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BEIJING, April 18 (Reuters) - China's supply chains must stabilize amid COVID-19 outbreaks, with local governments helping key companies get back to work. The official Xinhua news agency quoted Vice Premier Liu He as saying. Growing COVID-19 flare-ups are snarling China's logistics chains, clogging highways and ports, stranding workers, and shutting countless factories. The disruptions are already spilling over into global supply chains. Data on Monday showed a significant slowdown in March economic activity, and analysts say April is likely to be worse as harsh lockdowns drag on. Authorities must ensure traffic permits for drivers are recognized across the country, and transport should not be limited on the grounds of waiting for drivers' COVID-19 test results, Xinhua said on Monday. "We should solve outstanding problems one by one in key regions," Liu was quoted as saying, adding that the government will create a "white list" of critical industrial firms that need help recovering from disruptions. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said it would work with 666 companies making semiconductors, automobiles, and the medical sector in locked-down Shanghai, it said in a statement late on Friday.

On Monday, 11 APR 22, on the 94th EPISODE of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Donald Babadalir, NEC-SE #Political, #Cultural, & #Religious Affairs Strategic Advisor, joines me to explore the Chinese Communist Party's (#CCP) anticipation of a global economic #recession. In addition, we discuss U.S. #foodsecurity issues and topics, coupled with CCP's last-ditch efforts to influence the U.S. economy for its benefit. Our discourse focuses on #China's influence on the population, U.S. #State, and #Federal #policymakers and governments to gradually control U.S. #industries of geostrategic significance. Donald Babadalir, who was also a former candidate for local office in #California, presents the circumstances of the state of California, the proverbial "canary in the coalmine." The discussion covers foreign nations' private and #agricultural landholdings, particularly those by China; China's major purchases that affect the #supplychain and #logistics, as well as the food supply; California's #legislative changes that have favored #China and other foreign actors; China's motivations; and how patterns in California have spread to the rest of the United States.

On Monday, 4 APR 22, on the 93rd EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Flavius Mihaies, an Independent Journalist, returns for the Part II of our discussion to deep dive into the implications of the escalating sanctions the West imposed on #Russia since the beginning of the current conflict in #Ukraine. In addition, he answers whether sanctions against Russia will end the War in Ukraine. Flavius’s ground experience in war-torn #Syria under U.S. economic sanctions and his #European perspective highlight critical issues and topics that most analysts do not possess. Russia became the most sanctioned country globally since the West’s earliest round of #sanctions on February 23, 2022. Flavius asked whether other world’s most sanctioned countries–#Iran, #Syria, #North Korea, #Venezuela–ever changed their behavior as the sanctions intended? From a European perspective, Flavius pointed out, the precarious nature of the current #economic and #financial sanctions against Russia lies in Ms. Ursula Von Der Leyen, President of the #EuropeanCommission’s decision, on behalf of European Union (# EU) members, not only to sanction Russia but also to provide armed support to the #Ukrainianarmy. Was it within the Commission president’s power to act on behalf of the E.U.? Flavius noted that voices in Europe have deemed it beyond Ms. Ursula Von Der Leyen’s mandate to take such a decision on behalf of the E.U.; it usurped E.U. members’ democratic right to take such actions. It also created a risk for E.U. countries to become belligerents in a conflict against Russia. In addition, encouraged by the #US, #Germany, and other European countries have been seeking for #Qatar to replace Russia as their gas supplier. Flacius asks: Would replacing Russia with Qatar as Europe’s dominant energy provider be a sound geopolitical decision? Flavius pointed out the role of Qatar in fueling and exacerbating the conflict in Syria by funding #jihadist groups, some of which the U.S. and its allies eventually had to fight and defeat in Syria and #Iraq. Finally, Flavius observed that the implications of the West’s ban on Russian media, including Russia Today (#RT), have not been fully understood and discussed. In an information context where most if not all Western media declared their support for Ukraine, the other view and the other side of this conflict is missing or is forbidden to air, like RT, which leaves you with the question, what about the freedom of the press especially since the replacement for RT is a #CCP funded news outlet that now is providing the opposite view of the conflict for the West. Furthermore, this ban creates a precedent that could backfire for the West’s media in the future. Join us for a contrarian episode you do not want to miss

On Thursday, 31 MAR 22, on the 92nd EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Ellie Cohanim, Former U.S. Deputy Special #Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism at the U.S. Department of State (#DOS) and the first #Iranian-born #Jewish-Envoy joined me to discuss the possible outsourcing of #AntiSemitism amidst The “New Model of Power Relations.” Ellie Cohanim discusses what conditions are necessary for the citizens of #Ian to bring change to their country. She discusses the current state of the #AbrahamAccords. We discussed the current #geopolitical circumstances than those under the #Trump Administration. We dived into how the #Jewish community lives under “second class” status, often excluded from certain jobs and careers in Iran. We also focused on the threats by the Iran regime officials, such as Iran’s Vice President for #Economic Affairs #MohsenRezaee, that the Jews community in Iran may be held as hostages in the future to negotiate with the # U.S. and #Europe. Ellie discussed the issues and topics associated with the administration's push to sign a new #JCOPA and the double standard to speak about anti-Semitism but yet pushing for normalcy with Iran, a nation that wants to eradicate Israel. Finally, Ellie and I discussed what can be done to combat the very real and dangerous situation when it seems that #government and non-government (#NGOs) and #watchdog groups are complicit in outsourcing anti-semitism. For example, in some cases to #Iran and or using a combination of #refugee and or #migrant groups, such as in Europe that are violent against Jews and the state of #Israel. We finished our conversation by focusing our discussion on how the current #international and #domestic extreme political shifts and the anti-Semitism they bring put more danger on the Jews and other #minorities.

On Thursday, 24 MAR 22, on the 90th EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Flavius Mihaies, an Independent Journalist, discusses #Russia and the future of #NATO, presenting a thought-provoking #European perspective immersed in history and educated by ground-level experience during the #Syrian and other recent conflicts in the #MiddleEast. The road to the conflict in #Ukraine was not overnight and direct. As Flavius pointed out, the road to war has been set through many years through diverse locations like Syria and elsewhere in the #MiddleEast to including #Iraq and #Lebanon. The policy of the #UnitedStates in other conflict regions has changed with administrations and led to misunderstandings and confusion as to the central and constant policy of the United States, and by default, NATO. In 1948 NATO was a defensive organization designed to contain the #globalist agendas of the #CommunistParty of the #SovietUnion. In 2022, Flavius addresses the perspective that many anti-globalists seem to have flipped and now support a globalist agenda as offensive or at least passive. Therefore, under a seemingly contradictory policy, the US does bear some responsibility for the current instability in #Europe. For example, Flavius pointed out that the #Ukrainian #AzovBrigade, long supported as an integral part of the Ukrainian #NationalGuard defense structure, had modeled its symbolism off the 2nd SS Division from #WWII. The memory of the crimes against humanity has not been called out or denounced by the #US, but paradoxically with its internal policies, supported with weapons and funds. How could the US support external units that carry those symbols overseas with its internal policies against White #Supremacist ideology? In addition, US policy appears to be supporting chaotic new #ISIS-like movements in the technology field. "What will happen to #ElonMusk's technology to the Ukrainians if they decide to use it against global norms?" Once a technology is given over to any group, it could potentially lead to a "genie outside the bottle" moment when that "peaceful" Tech is suddenly #weaponized and used against the people who donated it for peace. "What control does Elon Musk have on his #satellites once he has released its use to other groups?" The danger of weaponization of civilian #humanitarian Tech into #terroristic military is too real and has raised its head before in places such as Syria and Iraq. In addition, what are the second and third-order effects of the conflict in Ukraine? Unfortunately, current leadership does not seem to be focused on the long-term cascading effects, missing fine details in the lack of a granular understanding of the causes of the current crisis. "The Ukrainian infrastructure is being destroyed, and refugees are being flooded into the #Baltic nations beyond what they can absorb. Meanwhile, the US is selling outdated weapon systems to these same Baltic Nations that will do very little to protect them from the genuine and very current threats." The real question is "why"? The current conflict is not a "traditional" war that most people have in mind, like WWII. Instead, the conflict in Ukraine is a new generation war that requires a new paradigm and critical thinking to understand both the root causes of and the needed solutions to truly solve it or at least mitigate its most damaging effects. Join us for a thought-provoking episode you don't want to miss.

On Monday, 28 MAR 22, on Episode #91 of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Michel Wyss of the Military Academy at #ETH Zurich returns to discuss non-state actors involved in #Ukraine and the European proxy war #realignments. Have the ghosts of the #ColdWar returned with a more dangerous and complex paradigm? Michael notes that the war in Ukraine is a combination of old Cold War-era proxy wars combined with a new and potentially more dangerous and complex element of non-state actors bringing the state-level capability to the battlefield. Is this new type of proxy war evolutionary or revolutionary? Michael Wyss argues that it is an evolution of the old proxy wars, but one that raises the increased specter of “blowback” to the supporting nations. What happens if these enhanced #technological capabilities supplied by non-state agencies and actors go out of control of the countries that support or endorse them? The potential for a more considerable spillover of damage outside the proxy war area increases tenfold. Michael Wyss also notes that the #EU and #America have not set any goals for lifting #sanctions against #Russia, which should be done if the conflict resolution was indeed a goal. How should the US manage #proxy wars in the future? Is this something the US and #Europe should even consider? Is the current proxy war well thought out or a knee-jerk reaction to a failure of leadership on the part of the US? Join us in this episode to look at the New Paradigm of Proxy wars.

It was a pleasure being part of the Newsmax Special Ukraine Coverage Panel discussion on Sunday 20 MAR 22, with John Mills, U.S. Army Col. (Ret.), Senior Fellow Center for Security Policy & Fmr. Director of Cybersecurity Policy, Department of Defense, where we focused on Russia's possible use of Chemical Weapons in Ukraine and cyber attacks against allied nations.

On Monday 21 MAR 22, on the 89th EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Michael Pregent, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and the foremost expert on #Iran in the United States, joined me to discuss the Diminishing Effects of the U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East and the Iran footprint in the Region. Michael began our discussion by stating that our adversaries recognize the #Biden administration foreign policy team as the same #Obama foreign policy team they took advantage of from 2008 -2016. Michael pointed out that the Biden foreign policy team is the same team that brought us Obama's Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (#JCOPA) with Iran. The same foreign policy team brought #Putin and Qasem #Soleimani into #Syria, fracturing Syria and further fracturing #Iraq when #ISIS moved into Iraq. The same foreign policy team that started a war between #SaudiArabia and #Yemen when they supported a #proxy, the #Houthis, giving them lethal aid and missiles that punished our #Allies and by design gave #Israel another front to consider. Hence, The same foreign policy team that did the aforementioned is now back and promoted to take on more worthy #advisories. Michael laid out the case that Putin went into #Ukraine because he was waiting for this administration. Unfortunately, our adversaries believe they have two and a half years to get all they can on the world stage before the current administration possibly departs. Mike pointed out that Putin believes that there are no #redlines in Ukraine and does not understand why Secretary of Defense (#SECDEF) #LloydAustin and the Biden administration are surprised at the level of brutality and destruction in Ukraine, given Putin conducted this in Syria when General Austin was at #CENTCOM, with President Biden being the Vice President. The same foreign policy team that allowed Putin to do this in Syria that watched Putin and #Turkey fracture Syria and then moved into #Libya is now trying to counter Putin in Ukraine. Michael discussed the issues associated with the Iraqi #Parliment and elections and the future of possible wars in the Region. Finally, Michael offered a new perspective to the decision-makers on how to approach these difficult and multi-level issues to achieve the best outcome for U.S. #ForeignPolicy.

On 18 MAR 22, LTC Sargis Sangari, NEC-SE CEO, was interviewed on Real American Voice's Common Sense with Anna Perez: America needs to break free of the military-industrial complex's grip - Lt. Col. Sangari weighs in. #ukraine #ukrainecrisis #ukraineconflict #ukraineinvasion #ukrainerussiawar #ukrainesupport #ukrainestrong #russia #russianinvasion #russiaukraine #nato #nationaldefense #nationalsecurity #homelandsecurity #china #ccp #cyberdefense #cyberattack #cybersecurity #Putin #Zelenskyy

LTC Sargis Sangari's interview on NewsMaxTV reference the #DOD weapons packages to #Ukraine. Should the United States support a #noflyzone and does the U.S. understand Ukrainian President Zelensky's support requests.

On Monday, 7 MAR 22, on the 88th EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Michael Yon: America's most experienced war correspondent and I speak about his most current experience as an embed with the American Trucker Convoy.

On 1 MAR 22 LTC Sargis Sangari, CEO NEC-SE, was interviewed on the John Bachman Now Show on Newsmax TV reference the Ukraine war. #newsmax #Ukraine #Putin #WagnerGroup #EU #EuropeanParliament #China #CCP #mercenaries #Zelenskyy #bidenadministration #Russia #nuclear #sanctions #Oligarchs #russianarmy #noflyzone #cyberattack #kievtower

On 28 FEB 22 LTC Sargis Sangari, CEO NEC-SE, joined James Carafano, Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, and the E. W. Richardson Fellow to discuss #ukrainecrisis on The Chris Salcedo Show. #EU #zelensky #Turkey #russianinvasion #putinswar #bidenadministration #China #ukrainianswillresist #oligarchs

One of my three interviews on Newsmax over the past two days regarding the #Ukraine #russianinvasion

On Monday, 21 FEB 22, on the 87th EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Chuck Holton, Freelance War Correspondent, author, and the host of "The Hot Zone w/Chuck Holton" returns for the second part of our discussion on the #Ukraine crisis to answer the question: Has #Putin struck deals with the West regarding the #Donbas? "Ukrainians know that the battle is not between Putin and the West." After Putin signed the decrees recognizing the Independence of the #Donetsk Peoples Republic and #Luhansk People's Republic, Chuck Holton returns with the breaking news and analysis. Holton states that "Putin has been planning and preparing this for many years from the ground viewpoint." "Putin is also making a bold move, and the reason he is emboldened is a weak American President." According to Holton, the challenge for the U.S. is extreme, especially since the U.S. lost its #superpower status on August 28, 2021. By supplying equipment to Ukraine only, the U.S. runs the same risk it did in #Afghanistan, where billions of dollars were essentially transferred to the enemy and later used against the U.S. allies globally. The risk is higher with Ukraine, where the U.S. has already sent over 12,000 tons of weapons. As Holton points out, #Russia will sell captured and surrendered U.S. equipment to the highest bidder. They will end up being used against us on the border with #Mexico as other U.S. weapons. "If it is worth doing, we should do it ourselves. If it is not worth doing ourselves, then maybe it is not worth doing." But the Biden administration isn't the only one to blame for the tight foreign policy. The previous U.S. administrations looked at foreign policy through the lens of a balance sheet. The detrimental effects of a U.S. retreat are not balanced against the costs of being replaced by foreign powers with ideologies at odds with the U.S. and free world. The U.S. must remain engaged and invested in the projection of power if we don't want others to replace our ideology. Will the next few hours bring the potential for local or even #global conflict erupting, or is there a path to a #peaceful resolution? No one can say for sure. "This thing has been scripted on both sides, and the way it's going, he (Putin) is going to have to invade unless someone breaks the script but can their egos handle it?" Join me for this critical discussion, and as I have stated before, over the next six months, we will find out as post-postmortem sets in on Ukraine if Putin has struck deals with the West regarding the #Donbas?

Chuck Holton: US War Corr., UKR Crisis Benefiting NATO or EU?, New Paradigms w/Sargis Sangari EP #86 On Monday, 14 FEB 22, on the 86th EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Chuck Holton, Freelance War Correspondent, author, and the host of "The Hot Zone w/Chuck Holton" joins me from Ukraine to discusses the #Ukraine Crisis looking at whether the crisis is empowering #NATO or saving the European Union (#EU). Will sanctions work against #Russia when they haven't worked in over 40 years against #Iran? What is #Putin's end goal in saber-rattling? Is #HybridWar already on the way in Ukraine? What are the #Ukrainians doing in response? Why does the #Ukrainian President, Volodymyr #Zelenskyy, believe that the pronouncements by the #Biden administration are fanning the flames of panic instead of calmly assisting Ukraine directly. As President Zelenskyy states, "What we don't need is panic." as he counters the U.S. assessment of the situation. #Russia is not innocent either, as Russian expansionism across the region pits it against both #Europe and #Turkey. Putin is not afraid of the Biden administration, and time will tell what Russia's real intent is for Ukraine. Finally, why isn't anyone looking at the effects of this crisis on the Chines Communist Party (#CCP) expansion over the next decade? Is it possible that an unannounced alliance is developing between Putin and the rest of #Europe against the CCP incursions in the Southern #Caucasus and EU?

Implications for American Foreign Policy on Ukraine, Kazakhstan, & China.

This is a Japanese Translation of the Monday, 27 DEC 21, on the 79th EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Al Johnson: NEC-SE board of advisors and a primary contributor to the Historical Detective Blog, which brings history into closer examination to chart potential solutions to today's problems, hosts a special edition of Know Your Enemy series dealing with the misinformation about the #CCP, "#China," and why it is dangerous for #Americans and others to remain ignorant of the facts. Tonight's show will help answer "History" vs. "Mythtory" regarding the CCP. Also, the full video on examination of Newt Gingrich Trump vs. China can be seen in the bottom link: https://www.historyda.org/?wix-vod-video-id=6641b1ba9f264092a8fedb1b10be522c&wix-vod-comp-id=comp-k9v0dafa

Exposing China's Forced Organ Harvesting

On Tuesday, 25 JAN 22, on New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Episode #84, LTC Anthony Shaffer USA (Ret.), President of The London Center for Policy Research (#LCRP) joined me to discuss the issues & topics associated with #Ukraine. LTC Shaffer addressed if this is an American fight or are we even ready for it? He discussed how the approach by the #Biden administration distracts from the issues the administration has to face but does not want to meet. LTC Shaffer addressed the current U.S. military's possible limitations in its ability to support #NATO in both #hybridwar or #totalwar scenarios. He discussed the problems associated with the tactical commitment to deploy the 82nd Airborne Light Infantry to face Russian heavy Armor in defense of NATO partners after Russia begins its attack, possibly in mid-February. LTC Shaffer and I agreed that the political advisors to the #POTUS have failed to understand that Russia's strategic deterrence would have required, at a minimum, a U.S./NATO heavy armor presence in Ukraine as soon as #Russia began its force buildup. LTC Shaffer recommended that strategic deterrence may still be achievable if the administration immediately deploys U.S. military, specifically Armor units, into the Baltic states. LTC Shaffer, a pioneer in Cyber Operations, discussed how the current Information Operations # I.O. campaign launched by the administration does not affect the Russian planning and decision-making process and fails to understand why and how Putin is expanding the Russian sphere of influence. LTC Shaffer described in plain terms how Russia is conducting its five-dimensional warfare against the U.S. and provided simple and achievable objectives to counter Russia in #POLMIL terms allowing a possibility to achieve victory for the U.S. Finally, LTC Shaffer also pointed out that the U.S. should begin unifying our natural allies globally in #Asia and SE Asia to counter the #CCP and Russia over the long run. Join Tony and me in this discussion to better understand how the U.S. can still have a chance to achieve victory if it changes its approach towards this crisis.

Is this America's fight or are we even ready for it?

On Monday, 17 JAN 22, on the 82nd EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Dr. Alveda C. King, Founder, Speak for Life, & Chairman of The Center for The American Dream - #AFPI, joined me on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (#MLKDay) to discuss her uncle's legacy. In our discussion, @AlvedaCKing cuts through the darkness, fear, and hatred that permeates our society today. She points out that the #legacy of #MLK is that the #AmericanDream is still alive in 2022 if we realize that we are all one #race separated only by fear, lack of communication, and distrust. As ACTS 17:26 stated, "Out of one blood, God made all people." Dr. Alveda King also notes that "When we communicate, fear goes away, and only then can we resolve our differences." Now more than ever, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's #wisdom is needed as it is shouldered by his niece and family in continuation and fulfillment of #civilrights for all "from the womb to the tomb."

On Monday, 10 JAN 22, on New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Episode #81, Ms. #ClareLopez, the Founder/President of #LopezLiberty LLC & former #CIA Clandestine Operations Officer, and senior advisory board member of Near East Center for Strategic Engagement, (#NECSE) returns in an information-packed episode to do a deep dive into #Putin moves on #Ukraine to re-establishing a #Russian sphere of influence. Clare focuses on the questions that look at the link analysis of how Russia began moving troops near Ukraine after the #Biden administration removed the #sanctions off of the #NordStream2 pipeline. We also discussed #Germany closing down three of their remaining six #nuclearpower plants, becoming more dependent on oil and gas flow from Russia. Clare and I discussed #AndreiIlarionov, noting the U.S. media fanning the flames of war drums in Ukraine. So who benefits from this? The questions to be looked at still are which politicians/special interest groups in the U.S. and E.U. are part of the media/think tanks pushing this? Next, which politicians/special interest groups in the U.S. and E.U are part of the energy sector in Ukraine? And finally, which politicians/special interest groups are profiting from this pipeline? Clare and I also discuss the incursions of China Populus into Russia East and the list of demands Putin sent the Biden regime to favor Russia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organizations (#SCO), led by #China with the need for the U.S. to become an isolationist power again? Is there coordination between #XiJinping and Putin and potentially their extended allies? Clare and I also discussed the Kazakhstan government crackdown and its strategic interest to Russia and China from a geopolitical perspective.

On Monday, 3 JAN 21, on the 80th EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, the "Zelenko Protocol" Innovator: #HCQ, #Zinc, & #Azithromycin, discussed the Link Analysis of National Institutes of Health (#NIH) research & his COVID protocol, and if the NIH ignored its research that could have stopped the COVID pandemic. Dr. Zelenko spoke about how bringing his faith into practice with his dedication to developing and disseminating information to get the best outcomes for COVID-19 treatment was central to his discoveries. Unfortunately, however, the mechanisms established in the U.S. Government to help have turned instead to those that hurt. Find out how Dr. Zelenko details how he developed this protocol and the trials and government machinations that opposed allowing access to life-saving pathways. The most stunning revelation by Dr. Zelenkois was that its possible that some within the U.S. Systems may have had a hand in what Dr. Zelenko calls a manufactured "#WMD" in the chimerical "gain of function" experiments conducted by Dr. #RaphBaric in conjunction with Dr. #Fauci NIH funding and #Chinese #Labs. What did Fauci and the U.S. Systems know, and when did they know it? What hand does Dr. Baric have in the development of #COVID19 as well as suppressing effective and accessible treatments for it? Why has only Senator Johnson reached out to Dr. Zelenko for answers? Why did President #Trump's administration cancel his order to distribute life-saving medication to every #American? These questions and more will be raised on the eye-opening 80th episode of New Paradigms. #Ionophores #RNA #viruses #Quercetin #antiviral #immunesystem #mRNA Dr. #RobertMalone #JoeRogan #vaccinemandate #vaccination #RNA #Remdesivir #Molnupiravir #Merck #Hydroxychloroquine ##Sars1 #Polio #flu #Ivermectin #ZhengliShi #batlady #Wuhan #virologist #CCP #RandPaul #RonJohnson