Neutrality Studies

Originally published on 28 Nov 2025.

If war is the continuation of politics by other means—as Clausewitz once said—then, logically, politics is also the continuation of war by other means. Is the US currently trying to switch back from one to the other in its Proxy War in Ukraine through the 28 point peace plan?Here to discuss this with me is Anatol Lieven, the director of the Eurasia Program and the Andrew Bacevich chair in American Diplomatic History at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.Links:Responsible Statecraft: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/Anatol's UnHerd articles: https://unherd.com/author/anatol-lieven/Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on 27 Nov 2025.

Ever since Donald Trump came back into office, the US went through several phases of diplomacy and then renewed military escalations with Russia. The latest swing of the pendulum has us again talking about peace, this time based on a so-called 28-point plan. But is it a real effort toward peace or just the latest ploy to lure Moscow into giving up its battle field advantage?Here to discuss with me today is Dr. Michael Rossi, a lecturer of International Relations at Rutgers University and the Host of the Michal Rossi PolSci YouTube Channel.Links:Michael's YT Channel: ‪@MichaelRossiPoliSci‬ Michael's Twitter:   / rossisci  Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on 26 Nov 2025.

Did you ever wonder what a REAL spy has to say about world politics today? Well you're in luck because today I’ve got one of East Germany’s most successful spies on this show.Mr. Rainer Rupp was born in 1945 and grew up in West Germany but started working for the East-German intelligence services in the early 1970s. He was hired by NATO in 1977 and forwarded tens of thousands of NATO internal documents and plans to the East. He was only caught in 1993, after the end of the Cold War, serving a prison sentence until 2000. Links:Rainer's homepage: https://www.rainerrupp.de/Rainer's Book: https://www.eulenspiegel.com/buecher/...Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on 25 Nov 2025.

Asia transformed massively in just one century — from a region carved up by colonial empires to the powerhouse of today’s emerging multipolar world. BRICS, the SCO, ASEAN… so many of the key pillars of the new global order are now anchored right here in Asia. To discuss the continent’s stunning success and its future, I‘m joined today by the prolific Singaporean diplomat and academic, Dr. Kishore Mahbubani, the author of „Has China Won?“, „The Asian 21st Century“ and „Living the Asian Century“. Links:Kishore's Homepage: https://mahbubani.net/Kishore's Books: https://mahbubani.net/books/Substack: https://kishoremahbubani.substack.comFacebook:   / kishoremahbubanipage  X (Twitter): https://x.com/mahbubani_kNeutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on 24 Nov 2025.

As the United States seems ready to negotiate an end to the Proxy War in Ukraine along Russia’s “Istanbul+” formula of June 2024, and we now have a 28 Point Peace plan from the US side, the Europeans, yesterday, published their own 28-point peace plan with substantial changes to the US proposal.Here to discuss the matter is David Pyne, a former U.S. Army officer and Deputy Director for the Task Force on National and Homeland Security.Links:David Pyne's Substack: https://dpyne.substack.com/Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on 24 Nov 2025.

Do you remember the Former European Parliament candidate who hackled Ursula van der Leyen and was arrested for it? His case is still not through in the courts, but now, Finland’s largest newspaper is smearing Armando as a Russian stooge and part of the Kremlin’s “hybrid warfare”.Here to discuss his case is with me is for the second time Armando Mema.Links:Armando's Socials:YouTube:    / @armandomema878  Telegram: https://t.me/armandomemaTwitter/X: https://x.com/armandomemaNeutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on 23 Nov 2025.

There is, once more, hope for peace in Ukraine, and it is—once more—freaking out the Europeans. The US and Russia are nearing a proposal for cessation of hostilities along a so called 28-point peace plan. Here to discuss this with me is Dr. Nicolai Petro, Professor for Political Science at the University of Rhode Island and the author of “The Tragedy of Ukraine”.Links:Kremlin Readout that Nicolai mentioned: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president...Nicolai's Homepage: http://npetro.net/Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on 22 Nov 2025.

The United States just managed to pass a highly controversial resolution in the United Nations Security Council, which basically transforms Gaza into a UN Mandate and makes Donald Trump its governor. Resolution 2803 has alredy been heavily criticized by Human Rights experts like Francesca Albanese and Craig Mokhiber. The puzzeling thing in this is that Russia and China, both abstained from voting, thereby helping the resolution to pass. To help understand China’s position on West Asia, I’m today joined by ZHANG Sheng, a Non-resident Visiting Researcher at Turkey’s KUASIA (Coach) University, and the author of a very popular video on Youtube where he recently explained Chinese approaches toward Gaza.Links:The mentioned video:    • Zhang Sheng: Why Chinese Netizens Call Pal...  One of Sheng’s articles on today’s topic: https://www.tni.org/en/article/from-g...Academic article on how the CPC and the Japanese Red Army vuewed Oakestube: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies
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Originally published on 21 Nov 2025.

Donald Trump is getting ready for all out war with Venezuela, even the aircraft carrier group USS Gerald R Ford, has by now arrived in the Caribbean. At the same time, Trump also threatens intervention in Nigeria to allegedly “protect christians”. What happened to the US peace president? To discuss this I’m joined again by Stanislav Krapivnik, a former US Army officer, supply chain executive.Links:Stanislav Krapivnik's YouTube Channel: ‪@MrSlavikman‬ Stanislav Krapivnik's Telegram: https://t.me/stastydaiobratnoNeutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on 20 Nov 2025.

Chinese airlines just cancelled over 400,000 flights to Japan after belligerent remarks in parliament of Sanae Takaichi, the new Japanese prime minister. In all of this, the USA is suspiciously quiet. Is the real winner of this Beijing vs Tokyo fight gonna be, once again, Washington? Here to discuss with me this topic from another perspective is an old friend of the show, Warwick Powell.

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