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Glenn Diesen – Greater Eurasia Podcast

Russian foreign policy, Geoeconomics & Eurasian integration
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Ian Proud: Coalition of the Unwilling Threatens Russia Sep 17, 2025

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Ian Proud argues that the Europeans are stuck in a pattern of doubling down on failed policies toward Russia, and he explores the roots of this lack of political imagination. Proud was a member of His Majesty's Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. Ian was a senior officer at the British Embassy in Moscow from July 2014 to February 2019, at a time when UK-Russia relations were particularly tense. He performed a number of roles in Moscow, including as Head of Chancery, Economic Counsellor - in charge of advising UK Ministers on economic sanctions - Chair of the Crisis Committee, Director of the Diplomatic Academy for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and Vice Chair of the Board at the Anglo-American School. Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen:Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_DiesenPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesenSupport the channel: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Diesen79Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdiesengGo Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f

Dmitry Polyanskiy: Drones in Poland & Preventing Nuclear War Sep 16, 2025

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Dmitry Polyanskiy is the First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations. Polyanskiy argues that the drones entering Poland were a Ukrainian false-flag operation that threatens escalation. The Russia-US diplomacy is not limited to the proxy war in Ukraine, as arms control agreements are collapsing and success at these talks is vital to prevent nuclear war.Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen:Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_DiesenPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesenSupport the channel:PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Diesen79Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdiesengGo Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f

Douglas Macgregor: 500 Years of Dominance Have Come to an End Sep 15, 2025

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Douglas Macgregor is a retired Colonel and former advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Defense. Col. Magregor argues that we are living in historic times as the era of Western dominance has come to an end. If the West wants to thrive, it must adjust to how the world actually and abandon hegemonic dreams.Join the National Conversation: https://www.thenationalconversation.org/events/the-national-conversation-with-col-macgregor Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen:Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_DiesenPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesenSupport the channel: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Diesen79Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdiesengGo Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f

Lawrence Wilkerson: America Is Retrenching & Alliances Fall Apart Sep 13, 2025

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Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired Colonel in the US Army and the former Chief of Staff to the US Secretary of State. Colonel Wilkerson that leaked documents of American retrenchment are likely real, which will greatly impact the world. Israel's attack on Qatar demonstrates that the US will not keep its Gulf allies safe, and the US is also preparing to let the Europeans organise their own security.Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen:Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_DiesenPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesenSupport the channel:PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Diesen79Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdiesengGo Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f

Jacques Baud: The West Is Dying From Ideological Fundamentalism Sep 12, 2025

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Colonel Jacques Baud is a former military intelligence analyst in the Swiss Army and the author of many books. Baud discusses the inability of the West to adjust to the changing international distribution of power. The greatest change defining our time is the end of Western dominance in the international system, and the unanswered question is: How can the Political West position itself in the post-hegemonic world? The failure to address this question will continue to fuel chaos and collapse.Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen:Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_DiesenPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesenSupport the channel: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Diesen79Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdiesengGo Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f

Chas Freeman: The Old World Is Dying, the New World Struggles to Be Born Sep 11, 2025

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Ambassador Chas Freeman discusses the dramatic shift from the optimism of the 1990s to the chaos and decay of the current era. How are the major powers adjusting to a world undergoing rapid change?Ambassador Freeman is a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense (1993-94), earning the highest public service awards of the Department of Defense for his roles in designing a NATO-centered post-Cold War European security system and in reestablishing defense and military relations with China. He served as U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm). He was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the historic U.S. mediation of Namibian independence from South Africa and Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola. Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen:Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_DiesenPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesenSupport the channel: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Diesen79Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdiesengGo Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f

Alex Krainer: Economic Collapse & Civil War Fears in Europe Sep 11, 2025

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Alex Krainer is a market analyst, author & former hedge fund manager. Krainer discusses the economic crisis in Europe and growing fears of Civil War in places like France and the UK.Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen:Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_DiesenPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesenSupport the channel: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Diesen79Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdiesengGo Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f

Mike Benz: How NGOs and the CIA Hijacked Ukraine Sep 10, 2025

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Mike Benz is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. State Department and the current Executive Director of the Foundation for Freedom Online. Benz discusses how the intelligence agencies use "non-governmental organisations" (NGOs) to hijack the civil society of other states, and how the US and its partners seized control over Ukraine. Benz has also given interviews to Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan, Russel Brand and others.Support the channel: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Diesen79Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdiesengGo Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f

Brian Berletic: NATO Panics as Ukraine Frontlines Collapse Sep 09, 2025

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Brian Berletic is a former US Marine, author, international relations expert and host of the New Atlas. Berletic discusses the collapse of the frontlines in Ukraine, which results in NATO simultaneously seeking to escalate and pushing for a freeze on the frontlines.

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Seyed M. Marandi: Expect Strategic Ambiguity on Iran's Nuclear Program Sep 08, 2025

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Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a professor at Tehran University and a former advisor to Iran's Nuclear Negotiation Team. Prof. Marandi argues that it is reasonable to expect more strategic ambiguity on Iran's nuclear program as a result of the attack on Iran and the possibility of future attacks.Support the channel: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Diesen79Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdiesengGo Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f

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