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John Avery: Working for peace since 1954

The TransnationalOct 05, 2021

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Bryce Greene: What You Should Really Know About Ukraine

Bryce Greene: What You Should Really Know About Ukraine

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/31/bryce-greene-what-you-should-really-know-about-ukraine/
Mar 31, 202219:48
Pepe Escobar: Say hello to Russian gold and Chinese petroyuan

Pepe Escobar: Say hello to Russian gold and Chinese petroyuan

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/31/pepe-escobar-say-hello-to-russian-gold-and-chinese-petroyuan/
Mar 31, 202209:22
Gordon Hahn: “There is no threat of NATO expansion to Ukraine” and “NATO will not expand one inch beyond Eastern Germany”

Gordon Hahn: “There is no threat of NATO expansion to Ukraine” and “NATO will not expand one inch beyond Eastern Germany”

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/10/there-is-no-threat-of-nato-expansion-to-ukraine-and-nato-will-not-expand-one-inch-beyond-eastern-germany/
Mar 10, 202221:12
Robert Wright: In Defense of Whataboutism

Robert Wright: In Defense of Whataboutism

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/07/robert-wright-in-defense-of-whataboutism/
Mar 07, 202205:14
Kevin Gosztola: The Inevitability Of Russia’s Attack On Ukraine

Kevin Gosztola: The Inevitability Of Russia’s Attack On Ukraine

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/07/kevin-gosztola-the-inevitability-of-russias-attack-on-ukraine/
Mar 07, 202209:44
Anatol Lieven: Ukraine - What Russia wants, what the West can do

Anatol Lieven: Ukraine - What Russia wants, what the West can do

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/07/ukraine-what-russia-wants-what-the-west-can-do/
Mar 07, 202209:52
Jan Oberg: Stop the security intellectual disarmament – Learn to conflict and peace constructively!

Jan Oberg: Stop the security intellectual disarmament – Learn to conflict and peace constructively!

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/03/04/jan-oberg-stop-the-security-intellectual-disarmament-learn-to-conflict-and-peace-constructively/
Mar 04, 202212:08
Edward Curtin: JFK Revisited – Through the Looking Glass by Oliver Stone – A Film Review

Edward Curtin: JFK Revisited – Through the Looking Glass by Oliver Stone – A Film Review

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/02/23/edward-curtin-jfk-revisited-through-the-looking-glass-by-oliver-stone-a-film-review/
Feb 23, 202219:56
Alfred De Zayas: A Culture of Cheating – On the Origins of the Crisis in Ukraine

Alfred De Zayas: A Culture of Cheating – On the Origins of the Crisis in Ukraine

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/02/16/alfred-de-zayas-a-culture-of-cheating-on-the-origins-of-the-crisis-in-ukraine/
Feb 16, 202207:06
Robin Poulton: Ukrainian Sovereignty Means Not Joining NATO

Robin Poulton: Ukrainian Sovereignty Means Not Joining NATO

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/02/16/robin-poulton-ukrainian-sovereignty-means-not-joining-nato/
Feb 16, 202204:44
Benjamin & Davies: Memo to Congress – Diplomacy for Ukraine is spelled M-i-n-s-k

Benjamin & Davies: Memo to Congress – Diplomacy for Ukraine is spelled M-i-n-s-k

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/02/10/benjamin-davies-memo-to-congress-diplomacy-for-ukraine-is-spelled-m-i-n-s-k/
Feb 10, 202211:11
Richard Falk: Toward Global Solidarity – A Politics of Impossibility

Richard Falk: Toward Global Solidarity – A Politics of Impossibility

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/02/07/richard-falk-toward-global-solidarity-a-politics-of-impossibility/
Feb 07, 202217:27
The Still-Topical Tagliavini Report on the 2008 War in Georgia

The Still-Topical Tagliavini Report on the 2008 War in Georgia

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/02/07/the-still-topical-tagliavini-report-on-the-2008-war-in-georgia/ By Thomas de Waal, Carnegie in Moscow
Feb 07, 202205:52
David Swanson: To Send Weapons and Troops to Ukraine You’d Have to Be a Stupid Son of a Biden

David Swanson: To Send Weapons and Troops to Ukraine You’d Have to Be a Stupid Son of a Biden

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/01/27/david-swanson-to-send-weapons-and-troops-to-ukraine-youd-have-to-be-a-stupid-son-of-a-biden/
Jan 27, 202204:20
Scott Ritter: Ukraine Crisis - US ‘Toolboxes’ Are Empty

Scott Ritter: Ukraine Crisis - US ‘Toolboxes’ Are Empty

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/01/27/ukraine-crisis-us-toolboxes-are-empty/
Jan 27, 202211:11
NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard

NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard

From the National Security Archive at George Washington University This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/01/11/nato-expansion-what-gorbachev-heard-2/
Jan 11, 202216:36
NATO Expansion – The Budapest Blow Up 1994

NATO Expansion – The Budapest Blow Up 1994

From the US NAtional Security Archives at George Washington University This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2022/01/11/nato-expansion-the-budapest-blow-up-1994/
Jan 11, 202206:58
Fredrik Heffermehl: The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize: Freedom for the Press or for the US?

Fredrik Heffermehl: The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize: Freedom for the Press or for the US?

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/12/09/fredrik-heffermehl-the-2021-nobel-peace-prize-freedom-for-the-press-or-for-the-us/
Dec 09, 202109:53
Jan Oberg: The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 Scandal – How it fits CIA and the US ‘democracy”s global media war

Jan Oberg: The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 Scandal – How it fits CIA and the US ‘democracy”s global media war

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/12/09/jan-oberg-the-nobel-peace-prize-2021-scandal-how-it-fits-cia-and-the-us-democracys-global-media-war/
Dec 09, 202113:47
Jan Oberg: My columns at China Daily & other Chinese media

Jan Oberg: My columns at China Daily & other Chinese media

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/12/05/jan-oberg-my-columns-at-china-daily-other-chinese-media/
Dec 05, 202108:20
William Astore: America’s abyss of weapons and warmaking

William Astore: America’s abyss of weapons and warmaking

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/12/05/americas-abyss-of-weapons-and-warmaking/
Dec 05, 202113:18
Jan Oberg: Is Democracy Gone Forever In Italy? On the Politics of Covid Responses

Jan Oberg: Is Democracy Gone Forever In Italy? On the Politics of Covid Responses

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/12/01/jan-oberg-is-democracy-gone-forever-in-italy-on-the-politics-of-covid-responses/
Dec 01, 202113:15
John Mcevoy: Deathly Silence – Journalists Who Mocked Assange Have Nothing to Say About CIA Plans to Kill Him

John Mcevoy: Deathly Silence – Journalists Who Mocked Assange Have Nothing to Say About CIA Plans to Kill Him

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/30/john-mcevoy-deathly-silence-journalists-who-mocked-assange-have-nothing-to-say-about-cia-plans-to-kill-him/
Nov 30, 202109:03
US coverup of Syria massacre shows the danger of the Assange precedent

US coverup of Syria massacre shows the danger of the Assange precedent

By Caitlin Johnstone: This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/30/us-coverup-of-syria-massacre-shows-the-danger-of-the-assange-precedent/
Nov 30, 202105:46
Leung Wing-Fai: Perceptions of the East – "Yellow Peril: An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear"

Leung Wing-Fai: Perceptions of the East – "Yellow Peril: An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear"

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/18/perceptions-of-the-east-yellow-peril-an-archive-of-anti-asian-fear/
Nov 18, 202106:33
Carlos Martinez: The left must resolutely oppose the US-led New Cold War on China

Carlos Martinez: The left must resolutely oppose the US-led New Cold War on China

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/18/carlos-martinez-the-left-must-resolutely-oppose-the-us-led-new-cold-war-on-china/
Nov 18, 202130:00
School History: Operation Mockingbird

School History: Operation Mockingbird

School History: This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/18/operation-mockingbird/
Nov 18, 202112:00
Dan Harsha: Taking China’s pulse – How much do the Chinese trust their leaders?

Dan Harsha: Taking China’s pulse – How much do the Chinese trust their leaders?

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/09/dan-harsha-taking-chinas-pulse-how-much-do-the-chinese-trust-their-leaders/
Nov 18, 202109:12
Peter McKillop: Xi Jinping says it’s time for an ‘ecological civilization’

Peter McKillop: Xi Jinping says it’s time for an ‘ecological civilization’

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/18/xi-jinping-says-its-time-for-an-ecological-civilization/
Nov 18, 202107:29
The Costs of Destruction and Construction: Post-9/11 Wars and the Belt and Road

The Costs of Destruction and Construction: Post-9/11 Wars and the Belt and Road

By Hussein Askary This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/11/01/the-costs-of-destruction-and-construction-post-9-11-wars-and-the-belt-and-road/
Nov 01, 202119:32
Tom Engelhardt: The Decline and Fall of the Roman… Whoops!… American Empire

Tom Engelhardt: The Decline and Fall of the Roman… Whoops!… American Empire

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/29/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-whoops-american-empire/
Oct 31, 202113:09
I Piper & J Dyke: Tens of thousands of civilians likely killed by US in ‘Forever Wars’

I Piper & J Dyke: Tens of thousands of civilians likely killed by US in ‘Forever Wars’

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/31/i-piper-j-dyke-tens-of-thousands-of-civilians-likely-killed-by-us-in-forever-wars/
Oct 31, 202116:02
Jean-Pierre Lehmann: Why the world has to study Chinese history, and how China views history

Jean-Pierre Lehmann: Why the world has to study Chinese history, and how China views history

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/28/jean-pierre-lehmann-why-the-world-has-to-study-chinese-history-and-how-china-views-history/
Oct 28, 202107:20
Farhang Jahanpour: On Arnold Toynbee’s “Civilisation On Trial” today

Farhang Jahanpour: On Arnold Toynbee’s “Civilisation On Trial” today

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/28/farhang-jahanpour-on-arnold-toynbees-civilisation-on-trial-today/
Oct 28, 202115:54
Jan Oberg: Evidently the West cannot live without enemy images. Go see a shrink so we shall all live in peace

Jan Oberg: Evidently the West cannot live without enemy images. Go see a shrink so we shall all live in peace

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/27/jan-oberg-evidently-the-west-cannot-live-without-enemy-images-go-see-a-shrink-so-we-shall-all-live-in-peace/
Oct 27, 202116:16
Eurasia News: China begins the “transformation of capitalism”

Eurasia News: China begins the “transformation of capitalism”

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/11/eurasia-news-china-begins-the-transformation-of-capitalism/
Oct 11, 202107:56
Fourth America is Almost Over — Americans Want a Divorce

Fourth America is Almost Over — Americans Want a Divorce

By Andrew Tanner This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/11/fourth-america-is-almost-over-americans-want-a-divorce/
Oct 11, 202116:41
Josef Gregory Mahoney: “Biden’s approach to China has been a three-headed monster – compete, cooperate, contain”

Josef Gregory Mahoney: “Biden’s approach to China has been a three-headed monster – compete, cooperate, contain”

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/05/josef-gregory-mahoney-bidens-approach-to-china-has-been-a-three-headed-monster-compete-cooperate-contain/
Oct 05, 202115:58
John Avery: Working for peace since 1954

John Avery: Working for peace since 1954

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/05/john-avery-working-for-peace-since-1954/
Oct 05, 202104:21
Peter J. Peverelli: Human rights measured by the dimensions of culture

Peter J. Peverelli: Human rights measured by the dimensions of culture

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/05/peter-j-peverelli-human-rights-measured-by-the-dimensions-of-culture/
Oct 05, 202101:56
Cindy Cohn: ‘Governments Are Spying on the People Who Bring Us the News’

Cindy Cohn: ‘Governments Are Spying on the People Who Bring Us the News’

By Cindy Cohn This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/04/cindy-cohn-governments-are-spying-on-the-people-who-bring-us-the-news/
Oct 04, 202122:34
Jim Lobe: Europeans see US engaged in new cold war but want no part of it

Jim Lobe: Europeans see US engaged in new cold war but want no part of it

By Jim Lobe This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/04/jim-lobe-europeans-see-us-engaged-in-new-cold-war-but-want-no-part-of-it/
Oct 04, 202105:50
CGTN Think Tank survey: 84.6% believe U.S. war against terrorism in Afghanistan has failed

CGTN Think Tank survey: 84.6% believe U.S. war against terrorism in Afghanistan has failed

By CGTN Think Tank, Beijing This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/10/04/cgtn-think-tank-survey-84-6-believe-u-s-war-against-terrorism-in-afghanistan-has-failed/
Oct 04, 202106:42
Blood in the Sand

Blood in the Sand

By Jeffrey Sachs This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/30/blood-in-the-sand/
Sep 30, 202106:24
Neta C. Crawford: Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years

Neta C. Crawford: Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years

By Neta C. Crawford This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/29/neta-c-crawford-calculating-the-costs-of-the-afghanistan-war-in-lives-dollars-and-years/
Sep 29, 202109:52
China a godsend for the US arms industry

China a godsend for the US arms industry

By Alex Lo This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/29/china-a-godsend-for-the-us-arms-industry/
Sep 29, 202108:11
Chas Freeman's views on the US-China relationship and its future

Chas Freeman's views on the US-China relationship and its future

Interview with Chas Freeman
Sep 22, 202120:36
Reclaiming Utopia

Reclaiming Utopia

By Biljana Vankovska This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/16/reclaiming-utopia/
Sep 16, 202108:24
Richard Falk: Everything went wrong in Afghanistan

Richard Falk: Everything went wrong in Afghanistan

By Richard Falk This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/14/richard-falk-everything-went-wrong-in-afghanistan/
Sep 14, 202110:19
September 11 Twenty Years Later: What Should Have Been Done?

September 11 Twenty Years Later: What Should Have Been Done?

By Jan Oberg This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/11/september-11-twenty-years-later-what-should-have-been-done/
Sep 11, 202110:04
Afghanistan: War for the Sake of War

Afghanistan: War for the Sake of War

By Håkan Wiberg This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/09/war-for-the-sake-of-war/
Sep 09, 202123:55
John Pilger: The Great Game of Smashing Nations

John Pilger: The Great Game of Smashing Nations

By John Pilger This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/09/john-pilger-the-great-game-of-smashing-nations/
Sep 09, 202109:47
Better World Info – Platform for Peace Activists

Better World Info – Platform for Peace Activists

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/09/07/better-world-info-platform-for-peace-activists/
Sep 09, 202107:31
The Ides of August

The Ides of August

By Sarah Chayes This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/08/31/the-ides-of-august/
Aug 31, 202114:03
Afghanistan and the CIA heroin ratline

Afghanistan and the CIA heroin ratline

By Pepe Escobar This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/08/27/afghanistan-and-the-cia-heroin-ratline/
Aug 27, 202107:05
Afghanistan and the Mainstream Media Manipulation Methods

Afghanistan and the Mainstream Media Manipulation Methods

By Jan Oberg This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/08/26/afghanistan-and-the-mainstream-media-manipulation-methods/
Aug 26, 202116:11
Pepe Escobar – “Welcome to Pipelineistan!”

Pepe Escobar – “Welcome to Pipelineistan!”

By Pepe Escobar This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/08/25/pepe-escobar-welcome-to-pipelineistan/
Aug 25, 202119:03
What the West gets wrong about China

What the West gets wrong about China

By Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/08/23/what-the-west-gets-wrong-about-china/
Aug 23, 202124:52
US-Afghanistan August 15, 2021: Eight conclusions and the mean words “What was it we said all the time”?

US-Afghanistan August 15, 2021: Eight conclusions and the mean words “What was it we said all the time”?

By Jan Oberg This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/08/17/us-afghanistan-august-15-2021-eight-conclusions-and-the-mean-words-what-was-it-we-said-all-the-time/
Aug 17, 202118:54
Top Nine Policy Recommendations for the U.S. in the wake of Afghanistan Debacle

Top Nine Policy Recommendations for the U.S. in the wake of Afghanistan Debacle

By Farhang Jahanpour This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/08/16/top-nine-policy-recommendations-for-the-u-s-in-the-wake-of-afghanistan-debacle/
Aug 16, 202108:46
Gordon Hahn: The East-West WWIII Tinderbox & Authoritarian-ization of America

Gordon Hahn: The East-West WWIII Tinderbox & Authoritarian-ization of America

By Gordon Hahn This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/08/11/gordon-hahn-the-east-west-wwiii-tinderbox-authoritarian-ization-of-america/
Aug 16, 202103:38
Internal US politics drives country’s conflict, not COVID-19 or China: former Danish diplomat

Internal US politics drives country’s conflict, not COVID-19 or China: former Danish diplomat

By Carsten Bouer Thøgersen This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/08/09/internal-us-politics-drives-countrys-conflict-not-covid-19-or-china-former-danish-diplomat/
Aug 16, 202113:46
Biden cannot counter China with a team that lacks expertise

Biden cannot counter China with a team that lacks expertise

By William H Overhalt This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/07/22/biden-cannot-counter-china-with-a-team-that-lacks-expertise/
Aug 16, 202106:10
Why Western mudslinging has failed to dampen Xinjiang cotton

Why Western mudslinging has failed to dampen Xinjiang cotton

By writers at CGTN - China's  global media service This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/07/22/why-western-mudslinging-has-failed-to-dampen-xinjiang-cotton/
Jul 22, 202105:23
Op-Ed: We don’t need a new Cold War with China

Op-Ed: We don’t need a new Cold War with China

By Andrew Bacevich This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/07/07/op-ed-we-dont-need-a-new-cold-war-with-china/
Jul 15, 202105:21
Why war?

Why war?

New free book by John Scales Avery This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/07/15/why-war/
Jul 15, 202114:24
The Liberal Contempt for Martin Luther King’s Final Year

The Liberal Contempt for Martin Luther King’s Final Year

By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/07/01/the-liberal-contempt-for-martin-luther-kings-final-year/
Jul 01, 202106:16
Life in a time of global civil war: In conversation with Pankaj Mishra

Life in a time of global civil war: In conversation with Pankaj Mishra

By Radmila Nakarada and Jelena Vidojevic This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/07/01/life-in-a-time-of-global-civil-war-in-conversation-with-pankaj-mishra/
Jul 01, 202111:48
The US government must – unconditionally – rejoin the JCPOA if it wants to be a legitimate player

The US government must – unconditionally – rejoin the JCPOA if it wants to be a legitimate player

Intro to a video comment by Jan Oberg This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/06/30/the-us-government-must-unconditionally-rejoin-the-jcpoa-if-it-wants-to-be-a-legitimate-player/
Jun 30, 202100:51
Macedonia’s NATO membership: On the frontline?

Macedonia’s NATO membership: On the frontline?

By Biljana Vankovska This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/06/23/macedonias-nato-membership-on-the-frontline/
Jun 23, 202102:55
Lend Self-Destructive U.S. a Hand

Lend Self-Destructive U.S. a Hand

By Jan Oberg This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/06/22/lend-self-destructive-u-s-a-hand/
Jun 22, 202111:34
Our National Security Elite has China on the Brain: Does that really make us Safer?

Our National Security Elite has China on the Brain: Does that really make us Safer?

Tom Engelhardt This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/06/14/our-national-security-elite-has-china-on-the-brain-does-that-really-make-us-safer/
Jun 14, 202113:09
Survey confirms the world order is shifting, but China can still learn lessons from America

Survey confirms the world order is shifting, but China can still learn lessons from America

By Tom Fowdy This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/06/14/survey-confirms-the-world-order-is-shifting-but-china-can-still-learn-lessons-from-america/
Jun 14, 202105:37
The ‘Strategic Competition Act’ is a dangerous declaration of Cold War on China

The ‘Strategic Competition Act’ is a dangerous declaration of Cold War on China

By Michael D. Swaine This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/06/14/the-strategic-competition-act-is-a-dangerous-declaration-of-cold-war-on-china/
Jun 14, 202108:53
Eisenhower rejected military chiefs’ demand for nuclear war on China, a classified account of ’58 Taiwan Strait crisis reveals

Eisenhower rejected military chiefs’ demand for nuclear war on China, a classified account of ’58 Taiwan Strait crisis reveals

By Gareth Porter TFF Associate This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/06/01/eisenhower-rejected-military-chiefs-demand-for-nuclear-war-on-china-a-classified-account-of-58-taiwan-strait-crisis-reveals/
Jun 01, 202110:35
Risk of Nuclear War Over Taiwan in 1958 Said to Be Greater Than Publicly Known

Risk of Nuclear War Over Taiwan in 1958 Said to Be Greater Than Publicly Known

By Charlie Savage This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/06/01/risk-of-nuclear-war-over-taiwan-in-1958-said-to-be-greater-than-publicly-known/
Jun 01, 202110:30
A Taiwan Crisis May Mark the End of the American Empire

A Taiwan Crisis May Mark the End of the American Empire

By Niall Ferguson This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/06/01/a-taiwan-crisis-may-mark-the-end-of-the-american-empire/
Jun 01, 202103:31
Fame or Shame? Norway, new US bases and the Nobel Peace Prize

Fame or Shame? Norway, new US bases and the Nobel Peace Prize

By Fredrik Heffermehl This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/31/fame-or-shame-norway-new-us-bases-and-the-nobel-peace-prize/
May 31, 202105:09
Biden Budget Would Send $1.3 Billion More to Israeli Military Than to Global Climate Programs: Analysis

Biden Budget Would Send $1.3 Billion More to Israeli Military Than to Global Climate Programs: Analysis

By Kenny Stancil This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/31/biden-budget-would-send-1-3-billion-more-to-israeli-military-than-to-global-climate-programs-analysis/
May 31, 202104:39
Do We Really Want a Second Cold War?

Do We Really Want a Second Cold War?

By Richard Falk, TFF Associate This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/26/do-we-really-want-a-second-cold-war/
May 26, 202123:11
Why We Must Prevent the U.S. From Launching a Hybrid War Against China

Why We Must Prevent the U.S. From Launching a Hybrid War Against China

By Madison Tang and Jodie Evans This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/26/why-we-must-prevent-the-u-s-from-launching-a-hybrid-war-against-china/
May 26, 202107:12
Lessons for the environmental movement from Gandhi

Lessons for the environmental movement from Gandhi

By Raghav Kaushik This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/18/lessons-for-the-environmental-movement-from-gandhi/
May 26, 202109:03
Recalling Gandhi’s Vision of Freedom and Liberty as Creating an Inclusive, Plural, Tolerant India with a Sense of Humour!

Recalling Gandhi’s Vision of Freedom and Liberty as Creating an Inclusive, Plural, Tolerant India with a Sense of Humour!

By V. Suresh This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/18/recalling-gandhis-vision-of-freedom-and-liberty-as-creating-an-inclusive-plural-tolerant-india-with-a-sense-of-humour/
May 18, 202106:39
One way to counter Western Sinophobic Cold and Warm wars on China: Citizens’ bridge-building

One way to counter Western Sinophobic Cold and Warm wars on China: Citizens’ bridge-building

By Jan Oberg This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/18/one-way-to-counter-western-sinophobic-cold-and-warm-wars-on-china-citizens-bridge-building/
May 18, 202106:29
It’s Aggression when ‘they’ do it, but Defence when ‘we’ do worse

It’s Aggression when ‘they’ do it, but Defence when ‘we’ do worse

By Alan Macleod This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/17/its-aggression-when-they-do-it-but-defence-when-we-do-worse/
May 17, 202108:28
Stop the Cold War on China Now And Become Partners – for the Common Good of Humanity

Stop the Cold War on China Now And Become Partners – for the Common Good of Humanity

By Jan Oberg This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/15/stop-the-cold-war-on-china-now-and-become-partners-for-the-common-good-of-humanity/
May 17, 202110:53
TFF’s Xinjiang Report analysis on China’s CCTV

TFF’s Xinjiang Report analysis on China’s CCTV

By Jan Oberg This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/11/tffs-xinjiang-report-analysis-on-chinas-cctv/
May 11, 202102:04
Joe Biden’s Peace Force?

Joe Biden’s Peace Force?

By William Astore This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/11/joe-bidens-peace-force/
May 11, 202114:47
The New Yellow Peril: Sinophobia in the 21st Century

The New Yellow Peril: Sinophobia in the 21st Century

By Tom Fowdy This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/11/the-new-yellow-peril-sinophobia-in-the-21st-century/
May 11, 202111:13
China is not seeking hegemony, here is why

China is not seeking hegemony, here is why

By Tom Fowdy This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/05/china-is-not-seeking-hegemony-here-is-why/
May 05, 202104:19
The cynical hypocrisy of the world’s No1 propagandist: US pledges $300mn to fund massive global anti-China media machine

The cynical hypocrisy of the world’s No1 propagandist: US pledges $300mn to fund massive global anti-China media machine

By Tom Fowdy This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/05/the-cynical-hypocrisy-of-the-worlds-no1-propagandist-us-pledges-300mn-to-fund-massive-global-anti-china-media-machine/
May 05, 202106:47
Ukraine-Russia 2.0 – the larger perspective and how you are fooled by the media

Ukraine-Russia 2.0 – the larger perspective and how you are fooled by the media

By Ray McGovern This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/05/04/ukraine-russia-2-0-the-larger-perspective-and-how-you-are-fooled-by-the-media/
May 04, 202102:41
Reflections on Genocide as the Ultimate Crime

Reflections on Genocide as the Ultimate Crime

By Alfred de Zayas & Richard Falk This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/26/reflections-on-genocide-as-the-ultimate-crime/
Apr 26, 202109:36
Russia and China tell Biden: The old days are over

Russia and China tell Biden: The old days are over

By Tony Kevin This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/26/russia-and-china-tell-biden-the-old-days-are-over/
Apr 26, 202106:53
A Rap on Race: Margaret Mead and James Baldwin’s Rare Conversation on Forgiveness and the Difference Between Guilt and Responsibility

A Rap on Race: Margaret Mead and James Baldwin’s Rare Conversation on Forgiveness and the Difference Between Guilt and Responsibility

By Maria Popova This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/23/a-rap-on-race-margaret-mead-and-james-baldwins-rare-conversation-on-forgiveness-and-the-difference-between-guilt-and-responsibility/
Apr 23, 202120:09
UN’s Most Powerful Political Body Remains Paralyzed Battling a New Cold War

UN’s Most Powerful Political Body Remains Paralyzed Battling a New Cold War

By Thalif Deen This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/23/uns-most-powerful-political-body-remains-paralyzed-battling-a-new-cold-war/
Apr 23, 202109:47
Media Pseudo-Debates and the Silence of Leftist Critics

Media Pseudo-Debates and the Silence of Leftist Critics

By Edward Curtin This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/23/media-pseudo-debates-and-the-silence-of-leftist-critics/
Apr 23, 202118:42
The Assassination and Resurrection of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Assassination and Resurrection of Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Edward Curtin This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/20/the-assassination-and-resurrection-of-martin-luther-king-jr/
Apr 23, 202131:59
China: Key Player in a New World Game

China: Key Player in a New World Game

By Hazel Henderson, TFF Associate This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/20/china-key-player-in-a-new-world-game/
Apr 20, 202115:56
Humanity Has Reached a Critical Decade

Humanity Has Reached a Critical Decade

By John Scales Avery This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/16/humanity-has-reached-a-critical-decade/
Apr 16, 202109:07
The future has arrived

The future has arrived

By Ellyn Kaschak This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/16/the-future-has-arrived/
Apr 16, 202106:53
The Origins of a Distinguished Diplomatic Career and the U.S.-China Fight for Primacy. BPR Interviews Chas Freeman

The Origins of a Distinguished Diplomatic Career and the U.S.-China Fight for Primacy. BPR Interviews Chas Freeman

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/09/the-origins-of-a-distinguished-diplomatic-career-and-the-u-s-china-fight-for-primacy-bpr-interviews-chas-freeman/
Apr 09, 202116:23
Leading not by force but by example – really, Tony Blinken?

Leading not by force but by example – really, Tony Blinken?

By Edward Lozansky This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/08/leading-not-by-force-but-by-example-really-tony-blinken/
Apr 08, 202106:42
Statement of Concern: The OPCW investigation of alleged chemical weapons use in Douma, Syria

Statement of Concern: The OPCW investigation of alleged chemical weapons use in Douma, Syria

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/06/statement-of-concern-the-opcw-investigation-of-alleged-chemical-weapons-use-in-douma-syria/
Apr 06, 202117:27
Peaceful societies are not utopian fantasy. They exist.

Peaceful societies are not utopian fantasy. They exist.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/06/peaceful-societies-are-not-utopian-fantasy-they-exist/
Apr 06, 202111:21
Dirty Business As Usual: New CIA Director Burns Confirmed by Unanimous Vote in Senate

Dirty Business As Usual: New CIA Director Burns Confirmed by Unanimous Vote in Senate

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/06/dirty-business-as-usual-new-cia-director-burns-confirmed-by-unanimous-vote-in-senate/
Apr 06, 202132:11
How it happened: Transcript of the US-China opening remarks in Alaska

How it happened: Transcript of the US-China opening remarks in Alaska

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/04/06/how-it-happened-transcript-of-the-us-china-opening-remarks-in-alaska/
Apr 06, 202128:23
How Law Made Neoliberalism

How Law Made Neoliberalism

By Jedediah Britton-Purdy, Amy Kapczynski, David Singh Grewal This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/29/how-law-made-neoliberalism/
Mar 29, 202122:49
Trump & Biden’s Secret Bombing Wars

Trump & Biden’s Secret Bombing Wars

By Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/29/trump-bidens-secret-bombing-wars/
Mar 29, 202109:26
America’s Forever Wars Have Come Back Home

America’s Forever Wars Have Come Back Home

B Stephen M. Walt This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/22/americas-forever-wars-have-come-back-home/
Mar 22, 202109:12
The U.S. is Not a Democracy, It Never Was

The U.S. is Not a Democracy, It Never Was

By Gabriel Rockhill This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/22/the-u-s-is-not-a-democracy-it-never-was/
Mar 22, 202112:40
The inhuman, immoral and illegal sanctions on the Iranian people

The inhuman, immoral and illegal sanctions on the Iranian people

By Jan Oberg & John Bosnitsch This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/17/the-inhuman-immoral-and-illegal-sanctions-on-the-iranian-people/
Mar 22, 202101:17
The Guns of August – Lowering the Flag on the American Century • By Chalmers Johnson

The Guns of August – Lowering the Flag on the American Century • By Chalmers Johnson

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/17/the-guns-of-august-lowering-the-flag-on-the-american-century/
Mar 17, 202111:13
75th Anniversary of “The Long Telegram”: Was George F. Kennan’s Assessment of the Soviet Union Accurate?

75th Anniversary of “The Long Telegram”: Was George F. Kennan’s Assessment of the Soviet Union Accurate?

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/15/75th-anniversary-of-the-long-telegram-was-george-f-kennans-assessment-of-the-soviet-union-accurate/
Mar 15, 202127:52
Silently disciplining research - About the demise of peace research at PRIO - By Ola Tunander

Silently disciplining research - About the demise of peace research at PRIO - By Ola Tunander

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/11/silently-disciplining-research/
Mar 11, 202122:10
Richard Falk’s memoires: ‘Public Intellectual: The Life Of A Citizen Pilgrim’ – Book Review by Eric Walgren

Richard Falk’s memoires: ‘Public Intellectual: The Life Of A Citizen Pilgrim’ – Book Review by Eric Walgren

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/10/richard-falks-memoires-public-intellectual-the-life-of-a-citizen-pilgrim-book-review/
Mar 10, 202123:47
Gandhi’s relevance in the time of global crises

Gandhi’s relevance in the time of global crises

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/09/gandhis-relevance-in-the-time-of-global-crises/
Mar 10, 202117:35
Why Socialism? By Albert Einstein - Wisdom from 1949

Why Socialism? By Albert Einstein - Wisdom from 1949

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/09/why-socialism/
Mar 10, 202115:02
The West portrays itself as a defender of human rights, but does it still have a right to moral leadership?

The West portrays itself as a defender of human rights, but does it still have a right to moral leadership?

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/04/the-west-portrays-itself-as-a-defender-of-human-rights-but-does-it-still-have-a-right-to-moral-leadership/
Mar 10, 202101:37
A Treasure on Persian Culture: Farhang Jahanpour's homepage

A Treasure on Persian Culture: Farhang Jahanpour's homepage

By Jan Oberg & Farhang Jahanpour • This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/02/23/15982/
Mar 02, 202103:36
US Sanctions Have Caused Iranians Untold Misery – And Achieved Nothing

US Sanctions Have Caused Iranians Untold Misery – And Achieved Nothing

By Negar Mortazavi and Sina Toossi • This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/02/25/us-sanctions-have-caused-iranians-untold-misery-and-achieved-nothing/
Mar 02, 202108:53
Martin Luther King Jr. spent the last year of his life detested by the liberal establishment

Martin Luther King Jr. spent the last year of his life detested by the liberal establishment

By Zaid Jilani • This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/02/22/martin-luther-king-jr-spent-the-last-year-of-his-life-detested-by-the-liberal-establishment/
Mar 02, 202112:05
The Light in Darkness - Mahatma Gandhi’s message with reference to Japan today

The Light in Darkness - Mahatma Gandhi’s message with reference to Japan today

By Ayako Uno • This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/02/17/the-light-in-darkness-mahatma-gandhis-message-with-reference-to-japan-today/
Mar 02, 202122:42
Goodbye Peace - Worldmoires. And online book project you may follow

Goodbye Peace - Worldmoires. And online book project you may follow

By Jan Oberg • This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/01/24/goodbye-peace/
Mar 02, 202100:58
Martin Luther King’s Warning of America’s Spiritual Death

Martin Luther King’s Warning of America’s Spiritual Death

By Dr. Gary G. Kohls • This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/02/09/martin-luther-kings-warning-of-americas-spiritual-death/
Mar 02, 202112:57
The path to ending our global chaos is through the UN

The path to ending our global chaos is through the UN

By Mona Ali Khalil • This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/02/15/the-path-to-ending-our-global-chaos-is-through-the-un/
Mar 02, 202105:32
Why we need to move closer to King’s understanding of nonviolence

Why we need to move closer to King’s understanding of nonviolence

By Kazu Haga • This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/02/09/why-we-need-to-move-closer-to-kings-understanding-of-nonviolence/
Mar 02, 202111:60
Memoir sketch: Championing lost causes

Memoir sketch: Championing lost causes

By Richard Falk This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/02/02/memoir-sketch-championing-lost-causes/
Mar 02, 202112:60
The Fall of the American Empire on a Failing Planet

The Fall of the American Empire on a Failing Planet

By Tom Engelhardt This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/02/02/the-fall-of-the-american-empire-on-a-failing-planet/
Mar 02, 202114:47
Peace Studies: Inspiration, Objectives, Achievement

Peace Studies: Inspiration, Objectives, Achievement

By Johan Galtung This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/02/15/peace-studies-inspiration-objectives-achievement/
Mar 02, 202109:01
Lord Macartney, China, and the convenient lies of history

Lord Macartney, China, and the convenient lies of history

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/02/25/lord-macartney-china-and-the-convenient-lies-of-history/
Mar 02, 202109:43
Comment on the Iranian Supreme Leader's statement about the nuclear deal

Comment on the Iranian Supreme Leader's statement about the nuclear deal

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/01/comment-on-the-iranian-supreme-leaders-statement-about-the-nuclear-deal/
Mar 02, 202100:33
Unless miracles happen, Iran will soon be bombed

Unless miracles happen, Iran will soon be bombed

Author Jan Oberg This episode is also available as a blog post: https://transnational.live/2021/03/01/unless-miracles-happen-iran-will-soon-be-bombed/
Mar 02, 202111:18