Glenn Diesen

General Michael Flynn: Zelensky Must Go! — General Flynn Warns of Nuclear War
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zmNc_xiCnLo&t=1717s&pp=2AG1DZACAQ%3D%3D

Richard Wolff: Imperial Decline - Crisis, Denial & War
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dt_EqfaoLRw&t=53s&pp=2AE1kAIB

States aspiring for hegemony will always claim to represent universal values and thus speak for all mankind. States advocating for multipolarity will promotes sovereign equality by arguing for civilizational distinctiveness. When China argues that one civilization should not dictate to another how to develop, we should feel reassured that they have not chosen the hegemonic model of the US.

In 2021, I published "Europe as the Western Peninsula of Greater Eurasia," arguing that Europe could respond to multipolarity in two ways: 1) Adjust to the new distribution of power by diversifying economic connectivity and abandoning Cold War bloc politics; or 2) Resist and attempt to restore the collective hegemony of the political West by subordinating national interests and scaling back other partnerships, even as the US would predictably pivot to Asia (demand more from Europe, and offer less). Unfortunately, rationality does not prevail, as a powerful ideology has intrinsically linked liberal democracy to hegemony. It is not even possible to have open discussions about the dilemmas Europe faces, as any dissent threatens liberal hegemony. The consequence is that Europe is destroying itself by refusing to adjust to multipolar realities.
Niccolò Machiavelli: Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be, and are ruined.
https://www.amazon.com/Europe-Western-Peninsula-Greater-Eurasia-ebook/dp/B09F6BK9BK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2PXJEN9KY5OQM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-xF24jdKZWF6wanIXz9dFw.QdE_y3bRNU8XxaozL56EgaEkGOGdgSe1IjPIAanvKZE&dib_tag=se&keywords=Glenn+diesen+peninsula&qid=1792522552&s=books&sprefix=Glenn+diesen+peninsula%2Cbooks%2C223&sr=1-1

Russian conservatism is making a forceful return after a century of experimenting with socialism and liberalism. Conservatism is about managing change by ensuring that modernization evolves organically by building on the past. Conservatism has a natural attraction for Russia as its thousand-year-long history is largely characterized by revolutionary change - the destructive process of uprooting the past to give way to modernity. Navigating towards gradual and organic modernization has been a key struggle ever since the Mongols invaded in the early 13th century and decoupled Russia from Europe and the arteries of international trade. Russian history has consisted of avoiding revolutions that are either caused by falling behind on modernization or making great leaps forward that disrupt socio-economic and political traditions. Russian conservatives are now tasked with harmonizing the conservative ideas of the 19th century with the revolutionary changes that shaped Russia in the 20th century. The rise of Asia now provides new opportunities as it enables Russia to overcome its fixation on the West and develop a unique Russian path toward modernization that harmonizes its Eurasian geography and history.
https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Conservatism-Managing-Permanent-Revolution/dp/1538149982/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=287886D1H5M0G&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.VVAraqeL1PIh2uYBizjrB3ZTRlgxpfXglWzi5jV2oHp-YTD0ZgyS7r1Zzh0GVwk_BpNHADw2rlLNUefr4Y9gPDJ5ujl0t2LXT6QemMHVxNk4V-QFdwb_TsRwApSPDvkUehV9ZUDvPsctEXQ5zXPwTn1iA7RCNqtVdyNVKNo3AVgslikUi7Zd65xn6lBlgboAtCjbSZYbqwEBHS2GpN7krg.RyXU_GX1WNd8z2-BOU0KGRpgpNEdwSjVpfnPvILaMp8&dib_tag=se&keywords=Russian%2Bconservatism&qid=1792522229&s=books&sprefix=Russian%2Bconservatism%2Cbooks%2C227&sr=1-3&th=1&psc=1

In this book (2021) I analyse to what extent the fourth industrial revolution alters great power rivalry by focusing on technologies causing social, economic and military disruption. I argue that technological sovereignty is imperative to be a great power
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0755607007?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback

In February 2014, the editor of Foreign Affairs (Gideon Rose) bragged about how the US was taking Ukraine while Russia was distracted by the Olympics
- For all the talk about "choosing" the right side, only 20% of Ukrainians were then in favour of NATO membership

They say Paris is beautiful this time of year

Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul argued that Russia should not have feared NATO expansion into Ukraine because the US was lying about its intentions to expand NATO.

Scott Ritter: Trump vs. Zelensky — End of Ukraine, NATO & EU
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yf2q0P2ge0&t=202s

Macron’s approval rating is now 15%, and I can’t help wondering: who are these 15%?

Trump comments on his two new acquisitions: Venezuela and Greenland

Jeffrey Sachs: Europe as a Frontline in a Multipolar World?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vud5oIz1QA

My article in Die Weltwoche: The Downfall of a Manufactured Icon
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/the-downfall-of-a-manufactured-icon

The Trump-Zelensky divorce deepens - at least that’s the story being presented to the public