Asymmetric Power

Dr. Neumann’s interview on BBC Radio 4 London Today Live, 26 June 2026 about how the devastating earthquake in Venezuela exposes the years of kleptocracy and presents an opportunity for changing regional relationships

In this our first episode of our second season, Drs. Brearley and Neumann discuss new studies on the perspectives of women and men and what they want out of relationships: Gen Z women increasingly don’t want traditional family structures (while their men do) and Gen X women have grown tired of ‘mankeeping,’ causing them to walk out of marriages they find exhausting.

Meanwhile, Europe is finding a renewed sense of purpose — and identity — in its rearmament. The recently fragile EU political experiment now has vim and vigour, where ‘European’ is a stand in for ‘NATO Member State.’ Feeling abandoned by the U.S. and threatened by Russia, the milieu of European defense innovation talks about building weapons systems that are “from Europe, for Europe, and in a European way.” The EU no longer wants its traditional relationship with the U.S. either, it proclaims; Europeans want a partnership of equals, not ‘U.S. keeping.’ Will Europe succeed?

In this shorter format of our podcast, Dr. Brearley analyses how Kamala Harris’s speech on Trump’s First 100 Days missed the mark for the future of the Democratic Party.

Follow Dr. Neumann on X: @vanessaneumann, on Instagram: @drvneumann, and on LinkedIn: vanessaneumannphd. Her new work website is: asymmetrica.eu

Follow Dr. Brearley on X: @drejbrearley, and on LinkedIn: Emily-Brearley-PhD-93071b2. Her work website is: solution42.org

In this shorter format of our podcast, Drs. Brearley and Neumann discuss why an African cardinal should be our next Pope.

Follow Dr. Neumann on X: @vanessaneumann, Instagram: @drvneumann, and on LinkedIn: vanessaneumannphd

Follow Dr. Brearley on X: @drejbrearley, and on LinkedIn: Emily-Brearley-PhD-93071b2

In this shorter format of our podcast, Drs. Brearleys and Neumann discuss the likely causes and definite lessons of Spain’s mass outage: cyber attack, distrust in government, and more cash, transistor radios, neighbourly relations.

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Follow Dr. Brearley on X: @drejbrearley, Instagram: @embrearley, and on LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/emily-brearley-phd-93071b2/

In this episode of Asymmetric Power, Drs. Brearley and Neumann discuss strategies both US and EU businesses can use to navigate the trade war, from near shoring with new partners (Ecuador) and getting more aggressive strategic risk assessment in-house, to innovate without losing disparate unique identities that give a competitive edge.

In this episode of Asymmetric Power, Drs. Brearley and Neumann discuss America Crece 2.0: an equity investment plan for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) advocated by POTUS Trump’s Special Envoy to the region, Mauricio Claver-Carone, and supported by the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the first Latino to hold the position. It is particularly notable in light of the fact that LAC has been largely exempt from the tariff wars: except for the egregious dictatorships, the region just got the de minimus blanket 10%, giving it a global competitive advantage.

Just as we launched this episode, the Trump administration announced moves to restructure its foreign aid, as we previously advocated and delved into here: some emergency programs and otherwise a more strategic investment fund that knits together alliances designed to make U.S. citizens safer, stronger, and more prosperous.

HURRAH! It’s as if they watched our podcast… ;-)

While we await its launch, you get to vote on what we should call it: Triage Fund, Pax Próspera, Prosperity Alliance.

If you COMMENT AND SUBSCRIBE, we will answer you.

In this episode of “Asymmetric Power,” Drs. Brearley and Neumann discuss the waning power of the Oscars, BlackRock’s acquisition of the Panama Canal ports (to keep them under U.S. influence), what Trump’s non-State of the Union teaches us about being an effective political opposition.

RELAUNCH!!! Now we welcome development economist Dr. Emily Brearley as our permanent co-hostess. Hurrah! In this our inaugural joint episode we discuss the future of James Bond (and his swimming trunks), why we should be calmer about Pres. Trump’s tariffs, and why immigration reform is not all bad.