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After 4 years of all-out war in Europe it is high time for peace. A german alliance of thinkers, journalists and a former Ex-NATO General have submitted a proposal to finally end the bloody Ukraine war. But the EU is still immovable. I’m joined again by Michael von der Schulenburg, Member of the European Parliament and longtime UN/OSCE peace negotiator. We talk on the fourth anniversary of the ful...

YouTube: https://youtu.be/mj5-wmnZBeQ Can “limited” nuclear war be planned on European soil, or only survived in fantasy? Can preparation for nuclear use ever make sense once Berlin-scale firestorms, shelter deaths, and fallout are put on the table? I’m Pascal Lottaz (Kyoto University), joined by Ted Postol (MIT professor emeritus, nuclear weapons researcher) and Rainer Rupp (German former intelli...

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Can Europe unify without repeating empire and breakup cycles? Is the euro a trap without a shared budget, and could real-time AI planning replace markets? I sit down with Captain Ivo Yotsov, professor at the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, to map six failed unifications and a choice for Europe. Links: Ivo Yotsov ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0300-9417 Ivo Yotsov on ResearchGate: https://www.r...

Original video: https://youtu.be/F5RriRhSF5s A US armada off Iran, airlifts into the region, and Geneva talks running in parallel with Russia-Ukraine negotiations—signal for a real strike, or a pressure bluff meant to force a nuclear deal and spark unrest at home? In this episode I’m joined by Ian Proud, former UK diplomat and the voice behind The Peacemonger, to weigh the Iran buildup, Israel’s t...

Original on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cGSMEkf5mCg Munich sounded like empire talk again: last gasp or full return? Sanctions as speech control, financial warfare aimed at China, and an oil shock hanging over Europe all come up fast. Today I’m joined by my friend Stanislav Krapivnik to take this apart, line by line. Links: Stanislav Krapivnik on X: https://x.com/StasKrapivnik Stanislav Krapivnik on...

Can a blacklist replace a court? Can a travel ban turn Europe into a cage? I sit down with Dr. Juan Branco, French-Spanish lawyer and activist who advised Julian Assange and now defends Nathalie Yamb, to trace EU sanctions from asset freezes to speech policing. -- Sorry for the choppy connection. The recording had issues. Links: Juan Branco on X: https://x.com/anatolium Neutrality Studies substack...

Can EU sanctions turn into punishment without trial, and can foreign-policy powers be aimed inward at Europeans? In this talk, I’m joined by Colonel Jacques Baud (former Swiss Army colonel and intelligence officer), now targeted by EU sanctions, to unpack the legal gray zone, the evidence problem, and the wider push for narrative control. Links: Appeal & petition site: https://www.appeal-baud....

Originally published on Feb 16, 2026. Why is the West suddenly terrified of hearing the other side? We used to study opponents without fear, but now it is forbidden. Are our governments just managing stories instead of fixing real problems? It really feels like we are becoming the closed system we once opposed. To make sense of this strange new world, I sat down with two men who refuse to follow t...

Originally published on Feb 14, 2026. The US government promises a massive nuclear build-up, but do they even have the plywood to build the factories? What happens when the skilled workers needed for doomsday weapons leave for better-paying AI jobs? Is the American war machine running on pure delusion? To find the truth behind the curtain, I brought in Greg Mellow. He is an engineer and former enf...

Originally published on Feb 11, 2026. Why is neutral Ireland suddenly rewriting its laws to send soldiers into foreign conflicts without a UN mandate? We are told our peaceful stance hasn't changed, yet we are seeing a rush to buy attack weapons and join EU battle groups. Is the government hiding a secret plan for war? To help me understand this shadow agenda, I invited Niamh Ni Bhriain, an au...

Originally published on Feb 11, 2026. Sarah Luzia Hassel-Reusing and Volker Reusing have been human rights defenders for 25 years and achieved many victories. In this conversation, the two explain how they would proceed against EU sanctions, at which levels action can be taken, and why—even without any immediate prospects for change—court rulings and expert legal opinions remain important tools in...

Originally published on Feb 8, 2026. Many people are talking about a collapsing Europe that is losing the war in Ukraine. But according to my guest today, the reality is exactly the opposite. The EU is in fact the war’s quiet winner, because the threat narrative provides it with everything it needs to transform itself into a state. One only has to look at how the EU has empowered itself by imposin...

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Originally published on Feb 6, 2026. Former German Spy, Rainer Rupp analyses the weak US hand in West Asia and how the US manoeuvred itself into a corner from which only Russia can help it out again without losing face. Links: Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies Neutrality Studies substack: ⁠https://pascallottaz.substack.com⁠   Goods Store: ⁠https://neutr...

Originally published on Feb 5, 2026. The onslaught against Iran is not over. And yes, the USA might be using a siege strategy to crack Iran in the end through its economy and civil society. However, the projection of brute force power politics (the way the US used to be able to simply march into Iraq and have its leader hanged) are not working anymore. The US sent its warships to Iran before, once...

Originally published on Feb 4, 2026. [Video 1 of 3 from Live Stream] Thomas Karat from the ‪@saltcubeanalytics‬ Channel breaks down the many desperate attempts of western media to somehow put enough lipstick on the pig of war that the US is trying to conjure up. Please support Neutrality Studies on Substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Thomas' Article is here: https://substack.com/@thomaskar...

Originally published on Feb 3, 2026. Is our obsession with the news actually just an addiction? Did the world's most "peaceful" country secretly invent the science of racism? And are the powerful people running our governments really just traumatized children refusing to grow up? I explore these dark realities with Felix Marquardt. As a former mainstream journalist who walked away to...

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Originally published on Feb 1, 2026. Does being in NATO really feel that different from being in the Warsaw Pact for those who lived through both? And is it possible for a group of Eastern European nations to actually force peace by acting as a "buffer zone" from within the alliance? To explore these ideas, I turned to someone who has watched the world shift from the deck of a ship. Capt...

Originally published on Jan 31, 2026. Do European leaders actually believe that destroying their own economies is a good idea? I want to know if the arrogance we see in the West is just a bad habit or a sign of deep insecurity. Maybe the problem isn't politics, but the people running the show. To help me understand the minds behind these decisions, I sat down with Marianne Volonté. She is a Sw...

Originally published on Jan 30, 2026. Four years of failed proxy-war and now the potential annexation of Greenland by the United States. NATO tries to look strong but it is on its last political leg. The only thing that can save the exhausted alliance is peace with Russia and a return to the fundamental principles of European defence–security without aggression. My guest today puts forward concret...

Originally published on Jan 29, 2026. Is Sweden actually safer now that it has joined NATO, or has it just painted a target on its own back? With talk of American bases and a strange push for Greenland, one must to ask: is Scandinavia becoming the next war zone? Thorbjørn Sassersson is here to help with insights. He is an award-winning Swedish journalist who runs an independent news outlet. Links:...