Geopolitical Economy Report

The US-Israeli war on Iran is expanding into a global conflict. The European Union supports it. The UK is letting Trump use British bases. Germany and France are involved. Canada backs it. Tehran has retaliated, in self-defense, hitting US military bases in Gulf countries. Ben Norton explains.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un25sqF6tnU

Topics
0:00 US-Israeli war on Iran expands
0:46 Pentagon admits war is based on lies
2:54 France, Germany, UK join war
3:36 USA is using British bases
4:44 Iran retaliates in self-defense
5:48 Iran hits US bases in Middle East
6:20 US casualties
6:42 CIA coup installed Iran's shah
7:22 USA wants hegemony
8:21 Iran closes Strait of Hormuz
9:23 US & Israel target Iranian leaders
11:19 Supreme leader Ali Khamenei
12:28 US & Israel bomb a school
13:38 Germany ignores international law
15:10 Friedrich Merz, BlackRock boy
16:27 Canada PM Mark Carney
17:48 (CLIP) Carney WEF Davos speech
18:45 West's hypocrisy
20:19 Trump's war unites the West
21:33 Canada supports US-Israeli war
22:11 Netanyahu ICC arrest warrant
22:49 Nuclear weapon negotiations
24:24 US surprise attacks on Iran
26:34 Myth of "rules-based order"
27:20 Germany supports war
28:39 Turning victim into aggressor
29:29 France supports war
31:07 EU supports war
32:10 Ursula von der Leyen hypocrisy
33:16 EU works with Israel
33:40 EU backs Gulf monarchies
35:22 EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas
36:51 UN Charter on use of force
37:37 UN Charter on self-defense
38:14 Western imperialism
39:15 Outro

The United States and Israel are waging a war of aggression against Iran. This is not about nuclear weapons; it's about imperialism. Trump and Netanyahu admitted they want regime change in Tehran. They want to overthrow the revolutionary government and put a puppet in power, like the former shah. Ben Norton explains.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_xGgeV_9rw

Topics
0:00 USA & Israel bomb Iran
1:21 (CLIP) Trump threatens Iran's military
1:49 (CLIP) Trump calls for regime change
2:33 Iran retaliates, hitting US bases
3:26 Iran is not Venezuela, or Iraq
4:18 (CLIP) Trump fears US casualties
4:52 Israel's PM Netanyahu
6:08 US empire's plans for West Asia
7:39 (CLIP) Wesley Clark: 7 countries targeted
8:14 Nuclear weapons
9:15 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA)
10:31 Fake US "negotiations"
12:21 Oil & gas in Middle East (West Asia)
12:45 USA wants to cut off China's oil supplies
13:55 Trump's oil blockade of Cuba
14:25 Israel: US empire's aircraft carrier
15:26 CIA coup in Iran in 1953
16:04 US-backed dictator, the shah
16:54 Iranian Revolution
17:20 Iran-Iraq War
17:52 US puppet, "crown prince" Reza Pahlavi
19:56 US-backed regime change in Syria
21:01 Imperialism
21:24 Outro

Cold War Two is transforming the global political system. Two distinct visions are competing: The US seeks to revive colonialism and imperialist "spheres of influence", using force to restore Western hegemony. China wants a multipolar order based on peace, sovereign equality, and win-win cooperation. Ben Norton analyzes speeches by officials from both countries.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqhLXjvTRsw

Sources and links here: https://www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/us-unipolarity-china-multipolarity-vision-global-order

Topics
0:00 (CLIP) China proposes multipolar order
0:30 Cold War Two
1:13 Comparing visions of USA and China
2:49 (CLIP) Stephen Miller: Might makes right
3:39 US imperialist model
5:18 (CLIP) Marco Rubio's pro-colonialist speech
7:13 Speech by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
7:55 China opposes hegemony
8:45 (CLIP) Wang Yi explains China's vision
10:11 (CLIP) China opposes "law of the jungle"
10:24 Xi Jinping's global governance principles
10:53 United Nations
11:51 (CLIP) China defends UN system
12:33 Respect for small countries
13:56 (CLIP) US is destroying law-based system
14:40 Importance of sovereignty
15:38 (CLIP) Global South is rising
15:58 China's multipolarity vs US unipolarity
18:13 Outro

The Second Cold War that the United States is waging against China includes a trade war, tech war, and now a mineral war. In alliance with Silicon Valley Big Tech corporations, the US government is trying to recruit countries into Pax Silica, a coalition to create a new global supply chain for critical minerals that cuts out China. Ben Norton explains.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHHeug0APxk

Topics
0:00 Cold War Two against China
0:30 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat"
1:33 Trade war
2:26 Why China won the trade war
3:25 Critical mineral supply chain
4:10 Trump plans to restart trade war
4:47 Trump tariffs and SCOTUS ruling
6:15 Tech war against China
7:05 Chip war
8:32 AI chip supply chain
9:58 Military-industrial complex
11:28 Plans for new supply chain
12:14 Project Vault: US mineral stockpile
12:53 Japan deal with USA
13:35 Pax Silica
14:13 Critical minerals ministerial
14:57 Members of US-led Pax Silica
16:17 India
17:03 Other countries
18:04 US State Department narrative
19:41 China is the target
21:10 Big Tech corporations
21:30 Google
22:14 Public-private partnership
23:23 Under Secretary Jacob Helberg
24:32 US attacks on Iran target China
26:00 China oil imports
27:11 Geostrategic oil chokepoints
27:48 Strait of Hormuz
28:27 Strait of Malacca
29:27 Silicon Valley oligarchs
31:04 AI & crypto czar David Sacks
31:32 PayPal Mafia
32:41 Billionaires make US govt policy
33:19 AI race with China
34:57 Silicon Valley fears China
35:32 Billionaires run US government
36:46 India joins US-led Pax Silica
39:22 India's foreign policy
40:41 Non-Aligned Movement
41:23 New cold war
43:24 Outro

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered an overtly pro-colonialist speech at the Munich Security Conference in which he praised "the great Western empires" and said North America and Europe should unite to recolonize the Global South. Ben Norton reports on the increasing desperation of the imperialist West as its global dominance declines.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mWRy7A1cJI

Topics
0:00 (CLIP) Marco Rubio praises colonialism
1:13 From colonialism to decolonization
2:17 Western colonies today
3:24 USA wants to reverse decolonization
4:30 Marco Rubio's pro-colonialist speech
6:06 (CLIP) Rubio loves "great Western empires"
6:58 Demonizing anti-colonial movements
7:55 (CLIP) US plan to reverse West's decline
8:57 (CLIP) Erasing colonial crimes
9:32 Proud of colonialism
10:21 (CLIP) "Purported sins" of colonialism
10:37 Crimes of Western colonialism
11:39 (CLIP) Armies fight for "civilization"
11:49 EU leaders applaud colonialist speech
12:31 (CLIP) EU standing ovation for Rubio
12:40 Western media coverage
13:16 Munich Security Conference (MSC)
13:43 (CLIP) Europe's colonial "sigh of relief"
14:15 Defeat of European colonialism
14:57 US imperial message to Global South
15:58 (CLIP) "Western civilization"
16:30 Western civilization built on colonialism
17:00 (CLIP) Trump invites Europe to join
17:15 Rubio identifies as European, not Cuban
18:28 (CLIP) Rubio praises European colonizers
19:21 (CLIP) Rubio's ancestry in Italy & Spain
20:07 Capitalism vs anti-imperialist socialism
21:26 (CLIP) Anti-communism unites West
22:47 Cold War Two against China
23:42 New supply chain to cut out China
25:26 (CLIP) "Western supply chain"
25:49 US goal: reverse decolonization
26:19 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
27:05 China opposes imperialism
27:42 China's speech at MSC
28:38 Need to reform the UN
29:36 Equality for countries
30:20 China opposes new cold war
30:59 Multipolar world based on sovereignty
32:34 Global South is rising
33:13 US empire wants global dictatorship
33:49 USA vs China: polar opposites
35:18 Outro