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BRICS has expanded to 20 countries - 10 members and 10 partners - after adding Vietnam. BRICS+ now makes up 43.93% of world GDP (PPP) and 55.61% of the global population. Ben Norton explains how the US failed to divide China and Vietnam in the Second Cold War.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZUeShGMarI
Sources, links, and downloadable charts here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/07/04/brics-expansion-population-gdp-vietnam
Asia is uniting, creating a new post-West global order: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRGkCw-Sqk0
Topics
0:00 Vietnam joins BRICS
0:42 History of BRICS expansion
1:01 BRICS membership
1:21 Map of BRICS+
1:30 BRICS: 44% of global GDP (PPP)
1:50 BRICS: 56% of world population
2:26 Cold War and Non-Aligned Movement
3:33 USA tries to divide Vietnam & China
5:07 Vietnam's foreign policy is non-aligned
5:53 Timing of Vietnam's decision
6:47 Trump's tariffs
7:39 China improves relations with Vietnam
8:32 Complex history of China-Vietnam relations
10:47 Vietnam's "Four Nos"
11:48 China's non-alignment
12:17 Similarities of Chinese & Vietnamese socialist system
13:36 Vietnam's economic development
15:32 Incomes in Vietnam & China
16:40 Socialist market economy
17:22 Life expectancy in Vietnam & China
18:38 Popularity of Vietnamese & Chinese governments
19:34 Western capitalist oligarchy
21:11 Global South alternatives
21:57 The ASEAN Way
22:37 ASEAN-GCC-China Summit
23:16 Outro -
Iran has used its status as a leading oil and gas producer to promote dedollarization, rejecting the US dollar and trading with China, Russia, India, and other BRICS members in their national currencies. Ben Norton explains the Western economic war on Iran, and Tehran's response.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ziGNmvOh6k
US pressures Saudi Arabia to sell oil in dollars, not Chinese yuan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmYybJZo3fo
The real reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran, explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwH780cEcEQ
Topics
0:00 US dollar's "exorbitant privilege"
0:50 Sanctions: weaponization of US dollar
1:33 De-dollarization
3:54 Economic warfare
5:15 History of US meddling in Iran
6:41 Geopolitics of oil
7:22 Iranian leaders promote de-dollarization
8:42 BRICS trade in national currencies
10:33 Iran's oil and gas production
10:51 Gulf flirts with petroyuan
11:34 History of petrodollar system
12:31 OPEC oil embargo
13:55 Saudi King Faisal
14:30 OPEC oil embargo
14:55 Nixon-Kissinger deal with Saudis
16:50 Super Imperialism
17:39 Oil backs US seigniorage
19:31 Saudi Arabia and petrodollar
20:20 US pressure on Saudi Arabia
21:44 War on Iran
22:27 Why USA wants regime change
23:47 Outro -
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War on Iran is part of the US empire's larger attempt to re-impose its unipolar dominance on the global political and financial system, argues economist Michael Hudson. Washington wants to preserve dollar hegemony and the petrodollar, while disrupting BRICS and Eurasian integration with China and Russia. He is interviewed by host Ben Norton.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DEXReFGb24
Transcript here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/06/27/war-iran-us-unipolarity-michael-hudson/
Michael Hudson's article - War on Iran is fight for US unipolar control of world: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/06/22/michael-hudson-war-iran-us-unipolar-control
Michael Hudson's website: https://michael-hudson.com
Topics
0:00 Intro: US war on Iran
3:45 Summary of US imperial strategy
8:15 Interview starts
9:00 History of US meddling in Iran
11:06 US divide-and-conquer plan
14:02 Israel: US empire's aircraft carrier
17:07 Geopolitics of Iran
18:56 China's Belt and Road Initiative
21:02 Attempt to encircle Russia & China
23:34 US aggression backfires on dollar
27:29 Oil and petrodollar
36:43 Super Imperialism
40:06 Sanctions & economic warfare
44:35 Military-Industrial Complex
51:33 Outro
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The US military will "very likely" fight a three-way war with Iran, Russia, and China, predicted Palantir CEO Alex Karp in 2024. American imperial strategist Zbigniew Brzezinski warned back in the 1990s of this Eurasian "anti-hegemonic coalition" that could challenge US global dominance. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcZJ0eKfWFM
Topics
0:00 Trump bombs Iran
0:26 Iran hits US base in retaliation
1:21 A ceasefire?
1:53 US "peace talks" were a trap
2:07 Israel's fake Gaza "ceasefire"
2:53 Iran nuclear deal
3:40 Trump called for regime change
4:30 History of US coup, shah, & revolution
5:23 Geopolitical strategy
6:01 Palantir CEO predicted three-way war
6:41 Palantir's mass surveillance
7:05 CIA helped create Palantir
7:17 JD Vance and Peter Thiel
7:52 US calls for war on Iran
8:21 (CLIP) George Bush's "Axis of Evil"
8:44 John McCain wanted to bomb Iran
9:04 (CLIP) Senator McCain sings "bomb Iran"
9:11 John Bolton called to bomb Iran
9:45 Mike Pompeo wanted war on Iran
10:20 Trump backed war on Iran
10:49 Targets: Iran, Russia, and China
11:02 CRINK: new "Axis of Evil" rhetoric
11:42 Multipolarity challenges unipolar US empire
12:17 Rise of China
12:51 Brzezinski feared "anti-hegemonic coalition"
14:16 Palantir and US war plans
14:48 US-Israeli war on Iran
15:55 Iran fights back
16:50 Outro -
To justify war on Iran, the Donald Trump administration is repeating the same disinformation used by George W. Bush to justify the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003, based on false claims it had "weapons of mass destruction" (WMDs). US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard went from condemning Trump as a warmonger and liar in 2020 to helping him manufacture consent for this war, even after admitting in March 2025 "that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon". Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_EsEQ-1yp8
The real reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran, explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwH780cEcEQ
Topics
0:00 Trump admin pushes for war on Iran
0:58 Reports: Trump approved attacks on Iran
1:50 USA wants regime change in Iran
3:10 Regurgitating Iraq War "WMD" propaganda
5:24 No evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons
6:36 (CLIP) Trump criticizes his own intel
6:53 US spy agencies: Iran not building nukes
7:41 Tulsi Gabbard helps Trump sell Iran war
9:11 (CLIP) "Iran is not building a nuclear weapon"
9:21 Tulsi Gabbard helps Trump sell Iran war
9:49 Trump White House pushes Iran war
12:00 When Tulsi Gabbard condemned Trump
13:14 (CLIPS) Gabbard: Trump wants Iran war
14:38 Gabbard: Trump wants regime change
16:24 Iran nuclear deal
18:44 Negotiations with Iran
20:02 Propaganda war
20:47 Déjà vu: George W Trump's war
21:09 Reasons for US-Israeli war on Iran
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The war on Iran seeks "US global dominance" and to "weaken China", said Donald Trump's former national security advisor, General Michael Flynn. He admitted that the US is giving Israel intelligence, weapons, and training. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNHt1-uWjE
The real reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran, explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwH780cEcEQ
Topics
0:00 (CLIPS) US-Israeli war on Iran
0:41 Trump advisor Michael Flynn
1:56 Steve Bannon interview
2:43 (CLIP) US support for Israel
3:33 (CLIP) Fight for "Western civilization"
3:51 Mike Flynn's Christian nationalism
4:15 Pete Hegseth's "American crusade"
5:04 Germany: Israel does West's "dirty work"
5:48 Trump: US "controls" Iran's skies
6:22 Trump approved attack on Iran
6:38 Trump demands "surrender"
7:02 CIA coup in Iran in 1953
7:55 (CLIP) Install pro-US Iranian regime
8:13 Targeting China
8:28 (CLIP) To "focus on China"
8:42 Targeting China
8:57 (CLIP) Pivot to Asia
9:05 Pivot to Asia
9:33 (CLIP) "China, China, China"
10:33 Allying with India
11:05 (CLIP) India's role
11:47 Israel-India relations
13:04 Shanghai Cooperation Org (SCO)
14:42 US divide-and-conquer strategy
15:30 (CLIP) "US global dominance"
15:41 Goals of US-Israeli war on Iran
17:16 Outro -
The United States and Israel are waging war on Iran, but why? What are their real goals? Ben Norton explains the imperial strategy to impose US hegemony on West Asia (aka the Middle East), destroy the Axis of Resistance, colonize Palestine, destabilize the revolutionary Iranian government, preserve the petrodollar system, prevent de-dollarization, divide BRICS, and break up the Iran-Russia-China partnership.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwH780cEcEQ
How Israel's war on Iran was made in USA: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/06/14/israel-war-iran-us-trump-support/
US pressures Saudi Arabia to sell oil in dollars, not Chinese yuan: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/08/10/us-saudi-arabia-sell-oil-dollars-chinese-yuan/
Topics
0:00 US support for Israeli attacks
4:38 Goals of US-Israeli war on Iran
10:13 Israel: outpost of US empire
14:35 US imperial strategy
16:28 Geopolitics of West Asia (Middle East)
17:50 Oil and gas
21:11 Geostrategic chokepoints
24:53 Axis of Resistance
28:33 Syria: Fall of Assad government
31:44 US plan to overthrow 7 countries
33:54 Iranian Revolution
35:53 Anti-colonial movements
39:14 Dedollarization
41:49 Petrodollar and OPEC oil embargo
47:05 Super Imperialism
49:36 Petrodollar challenge
52:43 BRICS
55:55 Shanghai Cooperation Organization
58:53 Iran-Russia-China partnership
1:04:05 US divide-and-conquer strategy
1:06:03 Outro -
Israel attacked Iran in an aggressive act of war. The US government supported the strikes, providing intelligence and planning with Netanyahu. Donald Trump cynically used nuclear negotiations with Tehran as cover, as he oversaw the joint US-Israeli operation. Ben Norton reviews the evidence.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0s7O8RU9V0
Topics
0:00 USA supported Israeli attacks
1:38 Trump's fake "peace talks" with Iran
3:13 USA provided Israel intelligence
3:49 Trump gave Israel green light
5:07 US military helped Israel
6:01 Marco Rubio's lies
6:40 Israel: unsinkable US aircraft carrier
7:15 Netanyahu is an American
8:07 USA arms Israel
8:45 USA protects Israel at UN
9:37 ICC charges Netanyahu
10:34 Trump threatens Iran
12:41 Trump's 60 day deadline
13:37 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA)
15:24 Lessons from Libya
17:24 Israel's nuclear weapons
18:37 Nuclear weapon free zone
19:20 Alliance with apartheid South Africa
20:26 Germany condemns Iran
21:37 Western neo-colonialism
22:20 France's Macron criticizes Iran
23:07 Iranian civilian victims
24:11 Human shields
27:29 US & Israel: imperial bullies
28:44 Iran hits back
29:13 US military aid to Israel
29:55 Outro -
Donald Trump deployed the US military to repress protesters in Los Angeles, California, as people flooded the streets to denounce the abuse of immigrants by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). Ben Norton discusses how the oppressive tactics used by the empire eventually return home.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYcRBkB2KCw
Topics
0:00 LA protests
0:28 California government rebukes Trump
1:10 Police shoot journalists
1:48 Empire's tactics come home
2:11 Militarization of US police
2:59 Private prison corporations
3:43 Trump wages war inside his country
4:43 Foreign flags and Israel
5:27 Trump deports pro-Palestine protesters
6:13 Mahmoud Khalil, political prisoner
7:05 Lawlessness of ICE
8:26 ICE targets children
8:50 ICE's criminal behavior
12:54 ICE targets migrants with tattoos
14:11 Trump's police state budget
15:24 Scapegoating immigrants
16:26 Unemployment
17:14 Essential workers
18:03 Taxes
18:47 Crime rates
19:34 US imperial hypocrisy
19:46 Hong Kong riots
21:02 US coups in Latin America
22:18 US guns in Mexico
23:38 Obama, Biden, and Trump
24:12 Imperial boomerang
24:38 Outro -
Everywhere you look, you can see the decline of Western hegemony, as the world is increasingly multipolar. Ben Norton analyzes the rise of China, development of Global South economies, and increasing unity in Asia. A symbol of this was the historic ASEAN-GCC-China Summit held in Malaysia, which supplements BRICS in pursuit of dedollarization, South-South economic integration, and infrastructure construction.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRGkCw-Sqk0
Topics
0:00 Weakening US dominance
0:22 Industrial production
0:46 China is world's largest economy
1:22 Decline of Western hegemony
1:53 Rise of Global South
2:45 Global South is Global Majority
3:44 Trump is accelerating US decline
4:28 BRICS expansion
5:46 ASEAN-GCC-China Summit
7:21 ASEAN
7:41 Southeast Asia's population
8:54 Southeast Asia's economy
9:41 GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council)
10:50 ASEAN-GCC-China Summit joint statement
11:26 ASEAN's trade with China
11:47 RCEP
12:22 Palestine
12:54 Opposition to Trump's tariffs
13:44 De-dollarization
14:57 Petroyuan challenges petrodollar
16:09 Infrastructure
16:32 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
16:57 New Silk Road
17:32 Railroads linking China to SE Asia
18:59 Energy
19:54 China: world leader in renewable energy
20:08 China's solar power capacity
20:44 China's affordable green energy tech
24:38 Nuclear power
27:16 Other issues discussed
27:55 Multipolarity
28:41 The ASEAN Way
29:35 Cautious optimism
30:31 Global South-led alternatives
31:05 Outro -
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered an extremely hawkish speech in which he demonized China as a "threat" and said, "We are preparing for war". Ben Norton analyzes the top Trump admin official's aggressive remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2025 summit. He explains the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific region, and Washington's unsuccessful attempt to pressure countries to join its new cold war on Beijing.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLOTTVI_LAA
US defense secretary declared 'holy war' on China, left & Islam: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/07/us-defense-secretary-hegseth-overthrow-china-crusade/
Is war on China coming? The US military is seriously preparing: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/04/28/us-military-war-china-silicon-valley/
Topics
0:00 (CLIPS) US defense secretary speech
0:30 US military prepares for war
1:05 (CLIP) "We are preparing for war"
1:25 Trump admin's war threats
1:55 (CLIP) Trump "will never hesitate to" use force
2:13 (CLIP) "Deterrence" and war
2:24 Shangri-La Dialogue 2025 summit
2:41 Asia-Pacific region
3:59 (CLIP) USA is "here to stay" in "Indo-Pacific"
4:19 US empire seeks hegemony
4:50 (CLIP) Pentagon says China is a "threat"
5:11 Pete Hegseth, extremist US "crusader"
6:31 Myth of Chinese "hegemony"
7:24 (CLIP) Hegseth on China "threat"
8:01 China opposes hegemony
9:34 China doesn't want hegemony
10:33 US pressures Asia to cut ties with China
11:17 (CLIP) USA opposes "economic cooperation"
11:47 Taiwan
13:05 (CLIP) Hegseth on Taiwan
13:32 Hegseth's hawkish rhetoric
13:56 (CLIP) US "warfighters" and "warfighting"
14:31 US military budget of $1 trillion
14:40 (CLIP) Trump boosts US military spending
15:02 Military interventions
15:32 (CLIP) USA tells Asia: Join us against China
15:48 US divide-and-conquer strategy is failing
16:23 China, Japan, South Korea cooperate
16:47 Trump's tariff threats
17:25 RCEP trade deal
17:55 ASEAN-GCC-China summit
18:36 India
18:43 (CLIP) Hegseth on US-India partnership
19:00 India-China relations
20:24 Philippines volunteers to be Ukraine of Asia
21:21 US military bases and missiles in Philippines
21:51 Militarization of first island chain
22:48 Regional non-alignment
23:19 Philippines and Australia
24:40 Colonialist Monroe Doctrine
25:03 (CLIP) Hegseth threatens Panama Canal
25:31 US imperialism is bipartisan
26:03 Biden official praises Trump's China policy
27:02 Republicans vs Democrats
27:39 US empire says war is peace
28:32 (CLIP) USA doesn't seek encirclement?
28:45 US "grand encirclement plan" for China
29:34 Biden admin's China policy
30:02 (CLIP) Antony Blinken on China containment
30:15 Imperial hypocrisy
31:05 Cold War Two
31:54 Silicon Valley profits from war preparations
32:15 Outro -
Donald Trump claims his tariffs will bring back good manufacturing jobs and help to reindustrialize the United States, but all the evidence suggests this will fail, because he has no coherent industrial policy, is gutting the state's capacities, and refuses to challenge Wall Street. Ben Norton explains how the US economy was financialized, and what it would take to truly revive industry.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxWBnA_bQN0
Topics
0:00 (CLIPS) Intro
1:07 Trump's tariffs
2:09 Wells Fargo study
3:23 Industrial policy
3:51 China's industrial policy and planning
6:49 Biden's half-baked attempt
8:00 Survey: US manufacturing is not coming back
11:08 Tariff revenue was paid as subsidies
11:43 US government debt and deficit
12:28 Contradictions in tariff policy
13:25 Data on deindustrialization of US economy
15:45 The American System
18:44 Abraham Lincoln
19:13 Henry Clay
19:26 (CLIP) Trump on Henry Clay
19:59 (CLIP) Trump invokes the American System
20:22 Trumpism = Reaganism + protectionism
20:47 Financialization of US economy
21:20 Trump's tax cuts on the rich
21:55 Corporate incentives
22:43 GE and Boeing
23:28 Wall Street
24:24 US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick
25:41 (CLIP) Howard Lutnick on factory jobs
26:46 Manufacturing jobs
27:33 Views on manufacturing in USA
28:22 Lack of skilled labor in USA
29:01 Apple
29:42 (CLIP) Apple CEO Tim Cook on China
32:09 Wages in China
33:50 Vietnam and market socialism
35:37 Elon Musk and Tesla
36:57 US oligarchs
37:39 Policy proposal for reindustrialization
39:52 Challenging capital
40:38 Neoliberal globalization
42:31 Trump's tax policy helps rich, hurts poor
44:52 Outro -
Donald Trump lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that he is "playing with fire", because the US has been unable to end the Ukraine war on its own terms. Political economist Radhika Desai analyzes the geopolitical situation with Russia expert Richard Sakwa.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL1ObLixT8M
This is part of the program Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the show here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP -
US Vice President JD Vance revealed the Trump administration's "generational shift in [foreign] policy", emphasizing "great power competition" and preparation for war with China. They're abandoning soft power and focusing on "hard power" and "overwhelming force", in a return to blatant, 19th century-style imperialism. Ben Norton reports.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Yqc-8uVHc
The US military is seriously preparing for war on China: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/04/28/us-military-war-china-silicon-valley/
Topic
0:00 (CLIP) JD Vance speech highlights
0:23 US VP declares "new era" of foreign policy
1:59 (CLIP) End of US unipolar dominance
2:24 Preparing for war
2:51 (CLIP) A "new and very dangerous era"
3:01 Emphasizing hard power
3:17 (CLIP) Hard power vs soft power
3:22 Containing China
3:31 (CLIP) Targeting China
3:43 Shifting priorities
4:17 (CLIP) Great power competition
4:37 Redirection of foreign policy
4:48 (CLIP) A "generational shift in policy"
4:59 Rise of China
5:46 (CLIP) Era of US hegemony
6:37 USA wants China regime change
7:07 This is not isolationism
7:35 (CLIP) "When we send you to war"
7:58 Taking the mask off US empire
8:49 (CLIP) "We throw a punch hard"
9:07 Trump boosts US military spending
9:28 (CLIP) Trump: $1 trillion military budget
9:49 US foreign military bases
10:19 19th century-style imperialism
10:39 William McKinley, imperialist
11:30 (CLIP) Trump vows "enlarged country"
11:54 Expanding US territory
12:18 (CLIP) Trump: expand US empire
12:56 Monroe Doctrine
13:51 Training "war fighters"
14:07 (CLIP) JD Vance on "war fighters"
14:10 Pete Hegseth
14:25 (CLIP) Hegseth on "war fighters"
14:39 A "peacemaker" for war
14:58 US war on Yemen
15:18 (CLIP) Vance boasts of bombing Yemen
15:33 Future war threats
15:51 (CLIP) US "red lines" for war
16:12 US "ideological crusades"
16:33 (CLIP) Vance on "ideological crusades"
16:46 Pete Hegseth, self-declared "crusader"
17:34 US empire rebrands
18:37 The main target is China
19:34 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat"
20:17 Preparing for war on China
20:36 Outro -
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to colonize Gaza, saying, "We will take control of all the territory of the Strip". US President Donald Trump is trying to expel Palestinians to Libya or other countries. Trump imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), and, like Joe Biden, he is selling Israel billions of dollars of weapons. Ben Norton reports.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzG98YklawA
Why the US supports Israel, explained: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/11/12/why-us-support-israel-geopolitics-michael-hudson/
Topics
0:00 USA backs Israel's crimes
0:56 Netanyahu: Israel will control all of Gaza
1:34 Trump gave Israel green light
2:17 Trump wants to expel Palestinians to Libya
3:47 Israel's goal: total colonization
4:38 Mass hunger in Gaza
5:41 Israeli minister: "We're destroying Gaza"
6:50 Netanyahu's "aid" PR
8:10 Israel's strategy: Use hunger as a weapon
10:27 Bezalel Smotrich
11:19 "Voluntary" migration
11:59 "Total annihilation" of Gaza
12:52 Starvation
13:39 Israel vows to annex West Bank
15:02 Trump sanctions ICC
15:56 Biden admin threatened ICC
16:22 USA attacks ICC
17:51 Microsoft aids Israel
18:23 Impact of sanctions
18:52 Is Trump really "frustrated"?
19:52 (CLIP) Trump is Israel's "best friend"
20:07 Trump wants to colonize Gaza
20:44 (CLIP) Trump: US will take over Gaza
20:59 Trump gives Israel weapons
22:49 Netanyahu thanks "greatest friend" Trump
23:05 (CLIP) Netanyahu praises Trump
23:12 Biden's support for Israel
23:46 Obama's support for Israel
24:26 Israel can't wage war without USA
25:02 Israel is US unsinkable aircraft carrier
25:36 Netanyahu is American
26:15 Israel is an outpost of US empire
26:39 (CLIP) Biden: US would create Israel
27:05 Geopolitics of Israel
27:22 Outro -
What caused the deindustrialization of the US economy? Can Donald Trump really reindustrialize the USA with tariffs? Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss.
VIDEO with charts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpNql8U6WvE
This is part of the program Geopolitical Economy Hour. You can watch other episodes of the show here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP -
Donald Trump claimed he would "un-unite" Russia and China, but the US divide-and-conquer strategy is failing. In a meeting in Moscow celebrating the 80th anniversary of their nations' victory in World War Two, Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin reaffirmed that "China-Russia relations have reached the highest level in history" and will "jointly resist any attempts to interfere with and disrupt the traditional friendship and deep mutual trust between China and Russia". Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLJ6K_95uWk
Topics
0:00 USA tries to contain China
0:49 (CLIP) Trump vows to divide Russia & China
1:05 Marco Rubio targets China
1:34 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat"
2:17 Trump admin's Russia strategy
2:33 (CLIP) Rubio wants to "partner" with Russia
2:41 China & Russia are "friends of steel"
3:43 80th anniversary of Victory Day
4:05 Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany
5:23 China's sacrifice in World War II
6:21 Vietnam resisted Japanese empire
6:50 Putin reaffirms "highest level" China ties
10:23 China-Russia trade
11:52 USA can't offer Russia much
12:36 NATO expansion
13:34 Xi compares US imperialism to fascism
14:38 China-Russia relations
15:16 Xi Jinping on Russia ties
16:46 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
17:42 Reverse Nixon?
19:08 China's economy
20:31 Kissinger plan to divide Russia & China
23:05 Obama-Clinton "Russian reset" attempt
26:00 China-Russia joint statement
27:29 World Anti-Fascist War
29:09 Closest China-Russia relations in history
31:17 Multipolarity
34:07 BRICS
35:08 Russia joins the Global Majority
36:17 Brazil
36:49 Venezuela
37:27 Cuba
38:18 Burkina Faso leader Ibrahim Traoré
39:08 Palestine
40:14 Vietnam
41:40 US hegemony is declining
42:55 Outro -
Donald Trump's tariff threats, trade war, and other aggressive policies are uniting the world against the United States. Meanwhile, China is deepening its cooperation with Europe, Southeast Asia, Russia, and even South Korea and Japan. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4soTzm9uMQ
Trump's tariffs turbocharge de-dollarization: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/05/05/trump-tariffs-dedollarization-sell-us-dollar/
Topics
0:00 Trump's contradictory policies
0:15 (CLIP) Trump vows to be "peacemaker"
0:45 (CLIP) Trump promises imperial expansion
1:23 Massive US war budget
1:44 (CLIP) Trump's $1 trillion military budget
2:04 Ukraine peace talks failed
2:18 Trump bombs Yemen, threatens Iran
2:36 Trump backs Israel's crimes
3:13 Neocon hawk Marco Rubio
4:09 Crusader Pete Hegseth
4:53 Trade war
5:31 China talks
6:20 Dedollarization
7:00 Trump isolates USA
7:29 (CLIP) Trump: USA will be "strongest"
7:50 Blowback
8:25 Poll: Trump is very unpopular
10:01 Fox News poll: Trump is unpopular
10:56 Global anger at US aggression
11:58 US "encirclement" plan for China
13:49 China, Japan, S Korea, ASEAN cooperate
14:53 China, Japan South Korea coordinate
16:15 Japan pushes back against Trump
17:40 China & Vietnam deepen relations
18:28 ASEAN prefers China
19:38 ASEAN's trade with China
20:04 China diversifies its trade
21:50 China-Russia partnership
22:21 (CLIP) Trump: Divide Russia & China
22:37 Xi Jinping's trip to Russia
23:53 China & Russia commemorate WWII
25:13 Europe & China improve relations
27:11 Trump unites the rest of the world
27:43 Poll: China more popular than USA
29:48 US imperial decline
30:09 China: world's no 1 trading partner
30:28 China: world's no 1 economy
30:51 China: world's no 1 manufacturer
31:36 USA: world's no 1 oil producer
32:24 Canada's election
34:12 Australia's election
35:25 The Trump effect
36:14 Outro -
Donald Trump said he wanted to save the dominance of the US dollar as the global reserve currency, but his aggressive tariff threats and trade war are accelerating dedollarization. Countries and foreign investors are selling US stocks and bonds (Treasury securities, ie, US government debt), seeking alternative reserve assets. Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnWnyL3WGjg
Topics
0:00 Donald Trump's plan
0:24 (CLIP) Trump on dedollarization
0:51 (CLIP) Trump on dollar dominance
1:23 Dedollarization
2:00 BRICS
2:48 Financial markets are de-dollarizing
4:11 Blowback
5:06 Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs
5:25 Trade war on China
5:49 US "grand encirclement" plan
6:35 China & Vietnam deepen ties
7:11 China, South Korea, Japan cooperate
7:56 Japan pushes back against USA
9:16 US bond market problems
10:43 Foreign holders of US Treasuries
11:13 China's US Treasury holdings
12:17 China is de-dollarizing
12:46 US asset seizures
14:03 China's dedollarization
15:17 Mar-a-Lago Accord means default
16:58 China de-dollarizes its reserves
19:00 Central banks buy gold
20:53 Gold price skyrockets
22:05 USD falls against yen & euro
23:21 Japanese & European bonds
24:35 Exchange rate risk
25:22 Japanese investors sell US assets
27:26 Dedollarization accelerates
28:37 Multipolar currency world
29:46 US current account deficit
30:40 Foreign holdings of US Treasuries
31:57 Scott Bessent fails to lower yields
32:30 Interest payments on US debt
33:20 Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell
33:58 Dedollarization will continue
34:52 Outro -
Canada's new Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney is a center-right banker, not a real alternative to Donald Trump's right-wing agenda. They both serve the interests of rich elites and large corporations. Political economist Radhika Desai analyzes Canada's 2025 election results with journalist and lawyer Dimitri Lascaris.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH9PzE1Agt0
You can follow Dimitri Lascaris' independent media outlet Reason2Resist here: https://www.youtube.com/@reason2resist
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