The Think Tank Racket - Prog. Glenn Diesen on Groong Podcast

After the collapse of the ancient Silk Road, the European maritime powers began connecting the world in the early 16th century. After 500 years of a Western-centric world, Russia, China and other Eurasian powers are conn…

Colonel Jacques Baud is a former military intelligence analyst in the Swiss Army and the author of many books. Colonel Baud discusses the strategic vacuum in the EU, why there is a panic and foolish decisions are made, a…

Robert Barnes is an American lawyer, free speech champion, and political commentator. Barnes discusses why populism and resistance to the concentration of power in an elite are at the centre of the American experience, a…

Sean Foo is a financial analyst and a China expert. Foo discusses the US sanctions on Russia's oil, Netherlands seizure of China-owned Nexperia, debt crisis, restrictions on rare earth minerals and the collapsing AI bubb…

Dr. Gilbert Doctorow discusses how Russia allowed its deterrence to be weakened in the hope of finding a political settlement with Trump. As NATO escalates and the diplomatic path has died, pressure mounts on Putin to re…

Ambassador Chas Freeman discusses the current historical time we live through, as the foundations for 500 years of dominance come to an end. Ambassador Freeman was a former Assistant Secretary of Defense, earning the hig…

Scott Ritter is a former Major, Intelligence Officer, US Marine, and UN Weapons Inspector. Ritter argues that as NATO (especially Britain) continues to escalate and diplomacy goes nowhere, Russia will be more prepared to…

Lieutenant General Bertrand de La Chesnais of the French Armed Forces served in many operational theatres and had several high-level roles within the French military establishment. Lieutenant General Bertrand de La Chesn…

Douglas Macgregor is a retired Colonel and former senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Defense. Col. Macgregor argues that Trump is becoming more unhinged, Europe is fragmenting, and NATO escalates the war on Russia t…

Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute and a Senior Fellow at CIGI. Tangen discusses how China made its supply chains immune to economic coercions and, at the same time, has powerful economic weapons at its o…

George Beebe is Director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute, and the former CIA Director for Russia Analysis. Beebe argues that the window of opportunity for an agreement that ends NATO expansionism is closing, an…

Prof. Sachs discusses the window of opportunity for a peaceful settlement being closed as the Europeans reacted fiercely to the Trump-Putin meeting in Budapest. Prof. Jeffrey Sachs has advised governments around the worl…

Alex Krainer is a market analyst, author & former hedge fund manager. Krainer discusses how European militarism and obsession with the war against Russia have intensified Europe's economic decline and descent into irrele…

Jennifer Kavanagh discusses the view from Kiev following a recent visit and meeting with senior political representatives. Kavanagh is a Senior Fellow and Director of Military Analysis at Defense Priorities and an Adjunc…

Ambassador Carnelos discusses how the Europeans have become increasingly irrelevant, destructive and subservient in the Middle East. Marco Carnelos is a former Ambassador to Iraq and a former Special Envoy for Syria and…