Geopolitical Economy Report

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February 26 US unipolarity vs China's multipolarity: Whose vision will shape the new global order?
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
19 min
February 22 Why Washington and Silicon Valley hate (and fear) China
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
45 min
February 18 In insane speech, Marco Rubio asks Europe to join US in recolonizing world
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
36 min
February 14 USA uses hunger as weapon to try to starve millions and collapse Cuba
The Donald Trump administration has imposed an extreme oil blockade to prevent Cuba from getting fuel from any country. Marco Rubio wants to collapse the economy, causing millions of civilians to starve and suffer in order to overthrow the revolutionary Cuban government. Ben Norton explains the monstrous history of US imperialism and its siege of Cuba.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ykeYsIRqKQ
Topics
0:00 US oil blockade of Cuba
1:09 USA starves Cuban women & children
2:23 Interview with Cuban mother
3:57 Far-right Miami Congress members
4:40 Shutting down Cuba's free universities
5:41 US blockade is illegal
6:06 Trump threatens tariffs on oil sellers
6:40 US empire attacks international law
7:48 US war on Cuban Revolution
8:08 Goal: "Hunger, desperation, & overthrow"
9:29 Trump's war on Cuba
10:25 (CLIP) Marco Rubio wants regime change
10:58 Marco Rubio, warmonger in chief
12:42 Miami Mafia wants to exploit Cuba
13:16 Narco Rubio's links to drugs
15:12 Trump admin attacks Cuba
16:13 Trump executive order on Cuba
17:05 Monroe to Donroe Doctrine
17:57 Russia vows to send Cuba oil
18:43 USA seizes oil tankers
19:26 (CLIP) Trump vows to steal oil tankers
20:09 China supports Cuba
21:30 US-China trade
22:01 Will Brazil help Cuba?
22:34 Mexico is in a tough spot
23:35 US attack on Venezuela
24:26 World opposes US embargo (UN votes)
26:12 US threatens secondary sanctions
27:28 How the embargo works
29:24 Gains of the Cuban Revolution
30:56 Extremist Miami Congress members
31:36 US politicians call to asphyxiate Cuba
32:06 US corporate colonization
33:33 US imperialism
34:24 Outro
35 min
February 11 Vietnam prepares for new war with USA, aimed at China
The USA is waging a new cold war on China, and trying to recruit countries in the Asia-Pacific region to join it. Vietnam refuses, and is making plans for a potential second war with the United States. Ben Norton explains the complex geopolitics of Southeast Asia and the US empire's strategy.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NncakfDmrxU
Topics
0:00 Cold War Two against China
1:00 Vietnam's "bamboo diplomacy"
2:18 Vietnam prepares for new war with USA
4:07 US-Vietnam relations
5:38 Fears of US interventionism
7:22 US National Security Strategy
8:10 Monroe (Donroe) Doctrine
9:08 US "Indo-Pacific" strategy
10:55 US imperialism
12:51 China-Vietnam relations
13:38 Non-Aligned Movement
14:10 BRICS
14:49 Vietnam's economy: GDP
15:38 Incomes in Vietnam
16:54 Investment-led growth
17:44 Vietnam's manufacturing exports
18:18 Socialist market economy
19:30 Vietnam's "Four Nos" policy
20:51 Vietnam's "2nd US Invasion Plan"
23:48 US-backed "color revolution" fears
25:03 Shift in US imperial strategy
27:17 Divide and conquer
28:24 Trump, Biden, Obama
29:07 Vietnam & China share vision
30:02 China & Vietnam deepen ties
30:43 China-Vietnam conflict
32:21 ASEAN
33:28 Thailand foreign policy
34:41 Southeast Asian model
35:39 Outro
37 min
February 07 Economic war: US boasts of "collapsing" Iran's economy with sanctions
The United States is waging medieval economic war. Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran is "designed to collapse its already buckling economy", boasted Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Ben Norton explains how the US is trying to suffocate Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba by collapsing their currencies and causing extreme inflation, using illegal sanctions and blockades.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AQWr6Rtybg
Topics
0:00 Economic war
1:02 USA has sanctioned 1/3rd of countries
1:40 Sanctions kill 560,000 people per year
2:46 US sanctions on Iran
3:54 Trump threatens to bomb Iran (again)
5:20 Map of US troops in Middle East
6:58 Economic war against Iran
8:21 (CLIP) Scott Bessent: "Collapse" Iran
10:17 (CLIP) Bessent: Crash Iran currency
11:13 (CLIP) Bessent: Stop Iran oil exports
11:34 Dollar hegemony & financial system
12:33 "Making Iran broke again"
13:09 Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman
14:20 Inflation & US sanctions on Iran
20:40 Goal: "hunger, desperation and overthrow"
22:25 "Make the economy scream"
23:15 More US sanctions
23:50 UN experts: US sanctions are illegal
25:25 How to help the Iranian people
26:29 Outro
27 min
February 04 The West finally admitted to its hypocrisy: Here is why
Donald Trump's attacks on longtime US "allies" have forced Western leaders to admit their warmongering foreign policy was hypocritical. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said the truth in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos: the "rules-based order" was "false". Ben Norton explains how the global balance of power is shifting.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTH_rx1mpfE
Check out our related video on Europe improving its relations with China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpngJ3tC7Xw
Topics
0:00 Hypocrisy of Western foreign policy
1:05 "Rules-based international order"
1:27 Donald Trump, arch-imperialist
3:00 Canada PM Mark Carney Davos speech
3:42 "Middle powers" fear US attacks
5:42 (CLIP) Multilateralism is under threat
6:04 Double standards on international law
6:35 (CLIP) "Rules-based order" was false
6:58 US unipolar domination
7:28 (CLIP) Defending "American hegemony"
7:41 Financial system & US dollar
8:34 (CLIP) Rupture, not transition
9:13 West's exploitation of Global South
9:36 Canada's complicity in imperialism
9:56 Gaza, Palestine, Israel
10:31 Canada sells weapons to Israel
11:54 Canada's whitewashed reputation
12:22 Canada's hypocritical UN votes
13:47 West votes against rest of world
14:21 Canadian conservatives
15:03 Imperial hypocrisy
15:36 USA supports Canadian separatists
16:33 (CLIP) If not at table, on the menu
16:48 Partners in crime
17:34 Macron's message to Trump
18:38 New phase of imperialism
19:38 Sovereignty: Westphalian system
20:40 Decolonization
21:11 Neocolonialism
22:08 Mark Carney's trip to China
23:09 Trump threatens Canada over China
23:51 Canada's trade dependence on USA
24:26 Oil exports
24:59 Canada's oil pipelines
25:49 Chinese car industry investments
27:41 Reducing dependency
28:06 European leaders visit China
28:30 "Human rights" hypocrisy
29:07 EU relations with China
29:32 Outro
30 min
February 01 Is Trump destroying the Western alliance? Will Europe break with USA and ally with China?
As Donald Trump hits the EU with tariffs and threatens to colonize Greenland (an autonomous territory of NATO member Denmark), European leaders are improving relations with China and seeking new trade partners. Is this the end of the political West and the transatlantic alliance? Ben Norton explains.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpngJ3tC7Xw
Topics
0:00 Western alliance & US empire
0:59 NATO
2:04 Cold War One
2:42 Rise of China
4:20 Cold War Two
5:11 Europe's trade with China
5:33 Trump strategy: exploit Europe
6:55 Why Trump wants Greenland
8:18 Critical minerals & rare earths
9:37 End of NATO?
10:28 UK PM Keir Starmer visits China
11:07 Europe improves China relations
11:39 Trump threatens Europe over China
12:26 Splits with European Union
13:10 German industry
14:44 Would a Democrat repair EU ties?
15:46 EU trade deal with India
16:25 EU agreement with Mercosur
17:06 EU trade dependence on USA
17:50 UK trade dependence on USA
18:13 Canada trade dependence on USA
19:04 Canada PM Mark Carney visits China
19:33 US military presence in Europe
21:02 EU energy dependency
21:38 US oil exports to EU
22:06 US LNG exports to EU
23:41 EU dependence on US technology
25:52 Artificial intelligence (AI)
26:35 US Big Tech companies
27:05 EU card: ASML machines
28:09 Will EU dump US financial assets?
28:54 European holdings of US assets
29:56 US bond market vulnerability
30:58 Trump threatens "big retaliation"
32:30 INSTEX & US sanctions
34:12 Merkel & Macron promised EU army
35:02 Strategic autonomy?
35:37 Vassals of US empire
36:40 Change will be slow
37:33 Independence would be good
38:26 Outro
39 min
January 30 The USA's crazy plan to destroy the UN and international law
The Donald Trump administration is waging a war against all multilateral institutions and international law itself. He withdrew the US from most global organizations and created a "Board of Peace" as an alternative to the UN that is entirely controlled by the USA. Ben Norton explains the imperialist strategy to impose unipolar hegemony on the world.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3nGsmSI3EQ
Topics
0:00 New phase of imperialism
1:17 US war on international law
2:03 US colonial expansionism
3:05 USA withdraws from international orgs
4:30 Board of Peace: Trump's UN alternative
6:27 Board of Peace isn't about Gaza
7:39 Board members: US officials & oligarchs
9:10 Most countries reject invitation
10:04 Trump didn't invite Africa
11:10 China opposes US-led world order
12:08 Trump's US unipolar pay-to-play plan
13:25 USA attacks Canada over China deal
15:19 Importance of international law
17:20 UN Charter upholds sovereignty
18:27 Goal of US imperialism
19:34 Outro
20 min
January 28 'Peace president' Trump has bombed 10 countries. Now he wants a $1.5 TRILLION military budget
So-called "peace president" Donald Trump has bombed 10 countries, more than any other US leader. He attacked 7 countries in 2025 alone. Now he wants to raise the USA's military budget to $1.5 trillion. Ben Norton explains how the self-declared "peacemaker" is waging war around the world.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Div95RNXX0M
Topics
0:00 Donald Trump's promises
0:13 (CLIP) Trump: I'm a "peacemaker"
0:50 Trump promises no new wars
1:14 (CLIP) "I'm going to stop wars"
1:27 Trump bombed 7 countries in 2025
1:50 Map of 10 countries Trump bombed
2:49 US presidents are war criminals
4:06 Post-9/11 US wars: 4.5 million deaths
5:01 Trump the "peace president"
5:51 Joe Biden, war criminal
6:09 Trump, war criminal
6:50 Victims of US attack on Venezuela
8:26 US Department of War
9:06 Pete Hegseth threatens China, Russia
9:36 Trump's $1.5 trillion military budget
10:25 Military spending by top countries
11:09 Share of world defense spending
12:13 US national debt
14:26 Cut taxes on rich, raise on poor
15:41 Elon Musk's DOGE
16:28 Food stamp cuts
16:58 Class war
17:21 Money buys US elections
17:54 (CLIP) Trump praises Big Tech oligarchs
18:17 Imperialism
18:48 Outro
19 min