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We’re with the one-off diplomat, strategist, and historian Chas Freeman. Chas Freeman. Call this “Curious Citizen Meets the Most Knowledgeable Straight-Talker Anywhere Near the U.S. Government.” At a turn in the calendar, a transition in ...

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AMB. Chas Freeman: A Reckless BidenSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Interview recorded - 7th of November, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Former Ambassador Chas Freeman. Chas is a well know diplomat with an array of experience. Examples include being the main interpreter for Richard Nixon during his 1972 China visit and the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 1992, during the Gulf war.During our conversation we spoke about the US driving together China and Russia, Biden escalating tensions, US fighting Russia, sustainment of global hegemony, 0:00 - Introduction2:06 - Driving China and Russia together?5:28 - Biden escalating tensions11:22 - Should NATO have been ended when Soviet Union collapsed?15:32 - US fighting Russia?17:50 - Sustainment of global hegemony20:56 - How has the Middle East evolved?24:20 - Anyway to get back to two state solution?31:39 - Axis of evil36:09 - Further escalation?39:19 - Madman theory40:29 - Normalise relations with adversaries?49:49 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?Ambassador Freeman has recently retired from Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. He was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1993-94, earning the highest public service awards of the Department of Defense for his roles in designing a NATO-centered post-Cold War European security system and in reestablishing defense and military relations with China. He served as U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm). He was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the historic U.S. mediation of Namibian independence from South Africa and Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola.Chas Freeman served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires in the American embassies at both Bangkok (1984-1986) and Beijing (1981-1984). He was Director for Chinese Affairs at the U.S. Department of State from 1979-1981. He was the principal American interpreter during the late President Nixon's path-breaking visit to China in 1972. In addition to his Middle Eastern, African, East Asian and European diplomatic experience, he served in India.Ambassador Freeman earned a certificate in Latin American studies from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, certificates in both the national and Taiwan dialects of Chinese from the former Foreign Service Institute field school in Taiwan, a BA magna cum laude from Yale University and a JD from the Harvard Law School. He is the recipient of numerous high honors and awards. He is the author of three books on U.S. foreign policy and two on statecraft. He was the editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on “diplomacy.”  He is a sought-after speaker on a wide variety of foreign policy issues.Ambassador Freeman is Chairman of the Board of Projects International, Inc., a Washington-based business development firm that specializes in arranging international joint ventures, acquisitions, and other business operations for its American and foreign clients. After his retirement from government, he served concurrently as co-chair of the United States China Policy Foundation, president of the Middle East Policy Council, and vice chair of the Atlantic Council of the United States.Chas Freeman is married to the Hon. Margaret Van Wagenen Carpenter.  He has three children by a previous marriage, eight grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.Chas Freeman:Website - https://chasfreeman.net/WTFinance: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

AMB. Chas Freeman: Can Netanyahu Afford a Ceasefire?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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AMB. Chas Freeman: Is Israel Its Own Worst Enemy?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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AMB Chas Freeman: 75 years of Israeli WarsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Amb. Chas Freeman : Why Israel Is Losing Its WarSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Click here for the full interview with Chas Freeman: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/biden-is-a-senile-war-monger-veteran?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: CNN Melts Down Over Uncommitted Voters https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/cnn-melts-down-over-uncommitted-voters?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web “Our foreign policy is diplomacy free.” As he watches the escalating crises in our world today, this is the main takeaway for Chas Freeman, who, as the US ambassador to Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War, knows a thing about diplomacy. “It's a lot cheaper and more effective to sit down and talk to someone than to pull a gun on them and shoot them,” he says. “But that's what we seem to have substituted for our normal course of diplomatic interaction.” Freeman explains the leading cause of forever wars: “There's nobody quite as bloodthirsty as a civilian with no experience of war.” As shown in the episode thumbnail above (side note: you know it's a bad crew if the most likable character in the picture is Matthew Miller), the warmongers in charge of foreign policy are all civilians. When the top US general Mark Milley called for peace talks in Ukraine, it was these bad actors who shut it down. “The military know that they can die in a war, that their comrades will die,” says Freeman. “They know that you should never enter a war without figuring out first how you're going to end it, on what terms, and with whom.” But the ‘leaders' we do have never had to fight. “Civilians typically define no end state, have no war termination strategy, which is why we get forever wars.” And the future only looks bleaker. “Here we have an election which is between someone who is widely regarded as a senile war monger and somebody who has been correctly diagnosed as a malignant narcissist.” Subscribe to hear the full interview with Chas Freeman on why the protest vote against Biden in Michigan was “very significant,” how the New York Times has been complicit in the information war, the main similarity between the wars in Ukraine and in Gaza (bet you can guess it), and the main difference between the genocide in Israel and the one in South Africa: “South Africa was on the verge of having a race war but it never had one. Israel is having a race war.” Freeman's important voice makes this an episode of Useful Idiots you're not going to want to miss. Subscribe now to hear the full interview and support independent media. 00:00 Intro 00:51 The Four Food Groups of News 08:49 Chas Freeman interview 09:29 Uncommitted shocks Biden 14:01 Our foreign policy is diplomacy-free 20:33 Does Israel have a right to exist? 23:43 Israel vs South Africa 28:08 Aaron Bushnell 33:23 Has this ever happened before? 36:47 Palestine vs Ukraine 41:19 Diplomats kill peace in Ukraine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gran jurado acusa a 11 personas por presuntamente traficar cocaína mediante el Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos Quiénes entran y quiénes se quedan fuera de la contienda Cuáles son los vínculos políticos con el PNP del juez que verá caso de Eliezer Molina, Raúl Candelario López Las próximas elecciones del 2024 [entre la vieja y la nueva escuela] Entre los bebés de JGo y el noviazgo del gobernador, para que no se cuestione lo que pasa. JGo le sale al paso al precandidato y Gobernador, Pedro Pierluisi sobre el hecho de que él recoge más dinero que ella para su campaña. La entrevista a Putin por parte de Tucker Carlson hace 1 semana fue de carácter “tectónico” . La entrevista ya tiene más de 1,000 millones de reproducciones en X (antes Twitter) y otras plataformas en tiempo récord. De hecho, Chas Freeman, ex secretario de defensa, dijo al respecto:“This interview broke the wall by our oligarchical media”. ¿Y quién la vio o la discute en el plano local? La infidelidad financiera. El colmo de la chillería    Estas son algunas de las noticias que tenemos hoy En Blanco y Negro con Sandra.   AUDIO: Este es un programa independiente y sindicalizado. Esto significa que se transmite simultáneamente por una serie de emisoras de radio y medios que son los más fuertes en sus respectivas regiones, por sus plataformas digitales, aplicaciones para dispositivos móviles y redes sociales. Estos medios son: 1.     Cadena WIAC - WYAC 930 AM Cabo Rojo- Mayagüez 2.     Cadena WIAC – WISA 1390 AM Isabela 3.     Cadena WIAC – WIAC 740 AM Área norte y zona metropolitana 4.     WLRP 1460 AM Radio Raíces La voz del Pepino en San Sebastián 5.     X61 – 610 AM en Patillas 6.     X61 – 94.3 FM Patillas y todo el sureste 7.     WPAB 550 AM - Ponce 8.     ECO 93.1 FM – En todo Puerto Rico 9.     Mundo Latino PR.com   Podcast disponible en Spotify, Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts y otras plataformas https://anchor.fm/sandrarodriguezcotto   También nos pueden seguir en: REDES SOCIALES: Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, Tumblr, TikTok   BLOG:   En Blanco y Negro con Sandra http://enblancoynegromedia.blogspot.com   SUSCRIPCIÓN: Substack, plataforma de suscripción de prensa independiente https://substack.com/@sandrarodriguezcotto   OTROS MEDIOS DIGITALES: ¡Ey! Boricua, Revista Seguros. Revista Crónicas y otros     --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sandrarodriguezcotto/support

Cracks in the NATO Narratives and NATO Unity - Chas Freeman, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen

Ein Kommentar von Rainer Rupp.In dieser Tagesdosis geht es um ein zweifellos außergewöhnliches Interview mit dem ehemaligen stellvertretenden US-Verteidigungsminister und Ex-US-Botschafter Chas Freeman.Die wichtigsten Punkte im hier verlinkten Video-Interview sind:Viele der toten israelischen Zivilisten vom 7. Oktober 2023 wurden nicht von Hamas, sondern von israelischen Soldaten getötet, so Chas Freeman. Den Gaza-Streifen bezeichnete er als "Konzentrationslager" für Palästinenser und den Israelis stellte er in Aussicht, wegen Kriegsverbrechen angeklagt zu werden.Freeman betont, dass viele der Opfer des 7. Oktober von der israelischen Armee in Form von "undiszipliniertem Feuer durch Hubschrauber mit Hellfire-Raketen oder durch Panzer mit Brandgeschossen, die auf die Häuser in den (von der Hamas gestürmten) israelischen Dörfern abgeschossen worden waren", getötet wurden. Im Fall der großen Zahl von Opfern unter den Besuchern des israelischen Musikfestivals unmittelbar an der Grenze zu Gaza sagt er sogar, dass sie "größtenteils durch Hellfire-Raketen und anderes undiszipliniertes Feuer der israelischen Streitkräfte getötet wurden".Aus militärischer Sicht sei das eine "Schande", die zum Teil auf einen "Mangel an Disziplin und Ausbildung" zurückzuführen sei, sonst könne man im Ernstfall "nicht richtig reagieren". Zum anderen sei aber auch die sogenannte "Hannibal-Direktive" der israelischen Streitkräfte (IDF) für die vielen israelischen zivilen Opfer verantwortlich. Diese Direktive besagt, "dass man die israelischen Geiseln zusammen mit ihren Hamas-Geiselnehmern töten sollte, um später umständliche und langwierige Verhandlungen über einen Geiselaustausch zu verhindern", die dem israelischen Image in der Öffentlichkeit schaden...... hier weiterlesen: https://apolut.net/wegen-bestialitaet-haben-zionisten-in-gaza-bereits-verloren-von-rainer-rupp+++Bildquelle: Anas-Mohammed / shutterstock+++Apolut ist auch als kostenlose App für Android- und iOS-Geräte verfügbar! Über unsere Homepage kommen Sie zu den Stores von Apple und Huawei. Hier der Link: https://apolut.net/app/Die apolut-App steht auch zum Download (als sogenannte Standalone- oder APK-App) auf unserer Homepage zur Verfügung. Mit diesem Link können Sie die App auf Ihr Smartphone herunterladen: https://apolut.net/apolut_app.apk+++Abonnieren Sie jetzt den apolut-Newsletter: https://apolut.net/newsletter/+++Ihnen gefällt unser Programm? Informationen zu Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten finden Sie hier: https://apolut.net/unterstuetzen/+++Unterstützung für apolut kann auch als Kleidung getragen werden! Hier der Link zu unserem Fan-Shop: https://harlekinshop.com/pages/apolut+++Website und Social Media:Website: https://apolut.netOdysee: https://odysee.com/@apolut:aRumble: https://rumble.com/ApolutX/Twitter‪:‬ https‪://‬twitter‪.‬com‪/‬apolut‪_‬netInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/apolut_net/Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/apolut_netTelegram: https://t.me/s/apolutFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/apolut/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Just a month into the ferociously brutal and reckless war in Israel-Palestine, on what feels like a hinge of history—outcomes wildly uncertain—our refuge is Chas Freeman, the American diplomat, strategist, and historian. We call Chas ...

On this edition of Parallax Views, Ambassador Chas Freeman, a retired diplomat with a stories career and a visiting scholar at the Watson Institute for International Relations and Public Affairs, returns to discuss the bombing of Gaza by Israel in retaliation for the October 7th Hamas attack. We also discuss his critique of the U.S.-Israel special relationship, which he argues is harmful towards to both the interests of the United States and Israel. In the final portion of the conversation Amb. Freeman discusses how pro-Israel lobby elements, namely the Zionist Organization of America, applied a pressure campaign against his being the chair of the National Intelligence Council in the Obama administration. Amb. Freeman's full bio (courtesy the Watson Institute): Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. is a senior fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense, ambassador to Saudi Arabia (during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm), acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, and Chargé d'affaires at both Bangkok and Beijing.  He began his diplomatic career in India but specialized in Chinese affairs.  (He was the principal American interpreter during President Nixon's visit to Beijing in 1972.)   Ambassador Freeman is a much sought-after public speaker (see http://chasfreeman.net) and the author of several well-received books on statecraft and diplomacy. His most recent book, "America's Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East" was published in May 2016. "Interesting Times: China, America, and the Shifting Balance of Prestige," appeared in March 2013. "America's Misadventures in the Middle East" came out in 2010, as did the most recent revision of "The Diplomat's Dictionary," the companion volume to "Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy." He was the editor of the Encyclopedia Britannica entry on "diplomacy." Freeman is a former U.S. assistant secretary of defense, ambassador to Saudi Arabia, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for African affairs, chargé d'affaires a.i. at Bangkok and Beijing, acting U.S. commissioner for refugee affairs and director of program coordination and development at the U.S. Information Agency. He was the principal American interpreter during the late President Nixon's 1972 opening of U.S. relations with China. Chas Freeman studied at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Taiwan and earned an A.B. magna cum laude from Yale University as well as a J.D. from the Harvard Law School. He chairs Projects International, Inc., a Washington-based firm that for more than three decades has helped its American and foreign clients create ventures across borders, facilitating their establishment of new businesses through the design, negotiation, capitalization, and implementation of greenfield investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, franchises, one-off transactions, sales and agencies in other countries.

New World Order w/ Ambassador Chas Freeman, Alexander Mercouris and Glenn Diesen

New World Order w/ Ambassador Chas Freeman, Alexander Mercouris and Glenn Diesen

 Download Episode. Scott interviewed Chas Freeman about some of the biggest flashpoints that threaten to plunge the world into war. They discuss the war in Ukraine, the growing tension over Taiwan and even touch on the next conflict brewing in the Middle East. Freeman argues that the prospect for war with Russia or China depends on Washington's willingness to sit down and work out a peaceful resolution. So far, the U.S. government has shown no such interest. Discussed on the show: “Why War Pledges for Ukraine Fell Flat in Munich” (Defense One) Chas W. Freeman was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1993-94 and served as U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Follow him at his website, chasfreeman.net. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott's interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY

Scott interviewed Chas Freeman about some of the biggest flashpoints that threaten to plunge the world into war. They discuss the war in Ukraine, the growing tension over Taiwan and even touch on the next conflict brewing in the Middle East. Freeman argues that the prospect for war with Russia or China depends on Washington's willingness to sit down and work out a peaceful resolution. So far, the U.S. government has shown no such interest. Discussed on the show: “Why War Pledges for Ukraine Fell Flat in Munich” (Defense One) Chas W. Freeman was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1993-94 and served as U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Follow him at his website, chasfreeman.net. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott's interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about the United States and China with Ambassador Chas Freeman, who chairs Projects International, Inc., and was a Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1993-94, earning the highest public service awards of the Department of Defense for his roles in designing a NATO-centered post-Cold War European security system and in reestablishing defense and military relations with China. He served as U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm). He was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the historic U.S. mediation of Namibian independence from South Africa and Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola. Ambassador Freeman worked as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires in the American embassies at both Bangkok (1984-1986) and Beijing (1981-1984). He was Director for Chinese Affairs at the U.S. Department of State from 1979-1981. He was the principal American interpreter during the late President Nixon's path-breaking visit to China in 1972. See: https://chasfreeman.net

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A briefing session this hour from our strategic special branch, which is to say: the mind of Chas Freeman in the maelstrom of geopolitics. If President Obama had been given his first choice to sketch ...

Retired Ambassador Chas Freeman, Nixon's translator during his 1972 trip to China, says U.S. policy to China remains a desire to hold on to primacy globally and regionally. Biden's approach so far is not much different than the aggressive posture of Trump. This interview was originally conducted on March 12, 2021.

Nixon's translator and veteran diplomat Chas Freeman sat down with Week in China Editor Steven Irvine last week for a wide-ranging conversation on Sino-US tensions, Taiwan invasion prospects, and more.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/06/interpreting-history/Narrated by Elyse Ribbons and Kaiser Kuo.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Scott is joined by Chas Freeman to discuss the history of U.S. policy concerning Taiwan. And they talk about President Biden's recent press conference where he misstated the official U.S. policy on Taiwan for the fourth time as president.  Discussed on the show: “Not So Deft On Taiwan” (Washington Post) Chas W. Freeman was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1993-94 and served as U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Follow him at his website, chasfreeman.net. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; EasyShip; Free Range Feeder; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt and Listen and Think Audio. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Download Episode. Scott is joined by Chas Freeman to discuss the history of U.S. policy concerning Taiwan. And they talk about President Biden's recent press conference where he misstated the official U.S. policy on Taiwan for the fourth time as president.  Discussed on the show: “Not So Deft On Taiwan” (Washington Post) Chas W. Freeman was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1993-94 and served as U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Follow him at his website, chasfreeman.net. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; EasyShip; Free Range Feeder; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt and Listen and Think Audio. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG.

Ukrayna'nın işgalinden önce Vladimir Putin “NATO'nun Doğuya Genişlemesi”yle ilgili uyuşmazlığın Rusya ve ABD arasında çözümlenmesi gerektiğini duyurmuştu. Avrupa'nın elinin kolunun ABD tarafından bağlandığını öne süren Putin, Rusya'nın muhatabının ABD olduğunu savunuyor. ABD'yse Ukrayna'nın NATO'ya üye olmayacağını söylemeye yanaşmadı. ABD'de dış politika elitleri arasında savaşın uzaması, Ukrayna'nın silahlandırılarak Rusya'nın olabildiğince zayıflatılması, böylece Putin rejiminin bile son bulabileceğine ilişkin bir anlatı öne çıkarılıyor. Bu hakim anlatılara şüpheyle yaklaşanlar ise dışlanıyorlar. Tv kanallarındaysa büyük silah şirketleriyle bağıntılı uzmanlar, stratejistler, eski üst düzey güvenlik, istihbarat ve savunma bürokratları boy gösteriyor daha çok. Şüphecilerse ekranlardan uzak tutuluyorlar. Prof. John Mearsheimer yıllar önce NATO'nun Doğuya Genişleme politikasını eleştirdiği için “Neocon” yazarlar tarafından linç kampanyasına maruz bırakıldı. 30 yıl ABD'de Dış İşleri ve Savunma Bakanlıklarında en üst düzey görevlerde bulunan emekli Büyükelçi Chas Freeman da dışlananlar arasında yer alıyor. Dış politika ile ilgili birçok sivil kuruluşta görevler üstlenen Freeman da aykırı görüşleri sebebiyle ana akım medya tarafından görmezden geliniyor. “Transatlantik İlişkiler” başta olmak üzere dış politika konularındaki çalışmalarıyla tanınan Prof. Michael J. Brenner'ın durumu pek farklı değil. Prof. Brenner şüpheci görüşleri sebebiyle maruz kaldığı muameleden dehşete düştüğünü söylüyor Prof. Brenner'ı derinden yaralayan ise, hakaret dolu saldırıların çok yakından tanıdığı isimlerden gelmesiydi. Sözkonusu çevrenin entelektüel ve politik nihilizme kaydığına dikkat çeken Prof. Brenner, “İlk kez bu dünyanın bir parçası olmadığımı hissettim” diye konuşuyordu bir röportajında. Prof. Brenner, ABD Başkanı Joe Biden'ın dış politika ekibindeki bazı isimlerin Rus askerî tepkisini kışkırtmak için Donbass odaklı bir kriz yaratmaya ve bunu Batı'yı konsolide etmek için bir temel olarak kullanmaya karar verdiklerine dair ikna edici kanıtlar olduğunu düşündüğünü dile getiriyordu. ABD'de Rusya'nın Ukrayna'yı işgaline dair kamu söylemine egemen olan anlatıya muhalefet eden isimlerden birisi de dünyaca ünlü ekonomistlerden Prof. Jeffrey Sachs idi. Sachs, 2001-2018 yılları arasında Birleşmiş Milletler genel sekreterlerine danışmanlık yapmış bir isim. Sachs daha önceyse Sovyetler Birliği'nin son Devlet Başkanı Mihail Gorbaçov'a ve Rusya Devlet Başkanı Boris Yeltsin'e de malî danışmanlık yaptı. Sachs, tavsiyelerinin dönemin ABD yönetimince kabul görmediği gerekçesiyle danışmanlıktan ayrıldığını söylüyor. Tavsiyeleri kabul gören ekonomistlerinse Rusya'yı iflasa sürüklediklerini hatırlatmak gerekiyor. Prof. Sachs'a göre, ABD'nin Rusya'yı ötekileştiren politikaları bugünkü sorunların döl yatağıdır.

"It's worse than the McCarthy era".Veteran Ambassador Chas Freeman discusses the astounding and unprecedented level of disinformation and propaganda produced today by our politicians and the media, especially as it relates to what he learned in his many years as a US diplomat. 

Noam Chomsky is "arguably the most important intellectual alive," the founder of modern linguistics, one of the most cited scholars in history, and the author of over 100 books. He is currently laureate professor at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. He recently co-authored the book Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance and is soon to release The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power.Prof. Chomsky is one of the foremost experts on U.S. foreign policy, and today we discuss one of the most serious imaginable topics: the threat of world war and the path to reducing the threat of nuclear weapons. We begin by discussing the Hiroshima bombing and the dawn of the nuclear age, before discussing the present escalating tension with Russia and the means by which the U.S. can maintain peace and avoid a catastrophic global conflict. We also discuss the ways that Americans avoid confronting the suffering inflicted by their country on others around the world, the stories that the powerful tell themselves to rationalize atrocities, and the common thread running through Chomsky's work on foreign policy: an insistence that the U.S. confront the truth about its actions and that our moral condemnation of our enemies' crimes be matched with an equally intense scrutiny of our own. No topic could be more important than the threat of global warfare, and nobody in the world is more knowledgable about it. It is a great privilege to welcome Prof. Chomsky back to the Current Affairs podcast for this vital conversation. The books on the British empire that Prof. Chomsky cites are Legacy of Violence by Caroline Elkins and Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor.The 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident is discussed here.The Daniel Ellsberg anecdote that Nathan cites at the beginning is from The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner.The interview Prof. Chomsky cites with veteran diplomat Chas Freeman is here.The interview in which Carter national security advisor Zbignew Brzezinski discusses the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is here. In it, he says: "We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would [...] Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want me to regret it? The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter, essentially: “We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war." Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war that was unsustainable for the regime, a conflict that bought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire." The war killed an estimated 1 million Afghan civilians.For more on how Biden administration policies are starving Afghanistan, see here and here.The John Stuart Mill essay that Prof. Chomsky refers to is 1859's "A Few Words on Non-Intervention."A helpful list of over 1000 books Prof. Chomsky has cited in his work can be found here.The previous Current Affairs interview with Noam Chomsky can be viewed here. 

The war in Ukraine has upended what many of us thought we knew about the world today. Whether we're thinking about Russia and Europe or China and Taiwan, it seems like the range of possible outcomes in conflicts around the world has expanded in unsettling ways.  In the midst of all this, Watson Senior Fellow Chas Freeman thinks there's one key concept we'd all benefit from getting reacquainted with: ‘spheres of influence.' Chas Freeman is one of America's leading experts on US-China relations, and a wide-ranging thinker on international affairs, diplomacy, and statecraft.  On this episode Chas talks with Watson Director Ed Steinfeld about how thinking in terms of ‘spheres of influence' could help us better understand the world. In fact, it goes beyond just understanding the world. Chas thinks that concept of ‘spheres of influence' – with a little tweaking – could actually help global superpowers like the US and China navigate and de-escalate conflicts of the future.  https://watson.brown.edu/news/podcasts (Learn more about the Watson Institute's other podcasts.) 

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On this edition of Parallax Views, Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. is a retired diplomat with a long and storied career. For example, he served as the main interpreter for Richard Nixon's historic 1972 visit to China that proved monumental for Sino-U.S. relations. With tensions building between the U.S. and China today I turned to Amb. Freeman for his expertise and perspective. He joins me on this edition of the program to discuss the state of U.S.-China relations, the lessons of diplomacy, history that must be taken into account when addressing U.S.-China relations, and much, much more. In the course of this conversation we cover: - Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972 and Amb. Freeman's response to accusations that it amounted to appeasement and that Nixon was "The Great Appeaser" -  Assessing U.S. China relations in the 21st century under the Presidencies of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump -  Assessing Biden's first 100 days in relation to U.S. foreign policy towards China. Will Biden be a continuation of Trump era U.S.-China relations? - What factors are likely to influence the Biden administration's foreign policy approach to China? - The U.S.-China summit in Anchorage, Alaska - The fear that China is seeking to become the new global hegemon and the possible psychological factors driving the U.S. reaction to China's growth - What are China's interests now and going forward; what does China want? - Empathy and the purpose of diplomacy - The deep history of the Taiwan conflict - The Uyghur in China and the treatment of them by China - The Tiananmen Square incident - How the Cold War haunts U.S.-China relations - The possibility of cooperation between the U.S. and China in dealing with climate change - Mistakes made by both China and the U.S. in international relations - What have we forgotten about diplomacy and the lessons of diplomacy?

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Retired Ambassador Chas Freeman, Nixon's translator during his 1972 trip to China, says U.S. policy to China remains a desire to hold on to primacy globally and regionally. Biden's approach so far is not much different than the aggressive posture of Trump.

The transformation of the Middle East and China and the corrosion in the United States of the Enlightenment values that historically bound together the US and Europe present major challenges to the incoming administration after four years of turbulence in Washington and the attendant deterioration of American standing in the world. On January 11th, we host Charles (“Chas”) Freeman, Visiting Scholar, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, and former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Assistant Secretary of Defense for National Security Affairs, who discusses the international landscape awaiting the Biden administration. You can also find a transcript of the interview here: http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2021/01/11/the-international-landscape-awaiting-the-biden-administration/

Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Veteran US diplomat Chas Freeman says that despite talk of a New Cold War between the US and China, the US in reality is reacting aggressively to a rising Chinese power whose economic gains threaten US global supremacy. Freeman, who served in top State Department positions and as Richard Nixon's chief interpreter on his historic 1972 visit to China, discusses the state of US-China relations and flashpoints such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the repression of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. "Since around 1870, we have been the preeminent society on the planet -- the wealthiest and technologically most advanced, the most influential. And China's overtaking us," Freeman says. "So there's a psychological issue here. The good deal of what we're doing is better explained by psychology than by statecraft. China does threaten American economic supremacy, may have already passed us in many ways... Whether that's a threat or not depends on your perceptions. We've chosen to treat it as a national security or a military threat. It'll be very good for the military industrial complex for a while." Guest: Chas Freeman. Veteran U.S. diplomat and public servant who has served in many senior positions, including as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Director for Chinese Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, and as the principal US interpreter during President Nixon’s historic visit to China in 1972.

Tensions between China and the US are at a level not seen in decades. But as Chas Freeman, former Assistant US Secretary of Defense and Watson Senior Fellow believes, the tension between these countries is larger than a tit-for-tat trade dispute. Everything about this relationship is being called to question, and it has implications around the world. On this episode Edward Steinfeld, Director of the Watson Institute and Director of Watson’s China Initiative, sits down with Chas to discuss what may be the biggest story of decades to come: the fast-changing relationship between the US and China. You can read Chas’s paper ‘A World Dividing: The International Implications of the Sino-American Rift’ here: [https://quincyinst.org/2019/12/04/quincybrief-01-a-world-dividing/] You can learn more about Watson’s China Initiative here: [https://watson.brown.edu/china/]

Few living figures of U.S.-China relations are as legendary as Charles W. "Chas" Freeman, Jr., the chief interpreter for Richard Nixon’s world-changing 1972 visit to China, and a former top American diplomat in countries such as China and Saudi Arabia. On this, the first of a two-part Sinica interview, Chas Freeman discusses grand strategy — and the current “strategy deficit” — in U.S.-China relations, as well as technological innovation, nationalism, xenophobia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and many other topics. Recommendations: While waiting for the next part of the interview, check out Ambassador Freeman’s book, Interesting Times: China, America, and the Shifting Balance of Prestige, and also this extensive 1995 interview with Ambassador Freeman done by Charles Stewart Kennedy for The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.

For the 50th episode of Trending Globally, we asked 10 scholars at the Watson Institute what they find most worrisome in the world today, and what keeps them going. For more information on this episode's experts and their work, read on: Peter Andreas [http://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/andreas], professor of international studies and political science, is an expert on transnational crime, smuggling, and immigration. He is the author of several books, including Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America [https://www.amazon.com/Smuggler-Nation-Illicit-Trade-America/dp/0199746885]. Narges Bajoghli [http://watson.brown.edu/people/postdocs/Bajoghli], postdoctoral fellow in international and public affairs, is a sociocultural anthropologist and filmmaker who writes [http://watson.brown.edu/news/2018/iran-will-never-trust-america-again-written-narges-bajoghli] often about Iran. Rob Blair [http://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/blair], professor of political science and international and public affairs, researches peacekeeping, statebuilding, and security sector reform, and designed a course on the erosion of democracy [https://news.brown.edu/articles/2018/05/democraticerosion] that has been adopted by more than 20 institutions in the U.S. and beyond. Mark Blyth [http://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/blyth], professor of political science and international and public affairs, is a an expert on international political economy [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-02-28/brown-university-s-blyth-on-brexit-populism-north-korea-video]. Chas Freeman [http://watson.brown.edu/people/fellows/freeman], senior fellow in international and public affairs and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense and former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, writes and speaks widely on statecraft and diplomacy. Jo-Anne Hart [http://watson.brown.edu/people/visiting/hart], adjunct professor of international and public affairs, is an expert on Iranian foreign policy and US-Iranian security, conflict resolution in the Middle East, and political literacy. Stephen Kinzer [http://watson.brown.edu/people/visiting/kinzer], senior fellow in international and public affairs, is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. He is a regular contributor to the Boston Globe [http://watson.brown.edu/news/2018/nicaragua-brink-calamity-written-stephen-kinzer], and his most recent book is The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War. Catherine Lutz [http://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/lutz], professor of international studies and of anthropology, is co-director of the Watson-based Costs of War project [http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/]. Nina Tannenwald [http://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty-fellows/tannenwald], senior lecturer in political science, is an expert on international security, arms control and nonproliferation, and human rights. She speaks and writes often on nuclear weapons and is co-editor, most recently, of Do the Geneva Conventions Matter? Ashutosh Varshney [http://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/varshney], professor of political science and international and public affairs and director of Watson's Center for Contemporary South Asia, writes often about Indian politics, ethnic conflict, and nationalism. Download episode transcript

There is a new world order. This isn't the 20th century anymore: shifting coalitions, changing spheres of influence, evolving economic and political powers. A friend one minute; a foe another. To address these challenges, the next US president must reconsider our statecraft and diplomacy. Career Ambassador and renowned expert on US-China and Middle East relations, Chas W. Freeman, will call upon his decades of experience to discuss how US foreign policy must change to suit today’s increasingly competitive and disorderly world. How can the US better navigate its complex relationship with China? What lessons can be learned from our failed interventions in the Middle East, and what steps can be taken to remedy those diplomatic and military errors? How should the US respond to the Arab uprisings and the deteriorating order in the Middle East? Is Israel a strategic asset or liability for the US? Ambassador Chas Freeman is well-positioned to respond to these questions. During his three decades as an American diplomat, he has served as the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; negotiated with Fidel Castro and other state leaders; translated for President Nixon during his breakthrough visit to Beijing; and served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. Freeman is one of America’s most distinguished diplomats. Providing frank, but graciously rendered observations, he will challenge us to think critically about US foreign policy - how we have erred in the past, and how we might do things differently in the future. Speaker Chas W. Freeman is Senior Fellow of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, and Chairman of the Board, Committee for the Republic Moderator Jane Wales is CEO of World Affairs and Global Philanthropy Forum, and Vice President of The Aspen Institute. For more information about this event please visit: http://www.worldaffairs.org/event-calendar/event/1686

At some stage in the near future China is likely to overtake the US as the world’s largest economy. The nations are clashing diplomatically too – over what the US sees as Chinese aggression in the South China Sea and what China sees as American interference in “their” region. What would the election of Trump or Clinton mean for US relations with China – and who would Chinese leaders prefer? Monocle’s Steve Bloomfield is joined by Chas Freeman, president Nixon’s interpreter at his famous meeting with Mao in 1972; Rana Mitter, the director of the Oxford China Centre; Kerry Brown author of ‘The Rise of Xi Jinping’; and the Chinese novelist Diane Wei Liang.

On June 21, Just World Books CEO Helena Cobban had a fascinating 40-minute discussion with Amb. Chas W. Freeman, Jr., author of the recently published book America's Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East. In the conversation, Freeman discussed the recently-reported letter that 51 currently serving junior and mid-level diplomats signed onto, in which they called for tougher action against Syria's President Assad; Russia's role in Syria; the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement for Palestinian rights-- and much more.Support the show (http://justworldeducational.org/donate/)

Ambassador (Ret.) Chas Freeman, Jr. at NCUSAR's 2015 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.

Ambassador (Ret.) Chas Freeman, Jr. at NCUSAR's 2014 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

Ambassador (Ret.) Chas Freeman at NCUSAR's 2013 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

Just back from ten days in China, Chas Freeman, the author of 'Interesting Times: China, America, and the Shifting Balance of Prestige' describes and assesses how the many high-level Chinese officials he talked to there propose to calm the tensions currently wracking East Asia, regarding North Korea and other issues.Support the show (http://justworldeducational.org/donate/)

Keynote address by Ambassador (Ret.) Chas Freeman at NCUSAR's 2012 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

In this 26-minute podcast, Amb. Chas W. Freeman, Jr. discusses the risk of heightened U.S. confrontation with Iran during the current election year. He says he expects little U.S. activism in Palestinian-Israeli peacemaking-- and that U.S. influence in the region is anyway declining. Also, that there is now little prospect of a two-state outcome emerging. He also gives a smart assessment of the effects of the Arab Spring at its first anniversary.Support the show (http://justworldeducational.org/donate/)

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) at NCUSAR's 2011 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

Excerpt from a discussion between Ambassador Chas W. Freeman Jr. and Steve Clemons at a New America Foundation event. Freeman discusses what the rise of China as an economic and military power means for the US. Full video available at http://bit.ly/dIat5e Support the show (http://justworldeducational.org/donate/)

In a discussion with the New America Foundation's Steve Clemons, Ambassador Chas W. Freeman Jr. argues that the US is no longer a qualified broker of peace between Israel and the Palestinians and that the process must be outsourced to other parties. A full video of the event can be seen at http://bit.ly/dIat5e Support the show (http://justworldeducational.org/donate/)

Remarks by Chas W. Freeman Jr. to the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations on October 21, 2010. Transcript: http://bit.ly/8ZVVrPSupport the show (http://justworldeducational.org/donate/)

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. at NCUSAR's 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

In the first half, Amb. Freeman talks about the current round of peace talks, which he describes as a "fraud". In the second half, he talks about his upcoming book, "America's Misadventures in the Middle East", coming out from Just World Books in early October.Support the show (http://justworldeducational.org/donate/)

Just World Books founder and veteran journalist Helena Cobban talks about what led her to establish this new and innovative company and the bold lineup and foreign policy thinkers who will share their thoughts and analysis in Just World Book titles this fall. Support the show (http://justworldeducational.org/donate/)

The Hon. Charles W. ("Chas") Freeman, Jr., Chairman of the Board, Projects International, Inc., a Washington, DC-based business development firm specializing in international joint ventures, acquisitions, and other business operations for its American and foreign clients; former President, Middle East Policy Council; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1993-94), earning the Department of Defense's highest public service awards for his roles in designing a NATO-centered post-Cold War European security system and in reestablishing defense and military relations with China; former U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm); Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the U.S. mediation of Namibian independence from South Africa and Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola; and author of The Diplomat's Dictionary (Revised Edition) and Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy; at NCUSAR's 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

H.E. Adel A. Al-Jubeir, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States; The Hon. James B. Smith (Brigadier General, USAF, Ret.) Ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and former United States Ambassadors to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The Hon. Walter L. Cutler, The Hon. Chas Freeman, Jr., The Hon. Wyche Fowler, The Hon. James C. Oberwetter, and The Hon. Robert Jordan; at NCUSAR's 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

Click here for the full interview with Chas Freeman: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/biden-is-a-senile-war-monger-veteran?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web For $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at www.usefulidiotspodcast.com Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: CNN Melts Down Over Uncommitted Voters https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/cnn-melts-down-over-uncommitted-voters?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web “Our foreign policy is diplomacy free.” As he watches the escalating crises in our world today, this is the main takeaway for Chas Freeman, who, as the US ambassador to Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War, knows a thing about diplomacy. “It's a lot cheaper and more effective to sit down and talk to someone than to pull a gun on them and shoot them,” he says. “But that's what we seem to have substituted for our normal course of diplomatic interaction.” Freeman explains the leading cause of forever wars: “There's nobody quite as bloodthirsty as a civilian with no experience of war.” As shown in the episode thumbnail above (side note: you know it's a bad crew if the most likable character in the picture is Matthew Miller), the warmongers in charge of foreign policy are all civilians. When the top US general Mark Milley called for peace talks in Ukraine, it was these bad actors who shut it down. “The military know that they can die in a war, that their comrades will die,” says Freeman. “They know that you should never enter a war without figuring out first how you're going to end it, on what terms, and with whom.” But the ‘leaders' we do have never had to fight. “Civilians typically define no end state, have no war termination strategy, which is why we get forever wars.” And the future only looks bleaker. “Here we have an election which is between someone who is widely regarded as a senile war monger and somebody who has been correctly diagnosed as a malignant narcissist.” Subscribe to hear the full interview with Chas Freeman on why the protest vote against Biden in Michigan was “very significant,” how the New York Times has been complicit in the information war, the main similarity between the wars in Ukraine and in Gaza (bet you can guess it), and the main difference between the genocide in Israel and the one in South Africa: “South Africa was on the verge of having a race war but it never had one. Israel is having a race war.” Freeman's important voice makes this an episode of Useful Idiots you're not going to want to miss. Subscribe now to hear the full interview and support independent media. 00:00 Intro 00:51 The Four Food Groups of News 08:49 Chas Freeman interview 09:29 Uncommitted shocks Biden 14:01 Our foreign policy is diplomacy-free 20:33 Does Israel have a right to exist? 23:43 Israel vs South Africa 28:08 Aaron Bushnell 33:23 Has this ever happened before? 36:47 Palestine vs Ukraine 41:19 Diplomats kill peace in Ukraine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices