Neutrality Studies

Originally published on 10 Nov 2025. The age of European colonialism never really ended, it just changed its costume. Today’s geopolitics look and feel so barbarian medieval because they are the ghosts of the Crusades and a forgotten medieval legend. To explore these startling ideas, I’m talking to Dr. Manuel João Ramos, an Associate Professor at the Dept. of Anthropology at the University Institu...

Originally published on 9 Nov 2025. Why did the 1990s dream of a 'Common European Home' fail so spectacularly? How did the promise of cooperative security give way to today's escalating confrontations? To find answers, today I’m talking again to Evarist Bartolo, a former Foreign Minister of Malta. Evarist recently wrote an article about this very “Mirage of the Common Home” and how the...

Originally published on 7 Nov 2025. I've been hearing whispers about a profound shift in Europe's industrial heartland. Why are Germany's famed 'hidden champions'—the backbone of its peaceful economy—suddenly pivoting to serve the US war machine? The answer is more shocking than I imagined. To understand this transatlantic shift, today I’m talking to Dr. Stephan Ebner. As an in...

Originally published on 5 Nov 2025. Is international law collapsing under the weight of powerful nations that blatantly ignore it? How can we use this crisis as a catalyst to build a system that actually holds everyone, not just the weak, accountable? To explore these critical questions, today I’m talking again to Dr. Alfred de Zayas, a Professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy, who used to work...

Originally published on 3 Nov 2025. What if a major academic program was designed not for open inquiry, but to create "professors of propaganda"? How does the EU's Jean Monnet Programme turn academics into "ambassadors" for its agenda, and how deeply does this corrode independent thought in our universities? To explore these questions, today I’m talking again to Thomas Fazi...

Originally published on 1 Nov 2025. Is the West truly in retreat, or are we witnessing the birth of a new, more insidious form of total war? Why do Western elites pursue strategies that seem self-destructive for their own nations, and what ideology drives this dangerous path forward? To help me make sense of this, today I’m talking to Nel Bonilla. Publishing under this pen name on Substack, Nel is...

Originally published on 31 Oct 2025. How does a society go from peaceful neighbors to bitter enemies? What if nationalism wasn't a sleeping giant but a tool deliberately awakened by capitalism? And what happens when global powers actively prevent a country from forming a unified identity? To explore these questions, today I’m talking to Professor Zlatko Hadžidedić, the Director at the Center f...

Originally published on 30 Oct 2025. What if the decisive factor in the Ukraine war isn't willpower or wonder weapons, but simply money? Are we overlooking a looming economic collapse in Kyiv that could fundamentally alter the conflict's trajectory when the funding finally dries up for good? To explore this critical angle, today I’m talking to Dr. Nicolai Petro, a Professor for Political S...

Originally published on 29 Oct 2025. Is Japan's recent defense build-up a shift toward hawkishness, or just an attempt to become a "normal" country? How would Japan, a pacifist nation by constitution, react if its main ally, the US, were to start a war? We dive deep into the unique constraints and surprising flexibility of Japan's military. Today I’m talking to Koji Imaki, a form...

Originally published on 28 Oct 2025. This is a Webinar of the Multipolar Peace Network Initiative. Count Michael von der Schulenburg, who worked decades in conflict resolution for the United Nations and is now a European Parliament member for Germany's left-wing party BSW, discusses with Professor Jeffrey Sachs the reasons and extend of EU elite madness and institutional failures. Not only war...

Originally published on 26 Oct 2025. How do we make sense of a world on the brink of new wars in places like Venezuela and Iran, while simultaneously witnessing the rise of multipolar institutions like BRICS? Is the United States a wounded giant lashing out, or is its military might still the ultimate force shaping our future? To grapple with these questions, I’m talking again to the always brilli...

Originally published on 19 Sept 2025. The West champions a 'rules-based order' while supporting a genocide in Gaza and fueling a proxy war in Ukraine. Has this hypocrisy shattered its global moral standing for good? And are rising powers actually trying to restore the international law the West has abandoned? To discuss this and more, today I’m talking again to Ambassador Chas Freeman, a f...

Originally published on 16 Sept 2025. While the West is still aiming for "bleeding Russia to the last Ukrainian", Kiev's chances of victory have all but evaporated. Even with NATO mercenaries here and there, the Ukrainians are losing the war while its leaders get rich. To discuss this and more, today I’m talking again to Stanislav Krapivnik, a former US Army officer, supply chain exe...

Originally published on 25 Oct 2025. With intense saber-rattling off the coast of Venezuela and civilian ships mysteriously sinking, we're forced to ask: What is the real agenda? Are we watching the prelude to a decapitation strike, or is the US sleepwalking into another Vietnam, doomed to repeat the same disastrous mission creep? To help me make sense of this escalating crisis, today I’m talk...

Originally published on 24 Oct 2025. This is a webinar of the Multipolar Peace Network Initiative. Professor Radhika Desai of Manitoba University introduces her (Marxist) framework for understanding modern capitalist imperialism and the necessary drive toward hegemony and domination. Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University discusses and critiques the approach, offering additional analysis o...

Originally published on 23 Oct 2025. Why are US warships parked off the coast of Venezuela, killing civilians? And is this the prelude to a full-scale war, a decapitation strike aimed at President Maduro himself? We dive headfirst into the escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela, trying to make sense of this crisis. To help me understand, I'm joined by Kajsa Ekis Ekman, a S...

Originally published on 22 Oct 2025. What happens when a superpower loses its arch-nemesis? After the Cold War, the West faced an "enemy deprivation syndrome," a desperate search for meaning that led to replaying WWII against every new foe and the invention of "humanitarian" war. But was this narrative shift deliberately manufactured? To unpack this, I’m talking to Dr. Phil Ham...

Originally published on 13 Sept 2025. While the West condemns Russia's war in Ukraine, it conveniently forgets its own "sphere of interference"—from Victoria Nuland hand-picking Ukrainian leaders to NATO's relentless eastward expansion. Is this hypocrisy fueling the geopolitical reconfiguration of the world? And could neutrality be the key to de-escalation? To discuss this and mo...

Originally published on 21 Oct 2025. A lot of PR going on again about Trump being "swayed" by the Putin phone call to not escalate the proxy-war against Russia to the Tomahawk level. But there is another side to this. Probably the real reason why (for now) Selensky was rebuffed: The US is running low on all kinds of missile Systems, including the Tomahawks. These systems are not only ridiculously...

Originally published on 12 Sept 2025. Sweden abandoned 200 years of neutrality to join NATO, hoping for security. Instead, has it become a frontline state, a target in a war it has no stake in? And was its independent foreign policy deliberately dismantled with the assassination of Olof Palme? To discuss this and more, today I’m talking to Mazze Nielsson, one of the host of Sweden’s Dissident Podc...

Originally published on 11 Sept 2025. Is the era of US structural power in the Global South coming to an end? As the US strategically downgrades India, how is India reshaping its foreign policy, strengthening ties with China and Russia while asserting its strategic autonomy? What does the emerging continental bloc of BRICS and SCO mean for the future of geopolitics and the push for a multipolar wo...

Originally published on 10 Sept 2025. While the West decries Russia's demand for a "sphere of influence," it ignores its own 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine. Is this hypocrisy pushing us toward a major war? And could the solution be redefining the concept as "spheres of security"?To discuss this and more, today I’m talking again to Professor Jeffrey Sachs, a Professor at Colum...

Originally published on 9 Sept 2025. Europe's commitment to free speech is crumbling before our eyes. How can a public protest against a top EU official lead to arrest, fines, and even a "record" that could impact one's future, all while the official claims the protester is lucky to live in a free country in a show of absolute irony? Is "damage to an official" the new w...

Originally published on 18 Oct 2025. Has the world finally woken up to Western hypocrisy? How do we understand the power dynamics that have shaped our world for 500 years? What happens now that the veil of a 'liberal world order' has been lifted for the 85% of the world living outside the West? To explore these questions, I'm joined by Chandran Nair, a Malaysian businessman and scholar...

Originally published on 17 Oct 2025. Is Zionism a Jewish movement, or is it a form of European ethnic nationalism transplanted to Palestine? What if the idea of gathering Jews in the Holy Land was originally a Protestant Christian concept? We dive into these provocative questions, challenging everything you thought you knew about this ideology. To help us understand this, today I’m talking to Dr....