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    Bryce Greene: What You Should Really Know About Ukraine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 19:48


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/31/bryce-greene-what-you-should-really-know-about-ukraine/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Pepe Escobar: Say hello to Russian gold and Chinese petroyuan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 9:21


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/31/pepe-escobar-say-hello-to-russian-gold-and-chinese-petroyuan/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Gordon Hahn: “There is no threat of NATO expansion to Ukraine” and “NATO will not expand one inch beyond Eastern Germany”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 21:12


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/10/there-is-no-threat-of-nato-expansion-to-ukraine-and-nato-will-not-expand-one-inch-beyond-eastern-germany/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Robert Wright: In Defense of Whataboutism

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 5:13


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/07/robert-wright-in-defense-of-whataboutism/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Kevin Gosztola: The Inevitability Of Russia's Attack On Ukraine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 9:43


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/07/kevin-gosztola-the-inevitability-of-russias-attack-on-ukraine/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Anatol Lieven: Ukraine - What Russia wants, what the West can do

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 9:52


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/07/ukraine-what-russia-wants-what-the-west-can-do/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Jan Oberg: Stop the security intellectual disarmament – Learn to conflict and peace constructively!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 12:07


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/04/jan-oberg-stop-the-security-intellectual-disarmament-learn-to-conflict-and-peace-constructively/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Edward Curtin: JFK Revisited – Through the Looking Glass by Oliver Stone – A Film Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 19:55


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/02/23/edward-curtin-jfk-revisited-through-the-looking-glass-by-oliver-stone-a-film-review/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Alfred De Zayas: A Culture of Cheating – On the Origins of the Crisis in Ukraine

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 7:06


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/02/16/alfred-de-zayas-a-culture-of-cheating-on-the-origins-of-the-crisis-in-ukraine/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Robin Poulton: Ukrainian Sovereignty Means Not Joining NATO

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 4:44


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    Benjamin & Davies: Memo to Congress – Diplomacy for Ukraine is spelled M-i-n-s-k

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 11:11


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/02/10/benjamin-davies-memo-to-congress-diplomacy-for-ukraine-is-spelled-m-i-n-s-k/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Richard Falk: Toward Global Solidarity – A Politics of Impossibility

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 17:27


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/02/07/richard-falk-toward-global-solidarity-a-politics-of-impossibility/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    The Still-Topical Tagliavini Report on the 2008 War in Georgia

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 5:51


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/02/07/the-still-topical-tagliavini-report-on-the-2008-war-in-georgia/ By Thomas de Waal, Carnegie in Moscow --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    David Swanson: To Send Weapons and Troops to Ukraine You'd Have to Be a Stupid Son of a Biden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 4:20


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/01/27/david-swanson-to-send-weapons-and-troops-to-ukraine-youd-have-to-be-a-stupid-son-of-a-biden/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Scott Ritter: Ukraine Crisis - US ‘Toolboxes' Are Empty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 11:10


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/01/27/ukraine-crisis-us-toolboxes-are-empty/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 16:36


    From the National Security Archive at George Washington University This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/01/11/nato-expansion-what-gorbachev-heard-2/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    NATO Expansion – The Budapest Blow Up 1994

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 6:57


    From the US NAtional Security Archives at George Washington University This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/01/11/nato-expansion-the-budapest-blow-up-1994/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Fredrik Heffermehl: The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize: Freedom for the Press or for the US?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 9:52


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/12/09/fredrik-heffermehl-the-2021-nobel-peace-prize-freedom-for-the-press-or-for-the-us/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Jan Oberg: The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 Scandal – How it fits CIA and the US ‘democracy”s global media war

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 13:47


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/12/09/jan-oberg-the-nobel-peace-prize-2021-scandal-how-it-fits-cia-and-the-us-democracys-global-media-war/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Jan Oberg: My columns at China Daily & other Chinese media

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2021 8:19


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/12/05/jan-oberg-my-columns-at-china-daily-other-chinese-media/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    William Astore: America's abyss of weapons and warmaking

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2021 13:17


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/12/05/americas-abyss-of-weapons-and-warmaking/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Jan Oberg: Is Democracy Gone Forever In Italy? On the Politics of Covid Responses

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 13:15


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/12/01/jan-oberg-is-democracy-gone-forever-in-italy-on-the-politics-of-covid-responses/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    John Mcevoy: Deathly Silence – Journalists Who Mocked Assange Have Nothing to Say About CIA Plans to Kill Him

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 9:02


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/30/john-mcevoy-deathly-silence-journalists-who-mocked-assange-have-nothing-to-say-about-cia-plans-to-kill-him/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    US coverup of Syria massacre shows the danger of the Assange precedent

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 5:45


    By Caitlin Johnstone: This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/30/us-coverup-of-syria-massacre-shows-the-danger-of-the-assange-precedent/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Leung Wing-Fai: Perceptions of the East – "Yellow Peril: An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 6:33


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/18/perceptions-of-the-east-yellow-peril-an-archive-of-anti-asian-fear/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Carlos Martinez: The left must resolutely oppose the US-led New Cold War on China

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 30:00


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/18/carlos-martinez-the-left-must-resolutely-oppose-the-us-led-new-cold-war-on-china/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    School History: Operation Mockingbird

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 12:00


    School History: This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/18/operation-mockingbird/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Dan Harsha: Taking China's pulse – How much do the Chinese trust their leaders?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 9:11


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/09/dan-harsha-taking-chinas-pulse-how-much-do-the-chinese-trust-their-leaders/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Peter McKillop: Xi Jinping says it's time for an ‘ecological civilization'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 7:28


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    The Costs of Destruction and Construction: Post-9/11 Wars and the Belt and Road

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 19:31


    By Hussein Askary This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/01/the-costs-of-destruction-and-construction-post-9-11-wars-and-the-belt-and-road/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Tom Engelhardt: The Decline and Fall of the Roman… Whoops!… American Empire

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 13:09


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/29/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-whoops-american-empire/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    I Piper & J Dyke: Tens of thousands of civilians likely killed by US in ‘Forever Wars'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 16:02


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/31/i-piper-j-dyke-tens-of-thousands-of-civilians-likely-killed-by-us-in-forever-wars/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Jean-Pierre Lehmann: Why the world has to study Chinese history, and how China views history

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 7:19


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/28/jean-pierre-lehmann-why-the-world-has-to-study-chinese-history-and-how-china-views-history/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Farhang Jahanpour: On Arnold Toynbee's “Civilisation On Trial” today

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 15:53


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/28/farhang-jahanpour-on-arnold-toynbees-civilisation-on-trial-today/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Jan Oberg: Evidently the West cannot live without enemy images. Go see a shrink so we shall all live in peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 16:15


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/27/jan-oberg-evidently-the-west-cannot-live-without-enemy-images-go-see-a-shrink-so-we-shall-all-live-in-peace/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Eurasia News: China begins the “transformation of capitalism”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 7:55


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    Fourth America is Almost Over — Americans Want a Divorce

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 16:40


    By Andrew Tanner This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/11/fourth-america-is-almost-over-americans-want-a-divorce/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Josef Gregory Mahoney: “Biden's approach to China has been a three-headed monster – compete, cooperate, contain”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 15:57


    This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/05/josef-gregory-mahoney-bidens-approach-to-china-has-been-a-three-headed-monster-compete-cooperate-contain/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    John Avery: Working for peace since 1954

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 4:20


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    Peter J. Peverelli: Human rights measured by the dimensions of culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 1:55


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    Cindy Cohn: ‘Governments Are Spying on the People Who Bring Us the News'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 22:34


    By Cindy Cohn This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/04/cindy-cohn-governments-are-spying-on-the-people-who-bring-us-the-news/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Jim Lobe: Europeans see US engaged in new cold war but want no part of it

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 5:49


    By Jim Lobe This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/04/jim-lobe-europeans-see-us-engaged-in-new-cold-war-but-want-no-part-of-it/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    CGTN Think Tank survey: 84.6% believe U.S. war against terrorism in Afghanistan has failed

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 6:42


    By CGTN Think Tank, Beijing This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/04/cgtn-think-tank-survey-84-6-believe-u-s-war-against-terrorism-in-afghanistan-has-failed/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Blood in the Sand

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 6:24


    By Jeffrey Sachs This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/30/blood-in-the-sand/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Neta C. Crawford: Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 9:52


    By Neta C. Crawford This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/29/neta-c-crawford-calculating-the-costs-of-the-afghanistan-war-in-lives-dollars-and-years/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    China a godsend for the US arms industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 8:11


    By Alex Lo This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/29/china-a-godsend-for-the-us-arms-industry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Chas Freeman's views on the US-China relationship and its future

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 20:35


    Interview with Chas Freeman --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Reclaiming Utopia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 8:24


    By Biljana Vankovska This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/16/reclaiming-utopia/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Richard Falk: Everything went wrong in Afghanistan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 10:18


    By Richard Falk This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/14/richard-falk-everything-went-wrong-in-afghanistan/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    September 11 Twenty Years Later: What Should Have Been Done?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 10:04


    By Jan Oberg This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/11/september-11-twenty-years-later-what-should-have-been-done/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

    Afghanistan: War for the Sake of War

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 23:54


    By Håkan Wiberg This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/09/war-for-the-sake-of-war/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/transnational-foundation/message

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