Tag: geopolitics
Interview 740 – Philip Giraldi on the Turkish-Israeli Lobby and Black Market Operations
Former CIA case officer and current Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest joins us to discuss his work documenting and exposing the lobbies behind the arms trade, and how these lobbies and their point men in the US government help to facilitate worldwide black market and smuggling operations from drugs to terrorism to nuclear proliferation.
Interview 739 – Christoph Germann on the Afghan “Withdrawal”
Christoph Germann (Twitter: @newgreatgame), author of the New Great Game Round-up on BoilingFrogsPost.com, joins us today to talk about the proposed NATO pullout from Afghanistan in 2014. We discuss the changing nature of the NATO mission in the country, the shambles of the Afghan “security” forces, and the reactions of China, Russia and their regional allies to the increasing destabilization of the country. We also talk about intriguing new reports on Yassin al-Qadi’s movements in Turkey and the latest on the Syrian chemical weapons attack.
Interview 738 – Sharmine Narwani on the Geopolitics of the Syrian War
Writer and political analyst Sharmine Narwani joins us to break down the geopolitics behind the Syrian war. We discuss the main players in the Syrian conflict and their competing agendas and explore her new article, “Bandar ibn Israel,” detailing Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud’s strange disappearance and reappearance in the thick of the Syrian war.
Interview 737 – The Geneva Business Insider with David Smith
David L. Smith of the Geneva Business Insider blog joins for our monthly conversation on world events. This week we dissect the Syrian chemical weapons attack and its geopolitical fallout. We also talk about the sea change that is taking place in public opinion as the people rise up to stop these endless illegal wars of aggression.
Interview 733 – Pepe Escobar on Bandar Bush’s Role in Syria
Roving correspondent and frequent guest Pepe Escobar of Asia Times Online joins us once again to discuss the geopolitical machinations behind the latest developments in Syria. We discuss the possibility of an Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline and how the regional players react to such a proposal, Prince Bandar of Saudi and his role in orchestrating the terror in Syria, the reason why the chemical weapons attack in Syria was a false flag attack and why Syria can’t come out and deny it, the closing window of opportunity for Obama and friends to launch their strike on Assad, and much more. Don’t miss this in-depth interview with one of the world’s most insightful geopolitical analysts.
Interview 699 – James Corbett on Far Out Radio
James joins Scott Teeters of Far Out Radio for a wide-ranging conversation on matters personal, national and geopolitical. James recounts the story of how he ended up in Japan and the two discuss Fukushima and the Japanese nuclear situation. Then the conversation branches out into a discussion of the Snowden saga and the Hastings assassination.
Interview 695 – Thorsten Pattberg on Hacking, Cyberwar and the Chinese Dream
Dr. Thorsten Pattberg of Peking University and East-West-Dichotomy.com joins us once again to discuss Chinese-US relations in the wake of the recent NSA spying revelations. We talk about the long-term prospects for Chinese-American relations, as well as China’s growing importance as a ‘second pole’ for Europe and other geopolitical players, and we dissect President Xi Jinping’s oft-discussed remarks on the “Chinese dream.”
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