It happens to the best of us. These headsets can get finicky and for folks like Peter and I who jump onto these things last minute, end up hobbling together a bunch of junk with unprofessional setups. You’d be appalled by some of mine 😂
It’s interesting how the Japanese have been so much more aware of the precariousness of their situation than the Europeans. Perhaps it’s because they’re located near both Russia and China and have engaged in wars with both.
Chances are that being an island nation makes you prioritize to not rely too much on allies, the US as the exception thanks to the history they both have in that the US occupied Japan for a period till they could get back on their feet. And the Asians have more of a mentality to think collectively as a unit, for better or for worse. In some ways this can hinder them, they gave a harder time taking criticism as they earnestly want to please others, it has resulted in not being very efficient despite having some of the longest working hours in the 1st world, and I hear that generally the Japanese are not easy to train in the military as the society has little care for the military and there is not a healthy mindset for these soldiers to push themselves to be better, just shy of hitting the margin. However, their collective culture makes them be fantastic team players, while a lot of their tech is not something they innovated directly, I swear they are masters at finding ways to make a product better. They also have a mentality to look after each other without any form of entitlement that sadly a lot of European countries have exposed this is one of their biggest flaws that has greatly contributed to their mess they are in. Though, China and North Korea throwing nukes every now and then also kept them in their toes.
Im putting same question with UK how careless their both domestic and foreign policy is. it is mini USA during 90s and 2000s at US heyday being "tiny state"(middle sized country among giant players) in modern world.
@@kate2create738 I tried to learn more of japanese miracle in 80s and they had excellent world class manufacturing but office work was same crap as everywhere.... essentially bureaucracy, be it corporate or public side.... as we see now in west everywhere. Collective or not, I dont see how this makes difference... office game can be rigged either way. Granted nowadays there are tons more tools than in 80s for this but humans tend to be humans.
@@bla5102 what context? they are team players in that nationalistic ethnic context. this is value proposition, not objective thing. Also these are somewhat conflicting things, xenophobia helps collective society and diversified society practically makes that impossible and very individualistic as a whole (smaller groups and minorities can be collectivistic though).. this is result from studies in west.
I'm not an isolationist American, but I can understand that thought and feeling on the surface. the US has a good incentive to turn inward, so it takes something big to keep our minds on Europe and our other allies. The way most Europeans didn't recognize the Russian threat for at least the entirety of Putin's time in office always made me think, "If you are so disinterested in your own protection, why should we care about it?" The Russian invasion of Ukraine has finally gotten Europe to re-examine security policy, and I hope we support those efforts.
Why should we support those efforts? We have sh*tloads of our own internal issues NOT even being addressed. And no, I'm not falling for another "domino theory" that allowing Russia to invade a country that they warned they would do if NATO kept encroaching. If Germany and Italy and the Uk refuse to step up, so be it. Russia won't mess with the homeland and Europe is not my problem just as Indonesia or Venezuela is not my problem. Taking care of our own issues will make us strong and cohesive, much more necessary than supporting the most corrupt country in Europe...
They did whatever they wanted while Americans did the heavy lifting and benefitted from the industry exportation. Then had a lot of haught opinions or outright discrimination towards Americans. Still don't care their security.
A good incentive? How out of touch are you? The U.s. is in massive state of decline. Major drug and homelessness problems in most most major cities. Covid wrecked businesses everywhere. Travel around the country and see how bad our infrastructure is in most places. Healthcare is a joke. And yes, our border really is physically wide open in a lot of areas. Not to mention crime is on the rise, birth rates are down and our debt is completely unsustainable. All these years of being world police has wrecked us. This bought and paid for government has thrown taxpayers under the bus. Our two greatest exports are war and banking. And people around this country have had enough of this BS.
Our "help" is Poland buying every weapon system it can from us, and when we couldn't meet their thirst, they bought stuff from South Korea. That's honestly the way to dissuade Russia right now. make Europe look like an angry porcupine.
@@yoyoma17 "All these other countries arent my problem so why should I care" they type on their phone made in China, with software from Europe, and clothes from SE Asia. I don't know why its so difficult for people to wrap their head around the premise that every facet of the global economy is connected now, and massive destabilization elsewhere means fewer jobs here. And btw....our total help for Ukraine is about 1% of the annual military budget in the US. It has zero impact on whether or not issues at home can be resolved: the funding isnt coming from social security or medicaid.
ha! And it emphasizes the importance of auto-translate. I gave trying to lip read and interpolate what the hell he probably said that got cut out after the 2nd one.
Romanian here. My country is currently building the largest American base in Europe, will be 10K strong. So over here, on our end, the future alongside America seems quite assured.
@@Mantaray911not sure if you are a demoralized American or perhaps a Russian bot or something - even tho, now that I think about it, that might be a redundant statement considering they are almost indistinguishable - however, it’s time to get your head out of your ass. Many countries around the world are not only happy but thankful that America is there. America may not be the perfect partner for an alliance but we are still the best one.
American here - few know the horrors of Russia than the Romanian people. Why did the Warsaw Pact countries literally run to NATO as soon as the Cold War was over? Look at the history. Proud to stand with Romania, and the rest of our Eastern European brothers and sisters.
Everybody hates having the US around until we get sick of the side eye and go home. Then suddenly it's like, "YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE US OUT HERE!" ...yes ...yes we can.
Yes, you absolutely can leave, however I suspect that you will to an extent be back because isolationism leads to a lack of control and America really, really likes being in control. Abba Eban March 1967 in Japan, “Men and nations behave wisely when they have exhausted all other resources.” Erroneously credited to Winston Churchill. All the best. 🇺🇦🇬🇧
@@NoNonsenseForex LOL! - that sounds like the Millenials and Gen Z .... spoiled and entitled "little sh#ts" ... 🙂 - these two American Generations are WAY TOO SPOILED and TOO CONFORTABLE ( and when the crap will "hit the fan" in term of Global Economy - they will be whining like a 'girls' ... when their iPhone will be too expensive for their pockets 😞
Neither is Sri Lanka, Cuba, the rest of the Caribbean. Korea and Japan look very weird…so does Australia. Yeah, I don’t think they were going for realism!😂
Sweden gave up on energy security and neutrality in the seventies. It had a military string enough to stop a Soviet invasion, but it has shrunk every year. All nuclear and hydro power is from back then, when Sweden still future proofed infrastructure. Sweden even had its own nuclear program (in order to not use American or Soviet tech). But the now six out of twelve reactors are closed early and replaced with oil in the winter.
Another lesson is, "Without customers to buy stuff, no one can sell stuff", and the world population of young workers (ppl with money to buy stuff) is declining, therefore "world economy" is by natural default ABOUT to shrink.
Wait…. What…. Sweden a powerhouse in Europe alongside France and Germany? How can that be, we are only 10.5 million, and many of our young are immigrants, and a large proportion of them are uneducated, unemployed, or women prohibited from working because of religion. So very curious, how are we going to evolve as you predict, would love if you could do a 5 minute daily video on The ”Sweden-France-Germany Axis” some day soon! Stay cool, Peter! 🤙🏽
Depends on who has the power in Sweden. If the right stays in power, we will turn things around and become a power in Europe. If the left takes over power in 2026, things will turn really bad. We are on the right path right now
This! And also that VERY many ethnic Swedes want to leave this sinking shitship we're on😂 So I think that's nothing but wishful thinking unless he somehow knows something that the Swedish public does not?🤔
He just looks at data about birth rates and draws conclusions, which are very shallow. Sweden is lost, because of inmmigration. There is no hope for them.
Yeah, I used to enjoy Peter videos a lot as he had provoking ideas, but lately it seems like he is just giving some big statements and looking at the world in black and white.I mean US has over 180k thousand personnel deployed outside of US, how the hell are they not involved.
Rather than Sweden I think we can build a Baltic cooperation. Scandinavian and polish integration with the Baltics has the potential to institute something different. There are many differences to put aside but also a big common denominator: Russia. Besides there is a reason why at the end of the viking age there were so much mixing of ruling families between scandinavia, poland and kievan rus (ukraine).
for a very long time the Us was legitimately partners with many countries, becuase it needed to be in the cold war. but as teh cold war ended and winded down, those countries mostly by and large stopped being pertners with the US and enjoyed being 'dependants' where they benefitted from the arrangement but really didn't have to put very much into it, and the US was basically stuck, trapped by years of tradition and outstanding agreements. and now that the US is pulling back, those countries are discovering that they need to remember how to take care of themselves again in many ways. the funny thing to me is that for the past two decades, for hte most part, whenever anything happens in the world, if the Us intervened in whatever happened, the rest of the world complained about american imperialism, and when the US didn't get involved, the world complained about the US not assisting. well, now the world gets both, the U won't be intervening or assisting, and they are discovering that thats actually not really what they wanted, but it's what they asked for so they have to live with it
It is interesting to me how many countries are in general ignored in Zeihan's presentations. The old time powers are still the central issue of global politics.
Love Kiwis but after Jacinda Ardern's rein NZ may never recover and will remain an indefensible two islands that will be taken over by the Chinese in the near future. US is not interested in protecting Marxist dictatorships.
Peter sees demography in a one dimensional way. High birthrates ,good. Low birthrates, bad. But actual populations don't work like that. I live on the Mexican border, and unchecked immigration is absolutely an issue. However, the Hispanics coming across are Christians speaking a related language, and so assimilation works. In France, most immigrants are Muslims who do not speak an indo European language. We have 1,300 years of history of the clash between Islam and Christianity (or post Christian culture), and I challenge you to show ANYPLACE where the two have successfully integrated. In France's case, a high birthrate amongst an immigrant population which will not assimilate is a recipe for civil war. NOT a financial boon!
I must admit, I was amused by the juxtaposition of two articles in a paper about France not too long ago--'Whatever shall we do about our pension system?' and 'Whatever shall we do about all the immigrants?' The US has its fun racism etc., but we appear to assimilate people better than say, Germany, with its fifth-generation Turkish guest workers. Educating the immigrants and getting them to work at jobs suffering from labor shortages and paying taxes would seem to be one good solution.
Deerborn, Michigan is one place where Muslim and Christian cultures have integrated successfully. I think it’s because the U.S. integrates its immigrants well in general. And the Muslims who want to immigrate here value separation of church and state
@@Ontonauti am from india and even we have the same issue with islam.. this are our own people who converted during medieval period invasion of india by mughals but for 800 years we have never been in peace with them coz they have a cult like belief system where they keep on screaming therr is no god other than allah and the slogan allah hu akbar by slitting the non muslim throat in an ISIS style
@@Ontonaut was it Deerborn where the Muslims were chanting 'd*ath to America'? Or was it the Muslims from Hamtramck? You might want to reconsider how well all those Muslims assimilated. Because they never do. Once they consider there are enough of them, all those Imams flirting with Sharia everywhere start to pop up. That's the point of no return. Stop deluding yourself. Muslims never ever integrate into a majority Christian culture.
@AUSTRIALIA here. What you are saying Z makes a lot of sense in light of recent moves inside AUKUS partnership. The MRF-D (estimated 2,500 annually), upgrades to the Larrakeyah Defence Precinct and upgrade facilities @ RAAF Darwin and Tindal confirm your thinking.😊
An expansionist Turkey? With chronic inflation, a restive Kurdish minority, the EU at its borders and utter dependence on Western imports, expect a lot of talk, no action.
The Kurds are getting boxed in rn. America is no longer interested in protecting them, so Turkey, Iraq, Syria, & Iran are moving in. Diplomatic posturing between Turkey & Iraq is particularly worrying for the Kurds. The Turks are already geopolitically on the move
As a Swede, I feel Peter is discounting Norway way too much. Norway has full access to the Swedish labour force without having to pay for their unemployed relatives. Also, Norway has not ruined their foreign relations with empty feminist poser foreign policy (hi Turkey, Saudi, Israel). Oh, and Norway is the richest country in the world (oil rich) and will not have to participate in the next EU bailout since they’re not a member.
What about India? A country that calls itself the largest democracy in the world -- that's a laugh -- has responded to the current shakedown between the autocratic and democratic world with "we're not interested in getting involved. We just want to make a few bucks while we slide into isolationism and irrelevance".
As I recall, it was the Yanks in 1956 who told the British and French that from then on they weren't to do global politics, Uncle Sam was taking over. Now they're discovering that it's a bigger job than they thought
For the love of God, please get a decent microphone in the studio, and some sort of windshield for your mic that you use on the trail. It's difficult to follow sometimes because of the audio quality. I'm a technical specialist for AV production, I could make some recommendations.
This is Peter's wheelhouse, and I think he nailed it. As one wag once said, history doesn't repeat, it rhymes. The big difference today is nukes. That is it. That is the whole difference between today and the time before WWII. I have seen reports of a French official, I think it was a military officer, who posited that the French might have to go in and take control, directly, of some places in Africa. There are instances of that colonial mindset creeping in all over. The Chinese and the Russians want a multipolar world. They will get it. As Peter has often pointed out that is the norm throughout human history. By the way, the Chinese and Russians did not fare so well in that world. They might want to consider that.
Production wise the camera angle of the interviewer interviewer is amateurish: Try an angle the camera so it there’s not so much headroom. Peter’s got it right.
I have been fortunate to learn how unreliable some or Peter’s perspectives are on some topics. Just a reminder to the ether that predicting all the many things that one day seem a non-issue and the next boil to the forefront, make it likely any person, no matter how informed, is wrong.
Japan and New Zealand have a strategic relationship with Australia. America leverages its relationship with Australia to maintain a balance of power in South East Asia and The Pacific, but make no mistake, it’s Australia that will dominate the region and America can’t afford to ever let the Australians isolate themselves.
The US is tired of playing "policeman of the universe" when others can pay for some of that role now, long after WWII. E.g., why should WE be the ones to deal with the Houthis, since Suez trade matters extremely little to us?
I agree with you 100%. Let Europe, Asia, Africa, and especially the Middle East deal with their own problems. Those areas have been fighting each other for 1000's of years and I don't see them ever stopping. I feel the US should focus our attention on developing trade and partnerships with countries in North and South America. If we treat those countries fairly and stop trying to topple governments we don't like, we could create a similar system to the EU. We have all the resources we need on this side of the globe. Protect our trade routes just off the coast of these continents and let the others do what they've been doing forever.
The Suez canal red sea terrorist action is costing the U.S. a ton of money. The U.S.has maintained a large expeditionary force there since near the beginning of the attacks. The additional price of responding with counter strikes would be negligible. Shipping rates and insurance have increased world wide. We have a world economy where a huge amount of U.S. consumer goods are partly manufactured in Europe and partly in Asia, costing Americans more for these goods.
@@Rick_1337agreed and the countries in South America don’t have thousand year blood feuds between each other and glaring cultural friction between them. This side of the hemisphere is pretty nice with a bit more work
@@Rick_1337 i truely believe that is the larger longer term goal of the US government, why pay trillions every year to protect a world that hates it's self when us ad our neighbors have everything WE need no more than a stones throw away. and our demographics on this side of the planet look a hell of a lot better accross the board than the rest of asian,europe and africa. who are we protecting at this point? and who are we protecting them from? and why are we bothering to protect them? those are all questions we have asked ourselves in the last 15 years. and the rest of the world is not going to like the answers and conclusions we came to.
As much as we want to avoid conflict, how do you see us doing this and keeping the Middle East from exploding into war after war? What's your solution? If you were POTUS, what would your policies be? Please let me know. Thanks
I'm always looking at bookshelves in the backgrounds to see what the person is reading. The interviewer's background is unfortunate, not just the empty alcohol bottles either. I do have great respect for Peter Zeihan. Even people who disagree with him have to admit that he thinks about global politics a lot, and has been doing this a long time, so he knows more than almost all of us do (especially me). Thanks Peter!
Ha, I do the same thing with folks' bookshelves in these type of videos. I enjoy Peter's videos and watch him a lot. But I gotta say, on naval topics I often (as 22-yr retired USN) find his "knowledge" very shallow in that particular subject matter. As one example, at a university appearance this past March, he stated that US aircraft carriers can attain 90-knot speed...which is obviously not even close to true. It kinda makes me wonder what else he's not gotten right in other areas with which I'm not as familiar first-hand.
@@cragnamorra Peter speaks and writes in far reaching generalities designed to catch attention. Much of his commentary is designed to appeal to cultural chauvinism. EG: Sweden is a tiny country in terms of productive land and a small, shrinking, complacent population. The compelling argument in the debate leading up to Sweden's decision to join NATO is that it would enable Sweden to cut its defense budget in half. It is big fish only in the Baltic Sea small pond. It can never be more than that. While his arguments are interesting, they have little factual basis and really just opinions based on his own feelings about issues.
The US is in such an enviable position to be a global supplier of food, and self sufficient in energy, I'd be happy for us to allow most all other countries to sell their manufactured products to each other, while keeping our manufacturing base self sufficient and high tech. I think our military could safely and usefully be much smaller, especially as to carrier groups, but rely much on submarines, building temporary bases quickly when and where required, and staying equal or ahead in space.
I think the history books are going to record this as the worst decision America ever made. America made a huge amount off of globalization, its economy grew by leaps and bounds, so I find this desire to disconnect to be reactionary and irrational.
Actually, we put the most into it and benefit from it the least. We certainly don't get out of it what we put into it, unless you're Raytheon or Lockheed-Martin. We fight wars that whether we win or don't win, have no effect on daily life in America at all.
@@jasonneugebauer5310 At the low, low price of exporting our manufacturing. But hey, when you can't work at the mill or factory your grandfather raised a family on with one income, you can always join the Army and serve as the armed muscle for the globalist system that ended that way of life!
It is no longer profitable. As Asia and Europes population collapse in numbers. India is an exception but they keep most of their economics within their own nation.
Don't understand how Germany can be junior partner when it comes to Sweeden wheb they have 8 times the population. Even in the long term Sweden will not gain that much population.
If you have followed Peter for a while you will know that he hates Germany (and a few other countries) and always wants to put them down for no reason. That's just how Peter rolls.
@@mja4wp Even if Belarus had a strong population pyramid and an exceptionally robust energy sector, it would not make Russia the Junior partner. Or take Kazakhstan for example.
The Middle East has fought among themselves for centuries, they will continue. Europe/Russia, the Asian peninsula has had, over the centuries done a slightly downsized version. North & South America have kept a lower outline overall. Point is, The Middle East seems destined to self implode. Turkey seems to be on a road to circumvent their position in so much as to keep in focus their survival while maintaining some interest in that area in only to assure someone will be the adult in the room. Interesting insights here. We are an ever changing world, this is for sure. Peter keeps us on our toes, pin pricking certain hot spots and occasionally throwing us a bone with but a little meat left on so that we may seek a slight taste of what may or may not be coming. Whether one agrees with Peter, he does have internal knowledge of worldly events which when relayed, at least through only tidbits, is at times, something to chew on. Thanks Peter.
I was thinking the same thing, though admittedly I know very little about New Zealand culture. Maybe because of America and Australia's expanding alliance? Though I'm not sure how similar Australia and New Zealand are culturally.
This is how Rome fell. When Rome became the only superpower in the Mediterranean, having friends in the Roman senate equals to political victory for a foreign stakeholder. For the Romans, Egypt is about cheap grains. For the Egyptians, befriending Rome is about survival. Those “offerings” will inevitably be sources of corruption.
As a german, i am happy being the junior partner as long as Poland, Denmark, the low land countries, Austria and Spain ect are also in that partnership. Also, i am not sure if the USA will like the results.
Why all these catholics? Austria is completely infiltrated by Russian influences and agents since the end of the war. Wirecard was/is a part of that problem for example. Spain is debt ridden. Etc.
It is high time that European countries worked together more effectively, but they never will, too many historical and cultural fears and barriers. This suits the US to the T because they lie when they say they are withdrawing.
I believe that the USA will begin to concentrate more on their own backyard (North and South America) and less so on places like the Middle East and Europe because the USA is, more or less, energy independent and globalization is collapsing due to demographic collapse in China. The biggest issue that brings to the forefront is that Mexico, who the USA shares a border with, is, essentially, a failed narco State. I can see an Afghanistan-style nation building exercise where you replace the Taliban with the cartels. However, with Mexico being in such close proximity the USA could just say "We are in charge now." and, essentially, annexing Mexico and turning it into a quasi-Puerto Rico.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Hey Peter, very curious on the future of the Northwest Passage and what Canada needs to do to ensure it stays in Canada's possession.
I've been concerned for some time that the US Navy has become excessively dependent upon the carrier strike group as the primary and near exclusive means of projecting force. In the era of drone swarms and hypersonic missiles this seems even more shortsighted than before. It is said that the generals always plan for how to win the last war. It would seem this is also the case for the admirals.
I would like Peters thoughts on a scenario where if Belorussian troops cross into Ukraine and join the fight directly with Russia, would NATO use that as a reason/excuse to deploy troops into Ukraine themselves?
i imagine peters answer will be no. Belarus like Russia still wouldn't be attacking a NATO member and NATO is a DEFENSIVE military alliance. its members cant attack a country and expect the others to join it. it only works if a member is attacked that the others are obligated to join. so if Belarus attacks say Poland then yeah game on but Ukraine, under the terms of NATO then no.
@@GowthamNatarajanAI Every western Analyst said Russia would win in 3 days...when that didn't happen it was Russia who said it and Russias a joke for not doing it
@@zill0678 True, but Nato is not obliged to sit out. It may choose to intervene, for example Nato's intervention in Yugoslavia. And, of course, nothing in the Nato arrangement forbids countries acting independently or in concert with a few other members.
Peter has quite the opinion of the relationship that all countries should have with the United States. You must all bow down before our self-absorbed mightynes, or you will not survive the coming change. So U.S. centric. How can the US withdrawal interest from the world and yet be the most important foreign power that all other countries must bow down to? I think in this case Peter is insulting every country but the U.S. and I hope U.S. foreign policy makers take a less insulting and more mutually beneficial approach when interacting with every other country on earth. Most people around the world don't like to be insulted and told the USA is most inportant and they need to beg for scraps if they want to do well.
Well, it's not wrong... And this is coming from a European. Only a US civil war is going to change the fact that the US will remain the world's hegemon for the foreseeable future. The US is the world's leader in AI and robotics, and these industries will decide who rules the future.
My question is what happens to nuclear non proliferation if the US no longer acts as the security backstop of last resort for the majority of the world outside of Africa. If the US tells the world they're on their own, doesn't that mean at least 50 countries have nukes within 5 years? Doesn't that mean the risk of nuclear Armageddon go up exponentially? Isn't that the real reason the US continues to be the world's security backstop of last resort?
I am halfway through the video and what a pile of nonsense. So many things to address but saying that Sweden and France have healthy demographies is downright comical. 😂😂
@@SlipnDrip Yes, comparatively, they do. But this is largely due to immigrants, and it is highly questionable if this demographic is raising the average IQ of the country, and many low-skilled jobs are going away because of automation. Young unemployed males with low intelligence are very dangerous to society.
@@YeahWellShutUp you probably know this already but immigrants have literally turned Sweden into Europe's own Mexico with massive cartels (called "nätverk" in Swedish, example Foxtrot nätverk) openly waging war on one another and on the police. Exactly like in Mexico. These nätverks are so powerful and untouchable that they even have their own logos with which they advertise themselves like sports teams. Stable demography my ass🤣
Brilliant analysis on Israel. I really agree with the US stance on it. What a weird time though, and you really have to wonder when one of these Powers is going to awaken to. The fact that we're not going to babysit anymore is going to be interesting, but seeing how countries have responded to the Russia situation, I think that was a global order might morph into a new one as challenges arise
Given Europe's demographics, its main threat is not Russia, it's the vacuum left by the hazardous decline of indigenous Europeans. Get ready for major changes especially along the northern Mediterranean.
The US will never leave the global order because the global order is ephemeral, like fame, what is fame? It's this cloak of mystery that dissolves quickly whoever is famous and speaks. No; whoever has the most innovative ideas and products will lead the global order. People vote with their pocketbooks no matter where they come from. The general public will buy products that make their life easier and that they can afford, then they will look at who makes the products and appreciate the country or countries who make the latest trends in food, clothing, design, automobiles, airplanes, etc.
The US can't afford to leave the Global Order, if it does all its ties will be cut outside, slowly but surely, yes it can survive but not as it is and it won't stop the agitators who see the US as enemies, more likely to encourage them to get bigger and stronger!?!
First, you give way to much credit to laissez-faire capitalism. Yes it is a major driving force in all society. But I think you are not appreciating the full negative effects of poor leadership. Second, how will consumers buy the goods they want thereby shaping the economy during a depression when our leadership is going to take control and "fix" the economy for us?
The defence apparatus of the US is massive and it moves an enormous amount of money. To be able to justify the expenditure, the US has been patrolling the seas and intervene into wars across the globe. I understand that the Us is starting to suffer from "imperial fatigue" and would like to disengage from the world affairs but it will be easier said than done with such a massive and lucrative apparatus. Moreover, I expect the high spheres of the military not to be super happy from such disengagement either. Countries, or if you prefer societies, are unstable balances that require little to be smashed. History will tell.
Problem is that because of the political situation at home and inflation most Americans have had enough of what appears to be dead end adventurism that only benefits the few, think the tail end of the Vietnam war.
The American public could give a shit about what our military does as long as the dying isn't on our side. America is 1-2 decades from completing our multigenerational, grandmaster level, world monopoly takeover. What looks like imperial fatigue is just the rearranging of the pieces for the next phase. This doesn't mean the American public is going to benefit or be happy. Only that America will be in power!
@@cmajaa1 that's one example of the unstable balance that I was referring to: people are tired of the adventurism but the defence apparatus employes lots of people, directly and indirectly. Moreover, the apparatus has lobbyists (I never understood how the US permits such an antidemocratic system) who can pressure the government. Anyway, we'll see how the pieces will end up
“It cannot happen without U.S. participation, as we are the most significant single component. Yes, there will be a New World Order, and it will force the United States to change it’s perceptions.” - Henry Kissinger, World Affairs Council Press Conference, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel , April 19, 1994
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How is Peter's audio worse at home than on the trail 💀
Cause the trail is his home!
It happens to the best of us. These headsets can get finicky and for folks like Peter and I who jump onto these things last minute, end up hobbling together a bunch of junk with unprofessional setups. You’d be appalled by some of mine 😂
U.S. trees have fantastic reception.
I mean, he probably earns more than enough to be able to afford a high-end microphone...
video call vs recording?
Peter got that Temu head set.
Makes you talk like a billionaire
@@moggadah beautiful.
Doing his bit to keep China afloat
Talkin like a billionaire yeah😂....
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It’s interesting how the Japanese have been so much more aware of the precariousness of their situation than the Europeans. Perhaps it’s because they’re located near both Russia and China and have engaged in wars with both.
Chances are that being an island nation makes you prioritize to not rely too much on allies, the US as the exception thanks to the history they both have in that the US occupied Japan for a period till they could get back on their feet. And the Asians have more of a mentality to think collectively as a unit, for better or for worse. In some ways this can hinder them, they gave a harder time taking criticism as they earnestly want to please others, it has resulted in not being very efficient despite having some of the longest working hours in the 1st world, and I hear that generally the Japanese are not easy to train in the military as the society has little care for the military and there is not a healthy mindset for these soldiers to push themselves to be better, just shy of hitting the margin.
However, their collective culture makes them be fantastic team players, while a lot of their tech is not something they innovated directly, I swear they are masters at finding ways to make a product better. They also have a mentality to look after each other without any form of entitlement that sadly a lot of European countries have exposed this is one of their biggest flaws that has greatly contributed to their mess they are in.
Though, China and North Korea throwing nukes every now and then also kept them in their toes.
@@kate2create738their collective culture makes them xenophobic, not team players.
Im putting same question with UK how careless their both domestic and foreign policy is. it is mini USA during 90s and 2000s at US heyday being "tiny state"(middle sized country among giant players) in modern world.
@@kate2create738 I tried to learn more of japanese miracle in 80s and they had excellent world class manufacturing but office work was same crap as everywhere.... essentially bureaucracy, be it corporate or public side.... as we see now in west everywhere. Collective or not, I dont see how this makes difference... office game can be rigged either way. Granted nowadays there are tons more tools than in 80s for this but humans tend to be humans.
@@bla5102 what context? they are team players in that nationalistic ethnic context. this is value proposition, not objective thing. Also these are somewhat conflicting things, xenophobia helps collective society and diversified society practically makes that impossible and very individualistic as a whole (smaller groups and minorities can be collectivistic though).. this is result from studies in west.
Pete - I note you now have 811,000 subscribers. Take some of that ad revenue and for Pete's sake - invest in a decent audio system!
I see what you did there.....😏
its not like he is multi-millionair from TH-cam ( pls/minus $15K a month ... nothing to sneeze at 🙂 )
@@TheVeritas2100with patreon he might be
Convenience trumps
And a decent world map too, maybe one that actually shows New Zealand.
I need some wind in the background to be able to understand Peter.
😁😁😁
I'm not an isolationist American, but I can understand that thought and feeling on the surface. the US has a good incentive to turn inward, so it takes something big to keep our minds on Europe and our other allies. The way most Europeans didn't recognize the Russian threat for at least the entirety of Putin's time in office always made me think, "If you are so disinterested in your own protection, why should we care about it?" The Russian invasion of Ukraine has finally gotten Europe to re-examine security policy, and I hope we support those efforts.
Why should we support those efforts? We have sh*tloads of our own internal issues NOT even being addressed. And no, I'm not falling for another "domino theory" that allowing Russia to invade a country that they warned they would do if NATO kept encroaching. If Germany and Italy and the Uk refuse to step up, so be it. Russia won't mess with the homeland and Europe is not my problem just as Indonesia or Venezuela is not my problem. Taking care of our own issues will make us strong and cohesive, much more necessary than supporting the most corrupt country in Europe...
They did whatever they wanted while Americans did the heavy lifting and benefitted from the industry exportation. Then had a lot of haught opinions or outright discrimination towards Americans. Still don't care their security.
A good incentive? How out of touch are you? The U.s. is in massive state of decline. Major drug and homelessness problems in most most major cities. Covid wrecked businesses everywhere. Travel around the country and see how bad our infrastructure is in most places. Healthcare is a joke. And yes, our border really is physically wide open in a lot of areas. Not to mention crime is on the rise, birth rates are down and our debt is completely unsustainable. All these years of being world police has wrecked us. This bought and paid for government has thrown taxpayers under the bus. Our two greatest exports are war and banking. And people around this country have had enough of this BS.
Our "help" is Poland buying every weapon system it can from us, and when we couldn't meet their thirst, they bought stuff from South Korea.
That's honestly the way to dissuade Russia right now. make Europe look like an angry porcupine.
@@yoyoma17 "All these other countries arent my problem so why should I care" they type on their phone made in China, with software from Europe, and clothes from SE Asia.
I don't know why its so difficult for people to wrap their head around the premise that every facet of the global economy is connected now, and massive destabilization elsewhere means fewer jobs here.
And btw....our total help for Ukraine is about 1% of the annual military budget in the US. It has zero impact on whether or not issues at home can be resolved: the funding isnt coming from social security or medicaid.
Idk why yall are hating on the Xbox 360 mic - I think it’s unique and emphasizes the importance of active listening🤣
'YALL' and IDK. Followed by a copy and paste lifted from a review. We're f**ed!
ha! And it emphasizes the importance of auto-translate. I gave trying to lip read and interpolate what the hell he probably said that got cut out after the 2nd one.
Romanian here. My country is currently building the largest American base in Europe, will be 10K strong. So over here, on our end, the future alongside America seems quite assured.
That's unfortunate for you and Romania.
Took em away from Germany.
@@Mantaray911not sure if you are a demoralized American or perhaps a Russian bot or something - even tho, now that I think about it, that might be a redundant statement considering they are almost indistinguishable - however, it’s time to get your head out of your ass.
Many countries around the world are not only happy but thankful that America is there.
America may not be the perfect partner for an alliance but we are still the best one.
Now all you have to do is keep the damned Gypsies off that base!!!!!!!!!
American here - few know the horrors of Russia than the Romanian people. Why did the Warsaw Pact countries literally run to NATO as soon as the Cold War was over? Look at the history. Proud to stand with Romania, and the rest of our Eastern European brothers and sisters.
It’s changing, it’s not withdrawing. No power is going to leave all that influence on the table.
Everybody hates having the US around until we get sick of the side eye and go home. Then suddenly it's like, "YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE US OUT HERE!"
...yes ...yes we can.
Countries forgot just how real things can get. They got waaay too comfortable.
Other than Afghanistan and Iran what countries did we just leave ? Cuba ? Vietnam? The Banana Republics?
Yes, you absolutely can leave, however I suspect that you will to an extent be back because isolationism leads to a lack of control and America really, really likes being in control.
Abba Eban March 1967 in Japan,
“Men and nations behave wisely when they have exhausted all other resources.”
Erroneously credited to Winston Churchill.
All the best. 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Especially democrats
@@NoNonsenseForex LOL! - that sounds like the Millenials and Gen Z .... spoiled and entitled "little sh#ts" ... 🙂
- these two American Generations are WAY TOO SPOILED and TOO CONFORTABLE ( and when the crap will "hit the fan" in term of Global Economy - they will be whining like a 'girls' ... when their iPhone will be too expensive for their pockets 😞
Notice how New Zealand is not on Zeihan's map behind him 😆
Neither is Sri Lanka, Cuba, the rest of the Caribbean. Korea and Japan look very weird…so does Australia.
Yeah, I don’t think they were going for realism!😂
r/MapsWithoutNewZealand
It's added to China!?!
Notice the difference between an art piece and a map?! 😂 apparently not
🤣
Forget about New Zealand. We left Middle Earth during covid and aren’t coming back. 😊
Right? Nothing is ever heard from that place.
See my other comment on this vid, but your comments here some what emphasis what I was saying. (New Zealander here)
Zeihan's mic was constantly being cutout... time to examine equipment and compressor settings before things go south.
before things go global south 😂
True, I’m sure he has 30 minutes on how Mexico will dominate headset manufacturing.
It's not his fault
They cut the Pacific Ocean underwater cables on his headset
He was being hacked with a DDOS just like Elon and Trumpy on the X bro talk.. LoL
Leadup to ~5:20 = mind blowing. Thank you Peter!
Sweden gave up on energy security and neutrality in the seventies. It had a military string enough to stop a Soviet invasion, but it has shrunk every year. All nuclear and hydro power is from back then, when Sweden still future proofed infrastructure. Sweden even had its own nuclear program (in order to not use American or Soviet tech). But the now six out of twelve reactors are closed early and replaced with oil in the winter.
bla bla
Interesting.
It was post 1989 we gave up on the energy security and defence.
Another country with green termites.
Oil is not used for energy production in Sweden in any significant scale.
What podcast is this? This guy asks great questions.
Good morning everyone, enjoy your 3-4 day weekend. 🇺🇸
Morning meetings, but then I’m hoping to sneak out a little early! I hope you have a nice weekend too.
@@evolvedape3341nah your boss gonna come in right when you’re about to leave with an “emergency” lol
@@phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842 I hope not! We’ll see. No one is going to be six feet under because I leave at 1 🤞🏻
@@phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842"You see, we've been putting these cover sheets on our TPS reports and it would be great if you could do that."
What mountain range is this?
Oficina Cordillera
El Crapo Au-dayo, the unique mountain range without an echo in every 10 words, ably demonstrated by Peter, and it's in NAFTA!?!
🤣👍
Hajaha
Drywall.
First Lesson in Economis!!!! "There is no such thing as a Free Lunch"!!! A Corollary "What is in it for me"!!!
Another lesson is, "Without customers to buy stuff, no one can sell stuff", and the world population of young workers (ppl with money to buy stuff) is declining, therefore "world economy" is by natural default ABOUT to shrink.
Unless you're a big bank that crashed the world economy then you get TARP bailouts
Wait…. What…. Sweden a powerhouse in Europe alongside France and Germany? How can that be, we are only 10.5 million, and many of our young are immigrants, and a large proportion of them are uneducated, unemployed, or women prohibited from working because of religion. So very curious, how are we going to evolve as you predict, would love if you could do a 5 minute daily video on The ”Sweden-France-Germany Axis” some day soon! Stay cool, Peter! 🤙🏽
Depends on who has the power in Sweden. If the right stays in power, we will turn things around and become a power in Europe. If the left takes over power in 2026, things will turn really bad. We are on the right path right now
This! And also that VERY many ethnic Swedes want to leave this sinking shitship we're on😂
So I think that's nothing but wishful thinking unless he somehow knows something that the Swedish public does not?🤔
He just looks at data about birth rates and draws conclusions, which are very shallow. Sweden is lost, because of inmmigration. There is no hope for them.
Yeah, I used to enjoy Peter videos a lot as he had provoking ideas, but lately it seems like he is just giving some big statements and looking at the world in black and white.I mean US has over 180k thousand personnel deployed outside of US, how the hell are they not involved.
@@markozivanic563yeah his base seems to be that globalism is over. I don't agree with it at all, definitely not when you see the numbers behind it.
I remember thinking something was up when Abe visited the golden palace the first day Trump was voted in.
New Zealand biggest problem is when the Penguin army finally decides to invade
Or Emutopia.
😂😂😂
"March of the Penguins" documentary was ignored.
Now their Penguins are coming home to roost!
"Pingwings"
Need some technical audio expertise here. Detracts from Peter's excellent content.
Rather than Sweden I think we can build a Baltic cooperation. Scandinavian and polish integration with the Baltics has the potential to institute something different. There are many differences to put aside but also a big common denominator: Russia. Besides there is a reason why at the end of the viking age there were so much mixing of ruling families between scandinavia, poland and kievan rus (ukraine).
I'm pretty sure there was more mixing with Novgorod than Kiev.
Please buy a new microphone!
His microphone is fine, get better speakers
I can actually hear everything just fine, but ... that's an impressive collection of bottles behind you, Mr. Interviewer. ;-)
Ya I thought it was fine
for a very long time the Us was legitimately partners with many countries, becuase it needed to be in the cold war. but as teh cold war ended and winded down, those countries mostly by and large stopped being pertners with the US and enjoyed being 'dependants' where they benefitted from the arrangement but really didn't have to put very much into it, and the US was basically stuck, trapped by years of tradition and outstanding agreements. and now that the US is pulling back, those countries are discovering that they need to remember how to take care of themselves again in many ways.
the funny thing to me is that for the past two decades, for hte most part, whenever anything happens in the world, if the Us intervened in whatever happened, the rest of the world complained about american imperialism, and when the US didn't get involved, the world complained about the US not assisting. well, now the world gets both, the U won't be intervening or assisting, and they are discovering that thats actually not really what they wanted, but it's what they asked for so they have to live with it
I didn't even notice the audio. It is the quality of the information that I'm interested in.
You must have liver lips.
@@fredrubble4305 Not sure, but I definitely don't have OCD over aesthetics.
It is interesting to me how many countries are in general ignored in Zeihan's presentations. The old time powers are still the central issue of global politics.
Peter talking about my country!! go NZ.. let's survive by being far away from everyone haha
Love Kiwis but after Jacinda Ardern's rein NZ may never recover and will remain an indefensible two islands that will be taken over by the Chinese in the near future. US is not interested in protecting Marxist dictatorships.
It’s 6am eastern time, I can’t sleep, thank you.
Time to wake up anyways !
Someone should give this man a shokz opencom for Christmas. Seems a lot like his speed for home and the trail, much better audio.
Let me shorten this to a single sentence. USA: " We are tired of paying for your Sh!t".
$36T
Our economic strength comes from our international connections.
Audio is the most imporant part of a video, this one fails.
You can’t hear him talk? It ain’t ASMR now…
@@shaunmalay4165 some words are cut off though. I had to rewind and repeat a few times.
Peter sees demography in a one dimensional way. High birthrates ,good. Low birthrates, bad. But actual populations don't work like that.
I live on the Mexican border, and unchecked immigration is absolutely an issue. However, the Hispanics coming across are Christians speaking a related language, and so assimilation works.
In France, most immigrants are Muslims who do not speak an indo European language. We have 1,300 years of history of the clash between Islam and Christianity (or post Christian culture), and I challenge you to show ANYPLACE where the two have successfully integrated.
In France's case, a high birthrate amongst an immigrant population which will not assimilate is a recipe for civil war. NOT a financial boon!
I must admit, I was amused by the juxtaposition of two articles in a paper about France not too long ago--'Whatever shall we do about our pension system?' and 'Whatever shall we do about all the immigrants?' The US has its fun racism etc., but we appear to assimilate people better than say, Germany, with its fifth-generation Turkish guest workers. Educating the immigrants and getting them to work at jobs suffering from labor shortages and paying taxes would seem to be one good solution.
Deerborn, Michigan is one place where Muslim and Christian cultures have integrated successfully. I think it’s because the U.S. integrates its immigrants well in general. And the Muslims who want to immigrate here value separation of church and state
@@Ontonauti am from india and even we have the same issue with islam.. this are our own people who converted during medieval period invasion of india by mughals but for 800 years we have never been in peace with them coz they have a cult like belief system where they keep on screaming therr is no god other than allah and the slogan allah hu akbar by slitting the non muslim throat in an ISIS style
@@Ontonaut was it Deerborn where the Muslims were chanting 'd*ath to America'? Or was it the Muslims from Hamtramck? You might want to reconsider how well all those Muslims assimilated. Because they never do. Once they consider there are enough of them, all those Imams flirting with Sharia everywhere start to pop up. That's the point of no return. Stop deluding yourself. Muslims never ever integrate into a majority Christian culture.
Not just New Zealand but Canada which has enjoyed benefits from being a "middle power" in a multi-lateral system
Zeihan is always wrong but never in doubt
His videos never age well but always so certain
@AUSTRIALIA here. What you are saying Z makes a lot of sense in light of recent moves inside AUKUS partnership. The MRF-D (estimated 2,500 annually), upgrades to the Larrakeyah Defence Precinct and upgrade facilities @ RAAF Darwin and Tindal confirm your thinking.😊
An expansionist Turkey? With chronic inflation, a restive Kurdish minority, the EU at its borders and utter dependence on Western imports, expect a lot of talk, no action.
The Kurds are getting boxed in rn. America is no longer interested in protecting them, so Turkey, Iraq, Syria, & Iran are moving in. Diplomatic posturing between Turkey & Iraq is particularly worrying for the Kurds. The Turks are already geopolitically on the move
They are dreaming about "Turkistan" expasion with former USSR states, Ajerbadjan, Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazastan and all other "stans"
:)
who is the guy talking with Peter? his background is amazing!
I doubt the US can afford to carry on with 800 military bases anymore. The US is forced to retreat.
Wether we're forced to or not doesnt matter. The publics been wanting this for years. Europe can take care of itself.
As a Swede, I feel Peter is discounting Norway way too much.
Norway has full access to the Swedish labour force without having to pay for their unemployed relatives.
Also, Norway has not ruined their foreign relations with empty feminist poser foreign policy (hi Turkey, Saudi, Israel).
Oh, and Norway is the richest country in the world (oil rich) and will not have to participate in the next EU bailout since they’re not a member.
Sweden got waaay more of a complex industry. Pumping up gas isn't that hard. 😅
@@NLJeffEU Now all Sweden has to do is defend it . . .
As a Minnesota "Norwegian", all I can say to Sweden is: Hee hee hee hee heeeeee . . .
Norway, however, has a very simple economy. Mostly the export of energy and fish. Sweden and Denmark have much more diversified economies.
yeah but it gives a hefty revenue stream @@NLJeffEU .. saudis of the north
I was surprised there was no mention of India.
What about India?
A country that calls itself the largest democracy in the world -- that's a laugh -- has responded to the current shakedown between the autocratic and democratic world with "we're not interested in getting involved. We just want to make a few bucks while we slide into isolationism and irrelevance".
The globe in the background looks like Peter has crazy hair. Lols
Why is this man still talking about Russia losing the Ukraine war?
Thanks!
Its time for the kids to leave home and stand on their own 2 feet.
We'll miss that free labor from those kids. There is a lot we benefit from having all of these dependent relationships with our allies and partners.
As I recall, it was the Yanks in 1956 who told the British and French that from then on they weren't to do global politics, Uncle Sam was taking over. Now they're discovering that it's a bigger job than they thought
Globalism is a sham , a big mistake
Really good video!
My wife just pointed out that Peter looks like Kenny Everett.... Now I can't unsee it 😂
And then all my clothes fell off, but it was done in the best possible taste
Thanks Peter
All the comments referencing poor audio quality and yet my audio is fine.
For the love of God, please get a decent microphone in the studio, and some sort of windshield for your mic that you use on the trail. It's difficult to follow sometimes because of the audio quality. I'm a technical specialist for AV production, I could make some recommendations.
Always the best channel with the worst audio.
This is Peter's wheelhouse, and I think he nailed it.
As one wag once said, history doesn't repeat, it rhymes. The big difference today is nukes. That is it. That is the whole difference between today and the time before WWII.
I have seen reports of a French official, I think it was a military officer, who posited that the French might have to go in and take control, directly, of some places in Africa. There are instances of that colonial mindset creeping in all over.
The Chinese and the Russians want a multipolar world. They will get it. As Peter has often pointed out that is the norm throughout human history. By the way, the Chinese and Russians did not fare so well in that world. They might want to consider that.
That headset makes Peter look like he's working drive-through at McDonalds.
Production wise the camera angle of the interviewer interviewer is amateurish: Try an angle the camera so it there’s not so much headroom. Peter’s got it right.
I have been fortunate to learn how unreliable some or Peter’s perspectives are on some topics. Just a reminder to the ether that predicting all the many things that one day seem a non-issue and the next boil to the forefront, make it likely any person, no matter how informed, is wrong.
Who you like in the LSU-USC game?
@@hankhillsnrrwurethra no matter how informed, I might be just wrong (USC lol)
Japan and New Zealand have a strategic relationship with Australia. America leverages its relationship with Australia to maintain a balance of power in South East Asia and The Pacific, but make no mistake, it’s Australia that will dominate the region and America can’t afford to ever let the Australians isolate themselves.
FIX YOUR AUDIO!!!!!
Greetings from Mexico🇲🇽 from an X-Pat🇺🇸
The audio is choppy.
The US is tired of playing "policeman of the universe" when others can pay for some of that role now, long after WWII. E.g., why should WE be the ones to deal with the Houthis, since Suez trade matters extremely little to us?
Exactly!
I agree with you 100%. Let Europe, Asia, Africa, and especially the Middle East deal with their own problems. Those areas have been fighting each other for 1000's of years and I don't see them ever stopping.
I feel the US should focus our attention on developing trade and partnerships with countries in North and South America. If we treat those countries fairly and stop trying to topple governments we don't like, we could create a similar system to the EU. We have all the resources we need on this side of the globe. Protect our trade routes just off the coast of these continents and let the others do what they've been doing forever.
The Suez canal red sea terrorist action is costing the U.S. a ton of money.
The U.S.has maintained a large expeditionary force there since near the beginning of the attacks. The additional price of responding with counter strikes would be negligible.
Shipping rates and insurance have increased world wide.
We have a world economy where a huge amount of U.S. consumer goods are partly manufactured in Europe and partly in Asia, costing Americans more for these goods.
@@Rick_1337agreed and the countries in South America don’t have thousand year blood feuds between each other and glaring cultural friction between them.
This side of the hemisphere is pretty nice with a bit more work
@@Rick_1337 i truely believe that is the larger longer term goal of the US government, why pay trillions every year to protect a world that hates it's self when us ad our neighbors have everything WE need no more than a stones throw away. and our demographics on this side of the planet look a hell of a lot better accross the board than the rest of asian,europe and africa.
who are we protecting at this point? and who are we protecting them from? and why are we bothering to protect them? those are all questions we have asked ourselves in the last 15 years. and the rest of the world is not going to like the answers and conclusions we came to.
Hi Peter.
I searched for _"Ween Homo Rainbow"_ and
Lo & Behold!
- Here you are!
Yep don't worry about NZ, nothing to see here, no need to "fix" any maps. Hey look, what's that over there?....
It's a Bunny Rabbit!
Please get a new headset and microphone!
As much as we want to avoid conflict, how do you see us doing this and keeping the Middle East from exploding into war after war? What's your solution? If you were POTUS, what would your policies be? Please let me know. Thanks
I'm always looking at bookshelves in the backgrounds to see what the person is reading. The interviewer's background is unfortunate, not just the empty alcohol bottles either. I do have great respect for Peter Zeihan. Even people who disagree with him have to admit that he thinks about global politics a lot, and has been doing this a long time, so he knows more than almost all of us do (especially me). Thanks Peter!
How has he not changed this? It looks so bad. Why hasn't Peter bought him a green screen? 😂
Ha, I do the same thing with folks' bookshelves in these type of videos. I enjoy Peter's videos and watch him a lot. But I gotta say, on naval topics I often (as 22-yr retired USN) find his "knowledge" very shallow in that particular subject matter. As one example, at a university appearance this past March, he stated that US aircraft carriers can attain 90-knot speed...which is obviously not even close to true. It kinda makes me wonder what else he's not gotten right in other areas with which I'm not as familiar first-hand.
@@cragnamorra Peter speaks and writes in far reaching generalities designed to catch attention. Much of his commentary is designed to appeal to cultural chauvinism.
EG: Sweden is a tiny country in terms of productive land and a small, shrinking, complacent population. The compelling argument in the debate leading up to Sweden's decision to join NATO is that it would enable Sweden to cut its defense budget in half. It is big fish only in the Baltic Sea small pond. It can never be more than that. While his arguments are interesting, they have little factual basis and really just opinions based on his own feelings about issues.
The US is in such an enviable position to be a global supplier of food, and self sufficient in energy, I'd be happy for us to allow most all other countries to sell their manufactured products to each other, while keeping our manufacturing base self sufficient and high tech. I think our military could safely and usefully be much smaller, especially as to carrier groups, but rely much on submarines, building temporary bases quickly when and where required, and staying equal or ahead in space.
Nice bottle collection on the left 👌 😅
Also home boy needs to re stock his booze… dem bottles are all almost empty 😂😂😂
I think the history books are going to record this as the worst decision America ever made. America made a huge amount off of globalization, its economy grew by leaps and bounds, so I find this desire to disconnect to be reactionary and irrational.
It's all about posturing and being obnoxious.
Th US will always be in the middle of world politics. Either overtly or covertly.
Actually, we put the most into it and benefit from it the least. We certainly don't get out of it what we put into it, unless you're Raytheon or Lockheed-Martin.
We fight wars that whether we win or don't win, have no effect on daily life in America at all.
@@ashcarrier6606 I disagree. We got cheap consumer goods and the ability to export our inflation to the word.
@@jasonneugebauer5310 At the low, low price of exporting our manufacturing. But hey, when you can't work at the mill or factory your grandfather raised a family on with one income, you can always join the Army and serve as the armed muscle for the globalist system that ended that way of life!
It is no longer profitable. As Asia and Europes population collapse in numbers. India is an exception but they keep most of their economics within their own nation.
He's joyous...
Don't understand how Germany can be junior partner when it comes to Sweeden wheb they have 8 times the population. Even in the long term Sweden will not gain that much population.
If you have followed Peter for a while you will know that he hates Germany (and a few other countries) and always wants to put them down for no reason. That's just how Peter rolls.
Sweden has a healthy population pyramid - Germany does not. Sweden has energy access while Germany does not.
@@mja4wp Even if Belarus had a strong population pyramid and an exceptionally robust energy sector, it would not make Russia the Junior partner. Or take Kazakhstan for example.
@@Dominic-hc2fx geography
US and UK then.
The Middle East has fought among themselves for centuries, they will continue. Europe/Russia, the Asian peninsula has had, over the centuries done a slightly downsized version. North & South America have kept a lower outline overall. Point is, The Middle East seems destined to self implode. Turkey seems to be on a road to circumvent their position in so much as to keep in focus their survival while maintaining some interest in that area in only to assure someone will be the adult in the room. Interesting insights here. We are an ever changing world, this is for sure. Peter keeps us on our toes, pin pricking certain hot spots and occasionally throwing us a bone with but a little meat left on so that we may seek a slight taste of what may or may not be coming. Whether one agrees with Peter, he does have internal knowledge of worldly events which when relayed, at least through only tidbits, is at times, something to chew on. Thanks Peter.
Turkey just beat up U.S marines over the weekend 😡😬😬😬
Perhaps I'm a bit confused here, but what are the cultural connections between the US and New Zealand'? Besides both being former British colonies.
I was thinking the same thing, though admittedly I know very little about New Zealand culture. Maybe because of America and Australia's expanding alliance? Though I'm not sure how similar Australia and New Zealand are culturally.
Movies and social immigration, I think.
This is how Rome fell. When Rome became the only superpower in the Mediterranean, having friends in the Roman senate equals to political victory for a foreign stakeholder. For the Romans, Egypt is about cheap grains. For the Egyptians, befriending Rome is about survival. Those “offerings” will inevitably be sources of corruption.
As a german, i am happy being the junior partner as long as Poland, Denmark, the low land countries, Austria and Spain ect are also in that partnership.
Also, i am not sure if the USA will like the results.
Why all these catholics? Austria is completely infiltrated by Russian influences and agents since the end of the war.
Wirecard was/is a part of that problem for example.
Spain is debt ridden. Etc.
As a lowly American, I can assure you: The USA does not give a sh*t. Have fun!
As an American at some point we will be forced to care again, and that might be a very ugly time.
It is high time that European countries worked together more effectively, but they never will, too many historical and cultural fears and barriers. This suits the US to the T because they lie when they say they are withdrawing.
LOL oooohhhh we're so scared. Not.
You don’t feel badly. You feel bad.
Fun fact. The swedish royal family comes from France
Not the Queen though. She comes from Germany.
Yep, treacherous, ungrateful, unfaithful Bernadottes. Although, Russian royals came from Sweden. Ruricks were Norsmen bandits... 😀
The Danish originates from Germany 😅
Napoleon's Pets!
@@asdasdasddgdgdfgdg Yes, they met on a flight where she was a flight attendant.
I believe that the USA will begin to concentrate more on their own backyard (North and South America) and less so on places like the Middle East and Europe because the USA is, more or less, energy independent and globalization is collapsing due to demographic collapse in China. The biggest issue that brings to the forefront is that Mexico, who the USA shares a border with, is, essentially, a failed narco State. I can see an Afghanistan-style nation building exercise where you replace the Taliban with the cartels. However, with Mexico being in such close proximity the USA could just say "We are in charge now." and, essentially, annexing Mexico and turning it into a quasi-Puerto Rico.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Hey Peter, very curious on the future of the Northwest Passage and what Canada needs to do to ensure it stays in Canada's possession.
Get rid of Trudeau
@@aisaxonawiat6484😅😂❤❤😂 YEP.
@@aisaxonawiat6484 I was going to say the same.
I agree with getting rid of Trudeau, but Pollievre is just as unconcerned about our north and our NATO commitment as troo-dope.
I've been concerned for some time that the US Navy has become excessively dependent upon the carrier strike group as the primary and near exclusive means of projecting force. In the era of drone swarms and hypersonic missiles this seems even more shortsighted than before. It is said that the generals always plan for how to win the last war. It would seem this is also the case for the admirals.
What is the answer to the thumbnail question? Is it clickbait then?
Half the videos lately is like hearing a gypsy woman trying to read palms.
I love the "Brave New World" reference. If you've read the book then you know about the happy ending it had, putting a certain vibe on his speech.
I would like Peters thoughts on a scenario where if Belorussian troops cross into Ukraine and join the fight directly with Russia, would NATO use that as a reason/excuse to deploy troops into Ukraine themselves?
Peter thinks Ukraine is winning so why would Nato help?
@@Wolfvain-qs5su When did he say Ukraine is winning? Actually in the beginning he said russia will win soon.
i imagine peters answer will be no. Belarus like Russia still wouldn't be attacking a NATO member and NATO is a DEFENSIVE military alliance. its members cant attack a country and expect the others to join it. it only works if a member is attacked that the others are obligated to join. so if Belarus attacks say Poland then yeah game on but Ukraine, under the terms of NATO then no.
@@GowthamNatarajanAI Every western Analyst said Russia would win in 3 days...when that didn't happen it was Russia who said it and Russias a joke for not doing it
@@zill0678 True, but Nato is not obliged to sit out. It may choose to intervene, for example Nato's intervention in Yugoslavia. And, of course, nothing in the Nato arrangement forbids countries acting independently or in concert with a few other members.
Hi Peter, excellent content as always. What do you think the future of Panama will look like in this new world order?
Peter has quite the opinion of the relationship that all countries should have with the United States.
You must all bow down before our self-absorbed mightynes, or you will not survive the coming change.
So U.S. centric. How can the US withdrawal interest from the world and yet be the most important foreign power that all other countries must bow down to?
I think in this case Peter is insulting every country but the U.S. and I hope U.S. foreign policy makers take a less insulting and more mutually beneficial approach when interacting with every other country on earth.
Most people around the world don't like to be insulted and told the USA is most inportant and they need to beg for scraps if they want to do well.
Well, it's not wrong... And this is coming from a European. Only a US civil war is going to change the fact that the US will remain the world's hegemon for the foreseeable future. The US is the world's leader in AI and robotics, and these industries will decide who rules the future.
How yet be the most important power?
Only nation with intact supply chains, largest military, lights going out everywhere else.
Easy as that.
@@YeahWellShutUp I guess you got the wrong industries. Peter mentioned a few more important ones.
My question is what happens to nuclear non proliferation if the US no longer acts as the security backstop of last resort for the majority of the world outside of Africa. If the US tells the world they're on their own, doesn't that mean at least 50 countries have nukes within 5 years? Doesn't that mean the risk of nuclear Armageddon go up exponentially? Isn't that the real reason the US continues to be the world's security backstop of last resort?
I am halfway through the video and what a pile of nonsense. So many things to address but saying that Sweden and France have healthy demographies is downright comical. 😂😂
@@SlipnDrip oh boy oh boy🤣🤣🤣
@@SlipnDrip Yes, comparatively, they do. But this is largely due to immigrants, and it is highly questionable if this demographic is raising the average IQ of the country, and many low-skilled jobs are going away because of automation. Young unemployed males with low intelligence are very dangerous to society.
@@YeahWellShutUp you probably know this already but immigrants have literally turned Sweden into Europe's own Mexico with massive cartels (called "nätverk" in Swedish, example Foxtrot nätverk) openly waging war on one another and on the police. Exactly like in Mexico. These nätverks are so powerful and untouchable that they even have their own logos with which they advertise themselves like sports teams. Stable demography my ass🤣
@@asdasdasddgdgdfgdgyea I agree with most things this guy says but no way this guy thinks north Europe and France are stable
Brilliant analysis on Israel. I really agree with the US stance on it. What a weird time though, and you really have to wonder when one of these Powers is going to awaken to. The fact that we're not going to babysit anymore is going to be interesting, but seeing how countries have responded to the Russia situation, I think that was a global order might morph into a new one as challenges arise
Given Europe's demographics, its main threat is not Russia, it's the vacuum left by the hazardous decline of indigenous Europeans. Get ready for major changes especially along the northern Mediterranean.
How about indigenous Americans they genocide off?
Europe either has more robots than people by 2040, or we're done.
Exactly. All that empty space and prime real estate. 4 billion Africans will be ready to move in
@@clearcoat I'm sure there are many Arabs who would prefer to live someplace a little more temperate than the desert.
The last line of our national anthem is a question.
Today, in my estimation, the answer to that question is no.
The US will never leave the global order because the global order is ephemeral, like fame, what is fame? It's this cloak of mystery that dissolves quickly whoever is famous and speaks. No; whoever has the most innovative ideas and products will lead the global order. People vote with their pocketbooks no matter where they come from. The general public will buy products that make their life easier and that they can afford, then they will look at who makes the products and appreciate the country or countries who make the latest trends in food, clothing, design, automobiles, airplanes, etc.
The US can't afford to leave the Global Order, if it does all its ties will be cut outside, slowly but surely, yes it can survive but not as it is and it won't stop the agitators who see the US as enemies, more likely to encourage them to get bigger and stronger!?!
First, you give way to much credit to laissez-faire capitalism. Yes it is a major driving force in all society. But I think you are not appreciating the full negative effects of poor leadership.
Second, how will consumers buy the goods they want thereby shaping the economy during a depression when our leadership is going to take control and "fix" the economy for us?
Week 10 of asking Peter to buy a 15 dollar mic from Walmart for the sake of the audience
audio problems match the value of video at this point. so if the audio sucks it must be a horrible take.
Most Americans can’t decide what restroom to use….
The defence apparatus of the US is massive and it moves an enormous amount of money. To be able to justify the expenditure, the US has been patrolling the seas and intervene into wars across the globe. I understand that the Us is starting to suffer from "imperial fatigue" and would like to disengage from the world affairs but it will be easier said than done with such a massive and lucrative apparatus. Moreover, I expect the high spheres of the military not to be super happy from such disengagement either. Countries, or if you prefer societies, are unstable balances that require little to be smashed. History will tell.
Problem is that because of the political situation at home and inflation most Americans have had enough of what appears to be dead end adventurism that only benefits the few, think the tail end of the Vietnam war.
The American public could give a shit about what our military does as long as the dying isn't on our side.
America is 1-2 decades from completing our multigenerational, grandmaster level, world monopoly takeover.
What looks like imperial fatigue is just the rearranging of the pieces for the next phase.
This doesn't mean the American public is going to benefit or be happy. Only that America will be in power!
@@cmajaa1 that's one example of the unstable balance that I was referring to: people are tired of the adventurism but the defence apparatus employes lots of people, directly and indirectly. Moreover, the apparatus has lobbyists (I never understood how the US permits such an antidemocratic system) who can pressure the government. Anyway, we'll see how the pieces will end up
“It cannot happen without U.S. participation, as we are the most significant single component. Yes, there will be a New World Order, and it will force the United States to change it’s perceptions.”
- Henry Kissinger, World Affairs Council Press Conference, Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel , April 19, 1994
"I stack large books behind me in live streams to show I'm smart."
What about booze ?
"and bottles of exquisite liqueur to show that i'm sophisticated"🙄
I just have lots of liquor bottles behind me... to show I like to party
Because no one wants to admit they get their information from their phone. lol 😂
😂😂 Staap
The global majority is mo longer adraid of the West.