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

George Beebe is director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute. Beebe was the former director of the CIA’s Russia analysis and a staff advisor on Russia matters to Vice President Cheney. Beebe outlines why Trump shou…

Ray McGovern discusses the US position in a rapidly changing world. The Trump administration is in a position to change an unsustainable militaristic foreign policy, yet it can also trigger another world war. McGovern wa…

Professor Geoffrey Roberts is a renowned historian focusing primarily on the Second World War and the Cold War. Professor Roberts discusses how historical narratives are used in politics. Why does Putin's political speec…

Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired Colonel in the US Army and the former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell. Colonel Wilkerson outlines how US foreign policy became increasingly radicalised over the past three decades, and now…

Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a professor at Tehran University and a former advisor to Iran's Nuclear Negotiation Team. Prof. Marandi outlines the damage inflicted on Iran, the deception of the US at the negotiation table, a…

Alex Krainer is a market analyst, author & former hedge fund manager. Krainer discusses the irrationality of the surprise attack on Iran, which has placed Israel and the US in the predictable dilemma of either a humiliat…

Scott Ritter is a former US Marine, Intelligence Officer & UN Weapons Inspector. Ritter outlines the extent of Israels surprise attack on Iran and what will likely be the consequences.Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen:Substack:…

Indian Ambassador M.K. Bhadrakumar argues that Trump's words do not match his actions. It is extremely unlikely that the US was not involved in the attack on Russia's nuclear forces, and Bhadrakumar argues that the failu…

Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute & Chairman of Asia Narratives. America's unpredictable and aggressive economic behaviour over the past decade is indicative of decline and efforts to reverse its former…

Broadcasting from Georgia, I discuss with Alexander Mercouris and Ian Proud the security challenges of Georgia as a small country on the border of large powers. Russia has legitimate security concerns from Russia, althou…

Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi argues that the attack on Russia's nuclear forces complicates a US-Iran nuclear deal, as any transparency on Iran's part becomes a vulnerability. Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen:Substack: https://g…

Mariam Lashkhi is a representative of the Georgian Dream Party and a member of the Georgian Parliament.A strong civil society is required as a balance to state power in a healthy democracy. However, what happens when civ…

Dmitry Polyanskiy is the First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations. Polyanskiy outlines that talks with the US, which have been moving slowly after many difficult years, can po…

Ulrike Guérot is one of the leading German political scientists and experts on Europe. Guérot outlines how European academia began to change after the global financial crisis (2008-09) as the crisis resulted in reduced a…

Colonel Douglas Macgregor discusses how Russia responds to the attack on its nuclear forces, and decline of NATOFollow Prof. Glenn Diesen:Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_DiesenPa…