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Originally published on 19 Nov 2025.

Japan’s brand new prime minister, just made China serious angry. During a parliamentary hearing, on November 7, Sanae Takaichi said relations to a potential Chinese blockade of Taiwan "If warships are used and other armed actions are involved, I believe this could constitute a Survival-threatening crisis".China reacted fiercly, including official protests, threats, and a travel advisory to avoid all trips to Japan. Even the Stock Markets are now reacting negatively.Here to discuss what is happening is Dr. Joanna Lei, a former Law Maker in the Republic of China (the is the government of Taiwan) and a great friend of inner Chinese peace and reconciliation.

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Originally published on 18 Nov 2025.

“The rule of law” is a fundamental concept to the modern West and especially to the United States. In fact, my guest today calls the U.S. “the most litigious nation on Earth” and asks why it is that while internally, the rule of law has an almost religious flavor to it, in the international realm, the U.S.—and Western nations more generally—behave as if rules are made for others only? I’ve got with me again Ali Borhani, a Geopolitical Strategist and the author of the FuturEaly Substack.Links:FuturEaly Substack: https://futurearly.substack.com/Neutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on 17 Nov 2025.

For the longest time, I thought electromagnetic pulses—those bursts of invisible radiation that can wipe out power grids and shut down entire cities—were just sci-fi fantasy. The kind of thing you’d see in The Matrix or Hollywood disaster movies.But I was wrong. The United States actually has a Task Force on EMPs, and real scientists have been warning about these threats for decades.One of them is here with me today.Professor Steven Starr is the former Director of the University of Missouri’s Clinical Laboratory Science Program, and a Senior Scientist at the Physicians for Social Responsibility.Nuclear power plants continue to be targeted in the Ukraine War. As I said during the interview, I’m still concerned that one of the Russian RBMK Chernobyl-type reactors will come under a missile attack.— Prof. Steven Starr https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitica...Links:Nuclear Famine: https://nuclearfamine.org/Steven's book on EMP: https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-High-A...

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Originally published on 16 Nov 2025.

The Post-Cold War myth of the "Liberal International Order" is dead. And it's dead for good. But there are others that are still persisting and they are dangerous. One of the most hurtful myths is of course that the West only wants to "spread democracy" and "protect" peoples at home and abroad. Nother could be further from the truth. The USA and NATO are ruthlessly exploiting their members and proxies for naked, blatant, and highly illegal power projection. Today I’m talking again to Lasha Kasradze, Liaison Officer at Sokhumi State University. We explore the cynical geopolitics of the post-Cold War era, from the West's broken promises to Russia to the strategic use of smaller nations like Georgia and Armenia, questioning whether true cooperation was ever on the table or if conflict was always the intended outcome.Links:The Realist Review Substack: https://therealistreview.substack.com/ACURA: https://usrussiaaccord.org/Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on 16 Nov 2025.

Palestine remains the endless victim of US and Israeli maneuvers. The results are not just devastating for Palestine, which has suffered an outright genocide, but for the Arab world and beyond.Read by Jeffrey D. Sachs.Read the essay here: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/...More from Jeffrey D. Sachs: https://www.jeffsachs.org

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Originally published on 15 Nov 2025.

Mainstream Media in the West is obviously broken. Yet, the more dysfunctional the industry gets, the more it seems to be denying any wrong doing, blaming anything, from technological progress to Social Media and Fake-News for their demise. Instead of soul-searching, we get a relentless blame-game. And this trend is getting worse. After all, Chomsky and Herman, after publishing their book on “Manufacturing Consent” got at least still interviewed about it on Mainstream Media. These times are long gone.To help make sense of it, I’ve got today Felix Marquard with me who proposes viewing Media under the lens of addicition. Felix is himself a former Mainstream Media Journalist with an elite background and he’s also a recovering drug addict. He recently started a strange kind of anti-facebook, called Black Elephant.Links:Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies
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Originally published on 14 Nov 2025.

Europe can no longer be taken seriously—and that has serious consequences for Europe itself. Above all, Germany has completely forfeited its position on the world stage. After the still-unresolved Nord Stream 2 attack, Olaf Scholz’s obsequiousness, Friedrich Merz’s warmongering, the countless humiliations inflicted by the United States, and the immense arrogance Berlin displays toward Beijing and Moscow (not to mention the Global South), only one question remains: how much longer can this go on before everything collapses with a crash?Sevim Dagdelen is a former member of the German Bundestag. She first served with the Left Party and later co-founded the BSW Party together with Sahra Wagenknecht. She is also the author of the book “NATO: A Reckoning with the Alliance of Values.”Sevim Dagdelen's NATO Book: https://www.amazon.de/dp/3864894670?r...Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on 13 Nov 2025.

Cognitive Warfare is the new rage of the NATO lonatics who view behind every dissenting opinion in the social media space the long arm of the almighty Vladimir Putin. NATO produces reports, conference and even newsletters dedicated to cognitive warfare, admitting and arguing for its use not only against foreign populations, but against the domestic audience as well. Here to once again discuss propaganda and this new understanding of the mind as a battle ground is Thomas Karat, the host of the YouTube show SaltCube Analytics.

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Originally published on 11 Nov 2025.

Once upon a time, many many aeons ago, a youthful Vladimir Putin, freshly minted President of Russia, held a speech in the German Parliament—and received a standing ovation for it. Back in those days German-Russian relations were at an all-time high. Well, we live in a completely different universe now, and if you ask most people in Europe, they will tell you it’s because that president from back then turned into an insane dictator. But, what really happened? How come that today, Twitter is full of german intellectuals and politicians who can’t wait for a direct war with Russia? Here to help with this question is Alexander Rahr, the Research Director of the German-Russian Forum and a great proponent of a return to friendly bilateral relations. Mr. Rahr served for many years in US, European, and Russian think-tanks, seeing first hand the dramatic changes in the relationship. He is also the author of the German Langauge Political Thriller: “The Golden Gage of Kiev”.Links:The Golden Gage of Kiev (Book): https://www.eulenspiegel.com/buecher/...Eurasien Gesellschaft: https://www.eurasien-gesellschaft.org/Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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Originally published on 10 Nov 2025.

The age of European colonialism never really ended, it just changed its costume. Today’s geopolitics look and feel so barbarian medieval because they are the ghosts of the Crusades and a forgotten medieval legend.To explore these startling ideas, I’m talking to Dr. Manuel João Ramos, an Associate Professor at the Dept. of Anthropology at the University Institute of Lisbon, where he has been working for decades on questions of European Colonialism and Power in International Relations.We trace a 1,000-year-old story, uncovering the surprising roots of Christian Zionism, the messianic fantasies behind the "Age of Discovery," and the religious undercurrents that still shape Europe's troubled relationship with the world.Links:Manuel's website: https://www.mjr.link/Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies

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