Geopolitics & Empire

*Original Air Date: October 21, 2021 Strategist and market commentator Bill Blain provides his analysis of the financial markets and the potential storms on the horizon. Some of the biggest issues include the supply chain crisis and the dangers of inflation, all of which he says markets can cope with. However, what we can't cope with are central bank and government policy mistakes (e.g. interest rates, taxes, austerity). Europe is going to see much higher prices and fuel poverty. His mantra is that things are never as bad as you think they're going to be, but they're never as good as you hope they're going to be. The U.S. is going to be in trouble due to political impasse and divide in the country, meanwhile China is experiencing a power struggle between its different factions, and Europe and ECB are carrying out a monetary coup. He also discusses why the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency "end-phase" bubble is full on, though the technology itself can be put to good use (e.g. carbon credits). *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes Transitory leads to Permanent Mistakes https://morningporridge.com/blog/blains-morning-porridge/transitory-leads-to-permanent-mistakes Stock Market Dips and The ECB’s Power Play https://morningporridge.com/blog/blains-morning-porridge/stock-market-dips-and-the-ecbs-power-play Pop Goes The Weasel https://morningporridge.com/blog/blains-morning-porridge/pop-goes-the-weasel Websites Morning Porridge https://morningporridge.com Shard Capital https://www.shardcapital.com Twitter https://twitter.com/Bill_Blain About Bill Blain Bill Blain is a published author on financial markets, contributor and editor of the Morning Porridge. He is a well-known market commentor, and a practicing investment banker in the alternative private debt and equity sector. His day job combines his role as Strategist for Shard Capital, the leading investment management firm, and heading the firm’s Alternatives Group – financing Private debt and equity deals, and direct lending transactions. His clients include sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, insurance and pension managers, credit funds and family offices. Bill’s 36-year plus career in global markets is unique: it includes senior level roles as head of financial institutions and debt capital markets at leading investment firms plus spells as a financial market journalist – despite being dyslexic and utterly unable to spell. Firms on his CV include Morgan Stanley, Bear Stearns, HSBC and BGC. He has been closely involved in the growth and development of the global fixed income markets since 1985, and pioneered complex financial products including corporate bonds, bank capital, medium term notes, asset-backed securities and private debt and equity. Somewhere in his attic there is box full of industry awards for things like the most innovative ABS transaction, capital deal of the year, and top MTN firm… Outside markets, Bill is a passionate sailor and ocean racer, a talentless painter, plays guitar badly, is still learning to play the bagpipes, and once built a train-set in his attic. He is a Trustee of Wessex Heartbeat, a charity that supports victims and the families of cardiac disease. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: October 16, 2021 Dr. Zeno Leoni discusses the U.S.-China inter-imperial rivalry using Marxist-Leninist imperial theory. As the liberal international order no longer serves the U.S., America will find it more difficult to engage with the world as we enter a phase of transition. The two are crucial partners and strategic enemies. China has a selective approach to globalization, opening itself up where and when it is convenient and only in the areas it is strong. Washington has expected Beijing to democratize, which hasn't happened. In terms of industry and technology, the West is playing a dangerous game by trying to imitate some of China's successes which include a more politically centralized approach, albeit within democratic boundaries. The crux of the New Cold War is that China is a nationalist country, it's less about values and more about economy and technology. He also covers the Middle East as a proxy arena for U.S.-China and the media information war. We discuss AUKUS and whether the moment of truth on Taiwan is approaching. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes Institutional Dialogue on 'US-China Competition: A New Cold War?' with Dr. Zeno Leoni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjWxIxMgX64 Taiwan: how the ‘porcupine doctrine’ might help deter armed conflict with China https://theconversation.com/taiwan-how-the-porcupine-doctrine-might-help-deter-armed-conflict-with-china-169488 Could the Gulf become a proxy in the new US-China cold war? https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/could-gulf-become-proxy-new-us-china-cold-war Websites Twitter https://twitter.com/MultipolarOrder American Grand Strategy from Obama to Trump (book) https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030547417 Kings College https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/leoni-dr-zeno International Team for the Study of Security Verona https://www.itssverona.it About Zeno Leoni Dr Zeno Leoni is a Teaching Fellow in ‘Challenges to the International Order' at the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London, based within the Joint Services and Staff College (JSCSC) of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. He is also an affiliate to the Lau China Institute of King's College London, where he is co-convenor of the same institute’s policy brief series named China in the World. In the year 2020/2021 he was a Visiting Scholar in Defence and Security Studies at Nebrija University. In 2021 he published a monograph titled American Grand Strategy from Obama to Trump: Imperialism After Bush and China's Hegemonic Challenge (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan). In the same year he is going to publish a chapter on US-China competition in the MENA region as part of the Routledge Handbook on China in the Middle East and North Africa (2021). Dr Leoni works to engage policy-makers in Italy and the UK, including in 2020 where he worked within the Italian Joint Chiefs of Defence Staff to write Italy’s first civil-military-produced Future Trends Concept 2040+ document, analysing geopolitical, technological, environmental, and economic trends. In the UK he recently supported the Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) during a Study Day on China. At the Joint Services and Staff College he teaches courses on China for the Higher Command and Staff Course (HCSC), whose members come from Five Eyes (FVEY) countries and have the rank of General or equivalent. Meanwhile, every year in Rome he delivers a guest lecture at the Italian Defence Higher Studies Institute (IASD), Italy’s premier defence education institution. His analyses appeared on Italian, British, and Slovenian media and magazines such as Corriere della Sera, Rai Radio 1, Limes, The Times, and Radio Študent. Zeno is the Executive Director of ITSS Verona (International Team for the Study of Security Verona), a not-for-profit cultural association committed to spreading knowledge in the broadly conceived field of International Security. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: October 14, 2021 James Poulos talks about his new book "Human Forever" and the undeclared digital war of intelligence and databases against databases where civilization states are racing to figure out how to maintain power as we transition to the Digital Age. The U.S. regime is one which has consolidated its power (e.g. government, finance, media) over the past few decades, convinced that these digital entities would consummate their benevolent global rule and allow them to terraform the deplorables of society. Though China and the U.S. have Social Credit Systems up and running, the people in charge in the West believe in a cyborg future where the doors to transhumanism are open and this Gnostic obsession with immortality is what China finds so terrible. The best way to do something about this is to return to ordinary people the ability to use the most powerful technologies that we have. If you do not have a data center and are not computing, then you are being computed! *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes Animal Crossing is Destroying Civilization | A Bee Interview With James Poulos https://babylonbee.com/podcast/basic/252 Our Humanity Hinges on a Cyber Second Amendment https://americanmind.org/salvo/our-humanity-hinges-on-a-cyber-second-amendment Websites Human Forever (book) https://humanforever.us Twitter https://twitter.com/jamespoulos American Mind https://americanmind.org Claremont Institute https://www.claremont.org Canonic Books https://canonic.xyz About James Poulos James Poulos creates and advises brands and enterprises at the intersection of technology, media, and design. He is the cofounder and executive editor of the American mind at the Claremont Institute and the cofounder and publisher of Return at New Founding. He is the author of the Art of Being Free and his work has appeared in the Claremont Review of Books, Le Figaro, National Affairs, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, among many other publications. He holds a PhD in government from Georgetown University and a BA in political science from Duke University. A fellow at the Center for the Study of Digital Life, he was previously the communications director at the Heraion Foundation, a veterans-run rescue and recovery nonprofit operating in failed and fragile states. He lives on the edge of Los Angeles. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: October 9, 2021 Kit Klarenberg discusses the latest ICIJ "Pandora Papers" leak and how they are part of the larger information war between the great powers. The ICIJ is funded by the usual suspects (e.g. Ford Foundation, Open Society) and its leaks primarily target the enemies of Washington and Brussels, rarely if ever revealing dirt on American or Western European officials. Revealingly, back in June of 2021 right before the leaks, the White House held a press conference saying it would place the anti-corruption fight at the center of its foreign policy. Kit also talks about why Russia and China don't really play the same game of leaking info on the West and we cover the designation of Bellingcat, BBC and Radio Liberty journalists as "foreign agents" by Moscow. Finally, we look into the Facebook whistleblower story and why it's likely a false flag operation designed to give Big Tech and Washington greater control over the internet. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes How much do we REALLY know about the background of Facebook ‘whistleblower’ Frances Haugen? https://www.rt.com/op-ed/536872-background-facebook-whistleblower-haugen Could the CIA be behind the leak of the Pandora Papers, given their curious lack of focus on US nationals? https://www.rt.com/op-ed/536539-cia-leak-pandora-papers Published without fanfare, the proposals that show vaccine passports ARE on the way in the UK https://www.rt.com/op-ed/536255-vaccine-passports-on-way-uk Why Putin’s Money Eludes Offshore Investigators https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-05/pandora-papers-revelations-on-russia-and-putin-come-up-short?sref=3HD2Fyvy Who Cares About the Pandora Papers? https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/10/06/who-cares-about-the-pandora-papers-a75227 Websites Twitter https://twitter.com/KitKlarenberg The Grayzone https://thegrayzone.com/author/kit-klarenberg The Cradle https://thecradle.co/Profile/30 About Kit Klarenberg Kit Klarenberg is an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: April 7, 2021 Marc Faber discusses the "Great Reset", the failure of democracy, and the central bank bubble economy. He looks at the merits of capitalism, the failures of socialism, and the rise of China. Peering into the future of U.S. empire, a Soviet-style collapse is possible and the dollar will lose its reserve status, but the geopolitical danger point comes when the stimulus effects wear off and Washington may consider escalating tensions with Eurasia including through the use of false flag operations as is typically done throughout history. He ponders whether it is even worth starting a revolution against the ongoing tyranny considering the culture is so far gone, and whether simply getting out of dodge might be a better option, before touching on a few guiding principles on how to prepare for a darker future. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate 🆘 Please sign up for the email list as we are experiencing deplatforming, watch/listen to the broadcast elsewhere: 📩 Email List/Newsletter https://subscribe.guadalajarageopolitics.com 📞 Telegram https://t.me/GeopoliticsAndEmpire 🌐 G&E Website https://guadalajarageopolitics.com/2021/04/07/marc-faber-the-great-reset-thucydides-trap-preparing-for-tough-times/ ▶️ Odysee https://odysee.com/@GeopoliticsAndEmpire:f ▶️ BitChute https://www.bitchute.com/channel/geopoliticsandempire/ ▶️ Brighteon https://www.brighteon.com/channel/geopoliticsandempire ▶️ Minds https://www.minds.com/GeopoliticsAndEmpire/ 🎵 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticsandempire/marc-faber-the-great-reset-thucydides-trap-preparing-for-tough-times-196 🎵 Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/guadalajara-geopolitics-institute/id1003465597 🎵 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5bcq6ELvF6gMqFUB9ytHa8 Website https://www.gloomboomdoom.com About Marc Faber Dr Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He went to school in Geneva and Zurich and finished high school with the Matura. He studied Economics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a PhD in Economics magna cum laude. Between 1970 and 1978, Dr Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong. Since 1973, he has lived in Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. In June 1990, he set up his own business, MARC FABER LIMITED which acts as an investment advisor and fund manager. Dr Faber publishes a widely read monthly investment newsletter "The Gloom Boom & Doom Report" report which highlights unusual investment opportunities, and is the author of several books including “ TOMORROW'S GOLD – Asia's Age of Discovery” which was first published in 2002 and highlights future investment opportunities around the world. “ TOMORROW'S GOLD ” was for several weeks on Amazon's best seller list and is being translated into Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai and German. Dr. Faber is also a regular contributor to several leading financial publications around the world. A book on Dr Faber, "RIDING THE MILLENNIAL STORM", by Nuri Vittachi, was published in 1998. A regular speaker at various investment seminars, Dr Faber is well known for his "contrarian" investment approach. He is also associated with a variety of funds and is a member of the Board of Directors of numerous companies. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: January 22, 2020 Author and geopolitical analyst Brandon Weichert discusses his new book on the battle for space. He explains why the Space Force was created now, why space is the key strategic domain going forward, and what a space battle might look like. He examines how America is in dire need of reviving its space effort and how China's economic rise could mean obtaining technological and ultimately military superiority. Finally, he looks at the socio-cultural divide and how that has severely hampered American superpower status and gives his prognosis of great power conflict and war in this decade. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Website The Weichert Report https://theweichertreport.wordpress.com YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98orYgqmJmvtnFWKHXdzlQ Twitter https://www.twitter.com/WeTheBrandon Book Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Space-America-Remains-Superpower/dp/164572011X About Brandon Weichert Brandon J. Weichert is a geopolitical analyst and author. His book, "Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower" is due out in Fall 2020 from Republic Book Publishers and addresses the need for a U.S. Space Force, the threats the United States faces from rising technological powers, such as China, in space, and where the United States should be moving in terms of space defense, exploration, and development. On top of that, Brandon is the founder and manager of The Weichert Report: World News Done Right, where he delivers unconventional reportage on some of the world's most important news stories. He is also a contributing editor at American Greatness and The American Spectator, and he contributes to Real Clear Public Affairs, Real Clear World, and Real Clear Defense regularly. Brandon's work on national security has also been republished in Yahoo! News, the New York Post, The Spectator US, and The National Interest. Brandon is a frequent guest on The John Batchelor Show where he comments on Chinese technology and trade policies. He travels the country briefing audiences from the military and tech investment community on matters related to technology and national security. Brandon is a recovering Congressional staffer who holds an M.A. in Statecraft and National Security Affairs from the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C. and he can be followed on Twitter @WeTheBrandon. Please be sure to follow The Weichert Report's Facebook page @theweichertreport, too. For any press or media inquiries email him at theweichertreport@gmail.com. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: December 31, 2020 Steve St. Angelo discusses his thesis that we have fallen off of the Energy Cliff (e.g. Peak Oil), that "oil is it," and that there is no new source of energy to replace our current consumption needs, which means what awaits us is a never-ending global economic depression and a type of Mad Max scenario. He gives his take on the role of global elites, their interests in controlling what remains of global energy supplies, and the "New Bretton Woods" moment. He covers Shale Oil, the final frontiers of the Arctic and space, and explains that the idea renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind) can replace fossil fuel is a total Green Energy Myth. He looks at the promising future of gold and silver as stores of value and the questionable future of cryptocurrencies and even Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes ENERGY CLIFF: The Coming Depression That Will Never End https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwDQ5iorYxc&t Collapse Of U.S. Shale Oil Production Has Begun https://srsroccoreport.com/the-collapse-of-u-s-shale-oil-production-has-now-begun Lunar gold rush could create conflict on the ground https://www.space.com/lunar-gold-rush-could-create-conflict-on-earth Website Website SRSrocco Report https://srsroccoreport.com YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/SRSroccoReport Twitter https://www.twitter.com/SRSroccoReport About Steve St. Angelo Independent researcher Steve St. Angelo (SRSrocco) started to invest in precious metals in 2002. Later on in 2008, he began researching areas of the gold and silver market that, curiously, the majority of the precious metal analyst community have left unexplored. These areas include how energy and the falling EROI – Energy Returned On Invested – stand to impact the mining industry, precious metals, paper assets, and the overall economy. Steve considers studying the impacts of EROI one of the most important aspects of his energy research. For the past several years, he has written scholarly articles in some of the top precious metals and financial websites. You can find many of Steve’s articles on noteworthy sites, such as GoldSeek-SilverSeek, Market Oracle, Financial Sense, GoldSilver.com, SilverDoctors, TFMetals Report, Outsiderclub, SGTreport, BrotherJohnF, Hartgeld, Der-klare-blick, PeakProsperity, SilverStrategies, DollarCollapse, FurtureMoneyTrends, Sharpspixley, FinancialSurvivalNetwork, Pmbull, Deviantinvestor, PmBug, Wealthwire, and ZeroHedge. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: December 16, 2020 Bitcoiner and co-founder of "Bnk to the Future" Simon Dixon discusses the "New Great Depression" and the various iterations of a "New Bretton Woods" proposed by actors such as the IMF and WEF. He believes World War 3 will be fought with "Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction" (FWMDs) and that the future will be one of less privacy and more technocratic control as central banks roll out digital currencies and get rid of cash. However, he sees opportunity and hope in the crypto space. As all nations become more "socialist", he views the virtual crypto and FinTech space as the last remaining capitalist stronghold. His investment platform and Retirement Plan B can help you navigate the storms ahead. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Website Retirement Plan B https://www.retirementplanb.com Bnk to the Future https://bnktothefuture.com YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/SimonDixonBF Twitter https://www.twitter.com/SimonDixonTwitt Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SimonDixonBF Telegram https://t.me/simondixonchannel Books Bank to the Future: Protect your Future before Governments Go Bust https://www.amazon.com/Bank-Future-Protect-before-Governments/dp/1907720375 About Simon Dixon Simon is an ex-investment banker turned Bitcoiner (now regarded as an OG in the Bitcoin space). He is an active FinTech, Blockchain & Bitcoin angel investor with investments in Bitfinex, BitPay, Coinbase, Kraken, Circle, BitStamp and over 100 others. You will find Simon regularly quoted & appearing in much of the major press & media including BBC, FT, CNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal to mention a few. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: November 19, 2020 Forecaster Martin Armstrong says we are witnessing a deliberate attempt to take over the world through the World Economic Forum's "Great Reset" which seeks to install global Communism 3.0. It merges three ideologies: Bill Gates being a symbol of the eugenics and depopulation program, George Soros' "Open Society" a key driver of the one-world government, and Klaus Schwab a Marxist at heart who has proclaimed that no one in the world will own anything anymore. The problem stems from the world's debt since WWII which no one planned to ever pay back and things have reached a point of no return. Politicians are deliberately using lockdowns to intentionally destroy global economies as they seek to strip the U.S. of its superpower status. President Trump is the only one currently standing in the way of this agenda, and if he is removed America's nuclear arsenal could be handed over to the UN. What follows is civil unrest culminating in world war, which could be initiated using a false flag attack on the internet or power grid. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes Covid Fraud? https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/disease/covid-fraud Schwab Advocates Putting Chips in Our Head so Government Can Read our Thoughts? https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/great-reset/schwab-advocates-putting-chips-in-our-head-so-government-can-read-our-thoughts BigTech Replacing Banks https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/banking-crisis/bigtech-replacing-banks Switzerland to Prosecute COVID Skeptics – Welcome to Tyranny https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/disease/switzerland-to-prosecute-covid-skeptics-welcome-to-tyranny Why China Will Become #1 World Economy https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/china/why-china-will-become-1-world-economy Website Twitter https://twitter.com/StrongEconomics Website https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/blog About Martin Armstrong Armstrong is the developer of the Armstrong Economic Confidence Model, best known for calling the crash of 1987 to the very day. The model pegged June 13-June 14, 2011 as the start of a long-term upward trend in the market; the market obliged by notching its first weekly rise since April 29. Armstrong’s work has become world renown. His model has successfully pinpointed not merely major specific days who events well in advance, but it has provided one of the most consistent guides for understanding the turning points in the global economy and thus the business cycle not merely within a domestic economy, but within the global economy on a collective basis. Not long afterward, he claims, the C.I.A. telephoned his firm, eager to get a closer look at his model. Agents had been watching him and were curious about how he had managed to call the collapse of the ruble. They asked if he would come to Washington, he said, and build his model for them. He declined. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: June 3, 2021 Dr. Michael Rectenwald discusses how Woke Capitalism and the Digital Gulag or Google Archipelago are coalescing into "corporate-socialism" or what he calls Google Marxism. Its aim is a "one-world monopoly of government" whose expression is most clearly seen today in what is known as "The Great Reset." China's technocracy is the model for the whole world and medical passports are how the "Social Credit Score" system will be rolled out in the West, which is currently underway. Businesses and corporations will also have a Social Credit Score known as the ESG metric, which will evaluate whether companies are adhering to the "Green Agenda" and add numerous regulations and taxes, which ultimately will favor the global monopolies and serve to bankrupt smaller enterprises. Dr. Rectenwald warns us not to give up and to create networks of resistance, islands of freedom, and to develop economic means of independence. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Websites Michael Rectenwald https://www.michaelrectenwald.com Books https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/books Twitter https://www.twitter.com/TheAntiPCProf About Michael Rectenwald Dr. Michael Rectenwald is the author of eleven books, including Thought Criminal (2020); Beyond Woke (May 2020); Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom (2019); Springtime for Snowflakes: “Social Justice” and Its Postmodern Parentage (an academic’s memoir, 2018); Nineteenth-Century British Secularism: Science, Religion and Literature (2016); Academic Writing, Real World Topics (2015, Concise Edition 2016); Global Secularisms in a Post-Secular Age (2015); Breach (Collected Poems, 2013); The Thief and Other Stories (2013); and The Eros of the Baby-Boom Eras (1991). Michael was a Professor of Liberal Studies and Global Liberal Studies at NYU from 2008 to 2019. He also taught at Duke University, North Carolina Central University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Case Western Reserve University. He holds a Ph.D. in Literary and Cultural Studies from Carnegie Mellon University, a Master's in English Literature from Case Western Reserve University, and a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Pittsburgh. Professor Rectenwald is a pundit and champion of free speech and opposes all forms of authoritarianism and totalitarianism, including socialism-communism, “social justice,” fascism, political correctness, and “woke” ideology. The notorious @antipcnyuprof (now @TheAntiPCProf), he has appeared on numerous major network political talk shows (Tucker Carlson Tonight, Fox & Friends, Fox & Friends First, Varney & Company, The Glenn Beck Show), on syndicated radio shows (Coast to Coast AM, Glenn Beck and many others), on The Epoch Times’ American Thought Leaders, among numerous podcasts and online shows. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: October 1, 2021 Venezuelan-American political operative Jose Niño returns to Geopolitics & Empire to give his take on the U.S. border security situation and mass influx of Afghan refugees and Haitian migrants. He believes migration is being weaponized and serves the globalist ideology of the Biden Administration and Democratic Party as it creates an electoral pipeline and augments the power of the managerial state. It also serves the bipartisan oligarchy that seeks cheap labor. He explains why he thinks an "immigration moratorium" is in order and touches on Florida and Texas policies which he sees as "policy ghettoization" or decentralization, where states are taking matters into their own hands. He also comments on whether he thinks the status quo will remain in Cuba or whether it might "democratize", and the crazy idea of the U.S. absorbing Havana and making it a 51st or 52nd state. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes What Texas's Unilateral Immigration Policy Tells Us about Washington https://mises.org/wire/what-texass-unilateral-immigration-policy-tells-us-about-washington Florida State Government Files Lawsuit Against the Biden Administration for its Disastrous Immigration Measures https://bigleaguepolitics.com/florida-state-government-files-lawsuit-against-the-biden-administration-for-its-disastrous-immigration-measures An Additional 20,000 Haitian Migrants May Come to Texas https://libertyconservativenews.com/an-additional-20000-haitian-migrants-may-come-to-texas George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama Collude to Bring in Afghan Refugees by the Thousands https://libertyconservativenews.com/uniparty-george-w-bush-bill-clinton-and-barack-obama-collude-to-bring-in-afghan-refugees-by-the-thousands America Needs to Get Serious about Border Security https://josbcf.substack.com/p/america-needs-to-get-serious-about Websites Website https://josealnino.com Twitter https://www.twitter.com/JoseAlNino Substack https://josbcf.substack.com Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10094861 SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/jos-ni-o Authory https://authory.com/JoseNino About José Niño José Niño has more than a decade of experience as a political operative. He works with major organizations on a host of political issues, from gun rights to foreign policy both as a policy analysist and a copywriter. In addition, he has years of experience writing for various outlets such as Ammo.com, Gunpower Magazine, and the Mises Institute. José’s articles have also been featured on Business Insider, Infowars, and Zero Hedge. He also appeared on the Tom Woods Show and Dana Loesch’s show Relentless. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: September 26, 2021 South African cartoonist and host of the popular Jerm Warfare Podcast Jeremy Nell joins me to discuss podcasting, censorship, bullet-proofing your internet presence, being attacked by the media, conspiracies, and the Great Reset. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Websites Jerm Warfare Podcast https://jermwarfare.com War Report https://jermwarfare.com/war-report Telegram https://t.me/jermwarfare Gab https://gab.com/jerm_warfare About Jeremy Nell Cape Town (South Africa) is my home city, but my work has been published globally in multiple languages since 2005. I am married to a beautiful woman and we live in a leafy suburb with our dogs, cat, rabbit, and parrot who writes my material. It began, in 2019, as a way to have conversations with interesting guests about interesting ideas, no matter how taboo. Following a number of censorship attempts by YouTube and other thought police, my videos were migrated to a decentralised network using blockchain technology. As of May 2021, Jerm Warfare is my journey to understand the world as it really is; it’s an unsafe space for liberal dogma, corrupt power, and soulless modernity. It’s about good ideas fighting bad ideas. Humour included. Batteries sold separately. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: September 23, 2021 Host and producer Michael Parker discusses the censorship of information, the media-state partnership, and woke culture. He talks about 9/11 and his work with Dylan Avery, who produced the first internet blockbuster "Loose Change: 9/11" and the upcoming "Unspeakable", for which Michael wrote music. He gives his view on where he thinks the United States is headed, why he thinks America is in "societal freefall" and a "controlled collapse", likely hyperinflation, the Afghanistan debacle, and war with China. We discuss the Great Reset and whether China is onboard or has turned on the elites. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Websites Michael Parker Link Tree https://linktr.ee/MichaelParkerLA Twitter https://twitter.com/MichaelParkerLA The Antidote playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPnLjoW07bV0zxAVQcjXZoHLibjuRoZas Remo Concious https://remoconscious.com Dylan Avery's "Unspeakable" https://www.ae911truth.org/theunspeakable About Michael Parker Michael Parker is a host and producer of over 300 episodes of content related to the mysteries of human history, science, the occult, and so called conspiracy theory. His weekly internet television show ANTIDOTE for TheLip.tv, and radio shows like Dark Matter and The Electric Pyramid have established him as a leader in the discussion of controversial subjects like transhumanism, secret societies, alleged government conspiracies, the paranormal, mind control, ancient civilizations, true crime, and more. Currently he produces: https://hiddentruthshow.com Michael’s strength as a host /investigator is his ability to remain skeptical and open minded simultaneously while finding sometimes overlooked aspects of cases that bring out the unexpected. In 2014 while preparing for an interview with noted Area 51 researcher Norio Hayakawa, Michael discovered the existence of a heretofore unknown facility on the base called the MJ12 building, of course in reference to the infamous MJ12 documents. In 2013 Michael and co researcher Scott Deschaine conducted the first field studies on the Marfa Lights in Marfa, Texas as biological entities as opposed to light refractions or ufos. The early 2000s began with a opportunity for Michael to speak at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland as the guest of an NGO. His topic at the time was the rise of electronic media, it’s influence and the growing consolidation of media outlets. Only 1 month later the attacks of 911 would change his life forever and he became part of the growing antiwar and truth movement and would eventually work with creators of the documentary series “Loose Change” to provide content and promotional work for the film. In addition his his research into more tangible conspiracy subjects Michael’s work also led to more esoteric subjects and a voyage inward. He endured sweat lodge rituals, sensory deprivation in isolation tanks, psychoactive experimentation, seances and experiments in psychic phenomena... From 2004-2006 Michael tested, evaluated, and managed 100's of psychics, astrologers, and mediums for a private company based in Hollywood, California. He also continued his research into the ufo / ET hypothesis by spending 11 years as a member of MUFON The Mutual UFO Network.

*Original Air Date: September 17, 2021 Professor Jeremy Garlick provides his informed analysis on China's Belt & Road (BRI) and why he believes it is the main game in town in terms of a coordinated strategy to transform global affairs given that the other contenders in the global ‘great game’ of the 21st century (US, EU, Russia, Japan, India) have not managed to present coherent visions of how the international order should develop. However, he does feel the initial vision of BRI has been blunted by a set of failings and badly planned projects. He also discusses the idea that BRI may have inadvertently been a response to Obama and Clinton's "Pivot to Asia". His discusses the Iran-China relationship, his forthcoming book on CPEC which he views as a main artery of the New Silk Road, what role Afghanistan might play, Chinese investment in Europe, and the Dragonbear alliance. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes Taliban rolls out red carpet to China's Belt and Road Initiative https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Afghanistan-turmoil/Taliban-rolls-out-red-carpet-to-China-s-Belt-and-Road-Initiative The China-Iran Deal: Mirage or Game Changer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZtNRXUhPFU Can the SCO be regional body that stabilises Afghanistan? https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/afghanistan-crisis-sco-central-asia-regional-cooperation-7506947 Books The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: From Asia to Europe https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Chinas-Belt-Road-Initiative-ebook/dp/B081LKXFJZ Reconfiguring the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Geo-Economic Pipe Dreams Versus Geopolitical Realities https://www.amazon.com/Reconfiguring-China-Pakistan-Economic-Corridor-Geo-Economic/dp/0367863219 Websites Academia https://jeremygarlick.academia.edu Twitter https://twitter.com/jeremy_garlick Jan Masaryk Centre for International Studies https://fir.vse.cz/research/jan-masaryk-centre-for-international-studies/about About Jeremy Garlick Jeremy Garlick is the director of the Jan Masaryk Centre of International Studies, a research centre of the Faculty of International Relations. He specialises in China’s international relations and international relations theory. He has published impact articles on a diverse range of topics, including China’s economic diplomacy in Central and Eastern Europe, and China’s regionalising foreign policy in South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. His book, The Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative: From Asia to Europe, was published by Routledge in 2019. Dr Garlick has lectured for three decades at institutes of higher education in Asia and Europe. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: September 11, 2021 ECFR Director Mark Leonard discusses his new book "Age of Unpeace" and why having an open, globalized, "one-world" of connectivity is actually the source of problems today and how issues that bring us together (e.g. internet, migration, economy, health, climate) are being weaponized and providing new platforms for countries to hurt each other. The three empires of connectivity (U.S., China, EU) will define the new global order which in turn will impact the "fourth world". He examines the U.S.-China relationship and how they are becoming 'mimetic doubles' of each other and converging, with the threat of the West becoming more like Beijing. He gives his thoughts on U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and reveals his "nightmare scenario" in the age of unpeace. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes The Afghan tragedy and the age of unpeace https://ecfr.eu/article/the-afghan-tragedy-and-the-age-of-unpeace The fall of the Afghan government and what it means for Europe https://ecfr.eu/podcasts/episode/the-fall-of-the-afghan-government-and-what-it-means-for-europe Websites ECFR https://ecfr.eu Twitter https://twitter.com/markhleonard "Age of Unpeace" Book https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/144/1443237/the-age-of-unpeace/9781787634657.html Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mark-leonards-world-in-30-minutes/id340460705 About Mark Leonard Mark Leonard is co-founder and director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, the first pan-European think tank. His topics of focus include geopolitics and geoeconomics, China, EU politics and institutions. Leonard hosts the weekly podcast “Mark Leonards’s World in 30 Minutes” and writes a syndicated column on global affairs for Project Syndicate. Previously he worked as director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform and as director of the Foreign Policy Centre, a think tank he founded at the age of 24 under the patronage of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. In the 1990s, Leonard worked for the think tank Demos where his Britain™ report was credited with launching Cool Britannia. Mark has spent time in Washington, D.C. as a Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and in Beijing as a visiting scholar at the Chinese Academy for Social Sciences. He was Chairman of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Geoeconomics until 2016. Honoured as a “Young Global Leader” of the World Economic Forum, he spends a lot of time helping governments, companies, and international organisations make sense of the big geo-political trends of the twenty-first century. He is a regular speaker and prolific writer and commentator on global issues, the future of Europe, China’s internal politics, and the practice of diplomacy and business in a networked world. His essays have appeared in publications such as Foreign Affairs, the Financial Times, the New York Times, Le Monde, Süddeutsche Zeitung, El Pais, Gazeta Wyborcza, Foreign Policy, the New Statesman, the Daily Telegraph, The Economist, Time, and Newsweek. As well as writing and commenting frequently in the media on global affairs, Leonard is the author of best-selling books. His first book, Why Europe will run the 21st Century, was published in 2005 and translated into 19 languages. Leonard’s second book, What does China think? was published in 2008 and translated into 15 languages. He has published an edited volume on Connectivity Wars and in September 2021, his latest book on this topic “The Age of Unpeace. How Connectivity Causes Conflict” will be released. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: September 3, 2021 Alex Krainer discusses how Afghanistan signals the American Empire's loss of hegemony over Mackinder's "World Island" and everywhere else (e.g. Ukraine, Syria, Iraq), the game is up. He believes that Beijing had initially been propped up by Western elites, but given the recent turn against China by George Soros and Co., the CCP mislead and is now abandoning the global elites. They have not forgotten the Century of Humiliation. The economic fallout of U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan could mean equity and bond bubbles bursting, upward pressure on commodity prices, and high rates of inflation in the American financial system. He believes the dollar world reserve status can shrink rapidly in the coming years. He discusses his recent accurate Bitcoin price prediction and why precious metals and commodities are poised for an explosive rally. Regarding COVID1984 and the Great Reset, he's optimistic in that Davos, like Icarus, is flying too close to the sun and ultimately will fail. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes Why the loss of Afghanistan will ultimately end the Empire https://isystem-tf.com/2021/08/29/why-the-loss-of-afghanistan-will-ultimately-end-the-empire BITCOIN: a buy at $32,000? https://isystem-tf.com/2021/07/14/bitcoin-a-buy-at-32000 Are Gold and Silver due for an explosive rally? https://isystem-tf.com/2021/09/02/are-gold-and-silver-due-for-an-explosive-rally Websites I-System Trend Following https://isystem-tf.com The Naked Hedgie https://thenakedhedgie.com Twitter https://www.twitter.com/NakedHedgie YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAqRpyLzC4xanGQQQtxW0qQ/featured About Alex Krainer Alex Krainer (born in 1970) is an author and former hedge fund manager based in Monaco. Alex was born and raised in a socialist regime of former Yugoslavia, under one-party communist rule. As a 17-year old he joined a student exchange program and spent a year in California. Extending his stay, he took up his university studies there, ultimately transferring to Switzerland where he completed a degree in Business and Economics. From Switzerland his path led him to Venezuela where he lived for a year and experienced his first banking crisis when 9 of Venezuela’s 16 largest banks failed and brought the country’s economy to a grinding halt. With his plans and endeavours thwarted, he returned to Croatia and joined the military where he served through 1995 during the last phases of Croatia’s war of independence. Soon after finishing his military service, Alex took employment at an oil trading company in Monaco. By the year 2000 he became the firm’s risk manager and originated the firm’s research and development program in market analysis and application of neural networks and artificial intelligence in trading of financial and commodities markets. By 2007 Alex launched his own investment management business and was among the small minority of managers who generated positive investment returns (+27%) through the 2008 financial crisis. Over the following six years, his fund outperformed the Dow Jones Credit Suisse index of Blue Chip commodities trading funds. This opened the door into the big league asset managers and in 2011 Alex Joined Lee Robinson’s Altana Wealth with the mandate of managing the firm’s inflation hedging strategy. In more recent years, Alex also busied himself as an author. In 2015 he published his first book titled, “Mastering Uncertainty in Commodities Trading.” Having discovered a passion for writing and stumbling upon the story of Bill Browder and the Magnitsky Act, Alex wrote his second book, unrelated to trading. “The Killing of William Browder” attempts to deconstruct Bill Browder’s narrative, which has played an important role in the conflict between Russia and the west – a needless conflict that could escalate towards a hot war. Within five weeks, Browder’s lawyer Jonathan Winer leaned on Amazon to suppress the book. In July of 2018 the book was republished by a brave publisher Red Pill Press as “Grand Deception: the truth about Bill Browder, the Magnitsky Act and anti-Russia sanctions.” However, after only six weeks on the market, the book was again banned. While the future remains to be written, Alex’s endeavors will remain devoted to contributing towards a future endowed with peace, cooperation among nations, prosperity and emancipation of all humanity. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: September 1, 2021 IR scholar Artyom Lukin talks about Climate Change in Russia and how the decline of American hegemony has become a moot point as the real question is what will replace it. He believes we are entering a prolonged period of US-China bipolarity with Russia as a second tier power, and the potential for a multipolar world down the road. The difficulty in analyzing Beijing is that China is completely non-transparent to outside observers, a "black box". No one, including the Russians, really understands what China wants. He also discusses why he and others think the world has entered an era of isolationism, closed borders, and restricted travel triggered by the geopolitics of intensifying great-power rivalry. He also gives his thoughts on Vladimir Putin, North Korea, and what the near-future portends for the United States (e.g. civil war?). *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/empiregeopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes Can Russia become China’s strategic mercenary? https://www.9dashline.com/article/can-russia-become-chinas-strategic-mercenary Era of isolationism is coming to the world https://www.rt.com/op-ed/522863-era-isolationism-borders-covid The end of civil wars? https://www.rt.com/op-ed/511561-end-of-civil-wars America needs to create a new enemy. Anti-China hostility is only thing that unites Reps & Dems https://www.rt.com/op-ed/506886-regain-unity-america-enemy-china The Russia–China entente and its future https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342157695_The_Russia-China_entente_and_its_future Websites Twitter https://twitter.com/ArtyomLukin ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Artyom-Lukin RT Op-Eds https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/artyom-lukin About Artyom Lukin Artyom Lukin is deputy director for research at the School of Regional and International Studies, Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostok, Russia). He is also associate professor of International Relations there. Lukin earned his PhD in Political Science from Far Eastern State University in 2002. Apart from his academic career, he worked as a public relations officer in the Vladivostok City Administration (1998-2002) and at the Russian Far East’s biggest energy utility company Dalenergo (2002-2007). Lukin has authored numerous chapters, papers and commentaries, in Russian and English, on Asia-Pacific international politics and Russia’s engagement with Asia. His latest book (co-authored with Rens Lee) is Russia’s Far East: New Dynamics in Asia Pacific and Beyond (2015). Artyom’s research interests include international relations and security in the Asia-Pacific and Northeast Asia; Russian foreign policy; Russia’s engagement with the Asia-Pacific; social, political and economic processes in the Russian Far East. Lukin has authored and co-authored multiple scholarly publications in Russian and English. He has been involved in numerous research and publication projects both in Russia and abroad. Artyom Lukin is an expert with Russian International Affairs Council. He is a regular commentator for Russian and international news media. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: August 27, 2021 EvoCapital CEO, macro specialist, and geopolitics commentator Nicholas Glinsman covers the waterfront. He touches on Latin America and how it's sold itself to China, vaccine logistics, how the vaccine passport is the social credit system, and how he thinks governments may not let go of the emergency public health powers they've awarded themselves. He gives his thoughts on the future of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, CBDCs, and how the U.S. could maintain its financial weapon of mass destruction (dollar as world reserve). He discusses the Biden administration, Biden's propensity to "f-things up" (according to Obama), the Afghan debacle, and the midterm elections. He looks at whether the Fed will do QT or QE, and the road to Japanification, stagflation, and hyperinflation. He also comments on the Taiwan situation and how the rise of China has been overhyped. He sees commodities as the big macro trade. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/empiregeopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Websites Intelligence Quarterly http://www.intelligencequarterly.com Twitter https://twitter.com/nglinsman About Nicholas Glinsman Nick Glinsman is the co-founder and CIO of EVO Capital LLC. He does a lot of writing and some portfolio management. He was a macro portfolio manager in one of the big micro funds in London for quite a few years. Prior to that, Nick was with Salomon Brothers. Now, he concentrates on providing key intel, both economics and politics on a global level to finance managers and politicos. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: August 25, 2021 Highly-respected researcher, writer, and speaker on Africa Lawrence Freeman discusses how a financial-political elite or oligarchy see the continent for its material resources and financial gain and attempt to exploit African nations through international finance, using divide and conquer and war and chaos to keep nations weak. It's hard to say that Africa has any sovereign nations and that at best, some only have partial sovereignty. He considers manufacturing and infrastructure the key components in ensuring a nation's prosperity, precisely what has been denied Africa. The lack of electricity, high-speed rail, and hospitals in Africa is killing people. He covers the Belt & Road in Africa and how China is building infrastructure, but it is not enough. He describes how elites destroyed Libya and how the same group is attempting to do the same to Ethiopia. He discusses how Ethiopians have a different mindset and they are being attacked for having the leading development policies in Africa today (e.g. GERD, rail). He comments on the West's use of rebels, opposition groups, and extremists to overthrow sovereign nations, led by what he calls "Liberal Democracy Dictatorship". Finally, he discusses the attempt to break down barriers in Africa and create a common market approach through initiatives such as a common currency. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/empiregeopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes What’s Wrong with U.S. Policy for Ethiopia and Africa? http://lawrencefreemanafricaandtheworld.com/2021/07/31/whats-wrong-with-u-s-policy-for-ethiopia-and-africa Future Africa| Lawrence Freeman Long serving Political Economic Analyst For Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OutM2S83tJc America wants to see a weakened Ethiopia - Lawrence Freeman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWyP7Ux3-6Q Websites Lawrence Freeman, Africa, and the World http://lawrencefreemanafricaandtheworld.com Twitter https://twitter.com/lfreemansafrica Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100019401528180 About Lawrence Freeman Lawrence Freeman is an outspoken opponent of the current policies of neo-colonialism. He is a highly respected researcher, writer, and speaker on a variety of topics concerning Africa. An outspoken critic of the ICC attacks on African countries, Freeman led a delegation of American State Legislators to Sudan, who subsequently exposed the charges that the Khartoum government was engaged in slavery as fraudulent. Insisting that Africa no longer be forced to live in a dark age, he has consistently brought African governments a roadmap for transformative infrastructure projects. As the author of dozens of articles and reports on Africa, having traveled to the continent 25 times, Freeman served as a member of AFRICOM’s Advisory Committee under U.S. General Kip Ward. Most recently, he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Lake Chad Basin Scientific Committee and is currently working on a project to replenish the shrinking Lake Chad. Presently, he is teaching courses on the history of Africa, utilizing his decades of experience and knowledge. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: August 21, 2021 Behavioral scientist and former Cambridge Analytica Lead Psychologist Patrick Fagan discusses his grave fears surrounding the so-called "vaccine passports" being emitted by governments around the world (e.g. EU "Digital Covid Certificate", Israel's "Green Pass"), which he says could lead to years of oppression. He examines the manipulation of the public by governments over the past year. He comments on whether the digital passport is essentially the Chinese-style "Social Credit System" and how all of these threads of total tracking and data collection are coming together to allow the state to become omniscient and omnipotent. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/empiregeopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes Passport to your soul https://thecritic.co.uk/passport-to-your-soul Edwin Black: The Algorithm Ghetto, Cashless Society & Newgenics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvRVPPvGJc 2010 Rockefeller "Lockstep" Report https://www.nommeraadio.ee/meedia/pdf/RRS/Rockefeller%20Foundation.pdf Websites Website https://www.patrickfagan.co.uk Twitter https://twitter.com/PFagan87 Book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hooked-sells-other-marketing-resist/dp/1292074426 About Patrick Fagan I am a behavioural scientist with over a decade's experience applying psychology to influencing behaviour in the real world. I am a part-time and guest lecturer at three London universities, and have published peer-reviewed papers on topics ranging from Facebook psychology to facial expressions. My book on the psychology of effective marketing comms, Hooked, is published with Pearson. I contribute to mainstream media publications such as the BBC, The Evening Standard, and The Spectator - both for commentary and full articles - and am a frequent public speaker at events such as Talks at Google and Nudgestock. I have consulted and run research and experiments for brands, blue chip and otherwise, across the gamut of industries for over ten years; my work has featured in the global press. I have also worked as a behavioural scientist on political campiagns, from local to presidential, in Europe, Africa and North America. My previous roles have included Lead Psychologist at Cambridge Analytica, and I am now Chief Scientific Officer at behavioural science consultancy Capuchin. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: August 18, 2021 Matthew Ehret discusses his new book "Clash of the Two Americas: Unfinished Symphony (1776-1901)" and how the struggles facing the U.S. republic/empire today are nothing new. The same British imperial, oligarchic, and (proto) deep state interests were present from the start of the American/French revolutions and founding of Canada. He describes how the republican nationalist tradition was the first time in history a system of government was formed with the possibility of being wielded against global empire. Finally, he explains how the new imperial grand strategy has become neo-Malthusian and eugenicist (e.g. "limits to growth") with the purpose of creating a new global feudal order and gives his thoughts on where we are in the Great Reset and why he's optimistic. BUY THE BOOK "CLASH OF THE TWO AMERICAS" HERE 👇 ! https://canadianpatriot.org/untold-history-of-canada-books *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/empiregeopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Websites Canadian Patriot Review https://canadianpatriot.org YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS2oIpISybXqY0Og9D4-XYw/featured Substack https://matthewehret.substack.com Strategic Culture https://www.strategic-culture.org/contributors/matthew-ehret Cynthia Chung on Strategic Culture https://www.strategic-culture.org/contributors/cynthia-chung Rising Tide Foundation https://risingtidefoundation.net Twitter https://www.twitter.com/patriot_review About Matthew Ehret Matthew Ehret is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Patriot Review, and Senior Fellow at the American University in Moscow. He is author of the ‘Untold History of Canada’ book series, and Clash of the Two Americas. In 2019 he co-founded the Montreal-based Rising Tide Foundation . *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: August 15, 2021 Former US Marine and geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic discusses how he was awakened to the true nature of US foreign policy and Military-Industrial-Complex. He gives his global macro geopolitical view on the New Cold War struggle between the East (e.g. Russia, China) and West (e.g. US, EU). He sees China as surpassing the US and the end of generations of Western hegemony. He breaks down how the US uses Color Revolutions or "democracy promotion" as outright regime change and looks at what's happening in Myanmar as an example. He believes the West is attempting to recreate the Arab Spring in Asia (e.g. Thailand, Malaysia). Finally, he looks at China's Belt & Road going forward and the move toward multipolarity. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Websites New Atlas Report https://newatlas.report YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/LandDestroyerReport Patreon https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer About Brian Berletic New Atlas Report is maintained by Brian Berletic also known under a previously anonymous pen name Tony Cartalucci. I am an independent American geopolitical analyst based in Thailand. Tony Cartalucci was a pen name used in a similar way and for similar purposes anonymity is used by publications like The Economist. Tony Cartalucci however was always a single individual. Read more about Tony Cartalucci Comments, questions, corrections, and article submissions should be sent using this contact page. I am available for audio, video, and e-mail interviews. Please send queries using this contact page. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: August 2, 2021 UI Media Network founder Tim Ray discusses the tyranny enveloping the globe, something he says he has been expecting for decades. He gives his take on the global elites, their machinations, and the courage required to resist them and the totalitarian policies they are attempting to implement. He fears a true catastrophic crisis may be just around the corner, which will be a catalyst for even more draconian restrictions. He talks about his struggles with censorship and why he thinks people have a hard time psychologically coming to terms with our dark reality. Finally, he shares some solutions. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Websites UI Media Network https://uimedianetwork.org United Intentions https://www.unitedintentions.org Freedom Meetup https://freedommeetup.org About Tim Ray Tim Ray, an award-winning international, speaker and a no “bs”, truth-seeker. He was tired of “toxic media” bombarding the world with negativity, So, in 2009 he founded the United Intentions Foundation & the UI Media Network a nonprofit organization whose mission is to assist others in learning how to transform worrisome thoughts into positive intentions to create inspired actions. He is the host of Frequency Wars and Awaken Atlanta & will be discussing how we wake up the sleeping masses before tyranny becomes our way of life. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: July 24, 2021 Gordon Hahn discusses what he calls the New East-West Cold War or Russia-West Tinderbox, which can potentially escalate into a WWIII scenario. He examines the key drivers between the Russia-West divide which is primarily EU/NATO expansion (e.g. Belarus, Ukraine, Donbass), a situation that will continue to fester and could explode at any moment unless it is resolved. He comments on China's rise as a global hegemon and believes Russia and China will make Afghan inroads as the U.S. withdraws and the Taliban likely come to power. Finally, he looks at the "authoritarian-ization" or "Putin-ization" of America, where neo-liberals, leftists, and big tech have melded with the military-industrial-complex and oligarchic globalists who are pushing the U.S. toward a one-party state. Beyond that, these forces are pushing for some form of transnational or world government. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes The New East-West Cold War https://gordonhahn.com/2021/06/21/the-new-east-west-cold-war The Russia-West Tinderbox https://gordonhahn.com/2020/11/15/the-russia-west-tinderbox The New American Communo-Fascism and Its Postmodernist Roots https://gordonhahn.com/2021/04/29/the-new-american-communo-fascism-and-its-postmodernist-roots Color Revolutionism Comes Home to Roost Amidst Democracy’s Decay https://gordonhahn.com/2021/01/07/once-more-about-home-color-revolutionism-comes-home-to-roost-amidst-democracys-decay The Authoritarianization (Putinization?) of America https://gordonhahn.com/2020/12/29/the-authoritarianization-putinization-of-america-parts-1-and-2-complete Websites Gordon Hahn https://gordonhahn.com Books https://gordonhahn.com/gordon-hahns-books About Gordon Hahn Gordon M. Hahn, Ph.D., is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies (CETIS), Akribis Group, San Jose, California, www.cetisresearch.org; an expert analyst at Corr Analytics, www.canalyt.com; and an analyst at Geostrategic Forecasting Corporation (Chicago), www.geostrategicforecasting.com. He is the author of the forthcoming book from McFarland Publishers Ukraine Over the Edge: Russia, the West, and the Making of the Ukrainian Crisis and ‘New Cold War. Previously Dr. Hahn has authored three well-received books: The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin: Global Jihadism in Russia’s North Caucasus and Beyond (McFarland Publishers, 2014), Russia’s Islamic Threat (Yale University Press, 2007), and Russia’s Revolution From Above: Reform, Transition and Revolution in the Fall of the Soviet Communist Regime, 1985-2000 (Transaction Publishers, 2002). In addition, Dr. Hahn has published numerous think tank reports, academic articles, analyses, and commentaries in both English and Russian language media. He has taught at Boston, American, Stanford, San Jose State, and San Francisco State Universities and as a Fulbright Scholar at Saint Petersburg State University, Russia and has been a senior associate and visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Kennan Institute in Washington DC, and the Hoover Institution. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

*Original Air Date: July 15, 2021 Dr. Jagganath Panda discusses the key drivers of geopolitics and power politics between India, Pakistan, and China in the Indo-Pacific. He comments on PM Modi's "India First" policies, Japan’s strategy, and the promises of the Quad or Quad Plus, which some have referred to as an Asian NATO. He covers Chinese ‘influence operations’, the threat of China's revisionist policies, and gives his take on how successful Belt & Road has been and whether the West’s ‘Blue Dot Network’ or ‘B3W’ is a viable competitor. Finally, he gives his thoughts on how bumpy the New Cold War with China might get militarily over the next decade. *Support/Donate to Geopolitics & Empire: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/geopolitics PayPal https://www.paypal.me/geopolitics Bitcoin http://geopoliticsandempire.com/bitcoin-donate Show Notes Japan’s new defense white paper sharpens aim at China https://asiatimes.com/2021/07/japans-new-defense-white-paper-sharpens-aim-at-china What China’s Communist Party Centenary Means for India https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/what-china%E2%80%99s-communist-party-centenary-means-india-188821 Ties that bind: Geopolitics, not socialism, underpin North Korea-China alliance https://www.nknews.org/2021/06/ties-that-bind-geopolitics-not-socialism-underpin-north-korea-china-alliance India-China Relations to Stay Contrarian in 2021 https://southasianvoices.org/india-china-relations-to-stay-contrarian-in-2021 Websites Website https://idsa.in/profile/jppanda Twitter https://twitter.com/jppjagannath1 About Dr. Jagganath P. Panda Dr. Jagannath Panda is a Research Fellow and Coordinator of the East Asia Centre at MP-IDSA, New Delhi. He joined MP-IDSA in 2006. Dr. Panda is in charge of East Asia Centre’s academic and administrative activities, including Track-II and Track-1.5 dialogues with Chinese, Japanese and Korean think-tanks/institutes. He is a recipient of the V. K. Krishna Menon Memorial Gold Medal (2000) from the Indian Society of International Law & Diplomacy in New Delhi. Dr. Panda is the Series Editor for Routledge Studies on Think Asia. He is the author of the book India-China Relations: Politics of Resources, Identity and Authority in a Multipolar World Order (Routledge: 2017). He is also the author of the book China’s Path to Power: Party, Military and the Politics of State Transition (Pentagon Press: 2010). Dr. Panda has also edited a number of books to his credit. Most recently, he has published an edited volume Scaling India-Japan Cooperation in Indo-Pacific and Beyond 2025: Connectivity, Corridors and Contours (KW Publishing Ltd. 2019), and The Korean Peninsula and Indo-Pacific Power Politics: Status Security at Stake (Routledge, 2020). Dr. Panda is a Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Asian Public Policy(Routledge). Dr. Panda is the first South Asian scholar to receive the prestigious East Asia Institute’s (EAI) fellowship. Most recently, he was a Unification Fellow of the Ministry of Unification, Republic of Korea (RoK), Korea Foundation Fellow (2018-19) and Japan Foundation Fellow (2018-19). Dr. Panda has also received a number of prestigious fellowships such as the STINT Asia Fellowship from Sweden, Carole Weinstein Fellowship from the University of Richmond, Virginia, USA; National Science Council (NSC) Visiting Professorship from Taiwan; Visiting Scholar (2012) at University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), USA and Visiting Fellowship from the Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS) in Shanghai, China. He has published in leading peer-reviewed journals like Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Journal of Asian Public Policy (Routledge), Journal of Asian and African Studies (Sage), Asian Perspective (Lynne Reiner: SSCI), Journal of Contemporary China (Routledge: SSCI), Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs (Georgetown), Strategic Analysis (Routledge), China Report (Sage), Indian Foreign Affairs Journal (MD Publication), Portuguese Journal of International Affairs (Euro Press) etc. He obtained his doctorate (PhD) from the Centre for East Asian Studies (CEAS), School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2007. He received a Master in Philosophy (MPhil) from the Department of Chinese & Japanese Studies (now East Asian studies) and studied Master of Arts (MA) at the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)