Neutrality Studies

Why did Yugoslavia have to die? And what exactly happened in Europe to the Slavs? Why is eastern Europe routinely left out in popular histories of the continent?Dr. Višeslav Simić is a professor from Mexico and former Yugoslav emigré. We speak about how Slavs have been erased from Western history, Yugoslavia as a test case for foreign pressure, and deep Russophobia in Europe and the US. Simić argues that media, academia, and empire use selective history, racism, and divide and conquer politics, while calling for stronger unity and better political action.Links:Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Guest background and exile from Yugoslavia00:08:00 Slavs erased from European history00:18:00 Yugoslavia as a testing ground00:33:59 Racism against Slavs in the West00:44:40 Western superiority and empire00:52:03 Selective reality and media bias00:59:19 Solutions and final thoughts

Multipolar deals are here. India’s most recent pragmatic foreign policy toward Russia defies the Western dictate.Professor emeritus Anuradha Chenoy from Jawaharlal Nehru University joins to discuss India’s foreign policy shifts: Putin’s India visit, US tariff and oil pressure, Modi’s Israel and Iran stance, BRICS, China, and how India tries to keep strategic autonomy while balancing the US, Russia, and the Global South.Links:Economic and Political Weekly: https://www.epw.inNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Intro and Russia Visit00:07:11 Tariffs and Investment Pledges00:11:30 Israel Visit and Iran Fallout00:14:13 India’s Split Foreign Policy00:24:07 Russia, China, and US Power00:29:40 Regime Change and Domestic Stability00:31:39 Iran, BRICS, and Gulf Tensions00:36:37 BRICS, Currency, and China00:44:12 Europe and the Iran War

If you think US politics happens only in the White House and on Capitol Hill, then think again. The US as a political system—the totality of it—is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Luckily, some brave researchers dare going into the deep.Dr. Aaron Good, author of American Exception: Empire and the Deep State, joins me today to challenge simplistic view of the US system. He argues that agency, blackmail, covert crime, and elite networks shape policy, tying together JFK, RFK, Nixon, Watergate, Epstein, Zionism, and Iran Contra as part of the hidden machinery of the American empire.Links:American Exception Patreon:   / about  American Exception book: https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/97...Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Hyperstructuralism and the black box state00:10:27 Agency, Kennedy and the regime00:17:46 Blackmail, lobbying and hidden power00:22:22 JFK, RFK and the crime network00:27:33 Epstein, Trump and Watergate00:33:40 Nixon, CIA and covert crime00:38:59 Zionism, LBJ and Iran Contra00:48:59 Christian Zionism and elite networks00:55:00 Vanderpeel, Epstein and Massie

Barely able to supply its troops in the region or keeping them out of harms way, the US has struck again sites in Iran and Israel has been escalating the war against Lebanon. How long will Iran still accept the salami-slicing away of the ceasefire? At the same time, the US media claims 70 ships had been "escorted" secretly through the Strait of Hormuz. Is there any reason to believe this could be the case? David Pyne, Deputy Executive Director of the EMP Task Force, joins me to break down the newest events in the Iran war, failed ceasefire talks, Trump’s mixed signals, Israel’s influence inside Washington, the MAGA split, China tensions, and Ukraine’s slide toward collapse. Pyne argues the U.S. is overextended, running low on war supplies, and facing growing limits in every major theater.Links:David Pyne Substack The Real War: https://dpyne.substack.comX: https://x.com/AmericaFirstConNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction and Iran war update00:04:24 Limited strikes and ceasefire games00:08:01 Israel influence on Trump and MAGA00:13:49 Fallout for Republicans and 202800:20:11 China trip and trade theater00:25:29 Ukraine war and NATO limits00:32:43 Strait of Hormuz blockade and Iran deal00:37:01 US bases, nuclear terms, and regime change00:41:01 US power limits and missile depletion

With every passing day, every new genocide, every atrocity committed by the Washington elite, they are losing more people on the ground. The little guy and girl. Some of whom voted for Trump. Some who didn't. But people who share the disillusionment about the violence America carries into all corners of the world, much as it once carried millions of unwilling subjects to its shores in chains. Some remember, and this is going to be a rude awakening for the elites once the unfinished Civil Rights Movement comes back.Rasheed Muhammad of The Red Pill Diaries joins Pascal to discuss Black America, US empire, Western double standards, civil rights, nuclear hypocrisy, Palestine, Iran, propaganda, the dollar system, and the roots of American power.Links:The Red Pill Diaries YouTube:    / @theredpilldiariesofficial  The Red Pill Diaries Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/TheRedPillDiariesThe Red Pill Diaries Odysee: https://odysee.com/@TheRedPillDiaries:9The Red Pill Diaries Patreon:   / theredpilldiaries  The Red Pill Diaries X: https://x.com/pill_diariesThe Red Pill Diaries Twitch:   / theredpilldiaries  Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction00:00:27 Red Pill Diaries Origins00:02:47 Empire Hypocrisy And Double Standards00:06:25 Black America And Imperial Power00:13:49 Personal Awakening And Propaganda00:20:43 Citizenship Treaties And War Patterns00:24:29 Human Rights And Dehumanization00:27:56 Founding Violence And National Myth00:31:54 Hope Karma And The Dollar System00:43:45 Demolishing The System

Hegemony is over not only on the outside but within the US, too. The decline is irreversible says my guest today, Colonel Douglas Macgregor. We talk about Russia’s next moves in Ukraine, the risk of wider NATO escalation, U.S. support for foreign wars, and why America’s base network and war spending may be unsustainable. Macgregor argues the U.S. is losing control, the economy is the real pressure point, and a major pullback from overseas is coming.Links:McGregor Warrior Substack: https://macgregorwarrior.substack.comThe National Conversation: https://thenationalconversation.orgNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Russia and Ukraine Turning Point00:13:40 NATO Pressure and Nuclear Risk00:15:14 America Rejects Another War00:21:27 Bases, Parties, and Retreat00:24:50 Soviet Collapse and U S Decline00:29:21 Cuba Puerto Rico and the Hemisphere00:32:24 Empire Mindset and Iran00:37:23 Media Pressure and Public Pushback00:40:44 Debt, Cuts, and the End Game

US handling of the Iran peace process is by now mostly un-readable but also self-sabotaging. Subscribe to Substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Our store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth... 00:00 Trump’s Iran peace process looks incoherent02:24 Why the Abraham Accords demand makes little sense05:00 Iran’s enriched uranium as a hard red line06:00 Where the U.S. and Iran could theoretically meet08:50 Iran’s demands: bases, reparations, sanctions, and Hormuz11:30 Why Israel and the U.S. are weaker after the war14:20 Why Iran cannot trust U.S. treaty commitments18:00 Iran’s pressure strategy through the Strait of Hormuz22:00 Sanctions relief and the need for a written outcome document

Updates on the Ukraine-Proxy War and the Iran War with Larry C. Johnson: Both wars are about to get worse as NATO is trying to expand the fight into Russia. Moscow will now escalate in Kiev to send final message to Collective West. At the same time, the global economic shock from the Iran War will only grow deeper and more intensive with every day. Links:Larry Johnson Sonar21: https://sonar21.comLarry Johnson Substack: https://larrycjohnson.substack.comCounter Currents YouTube:    / @counter_currents_channel  Larry Johnson Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=80288936Larry Johnson Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/lcjohnson1MNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Russia’s New War Phase00:06:52 From Attrition To Escalation00:14:18 US Role And Ukraine Air Defense00:24:19 Russia’s Endgame In Ukraine00:28:10 Trump, Ukraine And Iran00:29:04 Abraham Accords And Gulf Talks00:33:20 US Bases And New Gulf Security00:37:33 Sanctions And Diplomacy With Iran00:43:10 Lebanon, Oil And Wider War Risks00:46:11 China, Commodities And Market Collapse

NATO's proxy war in Ukraine is morphing into a direct EU-Russia war. And the war hawks in Brussels are further escalating by attacking civilians in the Donbas and Russia proper. The doves in the Kremlin, including Vladimir Putin, are running out of options to keep their own hawks under wraps. As things stand now, an all-out EU-Russia war is not only a possible, but by now a likely scenario. But to what end?I'm joined today by my colleague, Professor Glenn Diesen, to discuss what he has learned from his many interviews with top-notch IR scholars in Russia and the West, and where things are headed.Links:Glenn Diesen on YouTube:    / @gdiesen1  Glenn Diesen on Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.comNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies.com/shopDonation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction00:00:21 NATO escalation and Russian retaliation00:15:06 Iran and the logic of deterrence00:20:31 Europe and the self-fulfilling war trap00:25:28 Sanctions dissent and mass formation00:31:55 Propaganda censorship and open debate00:36:52 Ukraine endgame and security order00:40:40 US decline and proxy war strategy00:48:44 Realism neutrality and the road ahead

Today, I speak with Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, about the state of international law in 2026, power and reciprocity, the UN order after 1945, unipolar decline, US militarism, neutrality, Gaza and Israel, media framing, and whether law can still restrain great powers in a more unstable world.Links:Richard Falk blog: https://richardfalk.orgTRANSCEND Media Service: https://www.transcend.org/tms/Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com(Opt in for Academic Section from your profile settings: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/s/a...)Merch: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...Donation: https://neutralitystudies.com/donateTimestamps:00:00:00 Introduction00:00:16 International law in 202600:05:24 Law power and reciprocity00:10:28 Unipolarity and instability00:16:38 US militarism and failed wars00:27:35 Rules based order and reform00:39:25 Neutrality and shifting alliances00:47:21 Can US realism still change00:54:57 Israel Palestine media and war law