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Alex Krainer is a market analyst, author & former hedge fund manager. Krainer discusses that in the struggle for Eurasia, Russia and Iran are moving closer, while the US and Europe are heading toward a divorce.
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Main Topic: The evolving geopolitical landscape, focusing on the Russia-Iran partnership, the potential divergence between the US and Europe, and the internal power struggles within the US influencing foreign policy.
Key Points:
- Russia-Iran Alignment: Russia and Iran are growing closer due to being targeted by what the speaker calls the “Western empire.”
- Eurasian Hegemony: The West’s strategic imperative is to maintain hegemony over the Eurasian landmass, preventing the rise of rival powers. This strategy involves creating crisis flashpoints to weaken potential rivals.
- Ukraine as a Failing Project: The effort to use Ukraine to weaken Russia and decouple it from Europe is not succeeding. The US may be extricating itself from the project, shifting responsibility to Europe.
- Trump’s Foreign Policy: Despite often chaotic rhetoric, Trump’s actions suggest a move away from the post-World War II global order, where the US acted as the military enforcer of Western hegemony. He seems to be pursuing deals with sovereign nations like Russia, China, and Iran, while distancing the US from European powers.
- Internal US Power Struggles: The US is not a monolith, and there’s an internal struggle between those who want to maintain the imperial status quo and those who want to return to a more republican, less interventionist foreign policy.
- British Influence: The British are trying to reclaim their former imperial glory by destabilizing nations through intelligence networks, NGOs, and covert diplomacy, often using the US military for blunt force.
- Rhetoric vs. Policy: It’s crucial to look beyond the confusing rhetoric and focus on the actual effects of Trump’s policies. The rhetoric may be a smokescreen to appease certain factions and allow for policy shifts.
Highlights:
- The speaker emphasizes the importance of understanding the grand strategy of the “Western empire” to make sense of seemingly disparate global crises.
- He suggests that Trump’s seemingly chaotic foreign policy may have a method to it, aimed at extricating the US from costly and ultimately detrimental imperial entanglements.
- The [Kim Darroch] Memo Gate incident is highlighted as an example of the British attempting to manipulate the US into a war with Iran.
- The speaker believes that there is a broad-based movement within the American political and military establishment to reject the empire and return to a more sovereign, regional power role for the US.
- The speaker suggests that Trump’s insistence on the word “obliterated” regarding Iran’s nuclear program is to remove the pretext for war.
About Channel:
Glenn Diesen is a professor of Russian international affairs, with focus on geoeconomics, conservatism and the Greater Eurasia Initiative.
Professor Diesen is an academic, author, editor, and political commentator. His research focus is primarily on Russian foreign policy and the geoeconomics of Greater Eurasia and the emerging strategic partnership between Russia and China. Diesen’s latest books are Russophobia: Propaganda in International Politics (2022), Europe as the Western Peninsula of Greater Eurasia: Geoeconomic Regions in a Multipolar World (2021); Russian Conservatism: Managing Change under Permanent Revolution (2021); Great Power Politics in the Fourth Industrial Rivalry: The Geoeconomics of Technological Sovereignty (2021); The Return of Eurasia (2021); Russia in a Changing World (2020); The Decay of Western Civilisation and Resurgence of Russia: Between Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (2018); Russia’s Geoeconomic Strategy for a Greater Eurasia (2017); and EU and NATO relations with Russia: After the collapse of the Soviet Union (2015).
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- Name, Kim Derek -> Kim Darroch; Nigel Kim Darroch, Baron Darroch of Kew, is a former British diplomat.