Geopolitical Economy Report

Israel attacked Iran's embassy in Syria on April 1, in a blatant act of war. Iran had a legal right to respond in self-defense, according to article 51 of the UN Charter, which is exactly what it did by launching missiles and drone strikes on April 13. But Western governments are absurdly portraying Tehran as the aggressor. Ben Norton explains. Topics 0:00 Intro 1:11 Israel attacked Iran first 2:50 Biden & Sunak erase history 3:57 US, UK, France blocked UN Security Council condemnation 5:14 Iran invoked article 51 of UN charter 7:02 UN chief Antonio Guterres' hypocrisy 8:32 West is destroying international law 10:46 World War III? 12:25 Outro

Washington accuses China of producing too many goods and demands "free market" policies. But the US government is spending trillions on industrial policy to protect its own manufacturing sector. Ben Norton details the hypocrisy of the "overcapacity" allegations: the latest strategy in the US economic war on China. Topics 0:00 Intro 1:00 Chinese 'overcapacity' allegations 3:38 Janet Yellen 5:21 US vows to 'slow down China's rate of innovation' 8:02 Elon Musk begs for tariffs on Chinese EVs 10:40 US wants China to be economically subordinated 12:27 US tech war on China 14:39 Western industrial policy 16:31 Protectionism 18:38 US Inflation Reduction Act 20:12 US Chips Act 22:03 US undercapacity is the real problem 25:11 BYD has just 1.5% of EU EV market share 27:04 China's car exports vs Japan & South Korea 30:37 Is overcapacity a problem? 32:39 Outro

In the United Nations Human Rights Council, the West voted against the rest of the world, supporting illegal sanctions (known as unilateral coercive measures). Ben Norton analyzes how the 14% of the population in the Global North constantly opposes the Global South, representing the Global Majority. || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com

Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei ordered his intelligence agency to give full power to the CIA, while the US spy agency's director is welcomed to Buenos Aires. Ben Norton discusses how self-declared "anarcho-capitalist" Milei withdrew from BRICS, allied with Israel, and is implementing neoliberal shock therapy, selling off the South American nation in mass privatizations, as most workers live in poverty. Check out our related video "How extremist Javier Milei became Argentina's president: A story of debt, crisis, and empire": https://youtube.com/watch?v=FN6hoIb-QqA Topics 0:00 Foreign meddling in Argentina 1:08 Javier Milei 1:41 CIA 3:24 Billionaire oligarch 4:03 Anarcho-capitalism 5:05 IMF 7:17 Inflation 8:25 Poverty 9:43 Israel 11:00 Milei's geopolitical alignment: US & Israel 11:33 BRICS 12:13 US corporations 13:32 Beat the status quo... by joining it 14:24 US-backed coup & dictatorship 18:24 Outro

The US government has sent troops to Taiwan, just a few kilometers from mainland China, while also selling billions of dollars of weapons and military equipment. Is Washington preparing for war? Ben Norton analyzes the geopolitical situation. After Ukraine, US readies ‘transnational kill chain’ for Taiwan proxy war: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/03/01/ukraine-us-kill-chain-taiwan-war Topics 0:00 Intro 2:15 US sends troops to Taiwan 3:45 Map of US troop location 4:39 US general threatens war on China 5:28 Nuclear weapons 7:03 US once had nukes in Taiwan 10:22 US "arms Taiwan to the teeth" 13:27 US military surrounds China 16:22 Pentagon's "kill chain for the Pacific" 18:23 Elon Musk's role 19:19 US military interoperability with Taiwan 20:57 Washington threatens Chinese sovereignty 22:58 US communiqués recognizing One China policy 27:46 US violates agreements 29:28 Parallels to Ukraine 31:48 Outro

Israel is carrying out genocide against the Palestinian people and "systematic destruction of every aspect necessary to sustain life in Gaza", United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese detailed in her report titled "Anatomy of a Genocide". Ben Norton analyzes the political context.

The world economy is structured in an unjust way in which the West drains the wealth of the Global South. Ben Norton discusses the economics of imperialism - and how China has partially reversed it. China is now the 'world's sole manufacturing superpower'. How did it develop so fast?: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/01/31/china-world-manufacturing-superpower-production/ Topics 0:00 Global inequality 1:45 The China exception 3:01 World-systems analysis 4:37 Prebisch-Singer thesis 6:55 Dependency theory & commodity supercycles 8:27 Unequal exchange 11:01 Haiti & Honduras: Wage suppression in the periphery 13:57 New International Economic Order 15:22 China & the Asian Tigers 19:27 The Global South rebels 22:41 South Africa's President Ramaphosa on industrialization 25:13 Indonesia's economic development 26:34 (Neo)colonialism in Indonesia 29:29 Indonesia bans raw mineral exports 32:18 Protectionism (for the West, not for the rest) 37:38 China helps Indonesia industrialize 42:04 The myth of Chinese "imperialism" 43:04 India's economy vs. Indonesia's 46:41 China's South-South integration 49:33 Outro || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com

Why is the United States waging economic war on China? Ben Norton discusses how China became the world's industrial superpower and a leader in important technologies, why the US is unable to compete, and the clash between Western neoliberal capitalism and Chinese socialism. Check out our related video: China is now the 'world's sole manufacturing superpower'. How did it develop so fast?: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/01/31/china-world-manufacturing-superpower-production/ Topics 0:00 Bipartisan US economic war 2:19 China is world's #1 manufacturer 4:28 Clash of systems 6:29 Elon Musk laughed at Chinese competitors. Now they're beating him. 9:27 TikTok: Why US wants to ban it 10:56 EU threatens tariffs on China 11:20 West's hypocrisy on climate change 12:25 Solar panels: China installs more than rest of world combined 13:46 Clean energy is top driver of China's growth 14:56 China leads world in green transition 16:57 Neoliberal West can't outcompete China's state-led industrial development 18:27 The death of "free market" dogma 20:31 The myth of "free trade" 23:23 US opposes industrial policy when China does it 29:10 "Washington Consensus" failed, Washington admits 38:01 Ronald Reagan's trade war on Japan 43:25 Outro

The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, admitted that the “era of Western dominance has indeed definitively ended”. He warned that the EU must not divide the world into “the West against the Rest”, as “many in the ‘Global South’ accuse us of ‘double standards’”. Ben Norton analyzes the historic shift. Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/02/26/western-dominance-ended-eu-josep-borrell/ Related videos: - EU confesses 'our prosperity was based on China & Russia': cheap energy, low-paid labor, big market: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/10/18/eu-prosperity-china-russia-energy-market/ - West votes against democracy, human rights, cultural equality at UN; promotes mercenaries, sanctions: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/11/26/west-vote-democracy-human-rights-un-sanctions/ Topics 0:00 "Western dominance has ended" 2:41 Europe's "prosperity was based on China and Russia" 4:05 West vs. the Rest 5:07 Ukraine and NATO 7:05 Europe becoming US "vassal" 8:06 West votes against rest of world at UN 12:44 US-led imperialist system 18:58 Terms "Global South" and "West" 24:54 Outro

The Western media showed its extreme bias by whitewashing the fatal protest of US airman Aaron Bushnell, who set himself on fire outside Israel's embassy in Washington, DC while shouting "Free Palestine!" and "I will no longer be complicit in genocide!". Ben Norton contrasts the press' coverage of Russia, showing clear double standards.

Many Latin American countries have accused Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people, even comparing it to Nazi Germany. Ben Norton explains the responses of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela. Topics 0:00 Intro 0:54 Latin American countries that support Palestine 1:47 ICJ or ICC? Differences 2:41 ICJ says Israel can be investigated for genocide 3:32 Israel's war on Gaza is most destructive in modern history 4:20 Brazil's President Lula compares Israel to Nazi Germany 6:01 Israeli media compares Netanyahu's government to Nazis 8:18 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro accuses Israel of genocide 9:43 Bolivia's ex-President Evo Morales accuses Israel of genocide 11:53 Venezuela compares Israel to Nazi Germany 12:53 Nicaragua's President Ortega blasts West's "horrendous crimes" 13:41 Nicaragua joins South Africa's ICJ case 15:48 Cuba accuses Israel of genocide 16:25 Bolivia breaks diplomatic ties with Israel 16:43 Belize breaks diplomatic ties with Israel 16:53 Honduras recalls its ambassador in Israel 17:04 Latin America's right-wing governments support Israel 18:26 El Salvador's Nayib Bukele supports Israel 19:08 Argentina's Javier Milei supports Israel 20:06 Latin American left vs right 20:58 Latin America's anti-imperialist leadership 23:04 Outro

NATO's new cold war on Russia and China is destroying Germany's industrial base, devastating Europe's economy, and destabilizing its politics, fueling the rise of the far-right, as neoliberal austerity policies exacerbate the ongoing recession. Ben Norton analyzes the evidence. Cited videos: - EU confesses ‘our prosperity was based on China & Russia’: cheap energy, low-paid labor, big market: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ajIRkk1FOkM - German lawmaker denounces Ukraine 'proxy war' and US 'terror attack' on Nord Stream pipelines: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NYn0ODIL0Qg - How corporate profits are driving inflation, not workers' wages: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qdZbq1iw-ho Topics 0:00 Crisis in EU's economic heart: Germany 5:04 EU admits "our prosperity was based on China and Russia" 6:51 German industry 8:09 US-NATO "vassalization" of Europe 10:09 Cheap Russian gas or expensive US LNG? 13:37 Corporations and speculators profit 17:08 Greedflation 19:08 Neoliberal austerity is back 21:24 US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) 23:52 Economic war on China backfires 27:01 Rise of far-right 29:46 Germany's leftist anti-war alternative 33:01 Environmentalist policies are not the problem 34:56 Outro

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the "boogeyman" anti-China propaganda that Trump ally Tucker Carlson spewed in his interview in Moscow, while also mocking Tucker for applying to join the CIA. Ben Norton documents the former Fox News host's long history of pushing for war on China. Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/02/10/putin-tucker-carlson-china-cia Topics 0:00 Tucker's warmongering against China 3:05 Putin debunks Tucker's anti-China propaganda 5:08 Republicans want to divide Russia from China 13:44 Tucker Carlson's CIA links 15:47 Putin mocks Tucker for his CIA application 16:19 Tucker's racist neoconservative past 17:59 Tucker's neocolonial views on Latin America 20:09 Democrats vs GOP: Bipartisan imperialism 23:04 US failure to divide Russia from China 23:40 Outro || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com

Reports reveal that the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) used known criminals to spy on and destabilize the left-wing governments in Venezuela, Mexico, and Bolivia. Ben Norton reviews the scandalous evidence detailing Washington's corrupt meddling in Latin America. Links: - Trump boasts he wanted to take Venezuela’s oil after overthrowing its government: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/06/12/trump-venezuela-oil-coup - CIA backed failed 2020 invasion of Venezuela, top coup-plotter says: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/02/cia-invasion-venezuela-cliver-alcala Topics: 0:00 Intro 1:01 Venezuela 9:03 US coup attempt & invasion 14:50 Bolivia 21:02 Mexico 31:28 CIA & drug trafficking 33:02 Outro

US President Joe Biden and Western media pundits echoed Israel's disinformation casting doubt on the Palestinian health ministry death toll in Gaza, but Israeli intelligence officials have admitted it is accurate. Ben Norton looks at the evidence. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dbj1GNT3Mjk Despite Biden’s claims, Gaza health ministry death toll is accurate, scientific studies show: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/12/19/gaza-health-ministry-death-toll-accurate-study ICJ’s Israel genocide decision: Historic victory for Palestinians and Global South: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/01/27/icj-israel-genocide-palestinians

"China is now the world’s sole manufacturing superpower", a mainstream European think think has acknowledged. Ben Norton explains China's world historic growth, and how the Chinese socialist market economy works. Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/01/31/china-world-manufacturing-superpower-production

The expanding BRICS bloc and many Global South countries are trying to de-dollarize, diversifying their foreign exchange reserves and trading with local currencies, due to the threat of US sanctions and rising Fed interest rates that make it difficult to service dollar-denominated debt. Ben Norton explains. || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com

Three of the four largest banks crashes in US history took place in 2023, and the government printed hundreds of billions of dollars to bail out their rich uninsured depositors. Ben Norton explains the scandal. Read more here: US government bailout of Silicon Valley and banks is $300B gift to rich oligarchs: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/03/19/fed-bailout-silicon-valley-banks || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com

Western media outlets have absurdly claimed China's economy is collapsing, due to a crisis in the real estate sector. But in reality, this is part of an intentional transition away from infrastructure, toward more investment in technological production. Ben Norton explains. Check out our related video "How China became the world's industrial superpower - and why the US is desperate to stop it": https://youtube.com/watch?v=BT7Th2aV0wM || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com

Western sanctions over the Ukraine war have backfired, rapidly de-industrializing Europe while accelerating Russia's economic integration with Asia. Journalist Ben Norton explains the historic changes. EU confesses ‘our prosperity was based on China & Russia’: cheap energy, low-paid labor, big market - https://youtube.com/watch?v=ajIRkk1FOkM BRICS expanding into economic powerhouse: Petrodollar under threat - https://youtube.com/watch?v=1SIfrWkQXeE || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com

The world's richest 1% own 43% of global financial assets, and the wealth of the top five billionaires has doubled since 2020, while 60% of humanity got poorer, according to a report by Oxfam, published to coincide with the World Economic Forum meeting of capitalist oligarchs and Western government officials in Davos, Switzerland. Ben Norton analyzes the findings. Links and sources here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/01/18/billionaires-richest-doubled-wealth-poorer-oxfam Check out our related video "Global debt is unpayable: How Wall Street traps poor countries, profiting rich ones": https://youtube.com/watch?v=WRkhWQ0sRn4 || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com

The US government is preparing a "sustained military campaign" in Yemen, according to the Washington Post. Why is Biden waging this war? Who are the "Houthis"? Why is Saudi Arabia urging "restraint"? What is Israel's role? Ben Norton explains. Check out our related reports: - US bombs Yemen, Iraq & Syria. Israel bombs Gaza & Lebanon. Both threaten Iran: https://youtube.com/watch?v=G0uXnxBWG-Q - China brokers Iran-Saudi peace: big blow to petrodollar, geopolitical game changer: https://youtube.com/watch?v=DyAFerEouN0 - US-Saudi war on Yemen has killed 377,000 people – UN estimate: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/02/20/us-saudi-war-yemen-377000-deaths-un Topics 0:00 US wages war on Yemen 4:34 Why did US lose Saudi support? 6:52 Shifting geopolitical order 8:27 Who are Yemen's 'Houthis'? 14:16 Geo-economics of Red Sea 20:47 What are US war plans in Yemen? 25:27 Why is Saudi Arabia urging 'restraint'? 32:40 China is now Middle East's top trading partner 35:30 US' historic transition from oil importer to exporter 37:44 Obama boasts of making Wall Street richer and expanding oil production 38:35 Why US-Saudi relations have deteriorated 41:15 Biden breaks campaign promise to end Yemen war 42:30 US creates world's worst humanitarian crisis... twice 46:36 Outro || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss neoliberalism, and the premature predictions about its demise. You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com

The United States and Canada voted against countries representing more than 90% of the world population at the United Nations General Assembly, in resolutions condemning Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian and Syrian territory. Our related report on the US voting against a UNGA resolution calling for peace in Gaza: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vph4YDi17Ps Our video on the US vetoing UN Security Council resolutions on Gaza: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rgD7pweEgG8 || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com

The United States voted against a proposed humanitarian truce in Gaza, opposing the vast majority of the world in the United Nations General Assembly and protecting Israel as it kills thousands of Palestinian civilians. Journalist Ben Norton analyzes the geopolitical situation. Our report on the US vetos of the UN Security Council ceasefire proposals: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rgD7pweEgG8 An explainer on how Palestinians have a legal right to armed resistance against Israeli colonialism: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JwO6cGnn-M8 Colombia's president warned that Israel's destruction of Gaza is the West's fascistic plan for the Global South: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC8YMcHn9nE || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support Patreon: https://Patreon.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Podcast: https://Soundcloud.com/GeopoliticalEconomy Newsletter: https://GeopoliticalEconomy.Substack.com