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

The TransnationalMar 10, 2021

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Bryce Greene: What You Should Really Know About Ukraine
Mar 31, 202219:48
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”
Mar 10, 202221:12
Robert Wright: In Defense of Whataboutism
Mar 07, 202205:14
Kevin Gosztola: The Inevitability Of Russia’s Attack On Ukraine
Mar 07, 202209:44
Anatol Lieven: 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!
Mar 04, 202212:08
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
Feb 16, 202207:06
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
Feb 10, 202211:11
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
Jan 27, 202204:20
Scott Ritter: 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?
Dec 09, 202109:53
Jan Oberg: The Nobel Peace Prize 2021 Scandal – How it fits CIA and the US ‘democracy”s global media war
Dec 09, 202113:47
Jan Oberg: My columns at China Daily & other Chinese media
Dec 05, 202108:20
William Astore: America’s abyss of weapons and warmaking
Dec 05, 202113:18
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
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"
Nov 18, 202106:33
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?
Nov 18, 202109:12
Peter McKillop: Xi Jinping says it’s 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
Oct 31, 202113:09
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
Oct 28, 202107:20
Farhang Jahanpour: On Arnold Toynbee’s “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
Oct 27, 202116:16
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”
Oct 05, 202115:58
John Avery: Working for peace since 1954
Oct 05, 202104:21
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