Geopolitical Strategist Peter Zeihan- The Myth of NATO Provocations, Food, Fuel and Russian Gold, Putin’s Big Plan.

Geopolitical Strategist Peter Zeihan- The Myth of NATO Provocations, Food, Fuel and Russian Gold, Putin's Big Plan.

The Myth of NATO Provocations

Food, Fuel and Russian Gold

Confronting A Geopolitical Strategist On Putin's Big Plan

The Myth of NATO Provocations | Peter Zeihan

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Apr 7, 2022

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The Myth of Justified Russian Retaliation by Peter Zeihan on April 7, 2022 There has been a persistent argument made by Russia apologists - unwitting or otherwise - that Moscow's invasion of Ukraine is the fault of the West. Or #NATO Or some combination, but with the United States ultimately bearing the brunt of responsibility. It isn't particularly new, either; #Russia and a whole constellation of international relations theorists and political scientists and peaceniks and Russia apologists have been making it for decades. I'm not confused by why it’s happening. It's absolutely in Russia's interest to try and make the international community see its actions as reasonable and justified. I'm just confused that anyone believes it. At the crux of the argument is a belief that the violent party (in this instance, Russia) has to lash out, and that the victim, (here, #Ukraine )has somehow been asking for it. If this kind of framing makes your skin crawl, it should: Russia is an expansionist imperial power looking to justify its state violence against its neighbors by making it their fault. Which brings us to another inconvenient truth: those who decry NATO expansion, or are quick to believe Moscow's propaganda - that allowing former Soviet states to pursue a the path of free market democracies is a prelude to US military expansion - ignore Russian history. There is no conflict that Russian Vladimir Putin has participated in that doesn't have a Soviet or Tsarist analogue. Russia has been in a near constant state of war or military expansionism since the 1500s. This is partly explained by the insecurity of the Russian core's borders. NATO expansion didn't provide the reason or excuse for Moscow's current actions. But it does provide those in the way of Russian tanks the opportunity of collective self-defense. Second Clip is from Jordan Harbinger Podcast. listen to full interview here… https://www.jordanharbinger.com/peter... Follow Peter on Twitter... @PeterZeihan Sign up to his newsletters/ vlogs... https://zeihan.com/newsletter/ ______________________________

Food, Fuel and Russian Gold | Peter Zeihan Vlog on Russia

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Apr 12, 2022

GEOPOP

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#russia Russia, Rubles and #Gold by Peter Zeihan on April 12, 2022 The Russians are leaning on a tried and true mechanism of sanctioned economies: GOLD! I've heard from several corners that this somehow means the Russian ruble is now a gold-backed currency. This is simply not true. Nor does it mean that the Russian Central Bank - and, broadly speaking, the Russian economy - is not in a place of desperation. Russia is a hoarder of gold. Russia is also a significant producer and exporter of gold ores and boullion. Russia has the gold to prop up its currency for the short term, but instead the central bank is engaged in a very different game: replacing the ruble with an untraceable medium of trade. To do that the RCB needs more gold. A lot more. And so the Bank is competing with Russia's own citizens in buying gold and dumping the ruble. The task facing Russian Central Bank Chief Elvira Nabiullina - who I am on the record saying is likely the smartest central banker currently working in the world - is not an easy one. While the ruble's free fall was largely halted and corrected, Moscow must cover imports, fund its activities abroad, stabilize its currency, and find inventive ways to prop up strategic industries and secure whatever export income in can. All this in the face of the most comprehensive sanctions program in modern history. When Food and #energy Fuel Crises Meet by Peter Zeihan on April 12, 2022 The Biden Administration announced this morning that it was working with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make changes to the laws regarding E15 fuel, or gasoline containing up to 15% ethanol. Retailers are allowed to sell an E10 blend (with up to 10% ethanol) year round, but E15 is usually banned from June 1 through September 15--peak automobile travel months in the United States. This is due primarily to concerns over the fuel's stability in higher temperatures and disputed data about E15's increased emissions and deleterious impact on air quality. The Biden administration's primarily goal here is to help reverse the climb of fuel prices across the United States, a trend that has been exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The White House estimates that the mix of ethanol in the US fuel supply should knock a few cents off a gallon at the pump. No disputes there. The issue comes that the US ethanol supply is made primarily from corn. (Some 40% of US corn production ultimately ends up as ethanol in E10 and E15 fuel blends.) We are currently seeing a global agricultural system that is facing serious increases in inputs from fuel to fertilizers, not to mention a global food crisis stemming from a war between two of the world's largest grain exporters.

Confronting A Geopolitical Strategist On Putin's Big Plan

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Apr 7, 2022

THE JORDAN HARBINGER SHOW

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Geopolitical strategist and author of The Absent Superpower, The Accidental Superpower, Disunited Nations, and the upcoming The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization. Subscribe to the podcast: http://jordanharbinger.com/subscribe Full show notes can be found here: https://jordanharbinger.com/640 What We Discuss with Peter Zeihan: 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Why Putin is invading Ukraine 11:54 - The weakness of the Russian army 14:36 - The Russian rail core 18:05 - How to defeat Russia while avoiding total destruction 22:35 - Putin is probably the last leader of Russia (what happens after he's gone) 36:52 - How Russia's collapse can inform China's downfall 43:38 - China's impending invasion into Taiwan 52:18 - Russia's civilian infrastructure destruction campaign strategy 53:43 - The Russian Ukrainian war is NATO's fault 1:02:20 - Why your groceries are about to get more expensive (food shortage) The Vladimir Putin-led invasion of Ukraine has been an ominous threat to the Western world for years. Now that it’s fully under way and being met with stiffer Ukrainian resistance than the Russians were expecting, the reasons for Putin’s continued aggression in the face of monumental losses, mounting sanctions from the rest of the world, and the unexpected solidarity of the West seem ill-advised. What does Putin see for the road ahead that we in the West do not? On this episode, we discuss the developing situation with Peter Zeihan, a geopolitical strategist and author of The Absent Superpower, The Accidental Superpower, Disunited Nations, and the upcoming The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization. Here, we examine how the current Russia-Ukraine conflict became a “now or never” option for Putin, the downsides for Russia if it “wins” and what we expect its next steps to be, what NATO is doing to avoid turning this into a nuclear-escalated World War III, why Putin’s actions leading up to this point in time don’t bode well for Russia in any scenario, and what a country like China with expansionist goals of its own might take away from Russia’s hard-earned lessons. Listen, learn, and enjoy! Get the BEST highlights from each episode on our clips channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-cx... Want to watch more in-depth interviews with some of the world’s most amazing and successful people? Find full episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNbAQ... Welcome to The Jordan Harbinger Show, a video podcast where each week you get to join a conversation with some of the world’s highest performers and incredible personalities. I’ll ask them the tough questions to tease out their top tips so that you can reach levels of personal growth and mastery that you never imagined possible. Learn more about Jordan: http://jordanharbinger.com/about