Name: Russia's New World Order - Peter Zeihan, Geopolitical Strategist
Uploaded: 2022-03-05T00:13:24+00:00
Duration: 36 min 24 s
Description: Jason Hartman welcomes geopolitical expert Peter Zeihan to the show today to discuss the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Peter discusses Putin’s motivations, Russia’s demographics and energy e

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Jason Hartman welcomes geopolitical expert Peter Zeihan to the show today to discuss the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.

Peter discusses Putin’s motivations, Russia’s demographics and energy exports and if the response from the West will be enough to stop this conflict. What are the short and long term economic and agricultural implications of the Russian invasion? Peter and Jason discuss Russia’s army and nuclear weapons, NATO and America’s involvement.

All royalties from Peter’s book sales between March 1 - May 31 will go to Ukrainian charities to help with medical needs of the refugees and the people who decided to stay behind. www.Zeihan.com

ABOUT PETER ZEIHAN:
Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical strategist and the founder of the consulting firm Zeihan on Geopolitics. His new book is THE END OF THE WORLD IS JUST THE BEGINNING: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization (Harper Business; on-sale: June 14, 2022). His clients include energy corporations, financial institutions, business associations, agricultural interests, universities, and the U.S. military. He is the critically acclaimed author of The Accidental Superpower, The Absent Superpower, and Disunited Nations, which have been recommended by Mitt Romney, Fareed Zakaria, and Ian Bremmer. Peter is also a highly sought-after public speaker. He lives in Colorado. For more on Peter Zeihan, visit: https://zeihan.com/.

Follow him on Twitter: @PeterZeihan

0:00 Welcome Peter Zeihan, one of the foremost geopolitical experts in the world
1:45 How will this crisis affect energy exports and other commodity markets?
4:13 The Fed and inflation
7:17 Jason Hartman University live event coming up
11:07 Three major thrusts in Russia’s war against Ukraine: Belarus, continuing attacks on Kiev, southern front
13:07 Partisan conflict guerrillas
13:53 This is will be a long, brutal and bloody conflict
14:53 Argument that Russia doesn’t want Ukraine in NATO doesn’t hold water
15:25 Russia is looking forward and wants to secure its borders from future invaders
18:27 Putin’s endgame
19:04 Will sanctions be effective?
20:00 Russian oil and natural gas
20:51 Can Russia afford this war? Russia’s current economic reality
22:16 Russia’s army and nuclear weapons
23:31 Is Putin just a desperate tyrant who wants to leave a legacy?
24:22 Will the US intervene directly?
25:44 Response from NATO
27:01 Russia is seeking a multi step expansion
27:42 Most of the Russian soldiers are draftees
28:44 China and Taiwan conflict
30:41 Economic and agricultural implications: widespread famine
33:15 Oil and gas
35:31 Royalties from Peter’s books will go to Ukrainian charities - www.Zeihan.com