Join us for the March 23, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Saturday, we mapped 81 events, including Japan, South Korea, and China discussing cooperation in Tokyo.由Geopolitical Report

US Vice President JD Vance gave a speech about globalization that inadvertently revealed the truth about the US empire, the goal behind the new cold war on China, the economics of imperialism, and how the Trump administration is serving billionaire Big Tech oligarchs in Silicon Valley at the expense of the working class. Ben Norton explains.VIDEO: …

Join us for the March 22, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Friday, we mapped 60 events, including airstrikes in Somalia and Sudanese forces making gains in Khartoum.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 21, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Thursday, we mapped 78 events, including the expansion of Israeli ground operations in Gaza and M23 taking another town in the DRC.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 20, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Wednesday, we mapped 62 events, including the resumption of Israeli ground operations in Gaza, and continuing strikes in Yemen.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 19, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Tuesday, we mapped 90 events, including Trump and Putin holding a phone call to discuss a ceasefire on energy and infrastructure targets, and the resumption of heavy strikes in Gaza.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 18, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Monday, we mapped 57 events, including the Philippines inflicting casualties on NPA rebels and Maute militants.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 17, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Sunday, we mapped 50 events, including massive protests driving a response from the president in Serbia.由Geopolitical Report

Donald Trump has threatened to colonize Greenland and make it a US territory, even though 85% of people there oppose this. Ben Norton explains the geopolitical and economic reasons: the USA wants to block China from the Arctic region and to profit from the territory's natural resources, especially critical minerals.VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/wa…

Join us for the March 16, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Saturday, we mapped 59 events, including US airstrikes targeting the Houthis in Yemen.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 15, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Thursday, we mapped 57 events, including South Korea's consideration of an independent nuclear arsenal.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 14, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Thursday, we mapped 65 events, including Putin's response to the ceasefire deal and more sanctions being imposed on Iranian interests.由Geopolitical Report

The United States is the biggest arms dealer on Earth, responsible for 43% of the world’s weapons exports from 2020 to 2024. The US transferred seven times more than China, and five times more than Russia. Ben Norton explains how the military-industrial complex profits from war.VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVFvEmhey_kSources and links her…

Join us for the March 13, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Wednesday, we mapped 47 events, including Duterte's arrest on an ICC warrant, and Iran receiving a letter from US President Donald Trump asking for nuclear negotiations.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 12, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Tuesday, we mapped 57 events, including the US-Ukraine meeting in Jeddah and the agreement on a proposed ceasefire.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 11, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Monday, we mapped 71 events, including the Syrian transitional government pledging to look into the massacre over the past weekend, as well as SDF agreeing to join the transitional government.由Geopolitical Report

Can the Donald Trump administration really end the Ukraine war? What is Russia's view? Why did the US fuel the conflict in the first place? These issues are discussed by political economist Radhika Desai, Russia expert Richard Sakwa, and China-based economic geographer Mick Dunford.VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR3_KKf6kUYThis is part of t…

Join us for the March 10, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Sunday, we mapped 54 events, including the US talking to Hamas and Israel cutting electricity to Gaza.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 9, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Saturday, we mapped 55 events, including Poland's plan to train all men for war and continued fighting in coastal Syria.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 8, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Friday, we mapped 61 events, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni proposing an extension of NATO Article 5 protections to Ukraine.由Geopolitical Report

Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is a self-declared “crusader” who believes the USA is in a “holy war” against China, the left, and Islam. “Communist China will fall”, he vowed in his 2020 book “American Crusade”, promising, “Israel and America will form an even tighter bond, fighting the scourge of Islamism and international leftism t…

Join us for the March 7, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Thursday, we mapped 46 events, including France exploring expanding nuclear deterrence to Europe.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 6, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Wednesday, we mapped 46 events, including China saying they are ready for any type of war with the US, while the US pauses intel for Ukraine.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 5, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Tuesday, we mapped 53 events, including the Israel and Hamas statements on the ceasefire.由Geopolitical Report

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, is buying the ports on both sides of the Panama Canal, after Donald Trump threatened the Latin American country and forced it to pressure a Hong Kong company to sell its stake. Ben Norton discusses how the US government is trying to weaken China -- and strengthen Wall Street oligarchs.VIDEO: https://www…

Join us for the March 4, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Monday, we mapped 39 events, including the Iranian VP's resignation and more Trump criticism of Zelenskyy.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 3, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Sunday, we mapped 46 events, including Israel's decision to stop allowing aid to enter Gaza and the responses to that decision.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 2, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Saturday, we mapped 46 events, including more comments from Trump and Zelenskyy on their Oval Office argument.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the March 1, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Friday, we mapped 41 events, including China's combat patrol around Scarborough Shoal and Zelenskyy's cold reception at the White House.由Geopolitical Report

Donald Trump's fight with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House reflected how the US treats Ukraine as a colony. Trump is demanding control of the country's rare earths and critical minerals, to weaken China, re-industrialize, and make new technologies. Trump wants to be paid $350 billion, roughly twice Ukraine's GDP. Ben Norton di…

Join us for the February 28, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Thursday, we mapped 50 events, including a deadly attack at a M23 rally in Bukavu, and Abdullah Ocalan calling on the PKK to disarm.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the February 27, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Wednesday, we mapped 55 events, including more aggressive Chinese military activity around Taiwan.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the February 26, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Tuesday, we mapped 54 events, including Russia trying to undercut mineral discussions between the US and Ukraine, and more Chinese maritime activity.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the February 25, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Monday, we mapped 35 events, including China's reaffirmation of support for Russia, and a failed US resolution in the United Nations.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the February 24, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Sunday, we mapped 50 events, including the CDU's victory in Germany's election and China's response to Australia and New Zealand regarding their live-fire exercises.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the February 23, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Saturday, we mapped 46 events, including six hostages being released by Hamas and a second day of live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the February 22, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Friday, we mapped 63 events, including China's bad behavior in the South China Sea and Tasman Sea and disinformation impacting the upcoming German Election.由Geopolitical Report

The US government's talks with Russia are more about China than Ukraine. Donald Trump admitted he wants to "un-unite" Russia and China, in a reverse of the divide-and-conquer strategy used by Nixon and Kissinger in the 1970s. Can Trump do it? Ben Norton explains why the United States sees China as the main threat to its global imperial dominance.VI…

Join us for the February 21, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Thursday, we mapped 54 events, including Australia and New Zealand monitoring Chinese ships off the coast of Sydney.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the February 20, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Wednesday, we mapped 52 events, including exchanges between US and Ukrainian leaders that raised some eyebrows.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the February 19, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Tuesday, we mapped 54 events, including updates on the US-Russia and Israel-Hamas negotiations.由Geopolitical Report

Argentina's President Javier Milei, a self-declared libertarian and "anarcho-capitalist", is promoting crypto scams and overseeing rapid deindustrialization. Manufacturing and construction are collapsing, while the financial sector, mining, and agriculture grow. Donald Trump and Elon Musk praise Milei, as the majority of Argentines live in poverty.…

Join us for the February 18, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Monday, we mapped 56 events, including Chinese anger over some new changes on the US State Department website.由Geopolitical Report

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Join us for the February 16, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Saturday, we mapped 59 events, several events in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the violence intensified.由Geopolitical Report

It's now widely acknowledged we are in a multipolar world, but the definition of "multipolarity" is not clear. Donald Trump and Marco Rubio think it means a return to great power competition with imperial spheres of influence, whereas China and much of the Global South say "equality among all countries regardless of size". Ben Norton explains the g…

Join us for the February 15, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Friday, we mapped 59 events, including a warning from the US INDOPACOM commander and updates from the Munich Security Conference.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the February 14, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Thursday, we mapped 72 events, including Europe pushing back on US plans for Ukraine negotiations and movement on a Russian base in Sudan.由Geopolitical Report

Join us for the February 13, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Wednesday, we mapped 72 events, including the US move toward negotiation with Russia over the war in Ukraine.由Geopolitical Report

Why has the price of gold been increasing so fast, breaking records? Economist Michael Hudson explains the politics of the precious metal, and the dynamics of the US dollar system. He is interviewed by Ben Norton.VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bvr2SZm-NMTranscript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/02/13/politics-gold-price-economist-mi…