The US National Security Strategy in 6 points - Geopolitics with Alex Stubb

In this episode, Alex Stubb delves into the national security strategy of a central player in geopolitics: the United States of America. Alex summarises the 50-page document that came out in October 2022 in six main points.
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  • @roberth9814
    @roberth9814 Жыл бұрын

    Being an American learning my own nation's sec strategy from a European is the most American thing to happen to me all week.

  • @Double0hTater

    @Double0hTater

    Жыл бұрын

    Could go get a cheeseburger and crack open a shitty beer and watch some nascar, o, and grill a fat piece of meat while you eat your cheeseburger. 👍 i shall teach you the ways of the southerner

  • @goody82az

    @goody82az

    Жыл бұрын

    Are you also in ILE? :)

  • @brentthebloodhound

    @brentthebloodhound

    Жыл бұрын

    listen to peter zeihan.

  • @kingace6186

    @kingace6186

    Жыл бұрын

    LOL. I now make an active effort to get my American news (& news in general) & analyses from international people and agencies. For example, I get my news from the independent, neutral TLDR News, based in the UK.

  • @likemostthings

    @likemostthings

    Жыл бұрын

    and the man is wearing a turtle neck... doesn't get more European than that!

  • @NedAndre
    @NedAndre Жыл бұрын

    The increase in quality geopolitical analysis on youtube lately has been really wonderful. As an American it's nice to have someone analyze this document, as there's simply too much politically going on here to really follow everything.

  • @LRRPFco52

    @LRRPFco52

    Жыл бұрын

    Best thing you can do is unplug from corporate click-bait media and study dispassionate analyses by professionals who have decades of experience with zero loyalty to institutions.

  • @danielhutchinson6604

    @danielhutchinson6604

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LRRPFco52 The institution of Capitalism seems to intend to acquire the assets of Asian Producer Nations as the Romans, British and now US Empire has done. Taking resources and forcing the less powerful to yield their assets is the method of Empires since Nations became big enough to overcome their neighbors. The US now appears to serve the interests of Investors to discover profits from exploitation. Extorting cash from European Consumers with LNG appears to head the list?

  • @LRRPFco52

    @LRRPFco52

    Жыл бұрын

    @@danielhutchinson6604 Have you ever looked at the resources that exist in the North American continent already? Every single type of human society uses resources from the land to survive. To hang this on "capitalism" just shows how low information that argument is.

  • @danielhutchinson6604

    @danielhutchinson6604

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LRRPFco52 I spent 40 years serving a capitalist economic system, and watched as it deteriorated from some major industrial producer to the pathetic exploiter of weaker Nations that now exists. The ability to arrange a Marshall Plan, has become a desire to extort funds from Europe to support a sagging GDP that would have fallen farther were it not for forcing European Consumers to support LNG sales . You may need to do some research if you want to discuss current events?

  • @LRRPFco52

    @LRRPFco52

    Жыл бұрын

    @@danielhutchinson6604 I lived through all of this. My mom is from Finland, where I have been traveling to or living since 1979. We lived in West Germany from 1980-1982. There are no pure capitalist systems (“capitalistic" is a term I heard the Russians/communists use a lot). The US didn’t exploit other nations, but lifted them up. If you study history, no other nation or political-economic entity has lifted as many people out of extreme poverty as the US has. Yes, there are companies that have made profits from the Bretton Woods arrangement for sure, while also employing millions of people all over the world and making the exchange of goods and services more optimized than any time in the world. I have traveled to or lived in 30 different nations in Europe, Asia, Central America, and the Middle East. I see the world much differently than most people I communicate with as a result.

  • @masterchinese28
    @masterchinese28 Жыл бұрын

    Americans sometimes bristle at how much they spend to be the world's police, but they don't realize how much they benefit from their leadership position. When the US sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. Its ability to leverage the US dollar for sanctions, the fact that energy trade is done in US dollars, the best diplomatic corps, the core of the strongest military alliance, and so on. Pax Americana has been a boon to the world but especially to America's interests. So many of the U.S. rivals cheer any move to isolationism.

  • @Rob_F8F

    @Rob_F8F

    Жыл бұрын

    Europeans sometimes bristles at how much America acts as the world's police, but they don't realize how much they benefit from America's leadership position.

  • @blafonovision4342

    @blafonovision4342

    Жыл бұрын

    Pax Americana has been a disaster for America. And the faster we withdraw from Bretton Woods, the better for us.

  • @Rob_F8F

    @Rob_F8F

    Жыл бұрын

    @@blafonovision4342 How has Bretton Woods been a disaster for America?

  • @blafonovision4342

    @blafonovision4342

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Rob_F8F Out economy is in the toilet. Out military spending is out of sight. Our birth rate is tanking. We need to re-shore manufacturing. We need a favorable balance of trade. We need to cut our military budget by 90%.

  • @Rob_F8F

    @Rob_F8F

    Жыл бұрын

    @@blafonovision4342 What dies this have to do with the Bretton Woods Agreement? Without explaining that connection, all of the problems that you mention could as easily be blamed on the World Cup.

  • @JMM33RanMA
    @JMM33RanMA Жыл бұрын

    This video, as always, is rational, analytical, and international in focus. It is a realistic, non-dogmatic analysis of the US position and perspective.

  • @lanceb7288

    @lanceb7288

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe you just agree with him

  • @JMM33RanMA

    @JMM33RanMA

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lanceb7288 And just maybe, because of that, I am feeding the Algorithm to keep these videos on my feed. If you haven't noticed, the Googlebots and their algorithms have made finding or following things more difficult, so if you really think something deserves attention, you have to feed it, like feeding birds or squirrels.🥜🐿

  • @lanceb7288

    @lanceb7288

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JMM33RanMA Why feed what the mother algorithm already promotes?

  • @japossert
    @japossert10 ай бұрын

    1. General Approach of the US - still be involved with those who share their vision and are willing to co-operate 2. Competition for what comes next - while cooperating on transnational topics such as climate change, organized crime, etc. 3. How the US positions itself 4. Overview of the US Approach 5. Pillars of Thinking 6. Global Priorities - outcompeting Russia and China, also due to laying the groundwork for the AI and robotics era

  • @yankeefederer1994
    @yankeefederer1994 Жыл бұрын

    As an American conservative who often vehemently disagrees with Biden on certain policies (2A, cultural norms, and his economic populism), he is largely acting exactly how I would want a sitting president to behave in global affairs. There's an Augustinian flair to his foreign policy stance, allying primarily with those that share common loves. That should be the primary basis for true allies, as they are far more likely to make tough long-term sacrifices for the greater good than an ally of pragmatism. His willingness to still wield American influence but also engaging with our long-standing allies is the correct balance when looking at our outsized strengths and vulnerabilities. I'm glad he is our president now while dealing with Russia and China, rather than Trump.

  • @bb-6359

    @bb-6359

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly. Domestic and foreign policy are two entirely different beasts.

  • @817sports

    @817sports

    Жыл бұрын

    Biden lost the prisoner swap

  • @truthaboveall7988

    @truthaboveall7988

    Жыл бұрын

    Democrats r republicans republicans r the MAGA GQP

  • @goldbullet50

    @goldbullet50

    Жыл бұрын

    USSR also had allies making sacrifices for the "greater good", at the expense of everyone that opposed them. If US was to collapse in a similar way, most of the world jump the sinking ship despite any symbolical "shared values". The only reason countries appease the US is their unchallenged power in global affairs.

  • @farzana6676

    @farzana6676

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@goldbullet50 Good, then all we need to do is not collapse.

  • @martindice5424
    @martindice5424 Жыл бұрын

    ‘Democracy versus Autocracy’ Keep it simple guys. It’s America. And.. actually, as a Brit I can see the truth in this outlook. Simple doesn’t always equate with simplistic.

  • @blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311

    @blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah right - look at how Julian Assange was treated and keep telling us there's any difference between the West and Russia.

  • @luckydrag7273

    @luckydrag7273

    Жыл бұрын

    oligarch vs autocracy

  • @farzana6676

    @farzana6676

    Жыл бұрын

    @@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311 Loool, the West is equivalent to Russia and China? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311

    @blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311

    Жыл бұрын

    @@farzana6676 There's not as much difference as you think. All of them are empires which crush internal opposition. Over the past 30 years the USA has killed millions of people around the world, far more than China or Russia.

  • @ColinTherac117

    @ColinTherac117

    Жыл бұрын

    @@farzana6676 Are you actually silly enough to believe the actions of the CIA across south America and Africa are not horrific?

  • @HenryKlausEsq.
    @HenryKlausEsq. Жыл бұрын

    Excellent and straight-forward analysis. Thank you, you have a new subscriber.

  • @sladewinberry8283
    @sladewinberry8283 Жыл бұрын

    I think for the most part, we recognize the benefit of our friendships. I loved studying in Europe in college. Germany helped us with a formula shortage, Australia sent their firefighters to help us when my state was burning down. I want us to be more diplomatic and democratic in our leadership moving forward. Especially as Germany and Japan rebuild their militaries. I see the Free World only getting stronger and more prosperous.

  • @danstevens64

    @danstevens64

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope Europe continues to burn. I can't stand them.

  • @E4439Qv5

    @E4439Qv5

    Жыл бұрын

    Naive take, but I like it. I wish you well for it.

  • @benikramer5115

    @benikramer5115

    Жыл бұрын

    Hmgrr.. The western concept of freedom/dominance has the quality of a gulag/Auschwitz work/death camp for others. „Cooperation „to colonize others, and steal their resources and enslave them isn’t really progressive, nor is it compatible with nature(our ecological niche for survival) A route with the signs dead end, biohazard and nuclear radiation should not be explored further. Before, the so called free world were the main actors/provocateurs/attackers in WW 1&2 No one is more a slave, than this one, who falsely believes to be free (Goethe) Even a first class slave nor a slave owner are truly free. According to its income, the modern freewalk-slaves action radius is defined by the invisible chain called money. The freedom of the slave owner is to buy a nice golden fence around him. Isn’t there a better ideal of freedom to f I n d?

  • @Shadow__133

    @Shadow__133

    Жыл бұрын

    Strenghtening Japan and Germany military went super well the last couple times.

  • @sladewinberry8283

    @sladewinberry8283

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Shadow__133 Japan was an ally in World War 1. Argument invalid. The Japan and Germany of today are different places now.

  • @banesovilj
    @banesovilj Жыл бұрын

    I highly appreciate this insightful and thought-provoking analysis.

  • @user-hj6uo6wh2f

    @user-hj6uo6wh2f

    2 ай бұрын

    This is one of the only videos I've sat and listened through without distractions or fidgeting or doom scrolling another app 🙃

  • @jacksonfl
    @jacksonfl Жыл бұрын

    Greetings from Jacksonville Florida USA. Free, open, prosperous and secure. Imagine a world with China or Russia as the unipolar superpower, instead of America. We have our share of shortcomings, but we have our values right, by and large.

  • @nsms1297

    @nsms1297

    Жыл бұрын

    Richard A Fuhrman, Greetings from US partner in Indo-Pacific. Unfortunately, US did not prevent China's rise and we are going to suffer because of it. Remember President Bill Clinton gave free trade, tech share and most 'favoured nation' status to China instead of preventing it's rise!

  • @thejfactor1

    @thejfactor1

    Жыл бұрын

    The US is the modern day British Empire. It relies on extorting middle powers to keep its consumer economy happy with cheap goods. Last I recall pride and gluttony were two cardinal sins.

  • @LowenKM

    @LowenKM

    Жыл бұрын

    You bet, and good to also see some mention of the dilemma of countries that feel 'under-represented' in this 'New & Improved' version of Pax Americana. Though in fairness it's kind of a Catch-22, since most of these 'marginalized' countries lack a stable government to begin with.

  • @MRTY323

    @MRTY323

    Жыл бұрын

    Stop invading countries, and we might just believe that.

  • @MusicalMemeology

    @MusicalMemeology

    Жыл бұрын

    As an Aussie and American ally I shudder to think what the world run by China or Russia would look like. Thank you for such an amazing albeit messy sometimes country that has helped humanity rise out of poverty and war 😊

  • @djhaskin987
    @djhaskin987 Жыл бұрын

    "Free, Open, Prosperous, and Secure" -- Goes back to FDR's Four Freedoms: Freedom of Religion (Free), Freedom of Speech (Open), Freedom from Want (Prosperous), and Freedom from Fear (Secure).

  • @christophercousins184
    @christophercousins184 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks again for your excellent analysis.

  • @marvfj6451
    @marvfj6451 Жыл бұрын

    I have downloaded the strategy and read it. Now I’ll go through it with your guide Mr. Prime Minister. Thanks!

  • @normdyer94
    @normdyer94 Жыл бұрын

    Bringing a view from the commanding heights out to the people - without the gooblygook and manipulations. Its REALLY refreshing to listen to you, Alex Stubb. Thank you in advance for your continued conversations. They might very well become known as pillars of sanity and normalcy in an increasingly bizarre media space.

  • @goody82az
    @goody82az Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your perspective. I skimmed this today and you reinforced what I picked up from it.

  • @peakbagger3180
    @peakbagger3180 Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding! The analysis of this former PM of Finland is deep, concise, and multi-perspective. Just what is wanted from a 20 minute video on a heavy topic.

  • @alexanderthegreat5519
    @alexanderthegreat5519 Жыл бұрын

    Again, thank you Alex!

  • @anthonynicoli
    @anthonynicoli Жыл бұрын

    Alex, Thank you for calling this document to our attention.

  • @kingace6186
    @kingace6186 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video. It was an objective and updated analysis of the Geopolitics of America. Precisely what I was looking for. I did not want to read the 50-page document but am more than willing to watch a 20 minutes video, since I am a more visual & auditory learner.

  • @aaron2709
    @aaron2709 Жыл бұрын

    Great presentation, as usual.

  • @MarcosElMalo2
    @MarcosElMalo2 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for recommending the Rachman Review podcast. I’ve got the interview with Thomas Wright cued up on Overcast.

  • @anderspettersson9885
    @anderspettersson9885 Жыл бұрын

    Libya felt and are still feeling the impact of US values...

  • @Nate-wf5hk

    @Nate-wf5hk

    Жыл бұрын

    They also felt the values of Gaddafi, literally everyone wanted him gone, not just the us and eu

  • @anderspettersson9885

    @anderspettersson9885

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Nate-wf5hk So you think they (Libya,Iraq,Afganistan,Syria) are better of now?

  • @Nate-wf5hk

    @Nate-wf5hk

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anderspettersson9885 I don’t know, nobody can know for sure either. There is no alternative reality where we can se the outcome of leaving Gaddafi in power.

  • @goldbullet50

    @goldbullet50

    Жыл бұрын

    And in 2011 Alexander Stubb expressed his disappointment that Finland didn't join NATO in their campaign in Libya, saying the "freedom loving people are rejoicing in the streets of Tripoli". These globalists only want others to play by the rules imposed by the Americans, without Americans having to play by them themselves.

  • @physbang
    @physbang Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this. I love your analysis and have learned much from your lectures about how the US fits into the geopolitical world.

  • @Protaneum
    @Protaneum Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your presentation here. It really feels like someone could love, hate or feel indifferent to the U.S. but still enjoy your breakdown of the document.

  • @mrpunta
    @mrpunta Жыл бұрын

    Excellent, thank you!

  • @chansesyres4117
    @chansesyres4117 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this video sir.

  • @yoleeh2129
    @yoleeh2129 Жыл бұрын

    Definitely I like your presentation of geopolitics because I can understand it.

  • @ilicdjo

    @ilicdjo

    Жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @ThunderAppeal

    @ThunderAppeal

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, hes an idiot and it takes an idiot to understand another idiot. So you are a *perfect* match.

  • @patrickmoriarty7273
    @patrickmoriarty7273 Жыл бұрын

    Alex ~ Well Done

  • @Lords1997
    @Lords1997 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you🙏🏻♥️

  • @Compertz
    @Compertz Жыл бұрын

    Great presentation

  • @i_smoke_ghosts
    @i_smoke_ghosts Жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @johnlaudenslager706
    @johnlaudenslager706 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for making us aware of the document and summarizing it so clearly. I was glad to hear so much emphasis on cooperation, plus realistic acknowledgement that some states won't opt for democracy. Free? Any sign in the document that free includes freedom from invasions?

  • @cameronspence4977

    @cameronspence4977

    Жыл бұрын

    The US hasnt invaded a country in 20 years. The US has launched actual invasions of a total of 2 countries in 32 years. Get over it dude

  • @cameronspence4977

    @cameronspence4977

    Жыл бұрын

    *the last

  • @mdtrw
    @mdtrw Жыл бұрын

    IR and strat studies are so interesting. I wish I’ll for in the NSC one day

  • @JAMAC08
    @JAMAC08 Жыл бұрын

    What is your explanation on the concept of "Shared values" in the context of alliance with autocratic regions, such as Gulf States? Does the document give a definitive strategy on North Korea?

  • @mysterioanonymous3206

    @mysterioanonymous3206

    Жыл бұрын

    It's just a PR paper... You think they'd publish any real strategic papers? You think they want to fairly compete with the rest of the world? Naw man... 😂

  • @richardacevedo280

    @richardacevedo280

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe the document is written as a ''doctrine'', i.e., as a high level document that would not go into detailing the approach to follow in the case of a specific country. From the initial discussion, it can be clearly inferred that countries are free to choose who is and who is not with the alliance based on a common set of values and objectives.

  • @martinwest2538
    @martinwest25383 ай бұрын

    The strategy of USA is clearly manifested in Brzezinskis book "The Grand Chessboard". It's still completely valid today as it was in 1997 when it was written. It's all about global dominance. The sad thing is Europe doesn't see or refuses to admit that the USA is in fact consciously weakening Europe by default. By cutting the mutual relations between Europe and Russia, by exciting the rearmament (which in the end is benefiting the military industrial complex of USA while preventing Europe from investing in constructive investments instead) and ultimately by inciting Russia and Europe in a mutual war, destroying everything in the end. As it's stated, "it may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal".

  • @benikramer5115
    @benikramer5115 Жыл бұрын

    As long the security of one side is basically putting the other side in a state of insecurity , no one will be secure in a desirable way. The wrong path does only lead to bigger problems, which makes a solution more urgent, difficult and unlikely, the longer the wrong path is followed.

  • @bestieswithtesties

    @bestieswithtesties

    Жыл бұрын

    It is impossible for the two sides to co-exist. By nature democracy and fascism are threats to each other. In the end there are only two options. Either one side wins, or we all lose.

  • @stealph51
    @stealph51 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the declutter From India

  • @lorax8172
    @lorax8172 Жыл бұрын

    I do not want to read it, so yes, thank you for the summary

  • @ledermanrobert
    @ledermanrobert Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate your videos.👍 Sad that you have added so manny advertisements.😢

  • @andrewvisser5805
    @andrewvisser5805 Жыл бұрын

    Alex, at 13,09 do you mean "that is a message to Russia", not the US? As usual a really interesting listen, as are all your casts.

  • @Rattler808

    @Rattler808

    Жыл бұрын

    thanks for mentioning this.

  • @fbkintanar
    @fbkintanar Жыл бұрын

    It would be nice to hear a point by point comparison with EU security policy, so far that it exists. Where do they align with Biden's perspective, and where do they have a different emphasis? And how is the EU hedging its bets in case a future US president veers towards a different direction? Is the US a strategic competitor to the EU in areas like digital platforms, where the EU wants to wrest away some of the powers that US tech companies have accumulated? Does the EU think the US will accede to its direction-setting agenda in broad areas of regulation, and if not what will the US do in these spaces? And what are the directions of EU policy towards Africa and India, will they differentiate themselves from the US?

  • @danielhutchinson6604

    @danielhutchinson6604

    Жыл бұрын

    You imply that Biden has a policy? It appears that he simply acts to promote Wall Street profits? The Foreign Policy of the Presidents does not vary much beyond a few insignificant items. Policy enacted by the Obama State Department seems to have survived the Trump Administration's bumbling parade of Clowns passing through the revolving door of the Trump Cabinet..... Obama was simply continuing Bush Foreign Policy. The US needs the income from LNG sales being forced on European Consumers, and the GDP apparently is expecting the boost from extorting payments from those fortunate souls who now have had their cheap gas shut off forcibly by the US? The Third Quarter offered an improved figure as the European Gas Supplies were delivered by some US Providers. Apparently forcing Russia out of the Gas Business was good for US Sales. But at one time the US Government condemned that type of business, as Standard Oil used basically the same technique to eliminate competing providers. In 1911 the Standard Oil Company was ordered to be broken into smaller parts, due to unethical business practices. Has the US State Department adopted JD Rockefeller ethics now?

  • @mysterioanonymous3206

    @mysterioanonymous3206

    Жыл бұрын

    See thats the issue. The EU doesn't have a comprehensive security policy, or perhaps I should say "vision for the future". Too many rifts, opinions, agendas, insecurities, stakeholders, nations... And they're all out for themselves. It's the great European dilemma.

  • @danielhutchinson6604

    @danielhutchinson6604

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mysterioanonymous3206 I notice that in 2016 a new element was introduced to Political Leadership, as Robert Mercer demonstrated how an Investor Class could exploit the entire planet using his Electoral Methods to install the proper Political Prostitute, simply by paying him a sufficient amount of cash. His BREXIT success proved his methods worked, and Trump's success against all odds insured that the proper amount of cash could get results in elections. So we now have an Oligarchy that installs their choices, and the EU became the Dutchy of Oligarchs. Brilliant........right? Makes ya wonder what Ursula Van Der Loon cost?

  • @mysterioanonymous3206

    @mysterioanonymous3206

    Жыл бұрын

    @@danielhutchinson6604 😂 who's the dumbest bot? Gotta be a Russian or Chinese one...

  • @danielhutchinson6604

    @danielhutchinson6604

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mysterioanonymous3206 If you want to claim the Title , be my guest? But if you choose to discuss world affairs I am willing to talk to any fool, and I find that Fools appear to be an abundant source of foolish statements? But prattle on Cracker......

  • @SeeonX
    @SeeonX Жыл бұрын

    That freaking turtle neck is amazing

  • @PGDG58
    @PGDG58 Жыл бұрын

    ❤ the new firm stance 🫡

  • @p51mustang24
    @p51mustang24 Жыл бұрын

    You can't really read documents like this without reading between the lines, understanding coded language, and most of all watching what they do > listening to what they say. Remember, "our democracy" is a euphemism for "our power".

  • @Nate-wf5hk

    @Nate-wf5hk

    Жыл бұрын

    And our power is derived from our democracy

  • @isaimtz-cmcho688

    @isaimtz-cmcho688

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Nate-wf5hk delusions LOL

  • @fh5926

    @fh5926

    Жыл бұрын

    Coded language - I don't like what it actually says and will provide my own version instead.

  • @philzmusic8098

    @philzmusic8098

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Nate-wf5hk I think it's derived from our military. Throughout history countries and empires have only been as strong as their economies backed by their military. And no country or empire remains powerful forever.

  • @galactyx1
    @galactyx1 Жыл бұрын

    Co-opetition - this is where 2 parties both compete & collaborate, on an issue-by-issue basis. This portmanteau word would seem to summarise the USA strategic posture

  • @laynemccormic9102
    @laynemccormic9102 Жыл бұрын

    excellent video and analysis. It's unfortunate the comment sections on these videos are such cesspools.

  • @billgibbard9449
    @billgibbard9449 Жыл бұрын

    The world is changing.The US and the world is very fortunate that President Biden and his team have a grown-up and respectful attitude towards others. However powerful the United States is, it cannot address all the issues that confront the United States and the world alone. The United States needs allies, and allies must be treated respectfully and responsibly if the United States desires their cooperation. President Biden's humanity, humility, and realism are signs of strength. He is grossly underrated in his own country. Perhaps, after he is gone, his country will appreciate him more.

  • @micone307

    @micone307

    Жыл бұрын

    Overall, if you look past the gaffes he has done an extraordinary amount of great things, and the list is getting longer by the month.

  • @timthetiny7538

    @timthetiny7538

    Жыл бұрын

    Hopefully it keeps changing. We should drop everyone like theyre hot and bring it all back here. Parasites in Europe particularly need shorter shrift from us.

  • @cooldudecs

    @cooldudecs

    Жыл бұрын

    @@timthetiny7538they are a colony. Get used to it. The euro is hitched to the dollar…

  • @williamdraken6018

    @williamdraken6018

    Жыл бұрын

    He doesnt even know what day it is or where he is sometimes. Do you honestly believe that a clearly senile elderly man is making extremely complicated geopolitical decisions and policy? Whoever the individuals in his camp who are running the show in the shadows behind him are the ones navigating this. He just a figurehead, nothing more.

  • @TheToppa72
    @TheToppa72 Жыл бұрын

    I've read every US NSS for the last 30 years or so start to finish and one consistent central theme is that there's a commitment to maintaining the US as the world's predominant power and ensuring it's freedom of action (outside any international laws or accepted norms where it feels necessary)- which is of course eminently rational as a means to ensure US security - unfortunately included down the years have also been various more or less explicit explicit statements about the need to ensure that rivals do not emerge which is in effect an implicit threat to any other large or emerging power or alliance whether the threat they represent is predominantly economic or military in nature. I'm never quite sure whether to think of it as hubristic or simply realistic but the NSSs always reflect the inherent assumption of the centrality of US power and rarely reflect on the ways in which the statement and expression of US power - in particular the unavoidable fact of US global military reach - in and of themselves create a competitive framework which at the very least necessitate the every major nation on earth formulate it's own policy that takes account of US economic influence and potential for force projection. Dubya put it rather bluntly when he said 'you're either with us or against us' but couched in rather more diplomatic language almost every NSS has imposed a similar - if slightly less stark - choice upon the Nations of the World.. at least IMHO.. I think it's worth taking a moment to reflect on the fact that the publication of such documents is itself a political act - that in fact since the sentiments so conveyed neither represent any binding commitment nor indeed necessarily represent the USs true intent - that viewing it as political act - one aimed at shaping the actions of both allies and adversaries (or potential adversaries) - is the only way it can or should be seen. Useful archive of historical NSSs back to '87 here for those with curiostity and probably more time on their hands than is healthy: history.defense.gov/Historical-Sources/National-Security-Strategy/ EDIT: Incidentally the comment at 8:50 ish or so that the US was willing to 'export democracy by way of force' surely has to go down as an epic level non sequitur in the light of both predicted and actual outcomes and in the subsuent emergence of evidence regarding the deceptions used as a casus belli. To give even as much credit as to suggest that the motives of the US were at least noble or indeed that a true democracy can - or is even likely to - emerge under the unavoidable implicit threat of the world's most prolifically aggressive and powerful military force is to take a somewhat flexible view of the concept of 'Democracy' I think.

  • @Nogoodusernamehere
    @Nogoodusernamehere Жыл бұрын

    Nice rolled r in that "regnum" segment.

  • @christianbresch7445
    @christianbresch7445 Жыл бұрын

    Would be interesting to have the Chinese perspective on all this as well

  • @michaelmedina1978
    @michaelmedina1978 Жыл бұрын

    might is right and justice is determined by whoever is in power...might is right and justice is determined by whoever is in power...

  • @simmysoon01
    @simmysoon01 Жыл бұрын

    What’s the name of the document?

  • @lcifermorningstar191
    @lcifermorningstar191 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting 🤔

  • @moflyboyblanquito541
    @moflyboyblanquito541 Жыл бұрын

    “If there’s a new way I’ll be the 1st in line. But it better work this time! “ Dave Mustaine

  • @Jjdogg555
    @Jjdogg555 Жыл бұрын

    THIS VIDEO WAS FUCKING PHENOMINAL

  • @adlwilliams
    @adlwilliams Жыл бұрын

    This is my first time seeing this gentleman speak. I appreciate when smart people do the thinking for me so this was great. He looks and sounds like someone who orchestrates art heists and im all for it

  • @AlexanderMichelson
    @AlexanderMichelson Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Sir! You are a cool looking turtleneck wearing Finnish legend!

  • @zxsw85
    @zxsw85 Жыл бұрын

    Link to document?????

  • @belowme8893
    @belowme8893 Жыл бұрын

    Easy to argue that the news does as much damage as any other thing

  • @Aussie-Mocha
    @Aussie-Mocha Жыл бұрын

    🤔 enjoyed this content! Thoughts that came to mind were that US is returning a lot of important industries to the States as well as to its closer neighbours (like Mexico) to ease its reliance on China and the microchip sector in Taiwan. I see a potential vast growth in the modern military sector that they will then sell on to countries that feel they would rather Aline with the US then the Autocratic regimes which at the same time allows US some geopolitical strategic influence globally without necessarily committing troops to any fights. Ukraine = a perfect example 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @LRRPFco52

    @LRRPFco52

    Жыл бұрын

    The more the US withdraws from Europe, Middle East, and Pacific, the higher the demand is for US weaponry. It comes at a time where the US can't meet its internal demand for advanced weapon systems, while rival sources and competitors have diminished capacity to manufacture large volumes of advanced weapons. Examples include Russia and France, while China is focused on modernizing their own military, not filling in the void left by Russia. The nations who have been left behind include Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela. Iran is in a particularly bad position with its air force with no prospects for importing modern advanced fighters.

  • @danielhutchinson6604

    @danielhutchinson6604

    Жыл бұрын

    So who will buy weapons? Poland appears to be the only Nation willing to buy, but without funds to support the expansion of the industry. Romania needs an IMF Loan to buy and the cost of bribing former Soviet Nations to become NATO members has driven US Debt to $31 trillion..... You view of progress seems silly and selfish?

  • @daniellarson3068

    @daniellarson3068

    Жыл бұрын

    I got the impression that current politicians have outgrown these ideas of nation building that have squandered US resources. It's far better t support a nation like Ukraine whose interests in developing a vibrant democracy are aligned with the beliefs of the US.

  • @danielhutchinson6604

    @danielhutchinson6604

    Жыл бұрын

    @@daniellarson3068 Yes you are correct Ukraine is attempting to Emulate the US form of allowing the Wealthy to select the names that appear on a ballot. I guess you are correct?

  • @cameronspence4977

    @cameronspence4977

    Жыл бұрын

    *align

  • @samatarsam4514
    @samatarsam4514 Жыл бұрын

    Is was really nice of you to but on the work and summaries for us the 50+ pages in one short video. As a as a citizen of Somaliland my country have chosen to side with america and counter china which was very tough decision but we are democratic country and we will side with who ever support our own values. Thank you + new sub

  • @tomfortner3023
    @tomfortner3023 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Alex. Thanks again for your thoughtful insights. To me it sounds like there's so much good about this. Thank God we have an adult in Washington again.

  • @LowenKM

    @LowenKM

    Жыл бұрын

    What, you never bought that "I know more than all the Generals"! ;-p

  • @rogerhardman7757

    @rogerhardman7757

    Жыл бұрын

    A senile adult. You make me sick

  • @tomfortner3023

    @tomfortner3023

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rogerhardman7757 oh, gosh I'm sorry. Based on your comment it must be your head that hurts. 😉

  • @KRYPTOS_K5
    @KRYPTOS_K5 Жыл бұрын

    There is a few (2 or 3) local naive analysis on "pillar 6" or around it. But the most relevant error in all this commentary is the idea that the word "United States of America" still has a straight and clear meaning as a national culture or proper foundational values and creeds -- ie as an identity of a well known non globalist national society. Brasil

  • @petersteinga2430
    @petersteinga2430 Жыл бұрын

    "Strategic Competition" or as our parents called it: Cold War.

  • @peterwilliams6361
    @peterwilliams6361 Жыл бұрын

    Intriguing, i always knew there was more to life and i have also been looking for a way to find not only protection but a way to be influential to the human society

  • @DavidVelasquez9

    @DavidVelasquez9

    Жыл бұрын

    oh well you can achieve that by being a part of the illuminatus brotherhood, i know it sounds like a mystery but there are ways you can actually get in contact with them

  • @peterwilliams6361

    @peterwilliams6361

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DavidVelasquez9 hi, isnt the brotherhood a myth?

  • @DavidVelasquez9

    @DavidVelasquez9

    Жыл бұрын

    @@peterwilliams6361 well it is not and you can't actually expect it to be open to everyone, but if you want to know more you can look up Wilford Robert Taylor online you will find something interesting

  • @peterwilliams6361

    @peterwilliams6361

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DavidVelasquez9 oh really, i just saw his website, interesting.i will leave him a message.

  • @emceha
    @emceha Жыл бұрын

    Podcast: Not sure if this is the right one The Rachman Review, How the Ukraine war reshaped US alliances. Thomas Wright, director of strategic planning at the National Security Council in the Biden White House, tells Gideon how the war in Ukraine changed US thinking about the need for broader alliances.

  • @cts
    @cts Жыл бұрын

    I've been waiting for the whole document to be finally put under the hydraulic press, but to no avail. Sad.

  • @okkomp
    @okkomp Жыл бұрын

    I can hear from the accent that Alex is finnish, kippis.

  • @Powderlover1
    @Powderlover1 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve always dumbed it down to fight there so we don’t fight here. I’m ideologically against what is effectively an American empire, but it’s hard to argue there aren’t a ton of benefits.

  • @lanikozmat5746
    @lanikozmat5746 Жыл бұрын

    The cold war was never over. Red China and the bolcheviks just needed some years to recover and build up their economy and military, together with their Networks of agents in the west. The important defectors Jan Seyna and Anatoli Golizyn wrote about it even before Perestroika. Tretyakov also testmonied it.

  • @lanikozmat5746

    @lanikozmat5746

    Жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/g3elw5Rygpu9obw.html

  • @cooldudecs

    @cooldudecs

    Жыл бұрын

    Russia is a third world country and China is one as well with a lot of foreign investment. This can end with a snap of American fingers like thanos

  • @lanikozmat5746

    @lanikozmat5746

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cooldudecs unfortunately the USA stopped producing new nuclear weapons since 1992!!

  • @colinhobbs7265

    @colinhobbs7265

    Жыл бұрын

    Modern Russia and China share little to nothing with their communist roots aside from the authoritarian desire for control.

  • @lanikozmat5746

    @lanikozmat5746

    Жыл бұрын

    @@colinhobbs7265 they just hide their communist underlay, like Lenin did in his NEP.

  • @user-vd8lx7zq7o
    @user-vd8lx7zq7o Жыл бұрын

    ठीक है

  • @obnoxiousvodka
    @obnoxiousvodka Жыл бұрын

    This man is a HUGE fan of richard...

  • @NovaNSights
    @NovaNSights4 ай бұрын

    👏👏

  • @Charlie-mv5cn
    @Charlie-mv5cn11 ай бұрын

    Example...AKO keeps giving straight wires & arcs of HIGHLY ACComPLISHED & DEVOTED SERVANTS TO IMBACILES OR WORSE, TO PPL WHO DONT KNOW ENOUGH TO CARE ABOUT THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF THESE PERSONS BODIES OF WORK AND THE DELICATE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CREATED BY THEM ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE

  • @LindaAndrews-ly1qf
    @LindaAndrews-ly1qf2 ай бұрын

    7:30

  • @mikemace8382
    @mikemace8382 Жыл бұрын

    did i miss the note on intellectual property theft! this is and will become a major pillar.

  • @pansepot1490
    @pansepot1490 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting, however it’s a document with a potentially very short expiration date. If the next US president (whose election is due in 2 years) is a democrat it’s more than likely that he/she will follow through with the goals stated in these 6 points. If it’s Trump, or someone like him, the US security strategy will be very different. Not long ago one might have safely assumed that a change in the party in power in the White House would not have significantly changed US foreign policy. After Trump, that’s far more difficult to assume.

  • @ClockworksOfGL

    @ClockworksOfGL

    Жыл бұрын

    Trump’s brand of inward facing populism has caused the “establishment” to adapt somewhat. Just look at the conversation around China, I think Donald deserves credit for making it front and center.

  • @samadhistrength
    @samadhistrength Жыл бұрын

    +10% increase in military spending exceeding 800bn usd. Document says one thing and the money says another. 💪

  • @lawrenceralph7481

    @lawrenceralph7481

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a 3% increase. 7% is inflation.

  • @johncraig4820
    @johncraig4820 Жыл бұрын

    I think India, Turkey and Central Europe are the critical challenges for The EU and US. They are fragile democracies with cultural values that don't necessarily align with western Europe and the US. If China and Russia, peal them away from the West it becomes a huge challenge. We might add Brazil Mexico and Argentina to that list.

  • @Acidfox86

    @Acidfox86

    Жыл бұрын

    You think Mexico is going to trade a biggest trading partner next door for one across the ocean?? When you make statements like that, I know you’re shooting from the hip… but from those of us that know geopolitics, the Mexico thing sounds ridiculous from you btw.. if you left that country out your statement would be fine..

  • @LRRPFco52

    @LRRPFco52

    Жыл бұрын

    Eastern Europe has more resolve to counter Russia than Germany, for example. They have suffered Russia's abuses for centuries, so Russia is an existential threat to Eastern Europe, always has been.

  • @johncraig4820

    @johncraig4820

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Acidfox86 Point taken, plus US citizen of Mexican descent is a huge population. But Mexico has some serious problems with crime and violence driven in large part by drugs and human trafficking transiting to the US. I don't think it is beyond the pale for an authoritarian regime to come into power and look to China to help prevent American interventions. I doubt Argentina or Brazil are likely to break with the US & Europe for similar reasons, but I don't think we can take them for granted.

  • @Acidfox86

    @Acidfox86

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johncraig4820 i don’t think they are take for granted… I think the problem is that America has buttered up its deals so much, that when we try to do an even deal, countries feel insulted. We have long let countries do business with us while we take a loss. NAFTA benefited Mexico, our us job market took a huge hit. Americans have take a huge hit in our quality of life and from where I stand, it has been to improve the quality of life for other countries. I’m pretty tired of that model and I think countries need to get used us not sacrificing American prosperity for their country… this is not the 1950s

  • @kirannnnnn

    @kirannnnnn

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johncraig4820 Globalization of Ideology, One Truth, One Narrative, There are Certain narrow set of people decides what is Right & What is Wrong. Nation's and People who don't want to lose their cultural and certain identities are reasserting themselves. I have a personality ,History ,Heritage & Civilization,Iam not going to determine my life style be someone sitting far away just because they are Creator's of this Narratives One of the disputations at present is cultural Re-balancing and Who gets to define What is wrong/What is right? This is a very big issue in International Relations. Dr S.Jai Shankar

  • @RobBCactive
    @RobBCactive Жыл бұрын

    A division by Rules based orderly international relations and a "might is right" camp would be smarter. Liberal democracy has been an aspiration that's imperfect and has to compromise in practice.

  • @DissertatingMedieval

    @DissertatingMedieval

    Жыл бұрын

    So authoritarianism is your alternative? Because that is what "might is right" ultimately equates to.

  • @RobBCactive

    @RobBCactive

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DissertatingMedieval if you choose autocracy vs democracy as the dividing line, you're selecting a small minority. There are autocracies which were broadly in the Western camp with blind eyes turned to them, especially oil rich ones. There's the problems of poorly functioning democracies, specifically those with sham unfair elections with controlled government media like Hungary and Russia. They even have a sham opposition following the state controlled script. When countries like the UK have severe defects in its democracy and in others coups occur, would you force a change of side? Are you wanting to go to war if Portugal and Greece succumb again to military dictatorship? Who decides what is a democracy? Do you back Turkey if Erdogan claims a democratic win, then goes on a rampage in N.Iraq and Syria, then turns to carve up Armenia (democratic) with Azerbaijan, when much of Europe is trying to secure Caucuses oil/gas supplies avoiding Russia. What if a moderate but less democratic government came to power in Iran, seeking rapprochement and end terrorism? Is Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states your enemy or fossil fuel supplier of choice? The British Tory government is displaying authoritarian tendencies, using more and more divisive rhetoric, which appears to be a majority of the non-Tory population. They never had a majority popular vote for any of the damaging policies they've pursued. Yet they ploughed on ignoring the interests of very many people.

  • @bonniespeck
    @bonniespeck Жыл бұрын

    Reads like a WEF document

  • @63pufferfish
    @63pufferfish Жыл бұрын

    We are headed to the new “post pygmalion” era.

  • @dennyr989
    @dennyr989 Жыл бұрын

    So basically the US wants to maintain their hegemony....

  • @crawkn
    @crawkn Жыл бұрын

    It is important to define what we mean by being in competition with China. The pitfall is to assume it means that anything that is good for the Chinese people or China's economy is bad for the U.S. Our ideology, in its most aspirational form, should be in competition with authoritarian, totalitarian, and anti-human-rights ideologies. But the cold war with the Soviet Union wasn't won by combat, nor by trade embargoes, but by productivity. We won by becoming wealthier as a culture. China cannot become wealthier on a per-capita basis by selling everything cheaper than everyone else. The U.S. _does_ becomes wealthier every time we trade numbers in a computer for physical products, at a very favorable rate of exchange. Balance of trade is irrelevant, because we don't want to sell our wares for Yuan anyway.

  • @kurronen
    @kurronen Жыл бұрын

    This guy should be Finland's next President!

  • @goldbullet50

    @goldbullet50

    Жыл бұрын

    He was a horrible prime minister and a globalist who expressed his disappointment when Finland didn't go bomb Libya. He should be kept away from all positions of power.

  • @formatique_arschloch

    @formatique_arschloch

    21 күн бұрын

    He is now!

  • @xman7211
    @xman7211 Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @FriendofOnas
    @FriendofOnas Жыл бұрын

    We take trade and peace to be one thing. Commerce must be regulated and protected for the sustainability of the global order. We must be good stewards of the environment and partner with nations who are committed to that cause. Commercial and financial interest must be balanced with environmental and social justice. The keystone of the future is our ability to resolve conflicts without an escalation of global proportions.

  • @Chuckyeager1942
    @Chuckyeager1942 Жыл бұрын

    What are”Americas values”? What is “freedom”?

  • @martindice5424
    @martindice5424 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent as always sir. You provide food for thought - always a good thing. I wish our British ex prime ministers were as sagacious and interesting . I am proud of my country (not always but on the whole) but I despair of our current crop of political idiots. How the hell did ‘Brexit’ actually become a thing? Well, I know why - but it’s still enormously stupid. Sorry all my European friends. Apparently , the UK cannot read a map.

  • @21stcenturyoptimist
    @21stcenturyoptimist7 ай бұрын

    Murica 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @McCov1
    @McCov1 Жыл бұрын

    So, this is what the ROMAN EMPIRE was worrying about 2000 years ago?

  • @ionutsfetcu4550
    @ionutsfetcu4550 Жыл бұрын

    What is the international order?it sound to me like one group or groups trying to screw another group or groups.it must be some sort of special interest?

  • @starcaptainsi491
    @starcaptainsi491 Жыл бұрын

    exported in log :(

  • @bizzfo
    @bizzfo Жыл бұрын

    You lead by speaking softly……you know the rest

  • @pjtomtai
    @pjtomtai Жыл бұрын

    "International rule based order" ... what the fk does it even mean? Define it within the boundary of the UN charter and International Law. I bet you can't. "Order, order please" "But this is not your court your honor".

  • @user-hv8gj5jt3f
    @user-hv8gj5jt3f4 ай бұрын

    Alex Stubb on the same old strategy of the latest cover for more American backstabbing.

  • @wickedmoth
    @wickedmoth Жыл бұрын

    The United States is a colossal economic/military power whose checks and balances were recently challenged in regard to the 'values' it wants to present. Even if this challenge is from a minority, it is an active minority that advocates for autocratic idealism. Western interests should be further insured through Commonwealth Nations and by alliances within the states themselves.

  • @brendatenorio5721
    @brendatenorio5721 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting no global cooperation on environment or climate just inflation, pandemics, etc

  • @Waferdicing
    @Waferdicing Жыл бұрын

    😎

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