are the real reason why eu and usa are destroyed
Professor Glenn is an embodiment of calm cool headed and intellectual integrity. I've seen his being the facilitator in The Duran and his points are concise but critical in the discussion.
An intellectually uplifting conversation. THANK YOU Pascal and Glenn!
Solid analysis, extending current policy to the Westphalian system. NATO expansion is about destroying or isolating Russia.
И двата варианта са физически невъзможни!А това вече говори за липсата на интелект в западните политически елити..
NATO policy is the extention of colonialism with the intent to divide and conquer so that they can plunder and pillage. That's what they have had in store for Russia for centuries. First as french, later Anglo, then the Germans and now the us and it's minions
Pascal’s disappointment and reactions are so sincere, this is what I like about his channel, so intelligent and caring
Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual ... ! In solidarity with the fighters for peace, love, justice & truth we express our feelings with music on our channel. Greetings from Germany ... CLUB OF THE UNCENSORED POETS
Thanks Pacal and Glenn for this brilliant interview.
glad to see an end to western hegemony, hegemony by any one group is never acceptable but seems fair amount of westerners don't seem to see the problem with it because they have to suffer like those on the other side to appreciate why which in itself shows a lack of empathy.
America has been stomping around the world like a crazed, giant, toddler. It has to stop.
You are crazy. We had a relatively peaceful word order, over the last 7 decades, and I see no reason why we should profoundly change this. We still have wars, but at least there was no WW3. Most people live more peaceful, then in previous decades and centuries. We still have rich and poor countries. Starvation is not totally eliminated, but we came a long way. In the 80's there were 4 billion people on the planet, and half of them, or 2 billion, didn't have enough to eat. Today there are 7 billion, and (unfortunately) 0.5 billion, or 7% are still in starvation. We went from 50% starvation, down to 7%. While we still have rich and poor, the situation has massively improved, thanks to western world order and free markets. There is still work to do, but you probably wouldn't have a better future, when you profoundly change direction now. Better we recognize the positive development, that has been achieved, and continue to improve humanity, and avoid new social experiments.
MERICA ain't gonna go down easy. Gonna have a temper tantrum.
@@m.l.5284you're obviously assuming "we" don't live in South America, Africa, the middle East, or the Balkans. 👍🤣🤣🤣
@@DaxBruce-kv4vf No matter where you live. It's still the same planet, I asume. All I said, refers to to the situation on planet earth.
Thanks Pascal and Glenn for a very informative discussion. ❤❤❤
People are beginning to wake up. "The West" was a term coined for propaganda to make the few pushing this garbage seem bigger than they are.
Always excellent analysis and discussion. Very refreshing to see a discussion based on facts and not hubris. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
They didn't point out that western countries don't actually promote liberal democracies.
Excellent insightful interview, Pascal. I plan to purchase Glenn's book.
Your analysis is excellent. Each country has problems and none is perfect, some much worse than others. The truth needs to be known to everyone, analyzed, explained and understood for the benefit or detriment of all, not merely for US and western interests. This should begin with education in schools. The history of colonization, slavery, exploitation and hegemony and it's current iterations should be explained. Countries should not opt for a military option and should be open to a rational discourse. The criminal wastage of resources on weapons should instead be replaced by the benefits of spending those funds for raising the standard of living, health care, housing, food, education, climate change... rather than on things which go up in smoke. There are consequences and one has to be aware of the eventual day of reckoning which none can escape.
Thank you!… one of my go to channels for serious coverage,along with The New Atlas, Multipolarista, Breakthrough News
There's a complete blackout on perspectives like this on mainstream media. I'll be ordering this book.
I have to watch this program more often. Great discussion!
Understanding all this is a lonely place to be. There is almost no one I can share my understanding with, the propaganda really works unless you intentionaly resist it.
I'd love to see some online discussion clubs or the like (video, not chats). Well, I guess something like it exists on various accounts on X.
True, I really miss thesaker.
Glenn Diesen contributes several characterisations / diagnoses of the fundamental drivers of "Western" aggression - amazingly succinctly.
Pepe Escobar, the rock star journalist extraordinaire, brought me here to stick around to listen to Glenn talk about his new book! He recently raved about the book!
Pepe is wonderful 👏👏👏👏🙂🙂🙂
Excellent, well done Pascal. I would like to applaud you. 1. For providing a platform for such authentic people as Glenn Diesen and presenting or facilitating fact based content in historical contexts. Informative and educational. 2. And doing so in such a neutral way. That is - your channel is not (fanfare) The Pascal Lottaz Show, as much about you as the message, as often seems to be the case elsewhere. Neutrality Studies is such a good name for your channel. Neutrality, neutrality, neutrality (let's keep repeating that) - not war, war, war. Poor Ukraine got so sucked in to the latter.
More weapons equals more peace! . Honestly how does anyone argue these points with a straight face... how does Anthony and Jan do it every day? Do they have a Faustian deal going on?
It's possible. When anyone says they support the war, I tell them they should go to the front lines and do some coke with Zalensky. Then I educate them about what really has been going on there for many years. It is usually followed by a blank look, sometimes name-calling, then I tell them to just at least watch, but not on TV, but from people on tge ground.
This is becoming one of my new favorite channels. Great to hear logical and reason being interjected into the madness of ignoring truth - because someone in the USA with money wants people to believe an untruth for their own personal gain. That is rule of law as far as today's USA has gotten since we got CITIZENS UNITED which allowed the Corporate takeover of the USA.
We should be called The Incorporated States of America now.
You make some extrememly interesting interviews, Thank you so much
Have Russia done many good things for the world? Has Russian invented usefull things and and good technology to solve the world's problems. The answer is no. What Russia develops is mostly waepons and destruction tools.
As a Japanese who believes that the peace in Northeast Asia is Japan’s neutrality between the United States and China, I completely agree. According to the 1992 "National Defense Planning Guidelines" prepared by the US neoconservative Wolfowitz, the United States "will not allow Europe to build its own security system in order to maintain US influence and dominance ". It also points out that it will not allow U.S. asian allies, especially Japan, to assume a larger regional role. So I think Japan and Germany are in a similar situation.
Absolutely!
Great educational video as usual pascal. Thanks to mr . Diesen too
Sadly, western people have to work harder and harder to afford rent and food, reducing still further the portion with the time and energy to read books on Ukraine or even watch interviews that require a lot of thought. What you’ve done here is beautiful but I’m afraid a very small number are in a position to appreciate it.
And it is truly written, "Those who do not think will be made to feel."
Revenge is what I fear because the West has committed such atrocities.
The revenge is the current ruination of the country. No borders, no country. 24T debt. Etc etc
revenge is GUARANTEED… live and in 4k
To avoid additional humiliation for Russia, NATO proxy Ukrainians retreated from Avdeyevka as they became tired of the Russian loss. The Ukrainians claim to have destroyed 400 armored vehicles and tanks and killed 50,000 Russians before retreating. NATO's fake front shows that its stance is a lie. The Ukraine war exposes their bogus viewpoint. The Ukrainian counteroffensive's failure demonstrates a failed Western strategy. Russia routinely humiliated the US and NATO forces using shovels, old washing machine chips, and corroded weaponry. Russia has outperformed the combined NATO and US surrogate forces. NATO's fabricated façade reveals its contrived position. A peculiar feeling of pride existed among Westerners before the outbreak of war. Nobody can name a single instance in which the US-led NATO was successful, whether in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, or Syria. The Ukraine war strips them bare in their artificial, fake stance and reveals their false standing. Ukraine exposes their forced posturing as naked, stripping them bare in their artificial position. The Russian army has grown in strength, equipment, experience, and capability to confront any force on the globe. Russia has surpassed the combined proxy forces of the United States and NATO in all tactical domains. Russian combat strategies and technologies are distinctly unique and particularly effective against their modern weapons and weapon systems. Despite the West receiving billions of dollars in investment and utilizing cutting-edge equipment, the Ukraine war exposes NATO's forced pretense, artificial stance, and deceptive standing.
All made worse by the West's deindustrialization to tackle a non existing climate crisis. The result is dependency on everything, expensive unreliable energy, stuff mostly from China and stagnant wealth creation, tanking economies. The West will have trouble keeping the lights on, let alone fight a protracted war.
At least the west's true strength, diversity, is becoming more and more diverse, stronger and stronger. Every year furthermore, our institutions produce a fresh cohort of trained feminists, trained racial theorists, and queer and fat theoreticians. Let Russia and China consider our overwhelming might of diversity and feminism, and back down hahaha
Correct👌
Russia has defended solidly, but the US only sent its past sell by date weaponry. They had no shortage for Israel . They have 5000 of the new Abrahams sitting in sheds. They sent 5 to Ukraine. On the other hand, their navy is struggling in the Red Sea. There is a big NATO build up right now in Romania and Poland. Capitalism globally in crisis of overproduction.
Russia is kicking Ukraine's rear-end in the last few days. The psychopaths that started this mess, or "The West", as the media calls them, don't represent the people in the West. They are only interested in themselves, and their aspirations to become dictators or the world. They can only do so if people allow them to, and if no one speaks up. They are an embarrassment to those of us in the real "West."
At 22:45 The US crushing an ally like Japan, which was too successful, is nothing new. After WW2 it crushed the British Empire, using economic warfare. Quote... "What actually occurred was that Britain and other countries became hopelessly indebted to the United States once again (edit: during World War 2) ... *“We have profited by our past mistakes,” announced Roosevelt in a speech delivered on September 3, 1942. “This time we shall know how to make full use of victory.” This time the U.S. Government would conquer its allies in a more enlightened manner, by demanding economic concessions of a legal and political nature instead of futilely seeking repayment of its wartime loans (of World War 1).* The new postwar strategy sought and secured foreign markets for U.S. exports, and new fields for American investment capital in Europe’s raw materials producing colonial areas. Despite Roosevelt’s assurances to the contrary, Britain was compelled, under the Lend-Lease agreements and the terms of the first great U.S. postwar loan to Britain, to relinquish Empire Preference and to open all its markets to U.S. competition, at a time when Britain desperately needed these markets as a means by which to fund its sterling debt. Most important of all, Britain was forced to unblock its sterling and foreign-exchange balances built up by its colonies and other Sterling Area countries during the wartime years. Instead of the Allied Powers as a whole bearing the costs of these wartime credits to British Empire countries, they would be borne by Britain itself. Equally important, they would not be used as “blocked” balances that could be used only to buy British or other Sterling Area exports, but would be freed to purchase exports from any nation. Under postwar conditions this meant that they would be used in large part to purchase U.S. exports." (page 115/116) "By relinquishing its right to block these balances, Britain gave up its option, while enabling the United States to make full use of its gold stock as the basis for postwar lending to purchased generalized (primarily U.S.) exports. *At a stroke, Britain’s economic power was broken. What Germany as foe had been unable to accomplish in two wars against Britain, the United States accomplished with ease as its ally."* (Page 117) "Furthermore, under the terms on which it joined the International Monetary Fund, Britain could not devalue the pound sterling so as to dissipate the foreign-exchange value of these balances. Its liability thus was maximized - and so was America’s gain from the pool of liquidity that these balances now represented." ("Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire." -- Michael Hudson, 2nd edition 2003) In case that seems a bit technical, here is the "nutshell version": Just like the bank takes your house if you don't pay up in the real world, the British Empire was run into the ground by the "best friends" USA, who stole the Empire's markets; hidden behind a whole lot of "technical jargon", thereby taking the means London had to pay its debts. A suitable micro level example would be the bank having an eye on your house, then making sure you get fired so you can't pay your debt. On the macro level the term is "debt trap diplomacy", and on the (privatized) propaganda level the means is "projection: accuse somebody else of being something which one is oneself", and that "being" has started waaaaaay earlier as a matter of own policy. A "debt trap" the Allies walked into after 1916, after they had spent all their own money, and squeezed as much out of their colonies as they could get away with, but refused to come to terms at the negotiating table: another factor usually associated with the Central Powers. ----------------------------------- "At the end of the war [WW2], Britain, physically devastated and financially bankrupt, lacked factories to produce goods for rebuilding, the materials to rebuild the factories or purchase the machines to fill them, or with the money to pay for any of it. Britain’s situation was so dire, the government sent the economist John Maynard Keynes with a delegation to the US to beg for financial assistance, claiming that Britain was facing a "financial Dunkirk”. The Americans were willing to do so, on one condition: They would supply Britain with the financing, goods and materials to rebuild itself, but dictated that Britain must first eliminate those Sterling Balances by repudiating all its debts to its colonies. The alternative was to receive neither assistance nor credit from the US. *Britain, impoverished and in debt, with no natural resources and no credit or ability to pay, had little choice but to capitulate. And of course with all receivables cancelled and since the US could produce today, those colonial nations had no further reason for refusing manufactured goods from the US. The strategy was successful. By the time Britain rebuilt itself, the US had more or less captured all of Britain’s former colonial markets, and for some time after the war’s end the US was manufacturing more than 50% of everything produced in the world. And that was the end of the British Empire, and the beginning of the last stage of America’s rise."* [globalresearch(dot)ca/save-queen/5693500]
was nixons detachment from gold base(bretton woods) around 1971 part of same continuum... french and swiss didnt like that at all and I can take my hat for french in this one. This sent europe to 1970s oil crisis which hit worse than in US I think(I imagine it was similar as covid time 2022: oil or gas is a bit more expensive in US but in europe there is worry can I heat house at all). That scenario I fear now in europe, similar path from conflict to bankcrupt to forced to do something critical for country, making it colony in essence. Energy crisis 2022/23 has been tough already doing this.
Yes, this is how the U.S. treats its allies...some friend!
@@MargaretKlassen *It's "divide and rule."* Yes, you are correct. Empires don't make "friends," they make useful alliances for their own gain. Read Washington chief strategist Brzinzki's "grand plan", or the British Empire's Mackinder/Pivot of History before that (1904). The aim was always to drive a rift between Europeans, *to avoid greater European/Eurasian (geographically incl. the ME)* co-operation and trade. Once that has been achieved, keep all the little minions "down," and grow off their weaknesses in the zero-sum reality of the temporary status quo. Note that resources cannot be produced with the snap of a finger. Creating new resources, are long-term effects of strategies, steered by the same powers. It is the CONTROL these control freaks want and steer towards, using their geographical advantage. With re. to how tools to implement the strategy are used: Robert Dickson Crane served as foreign policy advisor to President Richard Nixon from 1963 to 1968: "At that time I had read a little about Islam, because I thought Islam would be the strongest and most durable ally of the United States against Communism. Because both of us, Nixon and I, saw Communism as a world threat ..." Note how they openly admit how they use "tools" (strategy) to "steer" (plan) against others, when it is useful to themselves. Note also how *your* "enemies today," as a collective (Islam) were the systemic "good guys" in a different past. They were the "good guys" because they (Muslims as a collective) were useful at the time, as Kissinger implemented, to goad the SU into invading Afghanistan, where they could then be "combated by proxy" similar to the Ukraine post-2022 and today. Today as we watch on, the Ukraine is being burnt to the "last Ukrainian soldier" accompanied by cheers of "...but, but, but they had a choice!!" Poland will be next to be given a "choice," if the Ukraine fails as US/Western proxy and tool, in a long list of previous examples of the Washington DC/Pentagon-steered global strategy.
We are in this mess because we have, as a collective society, discarded absolute values in return for fungible values. Truth is now fungible and relative to how somebody feels about the truth. Honesty, accountability, tolerance, and justice have all become "relative" to how some group or collection of fools may feel.
Glenn Diesen 👍👍👍
I think, America's first main aim to cause the Ukranian war to start, was the weaken the European powers especially Germany. America was unable to compete with Europe in trade. They needed to find a way of dealing with Europeans powers while pretending to help Europeans. They found the best excuse. Europeans have no idea that they fell in love with their hangman, namely America.
Europe is a side benefit, resources are the main target. Some in Ukraine but mostly in a broken and divided Russia
Wow!
Stockholm syndrome
poor Europe, always misled and decieved. 😭
This is a European project and war, the US was pulled into it. We're fighting this one on behalf of Berlin and London. You have know idea what's actually going on.
Glen great guest, knows his stuff
That evil ideology never went away, it was spread for a reason. Very informative discussion gentlemen thanks.
Excellent interview and a good honest channel.✊🇬🇧
An excellent presentation on the macro level relating to the shift from a unipolar to multipolar world.
Great work Pascal 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Oh wow, a match made in intellectual heaven, The irrepressible Diesen and the inimitable Lottaz......
Always good to hear from Glenn Diesen! Please avoid interrupting your guest and interjecting your opinions which distracts the speaker and interrupts the flow. Let the guest speak and be heard 🙏🏻
Thats usually western interviewers flaws
Cleaver observation
French and German economies are tanking, heading for a likely recession. Who woulda guessed that cutting yourself off from reliable and affordable sources of energy, could backfire and hit the own people 😮
that is also part of how global economy works and very strict budget mentality of germany may not work best, especially as we dont base money to anything but promises. havuing money can be dangerous illusion that can just buy everything from somewhere else as needed, right time.
Well they thought the USA would provide LNG at slightly above costs. To nobody surprise but the European leaders, they made record profits. The corporations needed to recoup the lost revenues from pandemic and they succeeded
Well, who blew up the pipeline? It couldn’t have been our ally, the USA, could it?
Just another example of how dangerous it is to be friends with America. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
Hmm any reference to a certain undersea supply of cheap energy gets obliterated. Especially if one questions whodunnit. We all know who though. Our so-called friends.
Silly title because it is not about a Eurasian World Order at all. It is about moving the world to a multipolar system. That multipolar system will include the whole world, Africa, the Americas, North-South and Central, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, not simply Eurasia. Whether the US chooses to be part of this new order or not is entirely up to them. One would assume that they will eventually, Europe probably somewhat sooner.
They don't call it the Asian century for nothing
Wonderful informative interview with Glenn Diesen, thank you, Pascal!
Could be genetics then. For me, once I catch a lie, repetition has no further effect from the same source. In fact the source is downgraded permanently. This is a natural response, and I can't be the only one possessing it.
Yes it's natural. Ontological - the naturally given antidote to ideological sickness of mind.
I do possess that natural response as well, but for me it depends on the lie and the context. Overall I always observe: listen and watch and at some point the person has lost its credit for good
Step One, understand the definition of DEMOCRACY! *Democracy: A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state* That last part is KEY! *Almost every country is a democracy, they may, just like us, limit who can vote!* Nothing to do with rights at all! Also, Democracy doesn't need saving, people need to grow up!
The Duran is a TWO man show - with the greatest respect.
The war in Ukraine was no provoked, it was worse, it was forced to happen.
Thank you Glenn and Pascal! Living in Europe, I would of course prefer seeing the European countries getting out of the EU (which has always been a puppet of the American order from the start) and fulfilling their role as the European part of the Eurasian continent, economically connecting in synergy with their neighbors and beyond. And not that of the new US 'backyard'... or is it sh***hole?
Love learning from Glenn Diesen
many, many great points here.
We appreciate very much if Mr. Lottaz refrains himself of interrupting with editing his comments distracting Mr. Diesen that it was what we wanted to hearing. Good information from the interviewed .
At end of the day, the world has changed tremendously, the American has to let go and stop stirring up so much troubles universally, to maintain its hegemony and further its interests, at the expense of the other nations.
The ‘Thinkers’ channel which explores various themes around multi polarity from a rational point of view. It’s refreshing to see this kind of engagement instead of the usual fixed propaganda prevalent amongst Western governments and many so called intellectuals……thank you….
Yes, this channel is old-fashioned. Facts delivered respectfully during rational discussions.
@@The2realistic While still letting in some humor. I cracked up at around @50:20 when Pascal did a meme-worthy monster gesture while saying "predatory exports!"😄 Charming.
Thanks for the clarity in this discussion. Wouldn't it be grand if the Western governments would talk less, read more and embrace peace!
I will definitely read your book . I have been listening to you.I like your point of view on everything.Thanks and thanks Pascalfor this interview
Brigitte L Jones. Fear of the consequences keeps a lot of people who have good professional jobs tied to Western governments quiet. Even being careful to be asking retired family members with alternative views to restrain themselves, " Tell in private conversations, avoid sharing such materials in public or emails to me, as association is even a risk to my job." It is hard to tell how many people remain closed minded or hyper careful.
Thank you for your work, Pascal!
I think they want to send Finns to fight. They have told for the reserves to be in shape by 2025, and suggested that they would make it impossible to exit the reserves.
"Politics is the art of shaping the current six weeks" is a remarkably keen observation.
The most honest channel currently.
Russian propaganda unleashed
Greed. Corruption. $ in government. Foreign interference.= Failure 😢
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 *Repetition aids learning.* 03:33 *West seeks unipolarity.* 05:19 *Shift in world order.* 08:32 *Modern world order.* 12:40 *Liberal hegemony narrative.* 16:57 *West's contradictory actions.* 18:42 *Liberalism as hegemonic ideology.* 20:46 *NATO expansion narratives.* 21:54 *Challenges with multipolarity.* 22:08 *Multipolarity challenge.* 22:36 *Historical parallels warning.* 23:30 *Unexplained cozy alliances.* 24:12 *Shift from neutrality.* 25:47 *Ideological explanations.* 29:46 *Importance of rational debate.* 32:09 *Lack of broader foreign policy discussions.* 33:05 *West's fear of exposure.* 35:24 *War with Ukrainians plan.* 37:01 *Failure of sanctions.* 38:50 *End of Western dominance.* 40:32 *Collapsing trust in media.* 42:37 *Evidence-based persuasion.* 43:04 *Neutrality negotiation sabotage.* 45:12 *Delusion of narrative.* 46:21 *Political propaganda exploitation.* 48:00 *Liberalism's failure.* 51:43 *Shifting economic dynamics.* 55:07 *End of Western hegemony.* 56:14 *Europe's geoeconomic role.* 58:29 *EU's counterproductive actions.* 59:22 *Divide and conquer challenges.* Made with HARPA AI
very refreshing! someone in the west actually dare to speak the truth
Newspeak is so funny. "It is not torture, it is just...enhanced interrogation."
Great conversation. So much unpacked. 👍👍
But once you "understand" that something is stupid but you keep hearing it again and again you comprehend that there is something wrong with all of the stupid pawns in society.
Once you understand how to get an individual to choose to be dependent on your society, they will adhere to it no matter how much it is to their personal detriment. I.E. people can't live without their cell phones.
Wow, Glenn called it, OMG, Macron just talked about troops a day ago. This guy mentioned it a week ago, I don't know about you, but I'm sold, this man knows his stuff 👍
It is a pleasure to read and listen to Glenn, a knowledgeable expert on Geopolitics, but above all a HONEST intellectual contributing to shed light in the middle of that collective madness of deep, visceral hatred for Russia consuming all those Nordic and Baltic Countries which WERE used to be known by their presumed high levels of education and geopolitical maturity that led them to the extremely benefitial position of being NEUTRAL and all of a sudden abandon it. More than geopolitical, an interesting Sychiatric Research Subject.
The fear and hate of Russia is deep in our DNA. Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, Germany, UK and France have attacked Russia every 33rd year on average for the last 500 years.
Excellent interview and great to hear Diesen’s views on the current situation. Many thanks 🙏🏻
Always such incredible conversations & brilliant guests Ur channel is one of my favourites
At this time, as an ordinary person/citizen of NA, I have to say I am disgusted by Canada and US politics (absolutely no democracy), as well as EU, WHO, UN, WEF and desire to farm an acreage with chickens, eggs, gardens, pigs, and growing our own food. Must say I enjoy the farmers/truckers dumping stuff on city folk, and starving New York for frivolous lawsuits not based on any law we know.
In my opinion an excellent analysis Mr Diesen.
"A rule based order" ? As long as the rules are determined by "The west" (a.k.a. the US) then it's all OK.
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Actually AKA Wall Street. The industrial capitalists of the USA (as represented by the Cato Institute) seem somewhat more at ease with diminishing US hegemony than the finance sector. These will be the battle-lines of the next American Civil War.
Worse than that. When it inconvenience the west, they just simply ignore the rule. And when the rest win by following the rules, they just change the rules or add new ones.
Great interview!
The psychological science of marketing and propaganda (Brainwashing) has been refined to a frightening degree.