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== World economics and trends ==
=== 2023 ===
*[https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-105-trillion-world-economy-in-one-chart/ Visualizing the $105 Trillion World Economy in One Chart], August 2023
*[https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-richest-countries-2023-gdp-per-capita/ Ranked: The World’s 25 Richest Countries by GDP per Capita], 2023
== World News ==
'''World news Western perspective:'''
*[https://wng.org/ World News]
*[https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/ World news - United Press International]
*[https://www.reuters.com/world/ World News - Reuters]
*[https://www.wsj.com/world?mod=nav_top_section Wall Street Journal]
*[https://apnews.com/world-news World news - Associated Press]
'''World News - NonWestern perspective:'''
*[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world Times of India - World news]
*[https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news Hindustan Times - World news]
*[https://www.wionews.com/world Wion News - World]
*[https://www.rt.com/news/ Russia Today - World news]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@HT-Videos/videos Hindustan Times - YouTube]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_gUM8rL-Lrg6O3adPW9K1g/videos WION news]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessBasicsYT/videos Business basics] - Mixed bag of quality, geopolitics
'''Non-Western international politics YouTube channels :'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@TheDuran/videos The Duran]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@dialogueworks01/videos Dialogue Works] - Pro-Russia leaning
*[https://www.youtube.com/@CaspianReport/videos The Caspian Report], [[Azerbaijan]] based, Mixed bag in terms of quality
'''World news. Data-driven UK YouTube video channel:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@JoeBlogs/videos Joe Blogs]
== Major powers: Western World, USA, European nations, China and Russia, World events and world history ==
=== Burning Archive ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/@theburningarchive/videos Burning Archive] - YouTube
*[https://jeffrich.substack.com/ Burning Archive substack] - Substack
*[https://jeffrich.substack.com/podcast Burning Archive podcast]
*[https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-burning-archive/id1562981468 Burning Achive Apple Podcast] - Apple Podcast
=== Stephen Kotkin lectures ===
*[https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e9be6bafba5c0576&q=stephen+kotkin&tbm=nws&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgnJ_b-MiEAxXMEVkFHbEYAfgQ0pQJegQIChAB&biw=1920&bih=927&dpr=1 Stephen Kotkin] - Google search
*[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stephen+kotkin Stephen Kotkin] - YouTube search
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCusFCg-z_0 Stephen Kotkin: Turning Points: Yesterday’s World, and Tomorrow’s]
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbjmSS6LZDGp-B8j17UbbY8Z2HznqcV3y Steve Kotkin - Sphere of influence lectures - 3 part series]
=== Emmanuel Todd ===
*[https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e9be6bafba5c0576&q=emmanuel+todd&tbm=nws&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiL9drS9ciEAxVhKFkFHYLTDuAQ0pQJegQIDBAB&cshid=1708947649674953&biw=1920&bih=927&dpr=1 Emmanuel Todd] - Contrarian French historian, anthropologist, demographer, sociologist and political scientist at the National Institute of Demographic Studies in Paris.
=== The changing character of war - Peter Zeihan ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0CQsifJrMc Peter Zeihan | The Changing Character of War], [[Peter Zeihan]]
=== Polarity (International relations) ===
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarity_(international_relations) Polarity - International relations]
Bipolar:
*[[Essay: The myth of multipolarity. What do the terms unipolar, bipolar and multipolar mean as far as international relations?|The myth of multipolarity. What do the terms unipolar, bipolar and multipolar mean as far as international relations?]]
*[https://archive.md/mEqCv#selection-1105.0-1109.30 The Myth of Multipolarity], American Power’s Staying Power, ''Foreign Affairs'', April 18, 2023
*[https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/22/multipolar-world-bipolar-power-geopolitics-business-strategy-china-united-states-india/ No, the World Is Not Multipolar], ''Foreign Affairs'', September 22, 2023
*[https://warontherocks.com/2023/04/multipolarity-what-is-it-good-for/ Multipolarity: What Is It Good For?] (Discussion of the above ''Foreign Affairs'' article ''The Myth of Multipolarity'', 2023)
*[[Essay: The 2023 BRICS Summit was a bunch of hoopla. We still don't live in a multipolar world.]]
*[https://archive.md/ECZFt The multipolarity thesis: the verdict of Unhedged and Chartbook], FT, 2023 (Argues multipolarity is exaggerated. Focuses on financial)
*[[Essay: Why has the West been so successful?|Why has the West been so successful?]] (Stephen Kotkin - Multipolar world is nonsense)
Middle Ground:
*[https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/multipolar-world-order/ Prospects for a multipolar world order], GS, 2023 (Liechtenstein based)
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZwkwVrQjtU 'A Multipolar World With Bipolar Features'], video, Stratfor, 2023
*[https://ip-quarterly.com/en/defense-multipolarity In Defense of Multipolarity], INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY (IPQ), Nov 17, 2023, Germany's leading foreign affairs magazine, offering a Berlin view on foreign affairs.
Multiple views discussed:
*[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/responses/long-unipolar-moment The Long unipolar moment?], Foreign Affairs, 2023 (Article with counter-response) - Focuses on multiple dimensions, etc.
*[https://www.stimson.org/2023/assumption-testing-multipolarity-is-more-dangerous-than-bipolarity-for-the-united-states/ Assumption Testing: Multipolarity is more dangerous than bipolarity for the United States], October 23, 2023
Multipolar:
*[https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/05/usa-china-multipolar-bipolar-unipolar/ Yes, the World Is Multipolar], and that isn’t bad news for the United States. - Foreign Policy, 2023
*[https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2022/12/16/a-multipolar-world-can-benefit-both-us-and-china-ex-fm-george-yeo A multipolar world can benefit both US and China: ex-FM George Yeo], The Star, 2023 (Singapore)
*[https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3237591/us-needs-accept-its-multipolar-world-and-work-china US needs to accept it’s a multipolar world and work with China], South China Morning Post, 2023
*[https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/piece-by-piece-the-brics-really-are-building-a-multipolar-world/ Piece by piece, the BRICS really are building a multipolar world], Atlantic Council, 2023
Focuses on the rise of non-state actors and the state having less power:
*[https://archive.md/NOeJM#selection-243.5-243.65 The new age of multipolar, 5D war against the West has begun], The Australian, 2023 (See also: [https://press.armywarcollege.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1764&context=parameters The Fate of the State by MARTIN VAN CREVELD])
=== Western World ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qovJZwIVr0 Why the West Won’t Collapse]
=== USA ===
*[http://time.com/3899972/us-superpower-status-military/ These Are the 5 Reasons Why the U.S. Remains the World’s Only Superpower]
*[https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/august-web-only/ive-experienced-this-cultural-moment-before-in-russia.html I’ve Experienced This Cultural Moment Before … in Russia] - Decline of the USA and Christian response
*[[Essay: The United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future|The United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future]]
=== Europe ===
[[File:There are no atheists on a sinking ship.jpg|thumbnail|right|400px|According to a September 2022 Ipsos poll, 7 in 10 Britons agree that the UK is in decline.<ref>[https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/7-10-britons-agree-uk-decline 7 in 10 Britons agree that the UK is in decline], 2022 Ipsos poll</ref>
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As the HMS [[United Kingdom]] was going down, Britons could be heard saying, "We shouldn't have put [[Charles Darwin]] on our currency. God is not mocked. We are reaping what we sowed."]]
European News:
*[https://www.youtube.com/@TLDRnewsEU/videos TLDR Euronews YouTube channel]
*[https://www.breitbart.com/tag/europe/ Breitbart - Europe]
*[https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=europe&FORM=HDRSC7 Europe - Bing news]
*[https://www.france24.com/en/europe/ France 24 - Europe]
*[https://www.politico.eu/ Politico Europe]
*[https://www.euronews.com/my-europe Europe - Euronews]
*[https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=572890011&sxsrf=AM9HkKk_KP3T1X7Kr-q80GqAq8hsBKQX_g:1697127958160&q=Europe&tbm=nws&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJi9ao9vCBAxXUkIkEHVJpDbEQ0pQJegQIChAB&biw=1920&bih=941 Europe - Google News]
Other:
*[https://www.courthousenews.com/eu-records-lowest-birthrate-amid-a-steady-60-year-decline/ EU records lowest birthrate amid a steady 60-year decline]
*[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/why-is-europe-losing-the-will-to-breed-1.2644169 Why is Europe losing the will to breed?]- Irish Times, 2016
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T15ZJN8Tps David Harsanyi – On Busting the Myth of European Superiority]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUWpFn0AzZQ Everything You Hear About Europe is Wrong]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpHYR8Y_F3I David Harsanyi: “Eurotrash”—Rejecting the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6jCoV5T-Is David Harsanyi, Author of "Eurotrash" on The Interview with Hugh Hewitt]
Europe's anti-Americanism post start of Russia vs. Ukraine War:
*[https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-us-anti-american-biden-trade-gas-weapons-economy-inflation-reduction-act/ Europe’s anti-American itch], Politico, 2022
'''Classical liberalism view:'''
Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent:
*[https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/death-wish/ Death Wish - Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent] - Claremont Review of Books
*[https://www.amazon.com/Eurotrash-America-Reject-Failed-Continent/dp/0063066017/ Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent] - book
'''The deindustrialization of Germany/Europe (Europe's economic engine):'''
*[https://www.politico.eu/article/rust-belt-on-the-rhine-the-deindustrialization-of-germany/ The deindustrialization of Germany (Europe's economic engine)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3bxgkJNv40 Europe Is Losing Its Factories]
=== China ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/NTDChinaUncensored/videos?disable_polymer=1 China Uncensored] - YouTube
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ChinaUnscripted/videos China Unscripted]- YouTube
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ChinaObserver0/videos China Observer] - YouTube
*[https://www.youtube.com/@chinainsights4458/videos China Insights] - YouTube
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/ChinaViewTV/videos?disable_polymer=1 New China TV] - YouTube
*[https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-news China News] (Epoch News - China. Falun Gong organization run)
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ChinainFocusNTD/videos China in Focus] - YouTube (Falun Gong organization just like the Epoch Times)
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/scmp888/videos?disable_polymer=1 South China Morning Post] - YouTube
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ChinaFactChasers/videos China Fact Chasers] - YouTube - Run by the South African Winston Sterzel (SerpentZA) and a friend. Both formerly were English teachers in China. Mentions YouTube channels they endorse.
*[https://www.youtube.com/@TheChinaShow/videos The China Show] - YouTube - Run by the South African Winston Sterzel (SerpentZA) and a friend.
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ADVChina/videos ADV China] - YouTube - Run by the South African Winston Sterzel (SerpentZA) and a friend.
*[https://www.youtube.com/@serpentza/videos Serpentza] - YouTube - Run by the South African Winston Sterzel. Former English teacher in China
*[https://www.youtube.com/@laowhy86/videos laowhy86] - YouTube. I am Matthew Tye from Laowhy86. I am a human rights advocate for China.
China:
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVMlEiewyT4 The Chinese Collapse: A (MASSIVE) Housing Overbuild || Peter Zeihan]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtYpa7LYwmQ A Conversation with Professor Stephen Kotkin, Kleinheinz Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution - China] by Stephen Kotkin, December 2022
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkH8c_OUKbQ The End of China?] - Nomad capitalist
*[https://tifwe.org/the-protestant-work-ethic-alive-well-in-china/ The Protestant Work Ethic: Alive & Well…In China]
China, leading economic indicators:
*[https://tradingeconomics.com/china/indicators China, leading economic indicators] (China's figures are suspect due to corruption of the Chinese Communist Party)
Length of modern, authoritarian/communist regimes:
*[https://archive.ph/Sv2MA#selection-1651.7-1659.100 The Chinese Communist Party is on the verge of turning today's China into yesterday's Soviet Union]
*[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-05/chinas-communist-party-is-at-a-fatal-age-for-one-party-regimes/11807138 China's Communist Party is at a fatal age for one-party regimes. How much longer can it survive?]
=== Japan ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVbrVaLIYvA Why Japan Rejects Western Style Globalism]
Japan YouTube channels:
*[https://www.youtube.com/@NipponTVNews24Japan/videos Nippon TV News 24 Japan]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@NHKWORLDJAPAN/videos NHK WORLD-JAPAN]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@LifeWhereImFrom/videos Life Where I am From]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@AbroadinJapan/videos Abroad in Japan]
=== Russia ===
*[https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/indicators Russia's leading economic indicators]
*[https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/crude-oil-production Russia crude oil production]
*[https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=587356145&sxsrf=AM9HkKn4XkQNN8kJGanSmYTMf2cpIHTbmg:1701557801049&q=russian+economy&tbm=nws&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTiq_i7PGCAxUoIDQIHXcgASIQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1920&bih=941&dpr=1 Russia - economy]
*[https://www.google.com/search?q=russia+fertility+rate+&sca_esv=600112330&ei=ki-sZc6EMavG0PEP1buyuAk&ved=0ahUKEwjOlafH6eyDAxUrIzQIHdWdDJcQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=russia+fertility+rate+&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFnJ1c3NpYSBmZXJ0aWxpdHkgcmF0ZSAyChAAGIAEGIoFGEMyBRAAGIAEMgoQABiABBiKBRhDMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMggQABgWGB4YDzIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB5IwhBQhglYoA1wAXgBkAEAmAFzoAGiA6oBAzIuMrgBA8gBAPgBAcICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAg0QABiABBiKBRhDGLADwgILEAAYgAQYigUYhgPiAwQYACBBiAYBkAYK&sclient=gws-wiz-serp Russia fertility rate]
*[https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/gdp-per-capita-ppp Russia GDP per capita PPP]
*[https://www.google.com/search?q=urals+oil+price&sca_esv=587351034&sxsrf=AM9HkKlSMypsScyN1A1QvRxVh7sfYPGTkw%3A1701556583927&ei=Z7FrZd-VOM_H0PEPxdy62AI&ved=0ahUKEwif5f-d6PGCAxXPIzQIHUWuDisQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=urals+oil+price&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiD3VyYWxzIG9pbCBwcmljZTIKEAAYgAQYigUYQzIKEAAYgAQYigUYQzIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyChAAGIAEGIoFGEMyBRAAGIAEMgsQABiABBiKBRiGAzILEAAYgAQYigUYhgNIziJQlAZYjSBwBXgBkAEAmAGtAaABqgqqAQQwLjEwuAEDyAEA-AEBwgIKEAAYRxjWBBiwA8ICDRAAGIAEGIoFGEMYsAPCAgsQABgWGB4Y8QQYCsICBRAhGKABwgIHEAAYgAQYDcICBhAAGB4YDcICBhAAGBYYHuIDBBgAIEGIBgGQBgo&sclient=gws-wiz-serp Urals oil price]
News:
*[https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ Moscow Times] (con)
*[https://theins.ru/en/ The Insider]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@INSIDERUSSIA/videos Inside Russia] (Con)
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ZeihanonGeopolitics/search?query=russia Peter Zeihan - Russia] (Con)
*[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stephen+kotkin+russia&sp=EgIIBQ%253D%253D Stephen Kotkin - Russia] (Con)
*[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stephen+kotkin+Putin&sp=EgIIBQ%253D%253D Stephen Kotin - Putin] (Con)
*[https://www.youtube.com/@JoeBlogs/search?query=russia Joe Blogs - Russia] (Con)
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*[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mearsheimer&sp=EgIIBA%253D%253D John Mearsheimer] - Middle of the road, but leans Russia
*[https://www.youtube.com/@DrSteveTurleyTV/search?query=Russia Steve Turley] - Middle of the road, but leans Russia
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq1VBFyhIuI Dmitry Orlov - YouTube] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Orlov_(writer) Dmitry Orlov] is reasonable person overall in some ways and intelligent, leans Russia (American engineer and writer raised in Russia until the age of 12. Witnesswed Collapse of Soviet Union)
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*[https://www.youtube.com/@TheDuran/videos The Duran] (Pro)
*[https://www.youtube.com/@dialogueworks01/videos Dialogue Works] - Pro-Russia leaning
*[https://www.rt.com/ Russia Today] (Pro)
*[https://sputnikglobe.com/ Sputnik International] (pro)
*[https://www.youtube.com/@dialogueworks01/videos Dialogue Works] - Pro-Russia leaning
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Blogs:
*[https://www.russiamatters.org/blog Russia Matters] - Harvard's Kennedy Center for Science and International Affairs
*[https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blogs/russia-file The Russia File] - Mixed bag
*[https://inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.com/ In Moscow's Shadows]
Russian oil: Lower production and lower profits:
*[https://archive.ph/RzRRI The Golden Age of Russian Oil Nears an End]
*[https://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Future-of-Russian-Oil-Production-in-the-Short-Medium-and-Long-Term-Insight-57.pdf The Future of Russian Oil Production in the Short, Medium, and Long Term], [https://www.oxfordenergy.org/publications/the-future-of-russian-oil-production-in-the-short-medium-and-long-term/ Abstract]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0LzuMUOO0k How Stable Is the Russian Oil Industry?] - Video
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gcl1dO2_0s Russian Oil's Vanishing Act] - video
*[https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Analysts-Predict-42-Decline-In-Russian-Oil-Production-By-2035.html Analysts Predict 42% Decline In Russian Oil Production By 2035]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQRcvquXJ2Q Crumbling Infrastructure in the Russian Taiga] - video
*[https://ogst.ifpenergiesnouvelles.fr/articles/ogst/full_html/2019/01/ogst190118/ogst190118.html A long-term outlook on Russian oil industry facing internal and external challenges]
Economic problems:
*[https://theins.ru/en/opinion/igor-lipsitz/267664 The “no human” factor: How Russia’s workforce shortage rolls back its economic development]
'''Russian culture overview:'''
*Russian culture, traditions and art: [https://www.livescience.com/44154-russian-culture.html#:~:text=Russian%20culture%20has%20a%20long,to%20its%20ornate%20religious%20symbols. Russian Culture: Facts, Customs & Traditions] and [https://www.britannica.com/place/Russia/Cultural-life Russian Culture, Traditions, Arts - Britannica] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Russia culture of Russia] and [https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/russian-culture/russian-culture-core-concepts Russian culture - Core Concepts] and [https://www.tota.world/article/1601 Russian Cultural Overview] and [https://www.advantour.com/russia/culture.htm Russian Culture] and [https://www.56thparallel.com/russian-traditions/ A guide to: Russian Traditions, Culture, Customs & Etiquette]
*[https://greenhearttravel.org/blog/teach-in-a-homestay-russia/5-characteristics-of-russian-culture-i-have-learned-from-my-host-family 5 Characteristics of Russian Culture I Have Learned from My Host Family While Teaching English]
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWo-PXvaXLAA35Je934wbfev6BMCGkK61 Contemporary Russia before the war in Ukraine and Russian history] - video playlist
Other cultural overview:
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcFfQ3-2onM A brief history of Russia with Sergei Guriev]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVooyeCm_YM Plenary 1: Russia, Civilization, and Western Liberalism]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Zv7MGPpIo Unwrapping The Enigma, Mystery And Riddle: Stephen Kotkin Explains Russia To Andrew Roberts]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@VladVexler/videos Vlad Vexler]
*[https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/a-look-at-russian-civilization-power-truth-trust-and-war A LOOK AT RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION: POWER, TRUTH, TRUST, AND WAR]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1C8awu_d6Y The Russian Psyche | Konstantin Kisin]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVJ3Sn-t4yI U.S–Russia Relations, with Stephen Kotkin], August 2022
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mm3hgc1hhg The Psychology of an Isolated Russia] - Stephen Kotkin
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCusFCg-z_0 Isaiah Berlin Memorial Lecture 2018: Stephen Kotkin] - Sir Isaiah Berlin was a Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylaC0MUleZs 5 More Questions For Stephen Kotkin: Ukraine Edition]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ghn1X7sRFs What is Eurasia? - Stephen Kotkin]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv4knd_Fgug Russia and the West: A Historical Perspective].
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_Russia Political abuse of psychiatry in Russia]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWz2deJZppE&t=670s Russian television excerpts - Russian imperialism]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou8mI_ce80s 'The borders of Russia do not end' says Putin at awards ceremony - November 24, 2016] (Russian Geographic Society in Moscow)
Essay: [[Essay: Why I am not bullish on Russia's future|Why I am not bullish on Russia's future]] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU0resswOds The true impact of a year of war on Russia's economy ]
Russia and fertility rate and demographics:
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuhgLlxJMkU Demographics of the Orthodox Christain world] by [[Peter Zeihan]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-pdZSv7G10&t=23s Russia's Demographic Crisis Explained - TLDR News]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXHZ0IH2rOk&t=2s Updates on Russian Demographics]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1aFbmpE1wU (Russia is DONE) Russia's Catastrophic Demographics Collapse is Here.]
Putin:
*[https://sites.google.com/view/vladimir-putin-analysis/home Vladimir Putin - history and analysis]
*[https://networks.h-net.org/node/28443/reviews/1675147/lynch-lourie-putin-his-downfall-and-russias-coming-crash Lynch on Lourie, 'Putin: His Downfall and Russia's Coming Crash']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvOINAeRSMQ Putin Debate | Richard Sakwa | Oxford Union], video
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEaDRnIFIzY The Putin Paradox: The Missed Opportunity of 1989 & Beyond | Feb. 12, 2020], video
Maps of Russia:
*[https://www.alamy.com/political-map-of-russia-or-russian-federation-divided-by-types-of-federal-subjects-republics-krays-oblasts-cities-of-federal-significance-autonomous-oblasts-and-autonomous-okrugs-simple-flat-vector-map-with-labels-image396548344.html Political map of Russia, or Russian Federation divided by types of federal subjects - republics, krays, oblasts, cities of federal significance, autonomous oblasts and autonomous okrugs. Simple flat vector map with labels] - Unknown year
*[https://www.worldometers.info/maps/russia-political-map/ Political map of Russia] - Unknown year
*[https://www.worldometers.info/maps/russia-map/ Russia map - Physical/geographical] - Unknown year
Ukraine:
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEIFwLKlq1Q Kim Iversen: Former NATO Analyst & Top UN Official Says THIS Is The REAL Reason For War In Ukraine]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fTxHIVUjRc The Chris Hedges Report: The truth about Ukraine with Medea Benjamin] - History of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia (And U.S. involvement)
*[https://baptistnews.com/article/why-its-wrong-to-assume-american-evangelicals-are-siding-with-russia-over-ukraine/ Why it’s wrong to assume American evangelicals are siding with Russia over Ukraine]
=== Post Western World notion ===
*[http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-23/post-western-world-disturbing-interview-prof-harry-redner A Post Western World? A Disturbing Interview With Prof. Harry Redner - Part 1]
*[http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-14/post-western-world-disturbing-interview-prof-harry-redner-part-2 A Post Western World? A Disturbing Interview With Prof. Harry Redner - Part 2]
Decline of nations:
*[http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2011/11/decline-of-nations.html Decline of nations - Daniel Greenfield's blog]
=== Map of world by population size ===
*[https://twitter.com/epkaufm?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Map of world by population size]
==== Peter Zeihan's view ====
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ZeihanonGeopolitics/videos Peter Zeihan] is an American geopolitical analyst and author.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH2YwhYOZxg Predicting the Future with Geopolitical Strategist Peter Zeihan]
== International relations and geopolitics YouTube channels and websites ==
'''Geopolitics and Empire'''
Geopolitics and Empire - Features people from the right, center and left (Conducts interviews with prominent international experts on a wide-range of topics. Past guests have included diplomats, government officials, whistleblowers, soldiers, spies, economists, academics, scientists, wealthy investors, dissidents, journalists, and musicians.):
*[https://www.youtube.com/@GeopoliticsEmpire/videos Geopolitics & Empire]
*[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/geopolitics-empire/id1003465597 Geopolitics and Empire] - Apple Podcast
*[https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticsandempire?_pxhc=1612166400404 Geopolitics and Empire] - Soundcloud
'''Burning archive:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@theburningarchive/videos The Burning Archive] (Former government worker who has studied world history)
'''Popular International relations and geopolitics:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ZeihanonGeopolitics/videos Zeihan on Geopolitics] - Pro-Western
*[https://www.youtube.com/@GeopoliticalFuturesGPF/videos Geopolitical Futures] - George Friedman
*[https://www.youtube.com/@CaspianReport/videos Caspian Report], Azerbaijan
*[https://mearsheimer.substack.com/ John Mearsheimer's substack]
'''Nikola Mikovic - Serbian (Tries to be objective realistic)'''
*[https://twitter.com/nikola_mikovic?lang=en Nikola Mikovic - Twitter]
*[https://muckrack.com/nikola-mikovic/articles Nikola Mikovic] - Muckrack
*[https://www.diplomaticourier.com/people/nikola-mikovic Nikola Mikovic] - Diplomaticourier.com
*[https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/contributors/articles/nikola-mikovic Nikola Mikovic] - Lowy Institute
*[https://www.arabnews.com/authors/nikola-mikovic Nikola Mikovic] - Arab News
*[https://www.americanpurpose.com/authors/nikola-mikovic/ Nikola Mikovic], American Purpose
'''Pro-Western YouTube channels:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@foreignaffairs/videos Foreign Affairs]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@TheEconomist/videos The Economist]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@RANENetwork/videos RANE] (Related to Stratfor)
*[https://worldview.stratfor.com/ Stratfor website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@StratNewsGlobal/videos StratNewsGlobal]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@GeopoliticalFuturesGPF/videos Geopolitical Futures]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@CentreforGeopolitics/videos Centre for Geopolitics] - UK
*[https://www.youtube.com/@gefirachannel9054/videos Gefira Channel] - Netherlands
*[https://www.youtube.com/@FPRI/videos Foreign Policy Research Institute]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@GeopoliticsDaily247/videos Geopolitics Daily] - Greece, Very Pro-Western
*[https://www.youtube.com/@FPA1918/videos Foreign Policy Association]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@Geo-Politico/videos Geopolitico] - Run by Infographics channel guy
'''India:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@amitsengupta01/videos Amit Sengupta]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@DEFTALKSbyAadi/videos DEF - TALKS by Aadi] - India focused
*[https://www.youtube.com/@WorldAffairsUnacademy/videos World Affairs]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@WION/videos WION]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@CRUXnews/videos Crux]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@studyiqofficial/videos Study IQ]
'''Pro-Russia, semi anti-Western or anti-Western'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@TheDuran/videos The Duran]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@GDiesen1/videos Glen Diesen]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@dialogueworks01/videos Dialogue Works] - Pro-Russia leaning
*[https://www.youtube.com/@AlexMercouris/videos Alexander Mercouris]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@AlexChristoforou/videos Alex Christoforou]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies/videos Neutrality Studies]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@TheNewAtlas/videos The New Atlas]
== International relations websites - Pro-Western ==
*[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ Foreign Affairs]
*[https://thediplomat.com/ The Diplomat] - Asia Pacific - Affiliated with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Strategic_and_International_Studies Center for Strategic and International Studies]
*[https://foreignpolicy.com/ Foreign Policy] (Founded by [[Samuel Huntington]], but endorsed [[Hillary Clinton]])
*[https://www.fpri.org/ Foreign Policy Research Institute]
== Israel ==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEoVzKyD_IM Here’s THE TRUTH About the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (A Comprehensive History)] by Ben Shapiro
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo77sTGpngQ Why Evangelical Christians Love Israel | VICE on HBO]
*[https://www.JNS.org JNS] <small>(BTW, JNS is also critical on ADL's Greenblatt woke stuff)</small>, [https://www.Israelnationalnews.com INN], and at times center leaning [https://www.i24news.tv I24], or left leaning - [https://www.Ynetnews.com Ynet] or [https://www.timesofisrael.com TOI]. [https://www.israelhayom.com/ ILH] is center leaning. Note. ''JPost'' is usually center leaning when it states it's by "Jerusalem Post Staff," but it often posts pure ''Reuters'' stuff.
=== Israel and prophecy/Bible/miracles ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdQ2KKj9Gec Jonathan Cahn: Seeing God's Guiding Hand Over Israel]
Modern Israel fulfills biblical prophecy:
Prophecies about the land of Israel fulfilled in our lifetime: [https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=pretrib_arch Is Modern Israel Fulfilling Prophecy?] and [https://www.chosenpeople.com/is-the-modern-state-of-israel-2/ Is the modern state of Israel the fullfillment of prophecy] and [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/30/unveiling-mysteries-of-israel-four-biblical-prophe/ Unveiling the mysteries of Israel: Four biblical prophecies being fulfilled right now].
==== Miracles ====
===== Six Day War =====
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wMIq6X4zi4 GOD'S HAND IN THE SIX DAY WAR]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i3uIz7hoYs Six Days of Miracles]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR-8pmLBStA Did God Help Israel During The Six Day War?]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR-8pmLBStA Fmr Israeli Commander: God Protected us in Battle]
== USA foreign policy: Interventionalism vs. Isolationism ==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change United States involvement in regime change]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations Timeline of United States military operations]
'''Trends:'''
Pointless and costly wars such as the [[Iraq War]] and [[War in Afghanistan]] are very expensive. The renowned military strategist and general [[Sun Tzu]] wrote: "There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare." Among the USA public, a less interventionalist and more [[isolationism|isolationist]] sentiment is growing - particularly among young people (See: [[Essay: Isolationalism is growing in the United States. Is this a good thing?|Isolationalism is growing in the United States. Is this a good thing?]]). Of course, anything taken to an extreme can be a bad thing. The United States should stay engaged in the world - especially when it comes to the use of skillful [[diplomacy]]. At the same time, sometimes wars are unavoidable, but when a nation engages in a war, it should be a just war (See: [[Just War Theory]]).
Also, as the USA does more and more onshoring of its companies, there will be less and less of an incentive to be the world's policeman on the high seas (See: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ0IUCMpgEE Deglobalization: The US Navy's Withdrawl as Global Protector]).
== NATO ==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEoY7OT3xwE Why NATO may have to stop a Russian invasion - without the US], Daily Mail, 2023
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO%E2%80%93Russia_relations#:~:text=In%201991%2C%20as%20the%20Soviet,aim%20was%20to%20join%20NATO. NATO–Russia relations]
=== Expansion of NATO ===
'''Pro-NATO expansion:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwe8l8to8pA Stephen Kotkin on Russia’s argument to NATO expansion] - anti-Russian/Putin argument on NATO expansion
*"But it was Vladimir Putin himself who signed the Rome Declaration on 28 May 2002. The same piece of paper I signed, which enshrined the basic principles of territorial integrity and non-interference in other countries. He signed that. He can't blame anybody else."[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68359252]
'''Middle of the road on NATO expansion:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVt-WXTLIZM Did NATO promise Russia never to expand to the east? | DW News], claims H.W. Bush broke promise to Russia concerning expansion of NATO
'''Anti-NATO expansion:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mciLyG9iexE Stephen F. Cohen: NATO expansion and Russia], claims H.W. Bush broke promise to Russia concerning expansion of NATO
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFGEhtnUzJQ Gravitas Ukraine Direct: Did NATO betray Russia?]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io0QGDhbLvw Why NATO is a threat to Putin | John Mearsheimer and Lex Fridman]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on1RrmspFIQ War in Ukraine is the fault of US and NATO | John Mearsheimer and Lex Fridman]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwe8l8to8pA Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer] - Anti-NATO expansion
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xzeZ6nzECs Putin Tells Oliver Stone about his NATO Concerns]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRzhUO-Pz40 Part 1: Oliver Stone Interviews Putin on U.S.-Russia Relations, 2016 Election, Snowden & NATO]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x8zS1jT9JM Part 2: Oliver Stone Interviews Putin on U.S.-Russia Relations, 2016 Election, Snowden & NATO]
=== NATO's soft underbellys ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAj6TjqK3Sk Russian MP’s Big Claim: Putin Planning to Attack NATO's Underbelly? | Vantage with Palki Sharma]
*[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2022/05/nato-must-contest-russian-moves-its-southern-underbelly/367335/ NATO Must Contest Russian Moves in Its Southern Underbelly]
== China and Christianity ==
*[https://www.businessinsider.com.au/new-religious-breakdown-in-china-14-2015-8 This fascinating map shows the new religious breakdown in China]
== What would a post-communist China look like? ==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV7PuqlMOzI What Comes After the Communist Party in China?]
== World map ==
*[https://geology.com/world/world-map.shtml World Map]
=== World map by population ===
*[https://ourworldindata.org/world-population-cartogram World map by population], 2018
== Major power politics in the 21st century for the foreseeable future ==
=== John Mearsheimer's view ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aNMOEQ0248 The 2022 Holberg Debate w/ John Mearsheimer and Carl Bildt: Ukraine, Russia, China and the West]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBiV1h7Dm5E John Mearsheimer: The West is playing Russian roulette]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcYGhBvyVoE Russians and NATO both feel that they cannot lose] - War could drag on at a lower level for years and this is a dangerous situation.
==== Mearsheimer on US defense establishment likely to learn from the war in Ukraine ====
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huDriv7IAa0 Does the US still have the Capacity for Global Dominance? | Prof. John Mearsheimer], 2024, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqQBVCfcMoQ Ukraine, Taiwan and The True Cause of War | John Mearsheimer], 2024. Mearsheimer says the war in Ukraine revealed shortcomings of US Defense policies. Mearsheimer believes USA will fix its industrial capacity problems and upgrade its drone capabilities so it can better fight a potential war with China. Mearsheimer says that the USA's unpreparedness is a vestigage of the former unipolar world and that major power politics has returned. [[Essay: Isolationalism is growing in the United States. Is this a good thing?|US populace embracing isolationism more in terms of young people, etc.]], but Mearsheimer argues that Washington/military industrial complex ignores what public wants.
Mearsheimer argues that liberalism pulls a society apart due to disagreement on first principles and that is why it preaches tolerance, but nationalism is a glue that helps hold a society together.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huDriv7IAa0]. Mearsheimer says liberals don't like realist school of politics because it goes against the grain of idealism and they like to pretend that liberal democracies never engage in [[realpolitik]] type behavior.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huDriv7IAa0]
Background info that Mearsheimer doesn't discuss: China is in economic decline, but it might attack Taiwan to distract from domestic economic problems. But such a war would hurt it economically since it is a trading nation and the Chinese appear to know that. Chinese threats of attacking Taiwan may be political kabuki theatre for its domestic population to distract from its interal problems.
=== Peter Zeihan's view ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRT7P-VKM0k The Old World Order Is About To Collapse - Peter Zeihan] - 2022
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVyf7xhzgTs Peter Zeihan Warns End Of Great Powers Will Bring Famine And Destruction For Smaller Nations] -2022
=== Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xguam0TKMw8 Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio] -2022 (Ray Dahlio has some good ideas, but he is inconsistent when it comes to China[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1iv0q_SW3E])
== Changing civilizational world order ==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3PXFA1xaCk Civilizational World Order w/Dr. Steve Turley] - Listen to this
== Globalization of trade ==
*[https://www.cato.org/publications/globalization-isnt-going-anywhere Globalization of Trade Isn’t Going Anywhere. World trade in goods may have plateaued but did so at historically high levels], Meanwhile, other indicia of globalization—trade in services, digital trade, cross‐border investment and migration, and cultural exchange—continue to increase. CATO, 2023
== War ==
"The level of war in the world seems to have risen to 1989 (post-WWII) peak levels and holding, ending the pacific 1989-2006 era. Does this contradict the Decline of Violence (Pinker) / End of History ([[Francis Fukuyama|Fukuyama]]) theses, or is it just a blip?". - Professor [[Eric Kaufmann]], Twitter/X.[https://twitter.com/epkaufm/status/1744338524994748831], See: [https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace War and Peace].
== Books ==
*''[https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393061310/ref=sr_1_1?crid=HULJ4CBFYE78&keywords=guns+germs+and+steel+by+jared+diamond+hardcover&qid=1704377922&s=books&sprefix=guns+%2Cstripbooks%2C92&sr=1-1 Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies]'' by Jared Diamond Ph.D.
*''[https://www.amazon.com/End-World-Just-Beginning-Globalization/dp/B09CS8FRRD/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=14MMYVFQO4WE0&keywords=peter+zeihan&qid=1704378502&s=books&sprefix=peter+zeihan+%2Cstripbooks%2C90&sr=1-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1 The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization]'' by Peter Zeihan
== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}
== World economics and trends ==
=== 2023 ===
*[https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-105-trillion-world-economy-in-one-chart/ Visualizing the $105 Trillion World Economy in One Chart], August 2023
*[https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-richest-countries-2023-gdp-per-capita/ Ranked: The World’s 25 Richest Countries by GDP per Capita], 2023
== World News ==
'''World news Western perspective:'''
*[https://wng.org/ World News]
*[https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/ World news - United Press International]
*[https://www.reuters.com/world/ World News - Reuters]
*[https://www.wsj.com/world?mod=nav_top_section Wall Street Journal]
*[https://apnews.com/world-news World news - Associated Press]
'''World News - NonWestern perspective:'''
*[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world Times of India - World news]
*[https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news Hindustan Times - World news]
*[https://www.wionews.com/world Wion News - World]
*[https://www.rt.com/news/ Russia Today - World news]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@HT-Videos/videos Hindustan Times - YouTube]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_gUM8rL-Lrg6O3adPW9K1g/videos WION news]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessBasicsYT/videos Business basics] - Mixed bag of quality, geopolitics
'''Non-Western international politics YouTube channels :'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@TheDuran/videos The Duran]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@dialogueworks01/videos Dialogue Works] - Pro-Russia leaning
*[https://www.youtube.com/@CaspianReport/videos The Caspian Report], [[Azerbaijan]] based, Mixed bag in terms of quality
'''World news. Data-driven UK YouTube video channel:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@JoeBlogs/videos Joe Blogs]
== Major powers: Western World, USA, European nations, China and Russia, World events and world history ==
=== Burning Archive ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/@theburningarchive/videos Burning Archive] - YouTube
*[https://jeffrich.substack.com/ Burning Archive substack] - Substack
*[https://jeffrich.substack.com/podcast Burning Archive podcast]
*[https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-burning-archive/id1562981468 Burning Achive Apple Podcast] - Apple Podcast
=== Stephen Kotkin lectures ===
*[https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e9be6bafba5c0576&q=stephen+kotkin&tbm=nws&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgnJ_b-MiEAxXMEVkFHbEYAfgQ0pQJegQIChAB&biw=1920&bih=927&dpr=1 Stephen Kotkin] - Google search
*[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stephen+kotkin Stephen Kotkin] - YouTube search
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCusFCg-z_0 Stephen Kotkin: Turning Points: Yesterday’s World, and Tomorrow’s]
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbjmSS6LZDGp-B8j17UbbY8Z2HznqcV3y Steve Kotkin - Sphere of influence lectures - 3 part series]
=== Emmanuel Todd ===
*[https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e9be6bafba5c0576&q=emmanuel+todd&tbm=nws&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiL9drS9ciEAxVhKFkFHYLTDuAQ0pQJegQIDBAB&cshid=1708947649674953&biw=1920&bih=927&dpr=1 Emmanuel Todd] - Contrarian French historian, anthropologist, demographer, sociologist and political scientist at the National Institute of Demographic Studies in Paris.
=== The changing character of war - Peter Zeihan ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0CQsifJrMc Peter Zeihan | The Changing Character of War], [[Peter Zeihan]]
=== Polarity (International relations) ===
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarity_(international_relations) Polarity - International relations]
Bipolar:
*[[Essay: The myth of multipolarity. What do the terms unipolar, bipolar and multipolar mean as far as international relations?|The myth of multipolarity. What do the terms unipolar, bipolar and multipolar mean as far as international relations?]]
*[https://archive.md/mEqCv#selection-1105.0-1109.30 The Myth of Multipolarity], American Power’s Staying Power, ''Foreign Affairs'', April 18, 2023
*[https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/22/multipolar-world-bipolar-power-geopolitics-business-strategy-china-united-states-india/ No, the World Is Not Multipolar], ''Foreign Affairs'', September 22, 2023
*[https://warontherocks.com/2023/04/multipolarity-what-is-it-good-for/ Multipolarity: What Is It Good For?] (Discussion of the above ''Foreign Affairs'' article ''The Myth of Multipolarity'', 2023)
*[[Essay: The 2023 BRICS Summit was a bunch of hoopla. We still don't live in a multipolar world.]]
*[https://archive.md/ECZFt The multipolarity thesis: the verdict of Unhedged and Chartbook], FT, 2023 (Argues multipolarity is exaggerated. Focuses on financial)
*[[Essay: Why has the West been so successful?|Why has the West been so successful?]] (Stephen Kotkin - Multipolar world is nonsense)
Middle Ground:
*[https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/multipolar-world-order/ Prospects for a multipolar world order], GS, 2023 (Liechtenstein based)
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZwkwVrQjtU 'A Multipolar World With Bipolar Features'], video, Stratfor, 2023
*[https://ip-quarterly.com/en/defense-multipolarity In Defense of Multipolarity], INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY (IPQ), Nov 17, 2023, Germany's leading foreign affairs magazine, offering a Berlin view on foreign affairs.
Multiple views discussed:
*[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/responses/long-unipolar-moment The Long unipolar moment?], Foreign Affairs, 2023 (Article with counter-response) - Focuses on multiple dimensions, etc.
*[https://www.stimson.org/2023/assumption-testing-multipolarity-is-more-dangerous-than-bipolarity-for-the-united-states/ Assumption Testing: Multipolarity is more dangerous than bipolarity for the United States], October 23, 2023
Multipolar:
*[https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/05/usa-china-multipolar-bipolar-unipolar/ Yes, the World Is Multipolar], and that isn’t bad news for the United States. - Foreign Policy, 2023
*[https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2022/12/16/a-multipolar-world-can-benefit-both-us-and-china-ex-fm-george-yeo A multipolar world can benefit both US and China: ex-FM George Yeo], The Star, 2023 (Singapore)
*[https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3237591/us-needs-accept-its-multipolar-world-and-work-china US needs to accept it’s a multipolar world and work with China], South China Morning Post, 2023
*[https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/piece-by-piece-the-brics-really-are-building-a-multipolar-world/ Piece by piece, the BRICS really are building a multipolar world], Atlantic Council, 2023
Focuses on the rise of non-state actors and the state having less power:
*[https://archive.md/NOeJM#selection-243.5-243.65 The new age of multipolar, 5D war against the West has begun], The Australian, 2023 (See also: [https://press.armywarcollege.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1764&context=parameters The Fate of the State by MARTIN VAN CREVELD])
=== Western World ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qovJZwIVr0 Why the West Won’t Collapse]
=== USA ===
*[http://time.com/3899972/us-superpower-status-military/ These Are the 5 Reasons Why the U.S. Remains the World’s Only Superpower]
*[https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/august-web-only/ive-experienced-this-cultural-moment-before-in-russia.html I’ve Experienced This Cultural Moment Before … in Russia] - Decline of the USA and Christian response
*[[Essay: The United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future|The United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future]]
=== Europe ===
[[File:There are no atheists on a sinking ship.jpg|thumbnail|right|400px|According to a September 2022 Ipsos poll, 7 in 10 Britons agree that the UK is in decline.<ref>[https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/7-10-britons-agree-uk-decline 7 in 10 Britons agree that the UK is in decline], 2022 Ipsos poll</ref>
<br />
<br />
As the HMS [[United Kingdom]] was going down, Britons could be heard saying, "We shouldn't have put [[Charles Darwin]] on our currency. God is not mocked. We are reaping what we sowed."]]
European News:
*[https://www.youtube.com/@TLDRnewsEU/videos TLDR Euronews YouTube channel]
*[https://www.breitbart.com/tag/europe/ Breitbart - Europe]
*[https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=europe&FORM=HDRSC7 Europe - Bing news]
*[https://www.france24.com/en/europe/ France 24 - Europe]
*[https://www.politico.eu/ Politico Europe]
*[https://www.euronews.com/my-europe Europe - Euronews]
*[https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=572890011&sxsrf=AM9HkKk_KP3T1X7Kr-q80GqAq8hsBKQX_g:1697127958160&q=Europe&tbm=nws&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJi9ao9vCBAxXUkIkEHVJpDbEQ0pQJegQIChAB&biw=1920&bih=941 Europe - Google News]
Other:
*[https://www.courthousenews.com/eu-records-lowest-birthrate-amid-a-steady-60-year-decline/ EU records lowest birthrate amid a steady 60-year decline]
*[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/why-is-europe-losing-the-will-to-breed-1.2644169 Why is Europe losing the will to breed?]- Irish Times, 2016
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T15ZJN8Tps David Harsanyi – On Busting the Myth of European Superiority]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUWpFn0AzZQ Everything You Hear About Europe is Wrong]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpHYR8Y_F3I David Harsanyi: “Eurotrash”—Rejecting the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6jCoV5T-Is David Harsanyi, Author of "Eurotrash" on The Interview with Hugh Hewitt]
Europe's anti-Americanism post start of Russia vs. Ukraine War:
*[https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-us-anti-american-biden-trade-gas-weapons-economy-inflation-reduction-act/ Europe’s anti-American itch], Politico, 2022
'''Classical liberalism view:'''
Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent:
*[https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/death-wish/ Death Wish - Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent] - Claremont Review of Books
*[https://www.amazon.com/Eurotrash-America-Reject-Failed-Continent/dp/0063066017/ Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent] - book
'''The deindustrialization of Germany/Europe (Europe's economic engine):'''
*[https://www.politico.eu/article/rust-belt-on-the-rhine-the-deindustrialization-of-germany/ The deindustrialization of Germany (Europe's economic engine)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3bxgkJNv40 Europe Is Losing Its Factories]
=== China ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/NTDChinaUncensored/videos?disable_polymer=1 China Uncensored] - YouTube
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ChinaUnscripted/videos China Unscripted]- YouTube
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ChinaObserver0/videos China Observer] - YouTube
*[https://www.youtube.com/@chinainsights4458/videos China Insights] - YouTube
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/ChinaViewTV/videos?disable_polymer=1 New China TV] - YouTube
*[https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-news China News] (Epoch News - China. Falun Gong organization run)
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ChinainFocusNTD/videos China in Focus] - YouTube (Falun Gong organization just like the Epoch Times)
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/scmp888/videos?disable_polymer=1 South China Morning Post] - YouTube
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ChinaFactChasers/videos China Fact Chasers] - YouTube - Run by the South African Winston Sterzel (SerpentZA) and a friend. Both formerly were English teachers in China. Mentions YouTube channels they endorse.
*[https://www.youtube.com/@TheChinaShow/videos The China Show] - YouTube - Run by the South African Winston Sterzel (SerpentZA) and a friend.
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ADVChina/videos ADV China] - YouTube - Run by the South African Winston Sterzel (SerpentZA) and a friend.
*[https://www.youtube.com/@serpentza/videos Serpentza] - YouTube - Run by the South African Winston Sterzel. Former English teacher in China
*[https://www.youtube.com/@laowhy86/videos laowhy86] - YouTube. I am Matthew Tye from Laowhy86. I am a human rights advocate for China.
China:
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVMlEiewyT4 The Chinese Collapse: A (MASSIVE) Housing Overbuild || Peter Zeihan]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtYpa7LYwmQ A Conversation with Professor Stephen Kotkin, Kleinheinz Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution - China] by Stephen Kotkin, December 2022
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkH8c_OUKbQ The End of China?] - Nomad capitalist
*[https://tifwe.org/the-protestant-work-ethic-alive-well-in-china/ The Protestant Work Ethic: Alive & Well…In China]
China, leading economic indicators:
*[https://tradingeconomics.com/china/indicators China, leading economic indicators] (China's figures are suspect due to corruption of the Chinese Communist Party)
Length of modern, authoritarian/communist regimes:
*[https://archive.ph/Sv2MA#selection-1651.7-1659.100 The Chinese Communist Party is on the verge of turning today's China into yesterday's Soviet Union]
*[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-05/chinas-communist-party-is-at-a-fatal-age-for-one-party-regimes/11807138 China's Communist Party is at a fatal age for one-party regimes. How much longer can it survive?]
=== Japan ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVbrVaLIYvA Why Japan Rejects Western Style Globalism]
Japan YouTube channels:
*[https://www.youtube.com/@NipponTVNews24Japan/videos Nippon TV News 24 Japan]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@NHKWORLDJAPAN/videos NHK WORLD-JAPAN]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@LifeWhereImFrom/videos Life Where I am From]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@AbroadinJapan/videos Abroad in Japan]
=== Russia ===
*[https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/indicators Russia's leading economic indicators]
*[https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/crude-oil-production Russia crude oil production]
*[https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=587356145&sxsrf=AM9HkKn4XkQNN8kJGanSmYTMf2cpIHTbmg:1701557801049&q=russian+economy&tbm=nws&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTiq_i7PGCAxUoIDQIHXcgASIQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1920&bih=941&dpr=1 Russia - economy]
*[https://www.google.com/search?q=russia+fertility+rate+&sca_esv=600112330&ei=ki-sZc6EMavG0PEP1buyuAk&ved=0ahUKEwjOlafH6eyDAxUrIzQIHdWdDJcQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=russia+fertility+rate+&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFnJ1c3NpYSBmZXJ0aWxpdHkgcmF0ZSAyChAAGIAEGIoFGEMyBRAAGIAEMgoQABiABBiKBRhDMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMggQABgWGB4YDzIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB5IwhBQhglYoA1wAXgBkAEAmAFzoAGiA6oBAzIuMrgBA8gBAPgBAcICChAAGEcY1gQYsAPCAg0QABiABBiKBRhDGLADwgILEAAYgAQYigUYhgPiAwQYACBBiAYBkAYK&sclient=gws-wiz-serp Russia fertility rate]
*[https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/gdp-per-capita-ppp Russia GDP per capita PPP]
*[https://www.google.com/search?q=urals+oil+price&sca_esv=587351034&sxsrf=AM9HkKlSMypsScyN1A1QvRxVh7sfYPGTkw%3A1701556583927&ei=Z7FrZd-VOM_H0PEPxdy62AI&ved=0ahUKEwif5f-d6PGCAxXPIzQIHUWuDisQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=urals+oil+price&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiD3VyYWxzIG9pbCBwcmljZTIKEAAYgAQYigUYQzIKEAAYgAQYigUYQzIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyChAAGIAEGIoFGEMyBRAAGIAEMgsQABiABBiKBRiGAzILEAAYgAQYigUYhgNIziJQlAZYjSBwBXgBkAEAmAGtAaABqgqqAQQwLjEwuAEDyAEA-AEBwgIKEAAYRxjWBBiwA8ICDRAAGIAEGIoFGEMYsAPCAgsQABgWGB4Y8QQYCsICBRAhGKABwgIHEAAYgAQYDcICBhAAGB4YDcICBhAAGBYYHuIDBBgAIEGIBgGQBgo&sclient=gws-wiz-serp Urals oil price]
News:
*[https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ Moscow Times] (con)
*[https://theins.ru/en/ The Insider]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@INSIDERUSSIA/videos Inside Russia] (Con)
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ZeihanonGeopolitics/search?query=russia Peter Zeihan - Russia] (Con)
*[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stephen+kotkin+russia&sp=EgIIBQ%253D%253D Stephen Kotkin - Russia] (Con)
*[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stephen+kotkin+Putin&sp=EgIIBQ%253D%253D Stephen Kotin - Putin] (Con)
*[https://www.youtube.com/@JoeBlogs/search?query=russia Joe Blogs - Russia] (Con)
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*[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mearsheimer&sp=EgIIBA%253D%253D John Mearsheimer] - Middle of the road, but leans Russia
*[https://www.youtube.com/@DrSteveTurleyTV/search?query=Russia Steve Turley] - Middle of the road, but leans Russia
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq1VBFyhIuI Dmitry Orlov - YouTube] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Orlov_(writer) Dmitry Orlov] is reasonable person overall in some ways and intelligent, leans Russia (American engineer and writer raised in Russia until the age of 12. Witnesswed Collapse of Soviet Union)
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*[https://www.youtube.com/@TheDuran/videos The Duran] (Pro)
*[https://www.youtube.com/@dialogueworks01/videos Dialogue Works] - Pro-Russia leaning
*[https://www.rt.com/ Russia Today] (Pro)
*[https://sputnikglobe.com/ Sputnik International] (pro)
*[https://www.youtube.com/@dialogueworks01/videos Dialogue Works] - Pro-Russia leaning
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Blogs:
*[https://www.russiamatters.org/blog Russia Matters] - Harvard's Kennedy Center for Science and International Affairs
*[https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blogs/russia-file The Russia File] - Mixed bag
*[https://inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.com/ In Moscow's Shadows]
Russian oil: Lower production and lower profits:
*[https://archive.ph/RzRRI The Golden Age of Russian Oil Nears an End]
*[https://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-Future-of-Russian-Oil-Production-in-the-Short-Medium-and-Long-Term-Insight-57.pdf The Future of Russian Oil Production in the Short, Medium, and Long Term], [https://www.oxfordenergy.org/publications/the-future-of-russian-oil-production-in-the-short-medium-and-long-term/ Abstract]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0LzuMUOO0k How Stable Is the Russian Oil Industry?] - Video
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gcl1dO2_0s Russian Oil's Vanishing Act] - video
*[https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Analysts-Predict-42-Decline-In-Russian-Oil-Production-By-2035.html Analysts Predict 42% Decline In Russian Oil Production By 2035]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQRcvquXJ2Q Crumbling Infrastructure in the Russian Taiga] - video
*[https://ogst.ifpenergiesnouvelles.fr/articles/ogst/full_html/2019/01/ogst190118/ogst190118.html A long-term outlook on Russian oil industry facing internal and external challenges]
Economic problems:
*[https://theins.ru/en/opinion/igor-lipsitz/267664 The “no human” factor: How Russia’s workforce shortage rolls back its economic development]
'''Russian culture overview:'''
*Russian culture, traditions and art: [https://www.livescience.com/44154-russian-culture.html#:~:text=Russian%20culture%20has%20a%20long,to%20its%20ornate%20religious%20symbols. Russian Culture: Facts, Customs & Traditions] and [https://www.britannica.com/place/Russia/Cultural-life Russian Culture, Traditions, Arts - Britannica] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Russia culture of Russia] and [https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/russian-culture/russian-culture-core-concepts Russian culture - Core Concepts] and [https://www.tota.world/article/1601 Russian Cultural Overview] and [https://www.advantour.com/russia/culture.htm Russian Culture] and [https://www.56thparallel.com/russian-traditions/ A guide to: Russian Traditions, Culture, Customs & Etiquette]
*[https://greenhearttravel.org/blog/teach-in-a-homestay-russia/5-characteristics-of-russian-culture-i-have-learned-from-my-host-family 5 Characteristics of Russian Culture I Have Learned from My Host Family While Teaching English]
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWo-PXvaXLAA35Je934wbfev6BMCGkK61 Contemporary Russia before the war in Ukraine and Russian history] - video playlist
Other cultural overview:
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcFfQ3-2onM A brief history of Russia with Sergei Guriev]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVooyeCm_YM Plenary 1: Russia, Civilization, and Western Liberalism]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Zv7MGPpIo Unwrapping The Enigma, Mystery And Riddle: Stephen Kotkin Explains Russia To Andrew Roberts]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@VladVexler/videos Vlad Vexler]
*[https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/a-look-at-russian-civilization-power-truth-trust-and-war A LOOK AT RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION: POWER, TRUTH, TRUST, AND WAR]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1C8awu_d6Y The Russian Psyche | Konstantin Kisin]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVJ3Sn-t4yI U.S–Russia Relations, with Stephen Kotkin], August 2022
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mm3hgc1hhg The Psychology of an Isolated Russia] - Stephen Kotkin
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCusFCg-z_0 Isaiah Berlin Memorial Lecture 2018: Stephen Kotkin] - Sir Isaiah Berlin was a Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylaC0MUleZs 5 More Questions For Stephen Kotkin: Ukraine Edition]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ghn1X7sRFs What is Eurasia? - Stephen Kotkin]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv4knd_Fgug Russia and the West: A Historical Perspective].
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_Russia Political abuse of psychiatry in Russia]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWz2deJZppE&t=670s Russian television excerpts - Russian imperialism]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou8mI_ce80s 'The borders of Russia do not end' says Putin at awards ceremony - November 24, 2016] (Russian Geographic Society in Moscow)
Essay: [[Essay: Why I am not bullish on Russia's future|Why I am not bullish on Russia's future]] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU0resswOds The true impact of a year of war on Russia's economy ]
Russia and fertility rate and demographics:
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuhgLlxJMkU Demographics of the Orthodox Christain world] by [[Peter Zeihan]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-pdZSv7G10&t=23s Russia's Demographic Crisis Explained - TLDR News]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXHZ0IH2rOk&t=2s Updates on Russian Demographics]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1aFbmpE1wU (Russia is DONE) Russia's Catastrophic Demographics Collapse is Here.]
Putin:
*[https://sites.google.com/view/vladimir-putin-analysis/home Vladimir Putin - history and analysis]
*[https://networks.h-net.org/node/28443/reviews/1675147/lynch-lourie-putin-his-downfall-and-russias-coming-crash Lynch on Lourie, 'Putin: His Downfall and Russia's Coming Crash']
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvOINAeRSMQ Putin Debate | Richard Sakwa | Oxford Union], video
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEaDRnIFIzY The Putin Paradox: The Missed Opportunity of 1989 & Beyond | Feb. 12, 2020], video
Maps of Russia:
*[https://www.alamy.com/political-map-of-russia-or-russian-federation-divided-by-types-of-federal-subjects-republics-krays-oblasts-cities-of-federal-significance-autonomous-oblasts-and-autonomous-okrugs-simple-flat-vector-map-with-labels-image396548344.html Political map of Russia, or Russian Federation divided by types of federal subjects - republics, krays, oblasts, cities of federal significance, autonomous oblasts and autonomous okrugs. Simple flat vector map with labels] - Unknown year
*[https://www.worldometers.info/maps/russia-political-map/ Political map of Russia] - Unknown year
*[https://www.worldometers.info/maps/russia-map/ Russia map - Physical/geographical] - Unknown year
Ukraine:
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEIFwLKlq1Q Kim Iversen: Former NATO Analyst & Top UN Official Says THIS Is The REAL Reason For War In Ukraine]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fTxHIVUjRc The Chris Hedges Report: The truth about Ukraine with Medea Benjamin] - History of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia (And U.S. involvement)
*[https://baptistnews.com/article/why-its-wrong-to-assume-american-evangelicals-are-siding-with-russia-over-ukraine/ Why it’s wrong to assume American evangelicals are siding with Russia over Ukraine]
=== Post Western World notion ===
*[http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-23/post-western-world-disturbing-interview-prof-harry-redner A Post Western World? A Disturbing Interview With Prof. Harry Redner - Part 1]
*[http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-08-14/post-western-world-disturbing-interview-prof-harry-redner-part-2 A Post Western World? A Disturbing Interview With Prof. Harry Redner - Part 2]
Decline of nations:
*[http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2011/11/decline-of-nations.html Decline of nations - Daniel Greenfield's blog]
=== Map of world by population size ===
*[https://twitter.com/epkaufm?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author Map of world by population size]
==== Peter Zeihan's view ====
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ZeihanonGeopolitics/videos Peter Zeihan] is an American geopolitical analyst and author.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH2YwhYOZxg Predicting the Future with Geopolitical Strategist Peter Zeihan]
== International relations and geopolitics YouTube channels and websites ==
'''Geopolitics and Empire'''
Geopolitics and Empire - Features people from the right, center and left (Conducts interviews with prominent international experts on a wide-range of topics. Past guests have included diplomats, government officials, whistleblowers, soldiers, spies, economists, academics, scientists, wealthy investors, dissidents, journalists, and musicians.):
*[https://www.youtube.com/@GeopoliticsEmpire/videos Geopolitics & Empire]
*[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/geopolitics-empire/id1003465597 Geopolitics and Empire] - Apple Podcast
*[https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticsandempire?_pxhc=1612166400404 Geopolitics and Empire] - Soundcloud
'''Burning archive:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@theburningarchive/videos The Burning Archive] (Former government worker who has studied world history)
'''Popular International relations and geopolitics:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@ZeihanonGeopolitics/videos Zeihan on Geopolitics] - Pro-Western
*[https://www.youtube.com/@GeopoliticalFuturesGPF/videos Geopolitical Futures] - George Friedman
*[https://www.youtube.com/@CaspianReport/videos Caspian Report], Azerbaijan
*[https://mearsheimer.substack.com/ John Mearsheimer's substack]
'''Nikola Mikovic - Serbian (Tries to be objective realistic)'''
*[https://twitter.com/nikola_mikovic?lang=en Nikola Mikovic - Twitter]
*[https://muckrack.com/nikola-mikovic/articles Nikola Mikovic] - Muckrack
*[https://www.diplomaticourier.com/people/nikola-mikovic Nikola Mikovic] - Diplomaticourier.com
*[https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/contributors/articles/nikola-mikovic Nikola Mikovic] - Lowy Institute
*[https://www.arabnews.com/authors/nikola-mikovic Nikola Mikovic] - Arab News
*[https://www.americanpurpose.com/authors/nikola-mikovic/ Nikola Mikovic], American Purpose
'''Pro-Western YouTube channels:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@foreignaffairs/videos Foreign Affairs]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@TheEconomist/videos The Economist]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@RANENetwork/videos RANE] (Related to Stratfor)
*[https://worldview.stratfor.com/ Stratfor website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@StratNewsGlobal/videos StratNewsGlobal]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@GeopoliticalFuturesGPF/videos Geopolitical Futures]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@CentreforGeopolitics/videos Centre for Geopolitics] - UK
*[https://www.youtube.com/@gefirachannel9054/videos Gefira Channel] - Netherlands
*[https://www.youtube.com/@FPRI/videos Foreign Policy Research Institute]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@GeopoliticsDaily247/videos Geopolitics Daily] - Greece, Very Pro-Western
*[https://www.youtube.com/@FPA1918/videos Foreign Policy Association]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@Geo-Politico/videos Geopolitico] - Run by Infographics channel guy
'''India:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@amitsengupta01/videos Amit Sengupta]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@DEFTALKSbyAadi/videos DEF - TALKS by Aadi] - India focused
*[https://www.youtube.com/@WorldAffairsUnacademy/videos World Affairs]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@WION/videos WION]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@CRUXnews/videos Crux]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@studyiqofficial/videos Study IQ]
'''Pro-Russia, semi anti-Western or anti-Western'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/@TheDuran/videos The Duran]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@GDiesen1/videos Glen Diesen]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@dialogueworks01/videos Dialogue Works] - Pro-Russia leaning
*[https://www.youtube.com/@AlexMercouris/videos Alexander Mercouris]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@AlexChristoforou/videos Alex Christoforou]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudies/videos Neutrality Studies]
*[https://www.youtube.com/@TheNewAtlas/videos The New Atlas]
== International relations websites - Pro-Western ==
*[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ Foreign Affairs]
*[https://thediplomat.com/ The Diplomat] - Asia Pacific - Affiliated with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Strategic_and_International_Studies Center for Strategic and International Studies]
*[https://foreignpolicy.com/ Foreign Policy] (Founded by [[Samuel Huntington]], but endorsed [[Hillary Clinton]])
*[https://www.fpri.org/ Foreign Policy Research Institute]
== Israel ==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEoVzKyD_IM Here’s THE TRUTH About the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (A Comprehensive History)] by Ben Shapiro
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo77sTGpngQ Why Evangelical Christians Love Israel | VICE on HBO]
*[https://www.JNS.org JNS] <small>(BTW, JNS is also critical on ADL's Greenblatt woke stuff)</small>, [https://www.Israelnationalnews.com INN], and at times center leaning [https://www.i24news.tv I24], or left leaning - [https://www.Ynetnews.com Ynet] or [https://www.timesofisrael.com TOI]. [https://www.israelhayom.com/ ILH] is center leaning. Note. ''JPost'' is usually center leaning when it states it's by "Jerusalem Post Staff," but it often posts pure ''Reuters'' stuff.
=== Israel and prophecy/Bible/miracles ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdQ2KKj9Gec Jonathan Cahn: Seeing God's Guiding Hand Over Israel]
Modern Israel fulfills biblical prophecy:
Prophecies about the land of Israel fulfilled in our lifetime: [https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=pretrib_arch Is Modern Israel Fulfilling Prophecy?] and [https://www.chosenpeople.com/is-the-modern-state-of-israel-2/ Is the modern state of Israel the fullfillment of prophecy] and [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/30/unveiling-mysteries-of-israel-four-biblical-prophe/ Unveiling the mysteries of Israel: Four biblical prophecies being fulfilled right now].
==== Miracles ====
===== Six Day War =====
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wMIq6X4zi4 GOD'S HAND IN THE SIX DAY WAR]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i3uIz7hoYs Six Days of Miracles]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR-8pmLBStA Did God Help Israel During The Six Day War?]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR-8pmLBStA Fmr Israeli Commander: God Protected us in Battle]
== USA foreign policy: Interventionalism vs. Isolationism ==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change United States involvement in regime change]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations Timeline of United States military operations]
'''Trends:'''
Pointless and costly wars such as the [[Iraq War]] and [[War in Afghanistan]] are very expensive. The renowned military strategist and general [[Sun Tzu]] wrote: "There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare." Among the USA public, a less interventionalist and more [[isolationism|isolationist]] sentiment is growing - particularly among young people (See: [[Essay: Isolationalism is growing in the United States. Is this a good thing?|Isolationalism is growing in the United States. Is this a good thing?]]). Of course, anything taken to an extreme can be a bad thing. The United States should stay engaged in the world - especially when it comes to the use of skillful [[diplomacy]]. At the same time, sometimes wars are unavoidable, but when a nation engages in a war, it should be a just war (See: [[Just War Theory]]).
Also, as the USA does more and more onshoring of its companies, there will be less and less of an incentive to be the world's policeman on the high seas (See: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ0IUCMpgEE Deglobalization: The US Navy's Withdrawl as Global Protector]).
== NATO ==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEoY7OT3xwE Why NATO may have to stop a Russian invasion - without the US], Daily Mail, 2023
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO%E2%80%93Russia_relations#:~:text=In%201991%2C%20as%20the%20Soviet,aim%20was%20to%20join%20NATO. NATO–Russia relations]
=== Expansion of NATO ===
'''Pro-NATO expansion:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwe8l8to8pA Stephen Kotkin on Russia’s argument to NATO expansion] - anti-Russian/Putin argument on NATO expansion
*"But it was Vladimir Putin himself who signed the Rome Declaration on 28 May 2002. The same piece of paper I signed, which enshrined the basic principles of territorial integrity and non-interference in other countries. He signed that. He can't blame anybody else."[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68359252]
'''Middle of the road on NATO expansion:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVt-WXTLIZM Did NATO promise Russia never to expand to the east? | DW News], claims H.W. Bush broke promise to Russia concerning expansion of NATO
'''Anti-NATO expansion:'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mciLyG9iexE Stephen F. Cohen: NATO expansion and Russia], claims H.W. Bush broke promise to Russia concerning expansion of NATO
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFGEhtnUzJQ Gravitas Ukraine Direct: Did NATO betray Russia?]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io0QGDhbLvw Why NATO is a threat to Putin | John Mearsheimer and Lex Fridman]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on1RrmspFIQ War in Ukraine is the fault of US and NATO | John Mearsheimer and Lex Fridman]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwe8l8to8pA Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer] - Anti-NATO expansion
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xzeZ6nzECs Putin Tells Oliver Stone about his NATO Concerns]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRzhUO-Pz40 Part 1: Oliver Stone Interviews Putin on U.S.-Russia Relations, 2016 Election, Snowden & NATO]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x8zS1jT9JM Part 2: Oliver Stone Interviews Putin on U.S.-Russia Relations, 2016 Election, Snowden & NATO]
=== NATO's soft underbellys ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAj6TjqK3Sk Russian MP’s Big Claim: Putin Planning to Attack NATO's Underbelly? | Vantage with Palki Sharma]
*[https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2022/05/nato-must-contest-russian-moves-its-southern-underbelly/367335/ NATO Must Contest Russian Moves in Its Southern Underbelly]
== China and Christianity ==
*[https://www.businessinsider.com.au/new-religious-breakdown-in-china-14-2015-8 This fascinating map shows the new religious breakdown in China]
== What would a post-communist China look like? ==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV7PuqlMOzI What Comes After the Communist Party in China?]
== World map ==
*[https://geology.com/world/world-map.shtml World Map]
=== World map by population ===
*[https://ourworldindata.org/world-population-cartogram World map by population], 2018
== Major power politics in the 21st century for the foreseeable future ==
=== John Mearsheimer's view ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aNMOEQ0248 The 2022 Holberg Debate w/ John Mearsheimer and Carl Bildt: Ukraine, Russia, China and the West]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBiV1h7Dm5E John Mearsheimer: The West is playing Russian roulette]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcYGhBvyVoE Russians and NATO both feel that they cannot lose] - War could drag on at a lower level for years and this is a dangerous situation.
==== Mearsheimer on US defense establishment likely to learn from the war in Ukraine ====
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huDriv7IAa0 Does the US still have the Capacity for Global Dominance? | Prof. John Mearsheimer], 2024, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqQBVCfcMoQ Ukraine, Taiwan and The True Cause of War | John Mearsheimer], 2024. Mearsheimer says the war in Ukraine revealed shortcomings of US Defense policies. Mearsheimer believes USA will fix its industrial capacity problems and upgrade its drone capabilities so it can better fight a potential war with China. Mearsheimer says that the USA's unpreparedness is a vestigage of the former unipolar world and that major power politics has returned. [[Essay: Isolationalism is growing in the United States. Is this a good thing?|US populace embracing isolationism more in terms of young people, etc.]], but Mearsheimer argues that Washington/military industrial complex ignores what public wants.
Mearsheimer argues that liberalism pulls a society apart due to disagreement on first principles and that is why it preaches tolerance, but nationalism is a glue that helps hold a society together.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huDriv7IAa0]. Mearsheimer says liberals don't like realist school of politics because it goes against the grain of idealism and they like to pretend that liberal democracies never engage in [[realpolitik]] type behavior.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huDriv7IAa0]
Background info that Mearsheimer doesn't discuss: China is in economic decline, but it might attack Taiwan to distract from domestic economic problems. But such a war would hurt it economically since it is a trading nation and the Chinese appear to know that. Chinese threats of attacking Taiwan may be political kabuki theatre for its domestic population to distract from its interal problems.
=== Peter Zeihan's view ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRT7P-VKM0k The Old World Order Is About To Collapse - Peter Zeihan] - 2022
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVyf7xhzgTs Peter Zeihan Warns End Of Great Powers Will Bring Famine And Destruction For Smaller Nations] -2022
=== Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio ===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xguam0TKMw8 Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio] -2022 (Ray Dahlio has some good ideas, but he is inconsistent when it comes to China[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1iv0q_SW3E])
== Changing civilizational world order ==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3PXFA1xaCk Civilizational World Order w/Dr. Steve Turley] - Listen to this
== Globalization of trade ==
*[https://www.cato.org/publications/globalization-isnt-going-anywhere Globalization of Trade Isn’t Going Anywhere. World trade in goods may have plateaued but did so at historically high levels], Meanwhile, other indicia of globalization—trade in services, digital trade, cross‐border investment and migration, and cultural exchange—continue to increase. CATO, 2023
== War ==
"The level of war in the world seems to have risen to 1989 (post-WWII) peak levels and holding, ending the pacific 1989-2006 era. Does this contradict the Decline of Violence (Pinker) / End of History ([[Francis Fukuyama|Fukuyama]]) theses, or is it just a blip?". - Professor [[Eric Kaufmann]], Twitter/X.[https://twitter.com/epkaufm/status/1744338524994748831], See: [https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace War and Peace].
== Books ==
*''[https://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393061310/ref=sr_1_1?crid=HULJ4CBFYE78&keywords=guns+germs+and+steel+by+jared+diamond+hardcover&qid=1704377922&s=books&sprefix=guns+%2Cstripbooks%2C92&sr=1-1 Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies]'' by Jared Diamond Ph.D.
*''[https://www.amazon.com/End-World-Just-Beginning-Globalization/dp/B09CS8FRRD/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=14MMYVFQO4WE0&keywords=peter+zeihan&qid=1704378502&s=books&sprefix=peter+zeihan+%2Cstripbooks%2C90&sr=1-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1 The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization]'' by Peter Zeihan
== Notes ==
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