The West is losing the Ukraine War big time. But that does not mean the NATO lunatics are willing to give up their plans for total global domination. On the contrary, some of them are only getting started.Professor Jeffrey Sachs joins Pascal Lottaz to argue that the Ukraine war is a long-running US proxy conflict with Russia. He discusses NATO expansion, post-Cold War policy, US power and elite interests, Europe’s economic costs, and the risks of escalation. Sachs also outlines what he sees as a path to peace: Ukrainian neutrality, no further NATO expansion, and ending US wars.Links:Jeffrey D. Sachs: https://www.jeffsachs.orgCommon Dreams: https://www.commondreams.org/author/j...Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.comMerch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Jeffrey Sachs on the Ukraine proxy war00:00:42 NATO expansion and US primacy00:12:57 From Cold War peace to confrontation00:20:43 The US strategy of global dominance00:23:34 Can the US choose coexistence?00:29:56 Can the wars be stopped?00:35:35 Where to follow Jeffrey Sachs

What if the craziness in NATO's proxy wars has a hidden strategy? What if they just fool us to believe they are headless chicken but in fact things are based on hard calculated realities? Stas Krapivnik, a former US Army officer joins me to discuss the new US pressure on Iran, why sanctions fail, and China’s economic leverage. We also examine US political messaging, leadership and long-term planning, the Ukraine war, and fears of a wider conflict involving Iran.Links:Stanislav Krapivnik on YouTube:    / @mrslavikman  Stanislav Krapivnik on X: https://x.com/STANISKRAPIVNIKStas Was There...In English on Telegram: https://t.me/staswasthereenglish2Стас Туда и Обратно on Telegram: https://t.me/stastydaiobratnoRise of the Imperial Eagle on Substack: https://zmeigarinich.substack.comNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.comMerch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction and US sanctions on Iran00:02:52 Can sanctions against Iran still work?00:08:47 Russia, China, and support for Iran00:18:52 US rhetoric and political messaging00:27:03 Master plan or institutional failure?00:33:19 Leadership, insecurity, and power00:41:04 Ukraine, Iran, and nuclear risks00:48:02 Closing remarks

The Yugoslavia Wars were not about humanitarian intervention. Here is the testimony of a man who was closely involved in the NATO operations and a historian who studied that era closely. Professor David Gibbs and Colonel Douglas Macgregor compare their views on the Yugoslav wars, NATO’s role in Bosnia and Kosovo, and the thinking behind the 1999 bombing campaign. Macgregor recalls his work in NATO command, while Gibbs connects the Balkan interventions to NATO expansion, Europe’s military dependence, Russia, and later conflicts.Links: Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.comMerch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction and Balkan war context00:02:53 Russia’s role in Bosnia and Kosovo00:08:02 Early warnings about Kosovo00:15:09 Intervention goals and the KLA00:22:28 Russia, NATO, and the air war00:33:00 Rambouillet and the Kosovo settlement00:42:53 Europe’s NATO dependence and war narrative00:55:24 The Balkans as a Russia rehearsal01:05:39 Intervention, neutrality, and closing thoughts

NATO is being demilitarized by its own Proxy-War. Historian and American University of Armenia lecturer Pietro Shakarian joins Pascal to discuss America’s “third Red Scare,” the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz, the proposed Mecca Pact, Ukraine’s future, Caucasus transit plans, and why he sees Europe’s elites as tied to US power during a shift toward multipolarity.Links:Pietro Shakarian at The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/authors/pie...Anastas Mikoyan: An Armenian Reformer in Khrushchev’s Kremlin: https://iupress.org/9780253073556/ana...Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.comMerch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00 Introduction and America’s Third Red Scare04:06 Trump, empire decline, and the Iran war07:36 War of aggression and US public opinion15:39 Reform, neoliberalism, and AI data centers20:31 Iran’s strategy and the Mecca Pact31:15 US overstretch and Caucasus corridors39:03 Ukraine, Russia, and Europe’s war strategy49:15 Why European elites follow US power57:15 US limits and the shift to multipolarity

Tord Björk, co-founder of People and Peace, International Peace Bureau council member, and Helsinki Plus 50 coordinator, discusses the Helsinki Final Act, Finland’s move from neutrality to NATO, and the decline of peace movements. He argues that peace, climate, labor, rural, and human rights groups should work together through practical local action, shared research, and building friendships across borders.Read the Nordic Peace Alliance Manifesto here: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/a...Links:People and Peace YouTube:    / @folkochfred  Helsinki Plus 50: https://helsinkiplus.orgInternational Peace Bureau: https://ipb.orgNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.comMerch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction00:00:42 The Helsinki Final Act’s legacy00:07:47 Finland, NATO, and erased peace history00:16:31 Why peace movements declined00:24:39 NATO, technology, and economic control00:32:21 Rebuilding popular movements00:38:34 Cooperation without more bureaucracy00:45:03 Decentralized movements and local action00:54:05 Where to follow Tord Björk

Steven Starr, former director of the University of Missouri’s Clinical Laboratory Science Program and senior scientist at Physicians for Social Responsibility, examines rising nuclear risks. He discusses tactical weapons, missile stockpiles, Israel and Iran, Europe’s confrontation with Russia, launch-on-warning dangers, and the human cost of a full nuclear war, including EMP effects, firestorms, nuclear winter, and famine.Links:Steven Starr — Nuclear Famine: https://nuclearfamine.orgSteven Starr — An EMP Attack on the U.S. Power Grids and Critical National Infrastructure: https://www.unz.com/article/an-emp-at...Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.comMerch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00 Introduction: Rising Nuclear Risks01:59 Missile Shortages and Tactical Nukes08:48 Tactical Weapons, Fallout and History11:01 Israel, Iran and Europe’s Escalation18:45 What Full-Scale Nuclear War Would Do23:16 No-First-Use and Accidental Nuclear War32:50 Cold War Lessons and the Nuclear Umbrella38:33 Public Opinion, Propaganda and NATO41:07 Escalation, Military Decline and Diplomacy

The people who lead Ukraine straight into the bayonets of Russia are working over-time to do the same to the rest of the European continent. Retired Royal Navy Commodore Steve Jermy joins me today to discuss what we need to work toward stopping this: A new “Spirit of Westphalia” for ending the NATO-Russia war. We examine the loss of cooperative security in Europe, weak air defenses, the energy costs of escalation, the human cost of a wider war, and possible paths toward diplomacy, neutrality, OSCE-led confidence-building measures, and Track II talks.Links:Steve Jermy’s Substack: https://stevejermy.substack.comSteve’s Article: https://stevejermy.substack.com/p/the...Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.comMerch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction and the Spirit of Westphalia00:09:03 Support Neutrality Studies00:09:20 Why Europe abandoned cooperative security00:14:41 Air defense, drones, and missile warfare00:18:14 Energy security and the need for diplomacy00:22:37 How peace talks could begin00:29:25 Neutrality, the OSCE, and ending sanctions00:35:19 Who could launch a new peace process?00:45:25 Where to follow Steve Jermy

It's the "last hurray of colonialism", as my guest today, Dr. Ooi Kee Beng, puts it. The wars inUkraine and Iran are left-overs of a time that has already passed and is currently being supplanted by the realities of the Multipolar Order.Dr. Ooi, executive director of Penang Institute, discusses why Southeast Asia feels more hopeful than Europe, how China’s rise shapes decolonization and multipolarity, and why Western thinking still treats the world as a contest. He examines colonial history, the Middle East, ASEAN neutrality, and keeping the Strait of Malacca open.The Penang Peace Dialogue SIGN UP: https://commonwealthofworldchinatowns...Links:Wikibeng: https://wikibeng.comPenang Institute: https://penanginstitute.orgISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute: https://www.iseas.edu.sgNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.comMerch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction00:01:09 Europe and Southeast Asia’s outlook00:06:13 China’s rise and regional history00:11:44 Decolonization and a multipolar world00:23:21 Bandung, Africa, and sovereignty00:26:39 Orientalism and the colonial world order00:39:28 Iran, the Middle East, and oil00:42:56 ASEAN and the Strait of Malacca00:49:03 Maritime Southeast Asia and globalization

Is the Collective West in disarray because of its absence of long term thinking? Or is it all a charade and the master minds are just really good at hiding what's actually going on? Well, we might be in for an even bumpier ride than we thought, not because the Western leadership is brilliant (they are mostly imbeciles), but the underlying sociological structure is not as short-sighted as one might assume.Nel Bonilla, author of Worldlines, explains her “bunker state” framework and why she sees NATO 3.0 as a shift toward deeper military integration. She and Pascal Lottaz discuss NATO’s evolution, Europe’s defense industry, proxy warfare, conscription, public spending, the “global West,” and ways peace, labor, and neutrality movements could resist this change.Nel's Article: https://worldlinesletter.substack.com...More Links:Worldlines – The threads connecting geopolitics: https://worldlinesletter.substack.comNel Bonilla at NachDenkSeiten: https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?gastau...Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.comMerch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00 Introduction and the bunker state04:47 NATO 1.0, 2.0, and 3.016:16 Is NATO a node or a driver?18:28 Silent social transformation in Europe32:28 The Ankara summit and arms production44:10 War readiness and proxy warfare50:34 The end goal: a “global West”54:08 The bunker state and social contract57:00 Peace movements and alternatives

Radhika Desai, University of Manitoba professor and host of Radhika Desai Geopolitical Economist, joins Pascal to examine Korean peace efforts, fading trust in US military protection, the dollar system’s debt trap, and China’s industrial rise. They also discuss neoliberal demand problems, Western double standards on overcapacity, and the growing split inside MAGA as Trump fails to deliver for US workers.Links:Radhika Desai: https://radhikadesai.com/Radhika Desai Geopolitical Economist:    / @raddesai  Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.comMerch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction00:00:28 Korea peace and Trump’s troop policy00:09:53 South Korea and the US military umbrella00:20:24 Economic models and neoliberal demand crisis00:28:19 Sri Lanka and the dollar debt trap00:39:24 China’s rise and the overcapacity debate00:52:08 MAGA’s split and Trump’s broken promises01:00:04 Where to follow Radhika Desai