US alliances now look less like protection and more like danger. Pascal Lottaz speaks with international human rights lawyer Saul Takahashi about living through the UAE missile alerts, the Gaza genocide, US bases turning allies into targets, Japan’s risks, failed deterrence, and the breakdown of the old order.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Saul Takahashi and UAE experience

00:07:36 Gaza genocide and Gulf fallout

00:12:13 Neutrality law and legal gray zones

00:17:40 US bases as magnets in Gulf and Japan

00:26:08 Takaichi Trump and Japan China ties

00:37:44 Proxy war risk and old order collapse

00:44:18 Regional security and multipolar shift

00:49:14 Colonialism clarity and public pressure