Neutrality Studies

Originally published on 18 Jun 2025.

On the fifth day of the new Middle East War all is not lost yet. The expected swift regime-change in Tehran is not happening and the Iranians are actually getting better at their air defence against the Israeli aggression. In the meantime, Trump seems erratic and pushed into a corner of his own making, lashing out against the defectors in this circle. Will he pull back from this brink of a new US Forever War? There are efforts underway in the US to constrain his power, but can they win against the war pigs and the imminent danger of a false-flag attack?

Originally published on 19 Jun 2025.

Today I’m talking to Sebastian Contin Trillo-Figueroa, a Hong Kong based geopolitical analyst and EU - Asia consultant with many years experience in unpacking European shenanigans. He also contribute to academic initiatives at the University of Hong Kong, and beyond.He recently wrote a very good analysis of what he calls the EU’s “Anti-Diplomacy” - in which he lays out just how purely the EU currently performs when it comes to international relations. This is what we want to discuss today.Links:LinkedIn profile:   / sebastiancontin  HKU profile: https://www.asiaglobalinstitute.hku.h...Neutrality Studies Goods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...

Originally published on 20 Jun 2025.

Today (18.6.2025) I’m talking to Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, the Director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History at Bethlehem University. Dr. Yumsiyeh got a PhD from Connecticut University and then taught for many years in the US, including Tennessee Duke and Yale University. He returned to Palestine in 2008 where he is also right now.Links:Mazin Qumsiyeh's personal website: http://qumsiyeh.org/Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) (mentioned in the video): https://www.palestinenature.org/

Originally published on 21 Jun 2025.

Today I’m talking to Stanislav Krapivnik, a former US Army officer, supply chain executive and military-political expert who always provides valuable insights especially on security affairs in and around Russia.We are talking today on June 19th, 6 days after Israel’s attack on Iran and with the imminent threat of the US also launching an all-out military assault. What will Russia do and how does this new reality change Eurasian geopolitics? That’s what we want to discuss today.Links:Stanislav Krapivnik's YouTube Channel: ‪@MrSlavikman‬Stanislav Krapivnik's Telegram: https://t.me/stastydaiobratnoNeutrality Studies Goods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...

Originally published on 21 Jun 2025.

While Tel Aviv is getting hit harder and harder, the Israeli's are getting desperate to finally push the US into a direct military attack on Iran. But for now, Donald Trump says he has not taken a decision. It might be an another lie to then hit Iran unexpectedly, or it might be an indication for a political battle inside Washington. Another indication of this is that Tulsi Gabbard just took back or March statement that Iran was not seeking a nuklear bomb. At the same time, we see massive Israeli propaganda on Twitter trying to foment the idea that the Iranian population is begging Israel to bomb them harder. Times Article by Narges Bajoghli on Iran's internal workings: https://time.com/7295877/issues-with-...RT Article about China-Iran relations by Ladislav Zemanek: https://www.rt.com/news/620053-where-...

Originally published on 21 Jun 2025.

Today I’m talking again to Pietro Shakarian, an Armenian historian at the Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg who has analysed the Russian-Iranian relationship for a while. We are talking on June 19th, only 6 days after Israel’s sneak attack on Iran and currently everybody is waiting for what the US will do, but a direct military attack seems likely—at least right now. Today we discuss what this means for the political relationship between Iran and Russia.Links:Pietro's Book on Amastas Mikoyan: https://iupress.org/9780253073556/ana...Neutrality Studies Goods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...

Originally published on 22 Jun 2025.

The USA just announced with a lot of fanfare that it bombed the three nuclear sites in Iran, Forod, Natanz and Isfahan. But is that true? Did it actually deliver bombs with its airplanes as the president said? The Iranians are not yet confirming what happened and some limited reports have been out about the strikes actually not doing much more damage than what has already been inflicted in previous strikes by Israel on the same facilities. What could this mean?

Originally published on 15 May 2025.

Today I’m talking again to Dr. Dr. Alfred de Zayas, a Professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy, who used to work as a senior lawyer in the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights and later became the first UN Independent Expert on International Order, serving in that capacity from 2012 to 2018.Two years ago, Alfred wrote an important scholarly article entitled “Who will guards over the guardians” about the weaponization of human rights and how the west is transforming the entire discourse into a geopolitical tool.Links:Alfred's human rights trilogy: https://www.claritypress.com/book-aut...Alfred's book Nemesis at Potsdam, that was reissued by Routlede as "Routledge Revivals": https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-R...Goods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...

Originally published on 13 May 2025.

War is not a choice. War is a system—a self-perpetuating process. And in the US we have a deadly principe of mass-slaughter and violence baked into the logic of the economic organisation of the nation. Listen to Professor Radhika Desai dismantling the core of the imperial logic with her Geopolitical Economy approach to Marxist theory.Many of you will know her since she is a prolific writer and guest on many YouTube shows. Links to her work:This explains GE in short: https://valdaiclub.com/a/valdai-paper...And this shows it is rooted in Marx: https://www.academia.edu/77369299/Mar...More info at: http://Radhikadesai.comGoods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...

Originally published on 11 May 2025.

You know you are nearing the end of empire when the chief extortionists start asking for ever more money for ever less return. The US is caught in a spiral of economic and moral bankruptcy. To help us take a step back and look at the big picture, I've got today Arnaud Bertrand back on the channel, one of Twitter/X’s best and most profound political analysts. Links:Aranaud’s Twitter/X Profile: https://x.com/rnaudbertrandOur new Goods Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...