Interviews 02

Interviews 02

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Mark Sleboda: Iran Is Jamming GPS Across the Region – U.S. Tankers Move Into Gulf
US-Iran ConflictStrait Of HormuzGeopolitics

Mark Sleboda: Iran Is Jamming GPS Across the Region – U.S. Tankers Move Into Gulf

Mark Sleboda analyzes the US-Iran geopolitical standoff, revealing Iran's strategic leverage over the Strait of Hormuz and the US's diminishing military options, leading to a precarious global situation.

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Scott Ritter: Iran Didn’t Break. It Adapted, Now Stronger Than Ever
GeopoliticsMiddle East ConflictUS Foreign Policy

Scott Ritter: Iran Didn’t Break. It Adapted, Now Stronger Than Ever

Scott Ritter argues that Iran has not been broken by US pressure but has adapted and emerged stronger, shifting the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East and exposing the decline of US military and economic hegemony.

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Mark Sleboda: The Blow That Broke Trump's Navy: Why the US Just Fled Iran's Waters
GeopoliticsUS Foreign PolicyIran

Mark Sleboda: The Blow That Broke Trump's Navy: Why the US Just Fled Iran's Waters

Mark Sleboda details how the US's failed attempts to break Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz have exposed US military and economic vulnerabilities, accelerating the decline of Western global hegemony.

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Patrick Henningsen: Iran’s CHILLING Message to Trump – Ships Turning Back Near Hormuz
GeopoliticsInternational RelationsUS Foreign Policy

Patrick Henningsen: Iran’s CHILLING Message to Trump – Ships Turning Back Near Hormuz

Patrick Henningsen argues that the US's current geopolitical strategy, particularly regarding Iran and Russia, is a self-destructive path leading to economic collapse and the erosion of American global influence, while inadvertently strengthening its adversaries.

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Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: This Could Break NATO: Trump, Rutte, and Europe’s Last Stand
GeopoliticsGeoeconomicsUS Hegemony

Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: This Could Break NATO: Trump, Rutte, and Europe’s Last Stand

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff dissect the US strategy to maintain global economic and military hegemony, arguing that Trump's 'peace' agenda is a power grab aimed at subordinating Europe and containing China, while Europe struggles to find unity and courage to resist.

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Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Oil Wars Without War: Sanctions, Seizures, and Control
US Foreign PolicyGeopoliticsOil Control

Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Oil Wars Without War: Sanctions, Seizures, and Control

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff dissect how the US's 'rules-based order' leverages oil control, financial coercion, and suppression of green energy to maintain global hegemony, framing these actions as a desperate, irrational phase of capitalism leading to international instability.

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