I think invading Iraq was another geopolitical mistake.

@jaybk718

Жыл бұрын

A bigger geopolitical mistake.

@artvsmachine3703

Жыл бұрын

Good to point that out. Ian Bremmer comes off as a propagandist for Nato.

@kbflorida888

Жыл бұрын

@@artvsmachine3703 Bremmer mentions in his opening he just wrote his latest book. This video (may) was created to provide Russian/Ukrainian history but also promote his tome.

@black_triton9264

Жыл бұрын

You misspelled *war crime*

@astralisranger517

Жыл бұрын

I think Bush already acknowledged that.

Even BigThink sometimes can be vague. This video had a shallower perspective than I expected. Moreover, it sounded more political than literal.

@boi9842

Жыл бұрын

This video is propaganda, no mention of the US coup in 2014 or the neo nazis in Ukraine.

@b.j6102

Жыл бұрын

I agree that The perspective is quite shallow in regards Putin reason for the invasion..he gave more like an uninformed main stream media narrative

@arrielradja5522

Жыл бұрын

Any arguments?

@loganlucas2052

Жыл бұрын

We've heard your opinion but you've provided no reasons?

@UCJ1IiAcSGeMi2A

Жыл бұрын

@@arrielradja5522 You'll see no arguments. Because it's either a bot or a brainwashed doo-doo. See other comments. It's obvious that russia is rampant in the comment section.

It really is amazing how in the last 2 years the world has changed. Perhaps there were long trends that were at play, but institutions are resistant to change, people are resistant to change. But then there's a global pandemic, the trends accelerate. Russia invades Ukraine, and institutions, who have had their stability taken from them, finally admit that change is necessary, because change has already happened. Unfortunately wars and pandemics come at a deep cost in human lives. And that calamity is something not lost on me. Part of me wishes I could go back to before all of it. But I also recognize the unique opportunity of these times we live in. And that through great trial we are being offered a chance to make some major leaps in the future. That doesn't mean things can't still get worse before they get better. But I have taken heart that many have stepped up and responded in unity, and in purposeful opposition to evil. What a time to be alive!

@bilalafridi324

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree the world needs a system based on morality Humans have a long history of violence and power hunger corruption injustice We live in a world of many Pharaoh in todays times But we have to fight back to reach the light

@swordarmstudios6052

Жыл бұрын

I'm sort of amazed how just in the last few years the screaming partisans are getting sidelined and the people making the most sense are the people talking about stuff like virtue, values, and civic duty. Those folks were always there - but people stopped for whatever reason taking them seriously. I do think the War in Ukraine is likely to spawn an entirely new small l liberal movement. Around strong national defense, free but regulated markets, civic duty and patriotism, and political pluralism.

@reyne8424

Жыл бұрын

@@swordarmstudios6052 I think so too. It's already happening!

@petermclelland278

Жыл бұрын

What unadulterated piffle.

@kickDustPedestrian

Жыл бұрын

Nobody dares to mention the big elephants in room.

Those are very Euro-optimistic conclusions. I am in doubt if Russia can not efficiently shift its sales elsewhere (I even heard that India is re-selling Russian products to Europe at a higher price and such stuff), and even more in doubt how easily (and at what price) Europe can be changing its course and get natural resources somewhere else. Would be naive to think it's Russia alone that will experience economic hardship due to the sanctions.

@Scircx

Жыл бұрын

Gas is still 4.89 here and I'm expecting 400-500/month energy bill this winter. Is this what winning looks like?

@davidarbuckle7236

Жыл бұрын

If Russia decides it will take Ukraine at all cost no matter how many Russians die and no matter how many tanks, helicopters, and ships they lose, sure they can take Ukraine. But what a horribly botched military plan so far? From a former world power? Hilariously tragic.

@sudhirraghubir

Жыл бұрын

@@Scircx 🤣🤣

@sebastian192

Жыл бұрын

@@Scircx you can't have your cake and eat it too. You can just say you are not willing to make personal sacrifices to allow your country to pressure russia into playing nice, then that'll be your point of view. eventually when the majority of your countrymen agrees with you, your government will be pressured to change their policy. That is, assuming you live in a democratic country. this is also what Moscow is banking on, the weakness of democracy shows when people value short term self interest above all else. which is why they understand by winter time the public pressure from most countries will be too high for their governments to continue to sanction russian energy by then

@joesod

Жыл бұрын

so India is acting as the middle man, the point is that India reaps the benefit and not Russia, it is better that the money flows to India and not to Russia, the end result is that Russia is being weakened, if India benefits so be it. However India cannot supply Russia with technology or weapons etc because then it will be sanctioned just like Russia is, India knows the game and knows the boundaries unlike Putler

Interesting to listen to but certain parts are flawed. Example when speaks about gas, oil and coal. Russia just went and sold them to different countries.

@user-ts6rh5sp8h

Жыл бұрын

If you don’t know the subject, just go and study. No need to show your arrogance here man.

@muiponcomuiponco772

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but those countries buy it to resell it more expensive to Europe. But when Europe makes the energy transition, I doubt that it will be able to continue selling in the same volumes to those other countries.

@maccon1

Жыл бұрын

This guy dismissed Ukraines terrorist attacks against Russia, Americas coup d'etat. This completely makes this channel worthless, State Media

@stevehatcher7700

Жыл бұрын

Sold to different countries, yes, but not quite at EU volumes.Also sold at deeply discounted prices with much higher transportation costs.

@andriyshapovalov8886

Жыл бұрын

@@stevehatcher7700 If I remember correctly from radio news, that in 3 month of war Putin made 94 billion more by selling cheaper but higher volume to China, India etc.

He's right about one thing, new world order did emerge from this crisis.

@chateaupig826

Жыл бұрын

its still emerging ..

@dragonfury7512

Жыл бұрын

«Ангелы ада» и «Бладс» планируют искоренить Солнцевскую Братву, Люберецкую Братву и Измайловскую банду к лету 2023 года, устранив их иерархию, высокопоставленных лиц и лидеров. Привлечение основных групп Братвы ослабило бы русскую мафию настолько, чтобы их союз Ангелов Ада и Крови получил полный контроль без сильной оппозиции в Европе и России. У меня есть доступ к информации от высокопоставленных Ангелов Ада и Крови. Они будут отрицать это, пока это не будет сделано, но не ждите, пока не станет слишком поздно, чтобы предотвратить то, что грядет, вы должны сообщить своим лидерам. Вы должны спасти работу своих предков, бойкотируя и убивая местных членов Hell's Angels и Bloods, лидеров отделений и высокопоставленных лидеров, как можно скорее, чем выше ранг, тем лучше, но член все еще остается членом. Пора, завтра может быть поздно. Они думают, что их цели не заметят и предотвратят их падение, пока не стало слишком поздно, но, к сожалению, информация просочилась. Внесите свой вклад, чтобы этого не произошло, докажите свою ценность! За нелегкий труд и жертвы предков и за будущее детей!

@smr4712

Жыл бұрын

The new world order was imagined many many centuries ago by idiots/ weak people that cant compete against the strong in a real compitition called life Lol, but it was the "League of Nations" which started the ill fated move to create fake power... now called the United nations.

@maiduu8468

Жыл бұрын

@@chateaupig826 Soo whats gonna happen?

@originalandrewmark

Жыл бұрын

@@maiduu8468 Bye, Bye Miss American Spies

Thank you for this video! Thanks to everyone who supports Ukraine❤

I'm constantly thinking about how this all plays out for China. I still think it has a strong trajectory to ascend, but it seems much more uncertain now and certainly more bumpy.

@kazarofchult8086

Жыл бұрын

The surging pandemic, lack of births over the last months, and the flatlining/frozen Chinese economy will create another crisis and plant more seeds for a new world order

In 2008, William Joseph Burns (Current director of the CIA), then the American ambassador to Moscow, wrote to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: “Ukrainian entry into NATO is the brightest of all redlines for the Russian elite (not just Putin). In more than two and a half years of conversations with key Russian players, from knuckle-draggers in the dark recesses of the Kremlin to Putin’s sharpest liberal critics, I have yet to find anyone who views Ukraine in NATO as anything other than a direct challenge to Russian interests.”

@FinalSentinel

Жыл бұрын

So Russia therefore should gets to dictate Ukrainian foreign policy and have veto power over what alliances they join?

@kamchatmonk

Жыл бұрын

@@FinalSentinel Remember the Cuban crisis) Powerful countries have their "backyards", that's the reality.

@lot110

Жыл бұрын

@@kamchatmonk bullshit!

@markhuntermd

Жыл бұрын

Parts of the Ukraine voted to secede to Russia. That is what promoted CIA funding of Azov Nazis... and so on. Since the CIA installed Zelensky in 2014, their currency has lost two thirds of its value; and, the many of the people have been impoverished. The Ukrainians attempted to cut off water to Crimea. When the Russians came and put an end to that horror. Meanwhile, the USA is giving millions of dollars to Zelensky. None of the money is making it to the people. Some of his government officials were caught at the Slovakia border trying to flee with millions of dollars of us currency.

@FinalSentinel

Жыл бұрын

@@kamchatmonk 1) My comment is fundamentally challenging the concept of powerful countries having “backyards”. I disagree with the spheres of influence model realists push, as if it justifies being able to exercise control over sovereign states (and yes that applies to Cuba as well, I reject the Monroe Doctrine, and any imperialist doctrine for that matter, as the concept of “backyards” is just a euphemism for soft emperialism). Will countries still act this way, yes, but that doesn’t mean it’s moral or ethical. Realism isn’t based on reality, it’s a flawed model of reality. 2) Joining a defensive military alliance is very different from placing another countries nukes in your country to grant earlier first strike capability. The US has not moved any of its warheads closer to Russia, even after the fall of the USSR and earlier expansions of NATO. Ukraine entering NATO does not equal nukes in Ukraine, as that would go against all precedent. If the US would move nukes into Ukraine, Russia would be justified in moving Nukes into Cuba or Venezuela, and we’d have Cuban Missile Crisis 2, electric boogaloo all over again. 3) Remember folks, the possibility of future aggression just not justify an invasion. Hitler used this to justify his expansions, the US used it in Iraq. This is literally the justification every aggressor has used since the dawn of time. Don’t fall for it.

This guy is the definition of American imperialism

@greenarcangel

Жыл бұрын

Well... first you have to admit that there is an American empire, and from that perspective, analyze whats happening.

@ttcc5273

Жыл бұрын

America is the empire of business empires… America itself is willing to let other countries participate and even exceed American skills and knowledge, so long as it benefits somehow. For example, look at the American automotive industry. It once led the world, but the Japanese figured out how to make better cars. Did America whine and pout like Russia would about their cars? Not really. Instead, Americans recognized the quality and bought the better product. The multinational trade empire of which America is the largest single market means being part of a fast-evolving distributed network of skills, capital, and innovation. Being part of the trade empire means your country can be the best at anything it wants to. Contrast with Russia or China… they will keep your country down. No country in Russia’s sphere can be better than Russia in any way or they will invade and try to kill everyone who dares to outshine them.

@apuuvah

Жыл бұрын

U prefer russian or chinese imperialism! When has USA or NATO invaded a democratic country? Never.

@garyhabesha7000

Жыл бұрын

@@apuuvah Iraq, we as in America have supported an apartheid country like israel. Nato also bombed the Chinese consulate in the balkans. Nato is so far from being a peace loving force.

@garyhabesha7000

Жыл бұрын

@@ttcc5273 John Bolton just admitted that the US goes around supporting coup around the world… so sad to see Ukrainians being used as a proxy for American hegemony

The majority of the world did not put sanctions on Russia. Just because someone is in NATO does not mean their opinions are more important or correct than someone who isn't.

@ooloongjohnson4015

Жыл бұрын

Europe and NA's voice along with other nations in Asia is a lot of voices that do end up mattering though. Other nations outside of this region are far from indifferent.

@rc198028

Жыл бұрын

The rest of the world (outside of NATO / the west) are either unable to absorb the cost of sanctions on their own economies or have much bigger internal issues to deal with

Regardless of one's opinion, seems weird how this video so confidently is declaring victory over Russia when there are so many factors still in play.

@stephenjenkins7971

Жыл бұрын

Prolly because unlike the US' wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which in many ways failed, Russia has not even managed a conventional victory against a weak country and still has to contend with guerilla warfare afterwards. Unless Russia just turns cities into craters ala Mariupol everywhere; Russia doesn't stand a chance.

@kennethkhaemba3270

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenjenkins7971 WHO WAS MORE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEFEAT OF NAZI GERMANY; RUSSIAN OR THE USA?

This is more of the western point of view that you can find everywhere in KZread.

@thecomment9489

Жыл бұрын

@U.S. Gunner yep

@mosalethoba5267

Жыл бұрын

@U.S. Gunner Then they should have kept in America if they wanted to use it alone plus we buy Data to use it too .

@MrFastFarmer

Жыл бұрын

yeah, western propaganda is a complete joke

@balowskibally1797

Жыл бұрын

I think he put this together at the beginning of the war because he's left out certain realities hitting the sanctions imposers right now. Russia is making a billion dollar every day since the war started and inflation is eating the west up.

@dumbasswar2198

Жыл бұрын

@U.S. Gunner yoo we got a US nutter

Have to disagree on some of your post. What I heard was more of a WEF view than an unscripted report from an non-groomed academic.

@funnyguyinlondon

Жыл бұрын

He's a consultant so his views mirror those who pay him

@dr.jamesolack8504

Жыл бұрын

@@funnyguyinlondon Not sure if that’s necessarily true in this case.

@JG-xm8jy

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.jamesolack8504 he is trying to sell a book, he will even lie to do so

@Sewblon

Жыл бұрын

What does WEF stand for?

@funnyguyinlondon

Жыл бұрын

@@JG-xm8jy I'm often suspicious of the public intellectual types or those living off the ideas economy. No one has time to track how many times they get their predictions wrong. Some even peddle very harmful ideologies like the French postmodernists. Someone people rationalize that these hacks who lack skin in the game in their 'expertise' are somehow independent and unbiased. Are they really?

Civilized Nations defending against criminal aggression does not imply anything "new".. This is a terrific opportunity to clean house internationally. Lets not waste it...

Excellent presentation. Thanks.

As an Eastern European, this is one of the most incompetent pieces of information I've ever seen. I know that it's not on purposely pro-Kremlin, but somehow it looks just like someone read a 'USSR for dumies' for like 10 minutes and decided that they now understand 100 or 300 years of history. Awful dramatisation. Omg, "when Russia became independent", you must be joking. Do yoy say "when UK became independent" when their empire fall apart? Such ignorance fowards Eastern Europe.

@neovxr

Жыл бұрын

Please, study "The Indolence.." by Jose Rizal. His use of language is Asian though, you need to get into it. The gist is, for Mr.Bremmer to use such language that you point out above, is a technique of mindf*ck, social engineering, cybernetics on society. Rizal delivers anaysis about colonial tactics, that goes far deeper than anything known in the mainstream. There is a secret in this text that I won't reveal here. It continues in his novel "Filibusterismo". That's the best and rightful tactics: Rizal's work is public. You find it easily. You will see, it applies not on one empire only. It deals with the ability of perception by the victims, no matter who is the perpetrator.

@Cody0Banks

Жыл бұрын

He's not wrong about that, without Eltsin interference and rise to power USSR most likely stay more or less intact in terms of its borders. If Russian people didn't support him in time of KGB putsch, Soviet Army most likely would roll across remaining SSR.

@muradlekov3679

Жыл бұрын

Russia became independent. From communism

@hristiyansofia

Жыл бұрын

@@muradlekov3679 You have to read about rehabilitation of Stalin in modern Russia.

@tingleblade4274

Жыл бұрын

from a formal point of view, he is right (and not only formal). political domination in the USSR was carried out by the Communist Party, and it was international and somehow "higher" than Russia. Russia lived worse than most Republics, because there was an ideology that they should develop first of all, the Russian people in the leftist paradigm were the "oppressor" people. (there is some overlap with the modern West, isn't there?) Also, the territories taken from Russia by the Marxists into the possession of Republics. These are also facts. So, in a certain sense, Russia also gained independence from this Party's power, and the state, namely the Russian state, has again become a power actor in history, not communist party (the ideology of which was the construction of a stateless and classless society)

"you require a crisis to create the seeds for a new global order". That's a supervillain dialogue if I've ever seen one lol.

@0live0wire0

Жыл бұрын

It's all out in the open. H.G. Welles wrote a book a 100 years ago calling it the Open Conspiracy. Covid, the war, climate change - they required those crisis to bring about the NWO. To use a better word - they created them.

@nihilistpenguin7511

Жыл бұрын

Well it is just the truth. The global order doesn’t change out of people’s goodwill or because of passive factors. The concert of Europe was created by the Napoleonic wars, the Cold War era was created by the world wars, and the modern day world order was created because of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

@Snook_

Жыл бұрын

chaos is a ladder.... game of thrones

@0live0wire0

Жыл бұрын

@@nihilistpenguin7511 And then there was concentrated effort behind the French and the communist revolutions too. What's funny is who sponsored the communists - millions of peasants and a bunch of marxist intellectuals can't do shit without tons of money which came from the pockets of american and german tycoons - the emanation of capitalism. Two sides of the same coin.

@hungrymusicwolf

Жыл бұрын

@@nihilistpenguin7511 It may be the truth, but only a villain will consider it an acceptable method for achieving goals.

Brilliantly told!

I started watching this video with my mind set on arguing but I find the content to be worthy. Thank you.

Ian Bremmer knows the facts about Ukraine & Russia, less than we know about Mars!!

@felixliljegren

Жыл бұрын

Dude, Sweden is very difficult also, here we are not so invested and believe me that is REALLY important for these leaders here. We have such a collaboration with the US for a long time and sadly we sell guns to Saudis, Taliban and Russians.. Maybe not sell but giving to the Russians.. ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO TACKLE THIS, they fucked over our government to do this. AND WE ARE SILENT. They had no support for this!! EU did this

@gillianparkinson3496

Жыл бұрын

I agree !!!

@artemsmirnov1134

Жыл бұрын

he's propagandist

The bias and misconceptions screams!! When can we ever get a non biased view on this issue.. it’s sickening

@thecomment9489

Жыл бұрын

Western propaganda in full swing in various forms.

@MrFastFarmer

Жыл бұрын

Are people actually listening to this American propaganda bullshit?

@travispaskiewicz2663

Жыл бұрын

Well, if you can't find something that corroborates your bias, it's probably because you're wrong. I hear flat earthers and anti-vaxxers say the same crap...

@MrFastFarmer

Жыл бұрын

@@travispaskiewicz2663 There is plenty of history and evidence that supports this video being a load of bullshit. Most western people are simply too lazy and spoon fed to do their own research.

@rocketman1058

Жыл бұрын

when you see something you don't like, it doesn't mean it's biased, you might be misinformed in the first place

incredible! thank you so much for this ian

@abraxadabra4224

Жыл бұрын

What is so incredible about it in your opinion?

@smackatoo

Жыл бұрын

@@abraxadabra4224 incredible how much bs is being spewed.

5:06 Look at this passion on his face when he talks about that 🙂

If only he could accept reality with his story.

@ANTHONYGL23

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Lets have an honest analysis of how this is all tied into the WEF and the Great Reset.

@danielrobertson4811

Жыл бұрын

This guy got way too high on his own supply. I wish they could have some decency and tone down the propaganda from time to time

I'm not sure if I ultimately agree with the idea that this was a failure for Russia though, if I'm honest. I'm not convinced the consequences for Russia Geo politically or economically are actually as bad as what this guy is saying.

@Panaputra

Жыл бұрын

Consequences for the rest of the world, specially the poor countries are going to be very bad. Anyway imperialists don't care about those poor people.

@james6401

Жыл бұрын

The world is splitting in two or more enormous blocs - the BRICS and the G7/"the West". The new and rising Global South power has enormous growth potential - built by China and fueled by Russia and they have very little love for the old colonial Western powers. We are at inflection point where the Ukraine war and Russian sanctions may not really hurt Russia, rather the opposite.

@primilumi7472

Жыл бұрын

This guy is more of a showman than geostrategist or expert.

@kayimamosielu3566

Жыл бұрын

I am with you! Always your enemy is a looser in everything 👨🏿‍🏭

@salonez91

Жыл бұрын

This video is just another propaganda...Nato and Russa are in propaganda war rn so nothing that is on the internet is not true

Such a good, concise and compelling way to explain a complex story. Thank you!

@AnoshMalik99

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you just watched subtle american propaganda 🙂

@inglesconteacherdario2495

Жыл бұрын

@@AnoshMalik99 I just watched a very good explanation to one side of the story, as well as other pieces of the puzzle in other videos, articles and channels. Go mind your own business.

@AnoshMalik99

Жыл бұрын

@@inglesconteacherdario2495 lol perdoname 🤣

@MoiLiberty

Жыл бұрын

@@inglesconteacherdario2495 It really is a propaganda piece. Watch John Mearsheimer and you'll see why I say is propaganda. Don't be offended, it's really good propaganda and it's influencing support for sending $80+ billion dollars to Ukraine. If people understood what professor John Mearsheimer explains, that money would dry up real quick.

@antalt940

Жыл бұрын

I'm afraid you just watched propaganda and were taken in by it unfortunately. Understandable if you don't know anything about the subject - propaganda relies on a lack of knowledge of the target audience to work. The speaker is incorrect on almost every point he makes and historically inaccurate. There were so many things said that were distortions or outright lies that I cannot even be bothered to list them all. If you want to get a properly balanced and accurate view I would recommend you watch one of Professor Mearsheimer's lectures on KZread or Oliver Stone's documentary "Ukraine on Fire".

Truth words! Thank you for good explanation

Smallest think of Big Think yet. We are talking about extreme BS.

@Whoami1988_

Жыл бұрын

Lol when you disagree with people, they're automatically BS, right? What a clown 😂🤡

most important thing we need is alternative of dollar and swift

One of the best explanations I've heard about this conflict and it's repercussions since its Start.

@GjaP_242

10 ай бұрын

Artificial Intelligence and the New World Order (I) By Giancarlo Elia Valori. [Eminent Italian economist and businessman] 1:35

@GjaP_242

10 ай бұрын

Even if you are not an expert in the field, but you are interested in the subject, try reading the article. Then, go deeper into the subject and, who knows, in the long run, and with the help of artificial intelligence itself, move to another level in this subject. Otherwise, disregard all that. Stay relaxed. Prefer to have an ice-cream listening to the sound of Johnny Cash. 11:11

@GjaP_242

10 ай бұрын

"You can't deny, don't try to fight the rising sea" 13:00 Wave: Song by Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim

@GjaP_242

10 ай бұрын

"Don’t dig a hole for someone else, as you will fall into it yourself." “Live with wolves, howl like a wolf.” Russian Proverbs 13:42

Excellent, thank you!

If Bremmer’s book was discounted according to everything he got wrong in it, they’d have to pay people to buy it.

@mikexcoder1508

Жыл бұрын

👍🔥🤣👏

@wayneshilcock3027

Жыл бұрын

One lie I've picked up on is that Europe has a seventy percent dependency on coal and forty two percent dependency on oil from Russia. But Bremmer seems to think they will be independent of Russia by 2023, I believe that's delusional.

@AdmiralHipper15

Жыл бұрын

And yet you can't name a single one? Pathetic... Ok comrade, praise be to Putin!

@shemsebbowa866

Жыл бұрын

Is this the same chap who was torn to bit in an aljazeera interview a couple years ago?

@danapeck5382

Жыл бұрын

Charlie Rose's favorite globalist

How can someone sit there and mislead his fans with so much confidence?😔

@allanndungu360

Жыл бұрын

Ikr!! I was ready for some good unbiased news, ended up just watching to see how deep he reaches into the propaganda basket.

@appleneworleans4018

Жыл бұрын

If he told the truth he’d be banned off KZread

@Okaend

Жыл бұрын

@@appleneworleans4018 Do you mean he's lying? are u a russian bot pooping out shit comments? what fkn name is Apple new orleans

@Reinhard_Erlik

Жыл бұрын

@@appleneworleans4018 Fair point.

@ScumbagKonflict

Жыл бұрын

@@appleneworleans4018 then let it be. Unlike this garbage that most if the world, even poorly educated parts, know its false.

Thanks for the change of perspective!

Powerful insights. Ian Bremmer gets it.

...says the guy who was wrong in predicting this war... geo-politics is very hard to predict. Full of what any common man can predict...😅

@farizanariffin9677

Жыл бұрын

Yup, it's just another propaganda disguised as ducomentary.

@timothychung4811

Жыл бұрын

...especially in a time where USA no longer has control or power to pressure as it has since WW2... Many nations USA has assaulted are waiting for revenge at the right time. It may come soon.

@kevin_mitchell

Жыл бұрын

re "says the guy who was wrong in predicting the war." That's why it's called a prediction, not a prophecy. And what part of the prediction was wrong? It was never stated that Russia wouldn't invade, but if an invasion did occur, that the initial push towards Kyiv to topple Zelensky wasn't high on the probability score to place the Russian threat at number 1 on the list.

@happyhappynuts

Жыл бұрын

@@kevin_mitchell these comments we're seeing from Indians and Russians are tribal and not interested in the facts it seems

@allanndungu360

Жыл бұрын

@@happyhappynuts in the propaganda rather

I want to say thank you to the Big Think team for always having a video transcript available to read as well. I struggle with listening and remembering information so the transcript helps me follow the content far better and get so much more out of it. Thanks for being proactive in offering it!

@Naps56

Жыл бұрын

As a native of an erstwhile colony of European powers, I'd love to know more about the latest version of their "New World Order" that they are envisioning, and if the Church is going to partner them this time also.

@hemlockVape

Жыл бұрын

I am 100% on board with that. I usually have to review and reprocess things to be sure of my take-away, and transcripts are a godsend. Thank you!

@bigthink

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting us know! Glad you find it useful and very helpful feedback for us!

@abcdxyz414

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Transcript is much better than audio.

@zerellix

Жыл бұрын

Great vid

Its interesting to see that people never really thought about what he said at the end of the video. If you make a retrospective of the history or even take any cartoon or a movie, quite often we can see that in order to work together we need a common goal, a common enemy. We fight each other for generations, until some aliens come to earth, and then whole earth unites to kick them out of earth. As i said, you can see it in video games, in movies, everywhere. One of the recent examples is the Warhammer Total War 2. Where there's a chaos invasion, and all factions of the old world unite under one big alliance just to destroy the Chaos gods and Archaon. And after killing them, they get back to fighting each other. History is cyclical. It was always like that and it will always be like that. Humans dont change. This system will never change either. "Now concerning how and when all this will happen, dear brothers and sisters, we don’t really need to write you. For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape."

@sliceofpie1741

Жыл бұрын

Did you make this last paragraph. Had fun reading tho 🤣

@joachimfrank4134

Жыл бұрын

@@sliceofpie1741 It's from the bible. First letter to the Thesalonics Chapter 5.

Well said: @ Sai Madhava Rao 13 days ago ---- The hubris of West is demonstrated in this video, like the Indian FM said Europeans think Europe's problems are worlds problems but worlds problems are not Europe's problems. Apart from Ukraine there is also a humanitarian crisis unfolding in Yemen, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. Does the west care abt them? I mean Sri Lankan govt have slammed the west, apart from India none of the European countries have extended support to Sri Lanka. Hence now they are approaching Russia for crude. Love the video where he highlighted abt Russian energy being killed in Europe but also demonstrated the ignorance on their part that those energy resources are already replaced in Asian economies. For instance EU used to import 4 million barrels per day but what this video won't tell you is India and China alone import today more than 3 million barrels per day which could further increase and replace any revenue lost for oil sales. Coming to coal again India and China are buying heavy loads of it from Russia essentially replacing even that. Coming to gas China and Russia just built a new pipeline with a long term contract, how much is the population of EU 900million and how much is the population of China 1.43billion. I would say China alone can replace the gas volume imported by EU and not to mention there are new gas pipelines under construction in Southern India as well and in 2018 itself under the 20yrs long term contract with Gazprom India received its first shipment and that contract will only further expand in quantity of gas to India. My point being Western/Europeans/Americans are counting on a unrest within Russia but to disappoint you that is not happening because Russia already found new customers in China and India who have twice the population of entire west which includes America, Canada, EU, Australia and New Zealand combined. So just to put into perspective this video is poorly researched on facts only relies on propaganda west wants to peddle. Lastly let me ask you something recently G20 foreign ministers meet happened, now how many countries outside of EU supported the west on Russia-Ukraine crisis? None. Americans hosted Summit of America's and ASEAN in US recently, did we get a statement on Russia? Nope. This should really worry west and no wonder Joseph Borrell post G20 foreign ministers meet cautioned west was losing the battle of narratives. According to me EU/West exhausted all leverage they had on Russia.

@whydontiagreewithyou4985

Жыл бұрын

Russian government revenue may be mostly preserved or even expanded from oil. However the Russian economy is being bruised and that will have an effect on tax revenue.

@robbo8074

Жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure their isn't currently sufficiant pipes and enough transport for the gas & oil to asia, it will take time for all this to be built no?

@dpro2297

Жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention that they buy it at almost half the price

@robbo8074

Жыл бұрын

@@dpro2297 and also if the world economy goes into a recession which it very likely will at some point in the near future the Gas & Oil price's will collapse they always do and G&O makes up over 40% of the russian budget and over 30% total GDP, that will really screw them

@notreme

Жыл бұрын

@@dpro2297 false. they dont buy it at half price. it is desinformation.

Can we normal people get a break from wars and economic recessions for at least two decades?

@aishchenko

Жыл бұрын

Tell it to normal Ukrainians, who just want to live separately from russia, who are trying to destroy the whole UA nation throughout the whole history:)

@NJ-wb1cz

Жыл бұрын

No, you literally can not. Boom and bust cycles are _unavoidable_ in capitalism. When your well being is completely dependent on having constant growth on a finite planet, you have to constantly collapse to continue growing between the collapses

@Spartan-jg4bf

Жыл бұрын

@@NJ-wb1cz Space travel will soon sort that.

@HenryTitor

Жыл бұрын

@@Spartan-jg4bf yeah, like common folks can afford that

@Spartan-jg4bf

Жыл бұрын

@@HenryTitor He is talking about limited resources on Earth, I'm sure governments and companies will soon commercially exploit space

Damn I thought he would elaborate on a new world order configuration (which is everybody’s and their aunt’s concern) and instead I was subjected to a very sloppy account of events seasoned with an incredibly unoriginal matryoshka metaphor. Not a Chomsky for sure this fella.

@abraxadabra4224

Жыл бұрын

Yes. And this guy seems like he is having a hard time grasping reality tbh.

@richardloach610

Жыл бұрын

God know, he's just a lobbyist who sounds smart, he gets paid to give speeches to big corporations, he actually pretty fake

@johnnysack3673

Жыл бұрын

Chomsky is an absolute clown, the fact that anyone still respects him is hilarious. Are you 19?

Great analysis!

Although ian bremmer is a professional expert on geopolitical landscape but i think his predictions about european independence from russian energy quite optimistic!

@walkerpublications4418

Жыл бұрын

They are actually nonsense.

It has become exponentially common to hear elaborated theories and opinions based on “I want to believe that’s the reality” doctrine. In the west we fear what we don’t understand.

@felixliljegren

Жыл бұрын

Dude, Sweden is very difficult also, here we are not so invested and believe me that is REALLY important for these leaders here. We have such a collaboration with the US for a long time and sadly we sell guns to Saudis, Taliban and Russians.. Maybe not sell but giving to the Russians.. ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO TACKLE THIS, they fucked over our government to do this. AND WE ARE SILENT. They had no support for this!! EU did this

@nachoskyful

Жыл бұрын

worse: these are elaborated theories based on "powerful people who are paying my consulting firm want to believe that's the reality" doctrine

@salonez91

Жыл бұрын

@@felixliljegren NATO dont care about anyone Sweden or Russia, they drag everyone into war....dont let them bring war !

@ITILII

Жыл бұрын

We also fear what we DO understand, like Sleepy Joe and Kommiela, aoc, peLousy....the LIEberals

@nachoskyful

Жыл бұрын

@@ITILII are you like 13?

i will add one thing, history between Ukraine and Russia is way longer then 100 years.

@treal512

Жыл бұрын

No shit

@derhauptstadt5034

Жыл бұрын

There was no Ukraine before then. That is why you cant talk about history between Ukraine and Russia.

@allangibson2408

Жыл бұрын

@@derhauptstadt5034 Guess again. “The Ukraine” has existed as long as Russia has. Ukraine is the borderlands.

@derhauptstadt5034

Жыл бұрын

@@allangibson2408 There were differenr ukrainas. Boarder lands but not states. And I dont gues. Thank you.

@allangibson2408

Жыл бұрын

@@derhauptstadt5034 That’s the whole point - the ethnic population existed before the state did. Russia was a late comer to the party with the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, Crimean Khanate and Ottoman Empire arguing over the area for half a millennium before the Russian Empire butted in. Ukraine has been a UN member since 1945. Technically Moscow was founded by Ukrainians…

This guy is brilliant. I mean tbf he does have a phd

@kittredgeseely3542

Жыл бұрын

Just because an individual has a PhD doesn't mean they they have common sense. Been there. Did that.

We were blind much too long here in Germany. That´s true.

Geopolitical separation is always a bad idea! People are stronger and more successful when united…

Takes 14 minutes to conclude that the war in Ukraine was a turning point. What a rocket scientist.

@IagoVital

Жыл бұрын

true I was expecting some actual geopolitics talk but its just another bs pro-western propaganda video guess CaspianReport just set the bar too high on this topic so it makes all shitty content related to it even shittier

@normanclatcher

Жыл бұрын

Turning point to _where_ though?

@ahmedzahran9961

Жыл бұрын

Do the white house really is unable to bring a president that can make America great again? 2 consecutive failing presidents that really brought America to the dark side of the equation. What do you think about that?

Same in northern Ireland, we can't get the english planted loyalists out

Pls i need this man's videos all the time.

Can you make some explanation on Iraq war, Afghanistan or Libya war? Who is benefiting from those wars?

@kort2436

Жыл бұрын

The Americans. That is, the American Empire. Specifically, the American oligarchs. No one else.

@haikalhadzik7744

Жыл бұрын

Of course the libyans and iraqis..... they now join the "free world" and liberated from the dictactorships.

@sparklingwatercrystal2922

Жыл бұрын

@@haikalhadzik7744 Freedom to die? Freedom of being shot to death? That’s interesting 🤔

@smackatoo

Жыл бұрын

Look who invaded everyone. Literally everyone. There’s your answer

Now this is what they call a daily dose for propaganda

@Coloursofdreams729

Жыл бұрын

it’s educative. But guess you so used to be brainwashed you hardly know the difference. This people study this stuff contrary to the trash you watch…now they want you to be their toy…see the difference ?

@Every1andno11

Жыл бұрын

Everything is propaganda. There isn’t a single piece of media out there without an agenda

I know Russians were attacked in the Don Bas in 2014 on. My pen pal and her daughter had to move to a basement in Lugansk to hide from the shelling. She wrote me, "They're killing us."

Wow... well said

I don't agree with this analysis. I think the miscalculation was obvious. But I think that europe will suffer massively, this winter.

@Dv8er73

Жыл бұрын

I see that as well, seems that only the "west" side of the story is applied here... should be the "Big West Think"..

@Rnankn

Жыл бұрын

The west isn’t immune from suffering, but that is the crisis he was talking about.

@baruasafi5880

Жыл бұрын

Correct! This coming winter could be very devastatingly unbearable existence with their arrogance. Bye bye Europe and western civilization in general. We shall not miss the western civilization at all

@thecomment9489

Жыл бұрын

He's a US regime paid propagandist so he has to paint Europeans as brave and wanting to get rid of Russian oil and gas so that US oil and gas could be sold to EU.

@rose-mariemukarutabana9001

Жыл бұрын

I don't see how you and this guy can say that Russia has "miscalculated": Do you know what he was/is calculating? I don't. Only he and his people know. Besides, the war is not over, so let's wait for the end point. As for Europe being in for a harsh autumn and a harsher winter. So for this we can use the word "obvious." We know nothing of Putin's calculus - beyond the twin aim of "denazifying and demilitarising Ukraine" and even these terms don't tell us much about what Putin has "calculated".

I hate it when this happens, but unfortunately that's how most of people act and think, reactively instead of planning ahead. I'm talking about the fact that we need a crisis to do what's right, to take steps in the wright direction. We need a cavity to go to the dentist, we need our knee to hurt to go to make a doctor's appointment, we need to get fat and tired and depressed in order to consider having a healthy life. It's a bit of a bummer if I think about it, and even I needed those crisis to start thinking ahead about the future and how to plan so that the future will be bright.

@sreenathatirunarayanapura9296

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful analogy

@PutinTerapevtEuropi

Жыл бұрын

America orchestrates these wars, coups, protests all across the world and delivers it as public disobedience, or fighting for freedom etc. America pushes, provokes for war to sell weapons. America is behind if all wars all across the globe. A few days Biden was asked how long the war in Ukraine last? His answer was “it will last as long as it necessary”

@russellm2555

Жыл бұрын

@@sreenathatirunarayanapura9296 police have always been liable to criminal charges

@groovytau

Жыл бұрын

@@PutinTerapevtEuropi if you want to talk about how america is evil I will kindly ask you to go somewhere else, that's not the subject I was talking about here.

@PutinTerapevtEuropi

Жыл бұрын

@@groovytau bring that up make it public do not back off

The problem with providing answers to what you believe anyone's motives are, is that doesn't involve addressing what is actually said, and done, by the person/people that you believe you have answers to. Truth is the reality which has already happened. Therefore the evidence that it is, cannot be changed, even when perceptions of it have been distorted. This guy's assessment of what Putin is up to, doesn't include factors which have already happened. Like the West having manipulated Russia, into a spot where they have to resist, leading to war, or they get replaced.

@chris-2496

Жыл бұрын

Putin has manipulated Russians into thinking it is owed the same international status as USSR had. Russia asks to be treated like a great empire just because it has nukes, while its just 1/10 of population and 1/9 of GDP of China.

@johnsomebody1753

Жыл бұрын

@@chris-2496 That's quite possible. But how is it relevant, to the situation ? Like whether or not Putin has to resist US / NATO manipulations into creating a new normal which has NATO allies on their border. Or, more importantly whether doing that allows Russia and China, to sucker the US into what would be bankruptcy without the bailout from the unofficial petrodollar tax imposed imposed on the rest of the world ? So the collapse of that tax, when much of the world paying it, see the opportunity to get rid of the parasite would benefit Russia, and China, (which would also find US hamstrung over Taiwan policy), but it would also benefit everyone else, fearful of US, domination, as shown over Cuba, El Salvador, Chile, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq, Iran, right back as far as the Spanish American war, and, arguably the wars against people within its own parasitic borders.

It's really unfortunate to realise that former Soviet States lack knowledge of what is best for them.

Completely left out the fact that American interests are heavily at play in this and they need to be number one and the profit of war.

@thinkerly1

Жыл бұрын

War profit is not the source of this war: Russian racism, and Putin's fantasy about recreating the Russian Empire.

@sebastianjosefsson3620

Жыл бұрын

Lol this dumb anti-westerners thinking it be better with russia or china being n1.

@HaloForgeUltra

Жыл бұрын

Also that America was behind the previous (pro-Russian) leader being killed and replaced with someone more friendly with America, which lead to the Crimea crisis and now this.

@gordonpkm7560

Жыл бұрын

They're the World Police Force ... love it or hate it ..that's how it is ..

@jotunman627

Жыл бұрын

What interest? 5$ gas prices at the pump?....54 Billion Dollars aid to Ukraine and still counting... Biden is forecast not even to finish his term and definitely will not run for reelections.

Rich man's war, poor man's fight.

@thinkerly1

Жыл бұрын

Putin rich, Russians and Ukrainians poor.

@gingershay8535

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@kevinbergin9971

Жыл бұрын

Always.

@veroniqueverstichelen7371

Жыл бұрын

Always.

I had a dark green vega station wagon. Only problem was a timing belt snapped while I had perishable hamburger meat in the back, on my way to open the Del Taco in Bakersfield Ca. Also had a light green Monza that was no improvement over the vega.

Brilliant analysis!

@stephendouglas4870

Жыл бұрын

Are you kidding? There are so many missing facts I don't know where to start.

This guy truly don't understand Russia nor the West.

@jamesmedina2062

Жыл бұрын

I think its about Putin more than anything from a cause and effect angle

@timonsolus

Жыл бұрын

No, it’s you who doesn’t understand.

@zole1974a

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesmedina2062 If you are in an heated argument and a guy says-If you come one step closer I`m going to punch you. And then you take that one step closer and get punched, who is to blame in that situation?

@zole1974a

Жыл бұрын

@@timonsolus which part I don't understand-Russia or the West?

@jamesmedina2062

Жыл бұрын

@@zole1974a this is a big planet. Did you ever think of that? And it sounds like a fucking bully to me.

West played crutial role in rise of nationalism in soviet republics.

Now it's almost September and it's Europe who is suffering economically while the Russian ruble is at its maximum.

Wow such an amazing teacher... Honestly really is so much easier to understand this

@smackatoo

Жыл бұрын

Until you realize this whole vid is skewed in favor of a lie. Watch any video from Jimmy Dore on this subject and you will see the REAL reason for this invasion. Please. This is sad how many know nothing.

Very early in the video the speaker mentions the "inability to bring this war to a close in the foreseable future" Maybe this person is not aware of what the Secretary of Defense said a few weeks ago: "The war must continue as long as necessary in order to weaken Russia". If that is an impartial analysis, this speaker lives on another planet. Let him say there.

@badmonkey2222

Жыл бұрын

The war will go on as long as it takes to eject every last invader, occupier, collaborator or sympathizer from our lands. Slava!!! 🇺🇦

@pindapoy1596

Жыл бұрын

@@badmonkey2222 The war will go on for as long as it takes to leave Ukraine without soldiers and without territory. You may keep saluting the flag while this happens or untill Ukraine fatigue sets in in Europe and the US and normal citizens will ask the question: what is this war for and why Zelensky is not realistically negociating for peace and causing problems all over the world.

@veroniqueverstichelen7371

Жыл бұрын

Yes exactly..he doesn't get it..probably on purpose.

@pindapoy1596

Жыл бұрын

@@veroniqueverstichelen7371 I am supposed to travel to Belgium from the US in two weeks. I wonder what I will find there. Love for the Ukrainian cause probably not.

@veroniqueverstichelen7371

Жыл бұрын

@@pindapoy1596 yup you're right given Belgium's history.

Everything this man is saying would sound a lot more credible if the situation were not still in progress without a clear end in sight. He's talking as if the Ukraine war is already over with Russia decisively defeated which is simply not the case

@poke_warrior

Жыл бұрын

What he's saying is that regardless of the outcome with Russia and Ukraine, Europe is not going back to Russia. Ukraine is not exactly a thriving country and even a total seizure of the country would not put Russia in a great way. There are literally millions of angry Ukrainians who will never bow to Russia. Russia may "win" the battle against Ukraine for Donbass over the short or long term, but without access to the global economy, and specifically Europe, they're hooped.

@grecian5000plus

Жыл бұрын

@@poke_warrior well he's wrong about that too. Russia is maintaining economic ties with the BRICS countries and demanding that they be paid in rubles for their gas and oil. What is Europe going to do without Russian gas? Even if they find another source, it will still be more expensive. Meanwhile Russia will have achieved their goals and expanded their customer base overall once the Europeans are forced to come crawling back to Russian oil, which they will do after their citizens burn enough buildings down during riots over rising costs across the board. I'm sorry but it's the west that hasn't really thought this out.

@thetissot740

Жыл бұрын

I felt the same about this. He is presenting Russia as failed and bankrupt and that Europe leaves Russia behind (i bet russians are crying right now 🤣). The reality is that atm Russia is doing better than before the war started. Of course, they going to suffer in same parts aswell and they already left europe in 2014 when they got their first sanctions. They knew that this will happens sonner or later and are prepared. Also their friendship now with India and China makes them superpowers. Europe is on the brink of collapse but nobody cares.

@thetissot740

Жыл бұрын

Also when Putin said that the collapse of USSR was "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century" he was not refering to the fact that Russia lost power of the countries around it or land.(oh, they got their independence. What are we going to dooooo? 🤣🤣) No, he was refering to the fact that Russia lost it's identity and was just another country influenced by the west.

@poke_warrior

Жыл бұрын

@@grecian5000plus Did you watch the whole video? Europe will be off Russian oil by the end of 2022 and off Russian gas projected by 2023. There are lots of other countries capable of supplying this demand. Even my own country, Canada, is sitting on massive amounts of oil. If we cut the bureaucracy we could supply Europe. There are other countries as well though such as Venezuela, who is sitting on the world's largest oil reserves. I think your pro russian stance if blinding you to the alternatives.

It sounds like Putin needs to pour out the gasoline. 🕶️🚘🧤🎤🎷🎈

Fabulous assessment thanks

The single fact, that he didn't mentioned about "Minsk agreements" is enough to believe that he is biased.

@MohammodnazmuSakiB

Жыл бұрын

@North Korea Is Best Korea I'm not very knowledgeable in this regards. And who refused what will be a long discussion. What I find interesting is that, in such a long video there is not a single mention of such a important link to this conflict.

How will Europe be independent from coal, oil and gas by 2023?????????? That seems quite delusional. Even if we would, at what price?

@wiszak9370

Жыл бұрын

At least for gas, it will not be independent for the next 3 years, no matter the price.

@maclie7078

Жыл бұрын

@@wiszak9370 no matter the price??? Looooooooooool

@tvgerbil1984

Жыл бұрын

Some parts of Europe will always be dependent on Russian energy, such as Viktor Orbán's Hungary.

@asteelcup859

Жыл бұрын

The problem isn't that we need to give up oil gas and coal, it's that we don't have the necessary infrastructure to import it from places other than Russia

@jamesmedina2062

Жыл бұрын

buddy its just Russia. Did you forever always need Russia? How bout some progress?

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Жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

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@dabongmoses7246

Жыл бұрын

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I love this analysis

​By @Rose-Marie Mukarutabana "This man's analyses are deeply flawed by his prejudices. He is taking his wishes for reality."

@jamespurcer3730

Жыл бұрын

This video is propaganda.

Having read Chris Hedges article on substack, "NATO: The Most Dangerous Military Alliance on the Planet " before watching this video, this seemed childishly one-sided to the point of being propaganda. I'm surprised and disappointed that Big Think is now hosting propaganda.

@sinjaben5978

Жыл бұрын

I'm too disappointed with big think to allow this propaganda in they channel

@ozzyphil74

Жыл бұрын

It surprises me from a so-called Expert. My view is that people can't see past their inherent biases. On the one hand, he says that he didn't think Russia was going to invade because it only had 180k troops arrayed and on the other hand, says Putin is trying to recreate the Soviet Union. Of course, Putin and Russia would like friendly, even pliant regimes in Belarus and Ukraine, this is normal. The US likes and works towards pliant regimes in Europe and the Arab world. Moreover, many in the West miss or dismiss the ambivalence of many of the world's peoples to the dominant narrative that Russia has just gone beyond the pale and committed the most heinous act etc... What nonsense... You only think this way is you don't think Iraqi and Afghani and African lives mattered. I'd argue that the destabilization of Libya and the Western intervention to help overthrow Ghaddafi has had more human impact than the Russia/Ukraine war so far. The whole Sahel region is now awash with murderous armed groups. So no, we do not consider this war any worse or better than others. All this situating it about greater freedoms for oppressed peoples is a fable too. The West will never learn that these simplistic narratives are how you get into ever more problematic situations. Let Zelenskyy face a revolt in the future and then we'll know just how committed of a democrat and freedom lover he really is.

@jamimanful

Жыл бұрын

If you read one article on substack and dismiss other views as 'propaganda', then you yourself are alarmingly naïve and susceptible to propaganda

@artvsmachine3703

Жыл бұрын

@@ozzyphil74 Meanwhile tens of billions of dollars are being funneled into weapons manufacturers including Ratheon and Lockheed Martin. The war industry is making a killing off of killing. To pretend this isn't even a factor is delusional.

@DaniRaj666

Жыл бұрын

Why would Chris Hedges be relevant? NATO is pretty decent and solid military alliance, and powerful. I don't see it as very dangerous really, in Europe it does good, that is why almost all countries want to join it.

Totally true.

6:19 You said there was no genocide against the people of Russian-speaking in Donbas? I am confused. I think the truth is somewhere in between.

A bit too optimistic about the EU sustaining for long the massive economic stagflation starting this very summer. It will indeed hit Europe the hardest as it finds itself deprived of Russian gas and paying tipple for oil. The Russian people are much more resistant to deep economic hardship, I'm afraid.

@lorenzoluisalbano3695

Жыл бұрын

But they won't be able to maintain modern... energy industry, armaments industry, modern communication, anything in isolation. This might mean the end of the Russian Federation because the Russian Empire 3 is made of different ethnicities as well.

@Ninjaananas

Жыл бұрын

Germany already has an agreement with Qatar about gas supplies. And gas is more needed in winter than in summer.

@aaronfire359

Жыл бұрын

@@Ninjaananas LNG is harder to transport, doesn’t arrive in as large of amounts, is more expensive, and the EU doesn’t currently have enough ports or stations to admit those massive amounts of shipments required. There is nothing that can replace these pipelines. If Europe was smart they would’ve maintained all their nuclear power station and further innovated and developed nuclear power.

@alexpollan6197

Жыл бұрын

Russian people can't complain

@Ninjaananas

Жыл бұрын

@@aaronfire359 But nuclear energy produces dangerouse amounts of radioactive waste.

The hubris of West is demonstrated in this video, like the Indian FM said Europeans think Europe's problems are worlds problems but worlds problems are not Europe's problems. Apart from Ukraine there is also a humanitarian crisis unfolding in Yemen, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. Does the west care abt them? I mean Sri Lankan govt have slammed the west, apart from India none of the European countries have extended support to Sri Lanka. Hence now they are approaching Russia for crude. Love the video where he highlighted abt Russian energy being killed in Europe but also demonstrated the ignorance on their part that those energy resources are already replaced in Asian economies. For instance EU used to import 4 million barrels per day but what this video won't tell you is India and China alone import today more than 3 million barrels per day which could further increase and replace any revenue lost for oil sales. Coming to coal again India and China are buying heavy loads of it from Russia essentially replacing even that. Coming to gas China and Russia just built a new pipeline with a long term contract, how much is the population of EU 900million and how much is the population of China 1.43billion. I would say China alone can replace the gas volume imported by EU and not to mention there are new gas pipelines under construction in Southern India as well and in 2018 itself under the 20yrs long term contract with Gazprom India received its first shipment and that contract will only further expand in quantity of gas to India. My point being Western/Europeans/Americans are counting on a unrest within Russia but to disappoint you that is not happening because Russia already found new customers in China and India who have twice the population of entire west which includes America, Canada, EU, Australia and New Zealand combined. So just to put into perspective this video is poorly researched on facts only relies on propaganda west wants to peddle. Lastly let me ask you something recently G20 foreign ministers meet happened, now how many countries outside of EU supported the west on Russia-Ukraine crisis? None. Americans hosted Summit of America's and ASEAN in US recently, did we get a statement on Russia? Nope. This should really worry west and no wonder Joseph Borrell post G20 foreign ministers meet cautioned west was losing the battle of narratives. According to me EU/West exhausted all leverage they had on Russia.

@MrSlavikman

Жыл бұрын

Wests bloodied paws are in all of these problems.

@TuorTheBlessedOfUlmo

Жыл бұрын

And? As long as people like you in the developing world are the ones that are going to starve and not be able to buy fuel at all. Why would we care

@adam-k

Жыл бұрын

Yes, lets compare the humanitarian aid the west provides VS India. Ukraine is in Europe. Europe took action. India didn't, they continue trading with Russia. Even more India benefiting from the war since it gets oil at a depressed price. Sri-Lanka is in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian countries should help them. How much help did India provided to Sri Lanka?

@TheLanternZ

Жыл бұрын

I’m really curious what your thoughts are on the world economic forum and it’s agenda

@saimadhavarao

Жыл бұрын

@@adam-k First of all ur raging without understanding the situation. India is not a developed country according west, we are a developing country we should not even be in a situation to provide relief for countries around us yet we do. India has sent multiple shipments of wheat to Yemen and Afghanistan even though we don't agree with Taliban style of rule. Coming to Sri Lanka India already has provided 3 times crude and recently refueled upto 100 aircrafts of Sri Lankan airline in Kerala. You see again what you failed to understand in my first message was Europe expects Europe's problems are worlds problems and worlds problems are not Europe's and if you dint realize your message exactly proved my point. Americans and West want the World to jump on a sanctions regime on Russia pushing their own economies to recession and how is that working out now? West expects the rest of the world to do the same now do you see the problem. Why would Asian, African or South American economies do that? If you want to push ur economy towards recession go ahead but don't expect others to join you in the suicide mission just to achieve ur geopolitical goals. So you see you say India is profiting but in reality India is securing its economic interest. Different perspective I would say.

The mistake is these people thinking that they know a foreign country they try and dumb down the unknowing

Ian has a massive brain & possesses the common touch. Thanks for the objective deep dive!

Oliver Stone's documentary "Ukraine on Fire" (2016) details the conflict backed with facts much better. It's still on KZread, although there's a warning issued that "The following content has been identified by the KZread community as inappropriate or offensive to some audiences." Apparently, some people find the truth offensive.

@ikoino

Жыл бұрын

"Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom" is probably more balanced. Stone has become a Putin apologist and his son worked for RT.

@alexsartre2453

Жыл бұрын

Oliver Stone's documentary is an unbiased story about the Ukraine conflict.

@antoinedemm7533

Жыл бұрын

Ukraine on Fire is unapologetically biased. I wouldn't be surprised if Putin's propaganda machine held a heavy hand in funding it. Anyone with any bit of common sense and knowledge of Russia and Ukraine can see this.

@danieltsss

Жыл бұрын

Roses Have Thorns is a series of multiple videos that captures what happened on Ukraine around 2014, its only facts as its just video and how its being portrayed by the media no narration just videos so you can basically judge whats going on

@RainerMichelle

Жыл бұрын

@@alexsartre2453 no, Oliver Stone's film is banned now, it is pure Kremlin propaganda and was paid for by Putin's friends

There has been genocide happening in Ukraine since 2014… seems like a good and knowledgeable guy this one but around 6:15 he says “its not actually happening” like he dont know Ukraine wasnt looking after their own people for all these years

@ScumbagKonflict

Жыл бұрын

I knew right at that point that he's a paid propagandist pushing a narrative.

@NB-ei4vr

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I saw that. He's biased

@robeeer2

Жыл бұрын

Even if that's true or not, his point remains the same: It was just a justification, an excuse, to invade Ukraine... Like now Putin wants to makes us believe that he cares about civilians? XD Okay dude, whatever.

@Protochto

Жыл бұрын

@@robeeer2 Okay, dude whatever. US military production grows on this war, it brings profits and breathes new life in American economy. Okay dude, whatever. Cui prodest? Oh, you don't speak latin, dude?

@pincermovement72

Жыл бұрын

He needs to take his blinkers off and see the damage it’s doing to the western economies , when we have a good summer it’s usually followed by a harsh winter , let’s see how the Europeans feel this winter when their factories are closed , shops empty of supplies and their shivering under their blankets . Americans are are going to feel it in their pocket , Europeans are going to die , let’s see how important Ukraine is then to the virtue signallers then .

Spot on ! Thank you !

Great video.

This is completely inflammatory and one-sided.

I dont care how much anyone is falling but the nato russia war is pointless and everybody is suffering bcoz of this madness.

@markod7662

Жыл бұрын

Only rdinary ppl are suffering. Others are gatherin money. War is big business for some. In this case for both sides.

@rafaromanozademelmac6095

Жыл бұрын

It's not a NATO - Russia war, it's a Russia - Ukraine war, and Russia is the aggressor here. Remember that.

@normakay9244

Жыл бұрын

True

@normakay9244

Жыл бұрын

@@rafaromanozademelmac6095 NATO is the aggressor never get it twisted

@rafaromanozademelmac6095

Жыл бұрын

​@@normakay9244 I'm not sure you are joking or serious, but just in case: NATO and the EU are the main stabilizers in the Eastern Europe, and Moscow is the main destablizer here. NATO is not at war with Russia, but Russia is at war with Ukraine (more precisely - Putin is at war with democracy)

History repeats itself always!

Qu'est ce que vous pensez des russes tué dans le Donbass depuis 2014 par le régime de Kiev, la Russie a fait un excédent cette année et l'occident est de plus en plus isolé, l'économie réelle se tourne vers l'Asie, tandis que l'occident devient de plus en plus endettée, c'est de sa il faut parler, l'occident a plus besoin de la Russie que le contraire.

@ClownCarCoup

Жыл бұрын

we’re all gonna find out! my $ is on the West Russia is the new hermit kingdom, cutting itself off from the world

"...these two peoples..." you say right after explaining how they were one under a failed empire, but were partly of a conjoined populous. The people, in this instance and every other instance of war didn't choose war. War is a tool of power used to solidify inhumane propensities under the guise of a common cause.

@trentperiod

Жыл бұрын

I agree that war is bad and that governments work against their own population in all kinds of ways, but to say that no wars have ever been collaborative between both the people and their governments is just flat out not true.

@danielbtwd

Жыл бұрын

@@trentperiod populations never choose to go to war. It's always governments who make these decisions. Yes of course their is collaboration, populations have little choice but to comply.

@ominousbiscuit

Жыл бұрын

Every polity in history has engaged in war, do you have a point or are you too busy enjoying the smell of your own flatulence?

@juliane__

Жыл бұрын

Very well put. Thank you @James Hardy

@juliane__

Жыл бұрын

@@trentperiod True point. But i think James Hardy wanted to put emphasis on the broad discontent in russian society. The polls are blatant lies. Most russians don't want to answer questions about the war. But all Jingoists are free to scream out their war hysteria.

How will we keep Europe above the water? Any ideas?

Great!

Its also pulling the world's dictators closer together.

@baruasafi5880

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad that the Western civilization is headed for disaster. Unfortunately they will cause so much chaos across the globe and go down with billions of humanity. Russia and China are a security council to humanity. I will never miss the western civilization at all. Let it remaim the footnote of history after the nuclear war between the big powers where a large part of humanity will be decimated .

@AnthropogenicInversion

Жыл бұрын

true

As an Indian, I implore people not to listen to this politically motivated stooge. The kind of misinformation he puts out against my country makes him a very untrustworthy man.

@samreh6156

Жыл бұрын

India cannot be trusted, just like China.

2 months later European union are divieded and struggling. The u.s pressured europe to sanction russia and now the European people are suffering. Europe should look after their own interest rather than the u.s interest

Here's one way to ensure Ukraine avoids conflict, get them to actually implement the Minks accords instead of reneging on them at the behest of the US.

Not sure how on board I am with the idea that the Western world "needed" a crisis like this one like it's a good thing. It isn't. Not by any stretch of imagination, not by any thread of reason. For NATO to survive in its current form, it "needed" a kick in the ass, this is true. However, the necessity of the existence of NATO as it does today - as a treaty to prevent aggression between nations - is an unmitigated *_tragedy._* NATO's existence is an admission that *_we as a species are not civilised enough to solve our problems without violence._* It's true that NATO was atrophying, crumbling as the world and its resources were seemingly headed elsewhere, but that to me was a sign of *_progress,_* a brightening of the horizon as we approached a *_brighter day._* The fact that Putin couldn't keep his ambitions in check and the consequent need to reinvigorate the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is certainly going to change the world for decades, even centuries, to come - that much is undeniable. But is it a good thing? *_No._*

@paddington1670

Жыл бұрын

_WE_ are civilized enough to deal with things without violence, are the russians? We just needed to prove that NATO works, and it does. Too bad Ukraine didnt get to join NATO or none of this would be happening now because russia cant attack a NATO country without getting absolutely wrecked, OR by virtue of attacking a NATO country, and losing, resorting to more terrorism and nuclear war - as they have shown theyre want to do. Blame russia ffs, NATO has never attacked anyone, thank God we all linked arms and said "NO MORE invading sovereign nations" to russia. They once were russian, but they arent any more, just like most of the land on Earth has been someone else's before, just goina have to get over it and enjoy your largest country in the world with a Spanish level GDP, fix your country, maybe start by getting everyone in the country electricity and indoor plumbing.

@iamdalethesnail

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree with your sentiment more. I liked this video, but I don't like that he hinted that NATO strengthening was a good thing, it's like he was missing the bigger picture. So many resources are now being wasted on military spending that could've been put elsewhere. This is sending us backwards as a species. And it all comes down to greed and power.

@stephanledford9792

Жыл бұрын

There has been aggression between nations as long as there have been "nations", starting with the extended families that became tribes fighting with their neighbors. War has been the one constant that has been with us since the start of civilization, and it has only been recently with the development of nuclear weapons and "mutual assured destruction", along with the post WW2 "Pax Americana" that we have not had the big wars that plagued civilization for generations. Lots of smaller regional wars, but not the big wars between nations that kill millions. And yes, it is a shame that we have not moved past using war as a means to accomplish what we want, even though the Europeans thought (with some justification) that we were past that in Europe. The only reason we need a NATO is because of Russia. Europe has politically evolved to the point that the invasion of Ukraine was a shock and a surprise, because many thought the possibility of future wars in Europe was gone. Other than the Falklands war, there has not been a true war in the American continents for years, nor is a war likely in the future. Africa hasn't had a war between nations is a while, although there are internal conflicts in Somalia, Ethiopia, etc. We are not at the point you were talking about where war is obsolete, but we are probably closer than we have ever been in our history. I am going to disagree with you about NATO - I think it is a very good thing because it combines the military forces of most of the European nations together into one force with one goal. When you look at European history where a good percentage of the world's wars have occurred, this is no small thing. Just having Germany and France being partners is a huge deal considering the rivalries and wars those two have had for centuries. I think we are going to see another round of countries being birthed out of what is currently the Russian Federation, and hopefully the new (and smaller) Russia will finally decide that being a prosperous, friendly European nation is more desirable than trying to rebuild the Russian empire, but till that day comes, NATO is needed and a very good thing.

@carlpoppa1788

Жыл бұрын

NATO needed this crisis, this is why they created it. Putin has on numerous occasions and for several years expressed a desire to join the European community but his efforts were dismissed by arrogant Western leaders. He also expressed, time and time again that NATO setting up shop in Ukraine was a national security threat. This Ian guy is right about one thing, there will be a new global order but not how he thinks.

@stephanledford9792

Жыл бұрын

@@carlpoppa1788 Was it NATO that invaded its neighbor and created this crisis or Russia?