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- Yesterday1h 2m
The Next Ukraine: West Destroys Armenia | H. Ishkhanyan & N. Navasardyan
Pascal Lottaz speaks with Armenian dissidents Hovanes Ishkanyan and Nare Navasardian about the latest election in Armenia, claims of rigging, arrests of opposition figures, pressure on the church, and the danger of the Zangezur corridor plan. They also discuss foreign influence, the Artsakh issue, and why they believe Armenia’s statehood is under threat.Links:Aknandakan:Facebook: / aknandakan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Website: www.aknandakan.orgSubstack: https://substack.com/@aknandakanNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction and guest backgrounds00:02:31 Armenia election fraud claims00:10:45 Foreign backing and early reactions00:15:44 Corridor plan and regional goals00:20:40 Bribes, arrests, and repression00:25:40 Artsakh, refugees, and state threat00:33:29 Threshold trick and recount dispute00:38:52 Army voting and list problems00:44:01 Why the opposition stayed calm00:51:59 Final thoughts on Armenia’s future
- 2 days ago47 min
US Military Bases Are Being DESTROYED. Iran‘s Greatest Victory | Dr. Arta Moeini
Dr. Arta Moeini, Managing Director of U.S. Operations and Research Director at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, discusses radical realism, regional power, and the limits of global hegemony. The conversation covers China, Iran, neutrality, middle powers, Ukraine, Israel, U.S. strategy, Europe’s dependence on America, and why a post-unipolar world may be shaped more by regions, cultures, and civilizations than by one global system.Links:Institute for Peace and Diplomacy: https://peacediplomacy.orgNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction to Arta Moeini and IPD00:01:35 Radical realism and world politics00:03:59 Why radical realism differs from neorealism00:08:34 China, culture, and global hegemony00:14:52 Power beyond tanks and GDP00:18:10 Middle powers and multinodality00:22:34 Neutrality at the edge of empires00:30:34 U.S. regional disruptors and alliances00:36:24 Elite networks and bad state choices00:40:06 Europe, NATO, and American influence00:45:41 The coming post-unipolar world
- 6 days ago1h 0m
Truth Revealed: USA Is Nr.1 Democracy Killer | Finian Cunningham
Journalist reveals what Washington tried to hide forever: The USA is the world's largest democracy killer with an unbroken track-record of foreign interventions. Finian Cunningham discusses regime change, media control, and Western imperialism with Pascal Lottaz. They cover Iran 1953, CIA influence on major media, Ukraine coverage, censorship, class politics, and the return of open imperialism. Cunningham also explains why his book Killing Democracy argues that media manipulation has been central to Western power since World War II.Links: Strategic Culture Foundation: https://strategic-culture.su/Finian Cunningham on RT: https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/Fini...Sputnik International: https://sputnikglobe.com/Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction and Killing Democracy00:03:45 Iran 1953 and Media Narratives00:13:25 CIA Control of Western Media00:20:05 Uprisings, Ukraine, and Selective Coverage00:25:55 Propaganda and Alternative Media00:30:09 Censorship, Free Speech, and Class War00:35:26 Imperialism Then and Now00:39:00 Selling War to the Public00:44:28 Western Leaders and Irish Media00:53:00 Media Bubbles and Final Thoughts
- 1 weeks ago28 min
Europe Destroys Diplomacy AGAIN | Ian Proud
Former British diplomat Ian Proud joins Neutrality Studies to discuss Russia-NATO escalation, Western support for Ukraine, Europe’s lack of diplomacy, and the risk of a wider war. He also talks about Europe’s dependence on the US, the need for direct Europe-Russia talks, Iran diplomacy, the Abraham Accords, and his new novel Searching: A Love Story.Links:Substack: https://thepeacemonger.substack.com/Searching: A Love Story on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Searching-love...Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction00:00:38 Russia-NATO escalation and Kiev embassies00:02:12 Western policy and risk of wider war00:07:52 How Europe could return to diplomacy00:12:01 Europe’s dependence on the US00:17:47 Iran, Minsk, and diplomacy as cover00:23:40 EU foreign policy and national diplomacy00:27:21 Ian Proud’s new book and where to follow him
- 1 weeks ago1h 6m
The Balkan Warning Europe Ignored | Prof. Višeslav Simić
Why did Yugoslavia have to die? And what exactly happened in Europe to the Slavs? Why is eastern Europe routinely left out in popular histories of the continent?Dr. Višeslav Simić is a professor from Mexico and former Yugoslav emigré. We speak about how Slavs have been erased from Western history, Yugoslavia as a test case for foreign pressure, and deep Russophobia in Europe and the US. Simić argues that media, academia, and empire use selective history, racism, and divide and conquer politics, while calling for stronger unity and better political action.Links:Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Guest background and exile from Yugoslavia00:08:00 Slavs erased from European history00:18:00 Yugoslavia as a testing ground00:33:59 Racism against Slavs in the West00:44:40 Western superiority and empire00:52:03 Selective reality and media bias00:59:19 Solutions and final thoughts
- 1 weeks ago53 min
Putin’s India Deal SHOCKS USA | Prof. Anuradha Chenoy
Multipolar deals are here. India’s most recent pragmatic foreign policy toward Russia defies the Western dictate.Professor emeritus Anuradha Chenoy from Jawaharlal Nehru University joins to discuss India’s foreign policy shifts: Putin’s India visit, US tariff and oil pressure, Modi’s Israel and Iran stance, BRICS, China, and how India tries to keep strategic autonomy while balancing the US, Russia, and the Global South.Links:Economic and Political Weekly: https://www.epw.inNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Intro and Russia Visit00:07:11 Tariffs and Investment Pledges00:11:30 Israel Visit and Iran Fallout00:14:13 India’s Split Foreign Policy00:24:07 Russia, China, and US Power00:29:40 Regime Change and Domestic Stability00:31:39 Iran, BRICS, and Gulf Tensions00:36:37 BRICS, Currency, and China00:44:12 Europe and the Iran War
- 1 weeks ago1h 3m
Researcher REVEALS Secrets of US Deep State Politics | Dr. Aaron Good
If you think US politics happens only in the White House and on Capitol Hill, then think again. The US as a political system—the totality of it—is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Luckily, some brave researchers dare going into the deep.Dr. Aaron Good, author of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State, joins me today to challenge simplistic view of the US system. He argues that agency, blackmail, covert crime, and elite networks shape policy, tying together JFK, RFK, Nixon, Watergate, Epstein, Zionism, and Iran Contra as part of the hidden machinery of the American empire.Links:American Exception Patreon: / about American Exception book: https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/97...Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Hyperstructuralism and the black box state00:10:27 Agency, Kennedy and the regime00:17:46 Blackmail, lobbying and hidden power00:22:22 JFK, RFK and the crime network00:27:33 Epstein, Trump and Watergate00:33:40 Nixon, CIA and covert crime00:38:59 Zionism, LBJ and Iran Contra00:48:59 Christian Zionism and elite networks00:55:00 Vanderpeel, Epstein and Massie
- 2 weeks ago49 min
Escalation: US-Israel Provoking The Next Phase of the War | David T. Pyne
Barely able to supply its troops in the region or keeping them out of harms way, the US has struck again sites in Iran and Israel has been escalating the war against Lebanon. How long will Iran still accept the salami-slicing away of the ceasefire? At the same time, the US media claims 70 ships had been "escorted" secretly through the Strait of Hormuz. Is there any reason to believe this could be the case? David Pyne, Deputy Executive Director of the EMP Task Force, joins me to break down the newest events in the Iran war, failed ceasefire talks, Trump’s mixed signals, Israel’s influence inside Washington, the MAGA split, China tensions, and Ukraine’s slide toward collapse. Pyne argues the U.S. is overextended, running low on war supplies, and facing growing limits in every major theater.Links:David Pyne Substack The Real War: https://dpyne.substack.comX: https://x.com/AmericaFirstConNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction and Iran war update00:04:24 Limited strikes and ceasefire games00:08:01 Israel influence on Trump and MAGA00:13:49 Fallout for Republicans and 202800:20:11 China trip and trade theater00:25:29 Ukraine war and NATO limits00:32:43 Strait of Hormuz blockade and Iran deal00:37:01 US bases, nuclear terms, and regime change00:41:01 US power limits and missile depletion
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