"Why did the Istanbul negotiations fail in spring 2022? Because the West would rather weaken Russia than save Ukraine."
https://weltwoche.ch/story/sabotage-des-friedens/
"Professor Diesen’s brilliant analysis... is required reading for those interested in international finance and politics who wish to be prepared for the tectonic shifts in the future political landscape."
- Jack F. Matlock, US Ambassador to the USSR 87-91
https://www.amazon.com/Europe-Western-Peninsula-Greater-Eurasia/dp/1538161761
The US/UK sabotage of the Istanbul negotiations predictably led to disaster. As Zelensky warned in March 2022: “There are those in the West who don’t mind a long war because it would mean exhausting Russia, even if this means the demise of Ukraine"
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/sabotage-of-the-istanbul-peace-agreement
It was common sense during the Cold War that security derived from deterring the Russians without provoking them. This common sense is now long gone as Scandinavia is transformed from a region of peace to an American frontline
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/the-militarisation-of-scandinavia
Viktor Orban delivering uncomfortable truths to the EU Parliament:
- "We are losing on the Ukrainian frontlines, and you are all acting as if this isn’t happening"
Kamala Harris responded with a word salad on 60 minutes that was ridiculed, so CBS edited the interview
- These are the same people who demand to police your speech, and demand to censor and cancel in the name of fighting disinformation
Former CIA Chief of Russia Analysis, George Beebe:
- Russia and much of the world do not accept the "rules-based international order" in which the US dictate the rules and selectively decides when they are applied
- Putin is rational and wants normal diplomatic ties with NATO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7chjdTMoWw&t=347s
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Political elites attempting to seem normal and relatable is always awkward:
- After globalisation in the 19th century, the political elites became increasingly detached from the public. Populists fill the vacuum created by the growing gap between the political elites and the public by claiming to represent the people against the elites, and the elites respond by attempting to seem relatable. The same has happened under the globalisation of our time as political elites form global networks with dependence on global institutions and global capital, thus they become less accountable to their own public
- Instead of addressing this problem honestly, we get these desperate efforts by political elites to seem normal and relatable. Every speech is narrative- and brand-building in which they focus on being raised with limited means and being just like you
When I was told that the YouTube purge had begun, I opened a RUtube account (Russian YouTube) and transferred all my videos there. To all my Russian friends, please consider following this channel:
https://rutube.ru/channel/34861858/videos/
Why have digital ecosystems become imperative for economic leadership, military supremacy, political influence, and dominance in the information war?
- Much like during the First Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, political sovereignty in the Fourth Industrial Revolution requires technological and industrial sovereignty
- The book was published in 2021, but all developments continue as predicted
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Politics-Fourth-Industrial-Revolution/dp/0755607007,
Our discussion with Glenn Greenwald about the anti-Russian propaganda that deprives us of rational debate and analysis
https://rumble.com/v4zp2a3-nato-escalation-and-propaganda-takes-us-to-war-glenn-greenwald-alexander-me.html
Why the War in Ukraine is Meant to Drag On: Strategic Goals, European Discontent, and NATO’s Role
https://braveneweurope.com/michael--on-strategic-goals-european-discontent-and-natos-role
When you have to threaten countries to use your declining currency, it demonstrates the need to de-couple and diversify
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Over 15 years of low interest rates have fueled many asset bubbles, caused malinvestments, ballooned the debt, and laid the foundation for another banking crisis. The rest of the non-Western world can see the coming disaster and they are constructing a parallel international economic system
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/economic-collapse-and-the-post-american
Israel to starve north Gaza and make it a closed military zone
https://www.ft.com/content/c0c9e82c-3c83-4bda-a7f9-157ce32d8c12
Russia's advance in Pokrovsk threatens to "destroy the remaining steel industry of Ukraine".
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Is it moral to act according to how the world ought to be when war is the consequence of ignoring how the world actually works?
https://lnkd.in/d3pFkJ3R
BRICS meeting this month will likely be a game changer
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/brics-develops-a-multipolar-economic
My previous op-ed about how the narrative of NATO "helping" Ukraine is defended from inconvenient facts
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/natos-destruction-of-ukraine-under
I was interviewed by Anatol Lieven at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft about my book: "The Ukraine War and the Eurasian World Order"
- This was a great pleasure, as I am a big supporter of their excellent work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ZNUNMxoYNkY
Danish media: A few days before the attack on Nord Stream, US warships were in the area with their transponders switched off. The US sent the Danish harbour master back and he was not "allowed" to say anything
- US claims only Ukraine was behind the attack
https://weltwoche.ch/daily/us-marine-soll-kurz-vor-nord-stream-zerstoerung-mit-abgeschaltetem-transponder-am-tatort-gewesen-sein-berichtet-daenische-zeitung/
YouTube reversed its ban and confirmed there had not been any "hate speech" on my channel
- I am not sure what happened. However, I was interviewed by the excellent Professor Jeffrey Sachs for his book club about my most recent book on world order. Professor Sachs said towards the end of the interview that he would see what he could do about reversing my ban, and the next day I was back on the platform
- My point of departure in any international security analysis is the security competition. Mutual understanding and recognition of competing security concerns are imperative to mitigate security competition and pursue peace. I therefore always tell my students not to hate their adversaries as it results in poor politics and diminished security. The idea that I would engage in "hate speech" is absurd
Our discussion with investor legend Jim Rogers - The Impending Meltdown of the US-led Global Economy and the Emergence of Alternatives
https://open.substack.com/pub/glenndiesen/p/the-impending-economic-meltdown-with?r=ddqut&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Jeffrey Sachs speaks about Sergey Lavrov. It is a great shame how diplomacy has been criminalized. To speak with adversaries is considered to "legitimise" them, and it has become obligatory to denigrate and demonise the other side to deprive them of legitimacy
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https://braveneweurope.com/glenn-diesen-american-censorship-intensifies-in-the-information-war
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John Kerry says First Amendment is the enemy, as elites try to stamp out free speech
- There is no need for free speech and a marketplace of ideas, as the US government will tell us what is true
- Kerry's dark comments come as American censorship intensify
https://nypost.com/2024/10/02/opinion/john-kerry-says-first-amendment-is-the-enemy-as-elites-try-to-stamp-out-free-speech/
