Originally published on Feb 5, 2026.

The onslaught against Iran is not over. And yes, the USA might be using a siege strategy to crack Iran in the end through its economy and civil society. However, the projection of brute force power politics (the way the US used to be able to simply march into Iraq and have its leader hanged) are not working anymore. The US sent its warships to Iran before, once in 2012 and before that in 2007. And both times, the "Armada" was larger than this time. My guest, Rainer Rupp makes the point that this third military attempt is the smallest yet, at a time when Iran is stronger than in the past.

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Originally published on Feb 4, 2026.

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Originally published on Feb 3, 2026.

Is our obsession with the news actually just an addiction? Did the world's most "peaceful" country secretly invent the science of racism? And are the powerful people running our governments really just traumatized children refusing to grow up?I explore these dark realities with Felix Marquardt. As a former mainstream journalist who walked away to heal from his own addictions, he helps me see the deep connection between our personal pain and the big lies our society tells itself to feel safe.Links:Ali Abunimah Video mentioned in the beginning:    • Zionism Is Terminating Freedom in the West...  Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on Feb 2, 2026.

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Originally published on Feb 1, 2026.

Does being in NATO really feel that different from being in the Warsaw Pact for those who lived through both? And is it possible for a group of Eastern European nations to actually force peace by acting as a "buffer zone" from within the alliance?To explore these ideas, I turned to someone who has watched the world shift from the deck of a ship. Captain Ivo Yotsov is a former captain in the Bulgarian Navy and currently a professor at the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. With his unique mix of military experience and academic work on "New Structural Realism," he offers a view from the Black Sea that challenges how we usually think about power, culture, and the future of Europe.Links:Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on Jan 31, 2026.

Do European leaders actually believe that destroying their own economies is a good idea? I want to know if the arrogance we see in the West is just a bad habit or a sign of deep insecurity. Maybe the problem isn't politics, but the people running the show.To help me understand the minds behind these decisions, I sat down with Marianne Volonté. She is a Swiss lawyer and expert on human behavior who looks at these issues differently. Instead of just talking about treaties and wars, she breaks down the personality types that end up in power and explains why they simply cannot admit when they are wrongLinks:MyMarq: http://mymarq.comNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch & Donations: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...

Originally published on Jan 30, 2026.

Four years of failed proxy-war and now the potential annexation of Greenland by the United States. NATO tries to look strong but it is on its last political leg. The only thing that can save the exhausted alliance is peace with Russia and a return to the fundamental principles of European defence–security without aggression. My guest today puts forward concrete proposals for a political settlement and that is no small matter, given that he was once Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, the alliance’s highest military representative.Original Video in German:    • NATO Am Abgrund: USA & Ukrainekrieg zerstö...  Support our work: Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on Jan 29, 2026.

Is Sweden actually safer now that it has joined NATO, or has it just painted a target on its own back? With talk of American bases and a strange push for Greenland, one must to ask: is Scandinavia becoming the next war zone?Thorbjørn Sassersson is here to help with insights. He is an award-winning Swedish journalist who runs an independent news outlet.Links:Newsvoice: https://newsvoice.se/english/Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on Jan 28, 2026.

Did peace deals fail by accident, or were they just used to buy time for war? Is the European Union using this crisis to take power away from its own member states? And why does admitting this is a proxy war actually offer the best hope for peace?I dig into these questions with Dr. György Varga, a Hungarian diplomat who saw the build-up to this fight with his own eyes. As the former head of the OSCE mission on the Russian border, he spent four years watching the situation get worse before the invasion started. He brings a rare, on-the-ground view of why diplomacy failed and what the West got wrong.Links:Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on Jan 27, 2026.

Everyone thinks neutrality means staying out of trouble. But what if it's actually about diving straight into the chaos to stay involved? We need to ask: is international law just a tool for the powerful, or can the little guys use it to strike back?To find out, I brought in Dr. Stefano Catellan and Professor Frederick Dhondt from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. They’ve spent years digging into this history for their new book, Small Power Neutrality and the Law of the Sea, uncovering how small nations used the open ocean to outsmart the world's biggest empires.Links:[Book] Small Power Neutrality and the Law of the Sea: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Neutra...Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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