Geopolitical Economy Report

The war on Iran is part of a larger attempt by the US empire to reverse the decline of Western hegemony and recolonize the Global South. After invading Venezuela, Donald Trump wants to "take" Cuba, Greenland, and Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel is annexing the West Bank and colonizing southern Lebanon. Ben Norton explains the imperialist plan. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xa_Kahzhic Topics 0:00 Geopolitical context of Iran war 0:37 (CLIP) Trump vows to expand US empire 0:56 Plans to expand US empire 1:21 Colonial Donroe Doctrine 2:13 (CLIP) Trump wants Venezuela's oil 2:32 US military attacks Latin America 3:17 Lula: "They want to colonize...

A top advisor to Donald Trump, billionaire venture capitalist David Sacks, warned that, if the war on Iran continues, "Israel could just be destroyed", or it could even use a nuclear weapon. Ben Norton explains how Washington sabotaged multiple peace deals and negotiations with Tehran, putting the world on the path toward catastrophe. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo9IHy0y8mo Topics 0:00 (CLIP) US official warns of nuclear war 0:22 Israel's nuclear weapons 2:04 UN vote against nukes in Middle East 3:00 US hypocrisy on Israel & Iran 3:34 Trump advisor David Sacks 4:55 (CLIP) Trump advisor on Israel & Iran 6:04 David Sacks, Silicon...

In response to the US-Israeli war, Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz, the most important oil chokepoint on Earth, causing energy prices to skyrocket. However, Tehran is allowing Chinese tankers through, and says other ships can pass if they agree to sell oil in China's currency, the renminbi (aka yuan). Iran is also targeting offices of major American corporations, and wants to force them out of the Middle East (West Asia), while trying to expel US military bases. Ben Norton explains how this war affects the petrodollar system, and the dominance of the dollar as the global reserve currency. ...

Why is the USA waging war on Iran? It's not just because of Israel. Washington wants to control the oil of the Middle East (West Asia) to maintain the petrodollar system. The Trump admin fears the dedollarization movement's challenge to the global reserve currency, which is the US empire's most powerful tool. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcXrvKVsPV8 Topics 0:00 Iran war, US & Israel 0:32 World War I analogy 1:47 Middle East wars 2:56 Oil reserves 3:51 (CLIP) Trump wants Venezuela's oil 4:14 Oil blockade of Cuba 4:59 Strait of Hormuz 5:40 Trump admin targets Iran's oil 6:06 (CLIP) US wants "to get all...

After the US and Israel attacked Iran, Tehran's strategy of asymmetric warfare is clear: it closed the Strait of Hormuz and is attacking energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf, causing global oil and natural gas prices to skyrocket, crashing stock markets, fueling inflation, and provoking an economic crisis that will hurt the USA and its allies. The conflict has also become a battle of attrition. Iran is using cheap missiles and drones to deplete the defense interceptors of neighboring countries, which will be very difficult to replace, due to deindustrialization, despite Trump administration efforts to boost production. Ben Norton explains. ...

The US and Israel are bombing schools and hospitals in Iran. This is not an accident. War Secretary Pete Hegseth admitted they want to unleash as much "death and destruction" as possible. Their goal is total collapse of Iran's state and society. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dAY9J6aAr0 Topics 0:00 (CLIP) US secretary of war on Iran 0:27 Schools & hospitals bombed in Iran 2:14 US-Israeli war violates international law 3:45 Iran was NOT preparing to attack USA 4:30 (CLIP) IAEA chief on nuclear weapons 4:53 Trump admin boasts of "unfair fight" 5:22 (CLIP) "Punching them while they're down" 5:49 Sadistic rhetoric 6:18...

After launching a war of aggression against Iran, Trump and Netanyahu are attacking more countries. Israel invaded Lebanon and besieged Gaza. US soldiers are fighting in Ecuador and shooting Pakistani protesters. Trump even threatened an embargo on Spain, demanding to use its military bases. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3mU2qgYUcE Check out our related video - The US-Israeli war on Iran is based on lies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_xGgeV_9rw Topics 0:00 US-Israeli war on Iran expands 0:36 Iran hits US bases in Middle East 0:54 Oil price & Strait of Hormuz 1:24 US...

The US-Israeli war on Iran is expanding into a global conflict. The European Union supports it. The UK is letting Trump use British bases. Germany and France are involved. Canada backs it. Tehran has retaliated, in self-defense, hitting US military bases in Gulf countries. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un25sqF6tnU Topics 0:00 US-Israeli war on Iran expands 0:46 Pentagon admits war is based on lies 2:54 France, Germany, UK join war 3:36 USA is using British bases 4:44 Iran retaliates in self-defense 5:48 Iran hits US bases in Middle East 6:20 US casualties 6:42 CIA coup installed Iran's shah 7:22 USA wants...

The United States and Israel are waging a war of aggression against Iran. This is not about nuclear weapons; it's about imperialism. Trump and Netanyahu admitted they want regime change in Tehran. They want to overthrow the revolutionary government and put a puppet in power, like the former shah. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_xGgeV_9rw Topics 0:00 USA & Israel bomb Iran 1:21 (CLIP) Trump threatens Iran's military 1:49 (CLIP) Trump calls for regime change 2:33 Iran retaliates, hitting US bases 3:26 Iran is not Venezuela, or Iraq 4:18 (CLIP) Trump fears US casualties 4:52 Israel's PM Netanyahu 6:08 US empire's plans...

Cold War Two is transforming the global political system. Two distinct visions are competing: The US seeks to revive colonialism and imperialist "spheres of influence", using force to restore Western hegemony. China wants a multipolar order based on peace, sovereign equality, and win-win cooperation. Ben Norton analyzes speeches by officials from both countries. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqhLXjvTRsw Sources and links here: https://www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/us-unipolarity-china-multipolarity-vision-global-order Topics 0:00 (CLIP) China proposes multipolar order 0:30 Cold War Two 1:13 Comparing visions of USA and China 2:49 (CLIP) Stephen Miller: Might makes right 3:39 US imperialist model 5:18 (CLIP) Marco Rubio's pro-colonialist speech 7:13...

The Second Cold War that the United States is waging against China includes a trade war, tech war, and now a mineral war. In alliance with Silicon Valley Big Tech corporations, the US government is trying to recruit countries into Pax Silica, a coalition to create a new global supply chain for critical minerals that cuts out China. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHHeug0APxk Topics 0:00 Cold War Two against China 0:30 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat" 1:33 Trade war 2:26 Why China won the trade war 3:25 Critical mineral supply chain 4:10 Trump plans to restart trade war 4:47...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered an overtly pro-colonialist speech at the Munich Security Conference in which he praised "the great Western empires" and said North America and Europe should unite to recolonize the Global South. Ben Norton reports on the increasing desperation of the imperialist West as its global dominance declines. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mWRy7A1cJI Topics 0:00 (CLIP) Marco Rubio praises colonialism 1:13 From colonialism to decolonization 2:17 Western colonies today 3:24 USA wants to reverse decolonization 4:30 Marco Rubio's pro-colonialist speech 6:06 (CLIP) Rubio loves "great Western empires" 6:58 Demonizing anti-colonial movements 7:55 (CLIP) US plan to reverse West's...

The Donald Trump administration has imposed an extreme oil blockade to prevent Cuba from getting fuel from any country. Marco Rubio wants to collapse the economy, causing millions of civilians to starve and suffer in order to overthrow the revolutionary Cuban government. Ben Norton explains the monstrous history of US imperialism and its siege of Cuba. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ykeYsIRqKQ Topics 0:00 US oil blockade of Cuba 1:09 USA starves Cuban women & children 2:23 Interview with Cuban mother 3:57 Far-right Miami Congress members 4:40 Shutting down Cuba's free universities 5:41 US blockade is illegal 6:06 Trump threatens tariffs on oil sellers 6:40 US empire...

The USA is waging a new cold war on China, and trying to recruit countries in the Asia-Pacific region to join it. Vietnam refuses, and is making plans for a potential second war with the United States. Ben Norton explains the complex geopolitics of Southeast Asia and the US empire's strategy. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NncakfDmrxU Topics 0:00 Cold War Two against China 1:00 Vietnam's "bamboo diplomacy" 2:18 Vietnam prepares for new war with USA 4:07 US-Vietnam relations 5:38 Fears of US interventionism 7:22 US National Security Strategy 8:10 Monroe (Donroe) Doctrine 9:08 US "Indo-Pacific" strategy 10:55 US imperialism 12:51 China-Vietnam relations 13:38 Non-Aligned Movement 14:10 BRICS 14:49 Vietnam's economy...

The United States is waging medieval economic war. Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran is "designed to collapse its already buckling economy", boasted Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Ben Norton explains how the US is trying to suffocate Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba by collapsing their currencies and causing extreme inflation, using illegal sanctions and blockades. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AQWr6Rtybg Topics 0:00 Economic war 1:02 USA has sanctioned 1/3rd of countries 1:40 Sanctions kill 560,000 people per year 2:46 US sanctions on Iran 3:54 Trump threatens to bomb Iran (again) 5:20 Map of US troops in Middle East 6:58 Economic war against Iran 8:21 (CLIP...

Donald Trump's attacks on longtime US "allies" have forced Western leaders to admit their warmongering foreign policy was hypocritical. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said the truth in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos: the "rules-based order" was "false". Ben Norton explains how the global balance of power is shifting. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTH_rx1mpfE Check out our related video on Europe improving its relations with China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpngJ3tC7Xw Topics 0:00 Hypocrisy of Western foreign policy 1:05 "Rules-based international order" 1:27 Donald Trump, arch-imperialist 3:00 Canada PM Mark Carney...

As Donald Trump hits the EU with tariffs and threatens to colonize Greenland (an autonomous territory of NATO member Denmark), European leaders are improving relations with China and seeking new trade partners. Is this the end of the political West and the transatlantic alliance? Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpngJ3tC7Xw Topics 0:00 Western alliance & US empire 0:59 NATO 2:04 Cold War One 2:42 Rise of China 4:20 Cold War Two 5:11 Europe's trade with China 5:33 Trump strategy: exploit Europe 6:55 Why Trump wants Greenland 8:18 Critical minerals & rare earths 9:37 End of NATO? 10:28 UK PM Keir Starmer visits China 11:07 Europe improves China...

The Donald Trump administration is waging a war against all multilateral institutions and international law itself. He withdrew the US from most global organizations and created a "Board of Peace" as an alternative to the UN that is entirely controlled by the USA. Ben Norton explains the imperialist strategy to impose unipolar hegemony on the world. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3nGsmSI3EQ Topics 0:00 New phase of imperialism 1:17 US war on international law 2:03 US colonial expansionism 3:05 USA withdraws from international orgs 4:30 Board of Peace: Trump's UN alternative 6:27 Board of Peace isn't about Gaza 7:39 Board members: US officials...

So-called "peace president" Donald Trump has bombed 10 countries, more than any other US leader. He attacked 7 countries in 2025 alone. Now he wants to raise the USA's military budget to $1.5 trillion. Ben Norton explains how the self-declared "peacemaker" is waging war around the world. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Div95RNXX0M Topics 0:00 Donald Trump's promises 0:13 (CLIP) Trump: I'm a "peacemaker" 0:50 Trump promises no new wars 1:14 (CLIP) "I'm going to stop wars" 1:27 Trump bombed 7 countries in 2025 1:50 Map of 10 countries Trump bombed 2:49 US presidents are war criminals 4:06 Post-9/11 US wars: 4.5 million deaths 5:01 Trump the "peace president" 5:51 Joe Biden, war criminal 6:09...

When Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gave her Nobel "Peace" Prize to warmonger Donald Trump to thank him for bombing her country, it showed how the prize is a tool of war that serves Western foreign policy interests. The winner is very often a US-funded regime-change activist who tries to overthrow independent governments deemed "authoritarian" by NATO. Ben Norton reports. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ow1WRl0Axw Topics 0:00 Trump gets prize from Venezuela's Machado 2:12 Trump has bombed 10 countries 3:01 Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite 3:52 Nobel Peace Prize serves US foreign policy 4:39 Henry Kissinger, war criminal 5:42 Barack O...