Tyranny Today
A podcast examining global political and economic trends with a focus on how tyranny spreads. It offers geopolitical analysis of breaking news, such as Russia's war in Ukraine and its implications for China, Taiwan, Iran, and other regions. The host also discusses his book "Mineral War".
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Estonia, and China's game of chicken
# Changes to Europe's strategic posture # How China turned the Game of Chicken into a Bully Game # What has the US done to shorten the duration of China's option
Sea and AI - geopolitics old and new
# Sea control vs Sea denial # Is AI in Lifeworld, System or Bridge?
No China "Truce"
No truce with China: AI, Taiwan, weapon exports, UN subversion
Mineral War
# Conflict over critical minerals - interview with Northern Miner
Immigration Taboos
# The Big Lie of the Global South # Immigration Taboos # The double-edged sword of energy as a weapon.
Space Wars and Deep Sea Wars
#Iran’s economic wiggle rooms #The death of global commons:space wars and deep sea wars
Korea's Betrayal
# Korea’s betrayal # Trust in alliances # Pathways to nukes # Chasing Iran’s economic shadows
Russia-Japan Conflict
# Russia-Japan conflict, # New Deterrence Concept?
The Axis of Evil: Cooperation Deepens
#The Axis of Evil: Cooperation Deepens # Cognitive Warfare
Global Missile Panic
# Global Missile Panic # The US Fed’s mistake # Russia’s War Existentialism # Middle Eastern Realignments #
The Demise of the NPT
# The inevitable demise of NPT # The Art of the Steal
China's Industrial Power Projection
# Argentina’s “coraje” # Russia’s September surprise # China’sgrowing popularity? # Industrial Power Projection
The 2020s, tungsten and Congo!
# What makes the 2020s different? # Why tungsten matters # Ebola and the Magic of Congo
TERMINATED: the Polish-Ukrainian alliance
# US dollar debasement ends # Indo-Pacific is buried #Polish-Ukrainian divorce
How Hormuz Killed Malacca
# Hormuz kills Malacca # Russia’s escalation options # Fishas weapon # The myopia of Western procurement
Ukraine's power projection - Russia/China - US Taiwan mistake
# Ukraine’s power projection # Russia-China embrace #America’s Taiwan mistake?
America's 12 mistakes in the Persian Gulf
# America’s 12 mistakes in the Persian Gulf # Circus comesto Beijing
Dire Straits - from Hormuz to Taiwan
# Dire Straits - from Hormuz to Taiwan # Sulfur! # Lebanon's Plight
America's four options in the Gulf
# America’s four options in the Gulf # Tehran’s resilience #The meaning of UAE’s exit
Three more reasons to care about Greenland
# Three more reasons to care about Greenland # Ukraine’supper hand # Shifts in hydrocarbon market share
7 weeks into the war - chokepoint rethink. Repercussions for Europe and Asia
# A reflection on chokepoints # Repercussions of the Iran War for Europe, Ukraine, India, Pakistan, Japan, Taiwan # America's unnecessary own goals
The economic fallout from the Iran War. Will Africa join the fight?
# The economic fallout from the Iran War # Will Africa jointhe fight?
Iran War and its meaning for China, Russia, India and Turkey
# Iran War through T. Schelling’s eyes # What does it meanfor China, Russia, India, Turkey?
Tyranny Today: Four Years of Russia's Great Unpatriotic War
# Russia, Europe, China, America, Ukraine: in whose interest is it to end this war? # Russia’s Eurasian visions
Tyranny Today: China in Africa, business cycles, democracy waves
# China in Africa # Business cycles # Democracy waves
Robots, crypto-history, who is the enemy?
#robots #crypto-history #Julien Freund tells us who the enemy is
Critical Minerals, Philosophy of Trade and the Nukes are Back
# The evolving US critical minerals strategy # The philosophy of free trade # The end of nuclear disarmament
Iran in transition?
#Iran #Social base of revolutionary movements #Inflation in totalitarian regimes #The future of IRGC (Sepah)
Davos - History in transition
# Davos 2026 # Models of history in transition # Winter inKyiv
Greenland, A New Type of War?
# How to think about Greenland - its status, its minerals and its location # What the industrial imbalance means for the nature of the war
Tyranny Today: Greenland, Venezuela's minerals, Asia's eternal triangle
# Greenland and the "international law" # Theories behind the US actions in Venezuela # The delicate imbalance: Tokyo-Seoul-Beijing.After 1416 days, dedicated to the Heroes of Ukraine.
Tyranny Today: Venezuelan oil; Flying Geese model
# The macroeconomic impact of the intervention in Venezuela # The collapse of Flying Geese model
Tyranny Today: The Russo-German bond
# Part Two of the History of Russo-German Relations # What this means in 2026
Tyranny Today: US National Security Strategy
# The Hermeneutics of the US NSS # Pathways for Ukraine
Tyranny Today 20251207
# America’s anti-liberal mistake in Europe # The Roots ofRussian-German Alliance
Tyranny Today 20251129
# Russia’s cyber victories # The rise of US-China-Russia Triumvirate # PRC weaponizes the UN
Tyranny Today 20251122
#Emotionalism in international relations #Japan’srepositioning #America’s strategic chaos
Tyranny Today 20251115
#The Power of Swiss Gold #Japan Has Stood Up #China’s AIObsession
Tyranny Today 20251102
#America’s climbdown in Busan #Europe faces the No-Limits Partnership #Nuclear tests revisited
Tyranny Today 20251025
# China in Africa # The rare earths crisis is not trade war
Tyranny Today 2025 10 05
# The changing meaning of “alliances” # America’s regional deprioritization # US tech abdication?
Tyranny Today 20250928
#The failure of the Climate Week # 4 levels of the globalconflict
Tyranny Today 20250922
#Russian drones over NATO # Saudipivot # America’s abdication and its costs
Tyranny Today 20250831
# History of Buffer States # Ukraine as a Buffer State?
Tyranny Today 20250825
# Security guarantees for Ukraine # Who lost India?
Tyranny Today 20250728
# The 2027 world war deadline # Southern Caucasus # Taiwan recall # Southeast Asia # Japan’s rightwing lurch
Tyranny Today 20250720
# The US-China-Russia triangle # The Geography of Insecurityand the Geography of Imperialism
Tyranny Today 20250709
# America’s industrial abdication # The risks of US-Japanconflict
Tyranny Today 20250624
# Iran-Israel-US: consequences for Pakistan, Russia,Turkey, Ukraine, India, China
Tyranny Today 20250611
# Dronization – Ukraine, Russia, Taiwan
Tyranny Today 20250604
# Ukrainian Lego maims Russia’s nuclear triad # China maims the world with magnets
Tyranny Today 20250528
# US-Russia # Ramaphosa in the White House
Tyranny Today 20250521
# US-Saudi Arabia # India-Pakistan # Vatican-China
Tyranny Today 20250511
# Ukraine mineral deal # Israel's problem # Taiwan teaches history # Leo
Tyranny Today 20250416
# Basis trades offer reality check # Wrangle over SE Asia # US grand energy strategy
Tyranny Today 20250409
# Tariffestival and security nexus # The meaning of traderetaliation
Tyranny Today 20250402
# Yemen’s historical parallels # Objective and subjective foundations of America’s revisionism
Tyranny Today 20250319
# Ottoman strategy # Tariff confusion # Poking Beijing
Tyranny Today 20250312
# Europe goes nuclear# Why China won’t fill the gap after the US # MAGA government’s track record thusfar
Tyranny Today 20250305
# Trust in America # The fallout from the ‘ambush’ # CookIslands
Tyranny Today 20250226
# America’s pivot # Three years of war in Europe # A newPentarchy?
Tyranny Today 20250219
# Trumputin # Europe’s hibernation # Make America TaiwanAgain
Tyranny Today 20250212
# Early signals of America’s strategic reorientation andwhat it could mean for the Western Hemisphere, the Middle East, Europe and Asia
Tyranny Today 20250205
# Tariffs and trade # Tariffs and geopolitics #
Tariffs and trolling
Tyranny Today 20250122
# AfD brushes up on history # Are US oligarchs a strategic threat? # Economic scenarios for 2025
Tyranny Today 20250115
# Greenland # Panama # The Limits of “New” Imperialism
Tyranny Today 20250108
# Anti-Americanism # Drone Threat # What Would South Korea’s Pivot Mean?
Tyranny Today 20251218
#Canada’s trade dilemma #China tightens the mineral screw #Africa turns East #Russia’s nuclear doctrine
Tyranny Today 20241212
#Syrian Questions #Escalation in Ukraine #Crisis in South
Korea
Tyranny Today 20241120
# Linking Trade with Security: how various countries respond?
Tyranny Today 20241113
# After the Shock # The Smell of Fascism # Ukraine's Options
Tyranny Today 20241106
# Global consequences of America's choice
Tyranny Today 20241030
# The process of 'tyrannization' # Tyranny by choice? # The North Korean lynchpin of the Eurasian upheaval
Tyranny Today 20240929
# The Roots of Leftist Anti-Zionism # Israel's triumph and Lebanon's chance # Repercussions in Asia
Tyranny Today 20240918
# Germany's curious collapse # A new colonial economic system # Russia's vision for the future
Tyranny Today 20240618
# The meaning of the European elections # East Germany’s trauma # Power shifts as entropy # Power conception in China
Tyranny Today 20240612
# Scenarios of China’s attack # The complexity of the
underwater domain # Electronic warfare lessons from the Ukrainian war
Tyranny Today 20240605
# US underclass & US oligarchy vote alike # Belarus’s fading sovereignty # Taiwan’s inauguration # Lula’s obsessions # A deal with Saudi Arabia? # Israel and its criticisms # Women’s power discovers North America
Tyranny Today 20240529
# Russia’s war economy cabinet # Are we prepared for a prolonged conflict? # Critical minerals dependency
Tyranny Today 20250522
# History of US policy towards Taiwan # What is Taiwan’s
legal status (and why)? # Definition of statehood according to international law
