Join us for the February 5, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Tuesday, we mapped 62 events, including Trump's plan for Gaza, a ceasefire in the DRC, and China's response to US tariffs.Geopolitical Report

Donald Trump’s tariffs could destabilize the global economy, warns economist Michael Hudson. US protectionist policies could cause financial crises, as many currencies depreciate and countries can't earn the dollars needed to pay their foreign debts. Ben Norton hosts the interview.VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFyWatftnIMTranscript: https:…

Join us for the February 4, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Monday, we mapped 76 events, including tariff negotiations and a Taliban minister fleeing the country.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the February 3, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Sunday, we mapped 65 events, including protests in Georgia and an Islamic State attack in Niger.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the February 2, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Saturday, we mapped 51 events, including more hostage and prisoner releases.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the February 1, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Thursday, we mapped 69 events, including the Myanmar junta extending the state of emergency.Geopolitical Report

Big Tech oligarchs in Silicon Valley fear competition from Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek, so they're working with the US government to cut off competitors. Billionaire Donald Trump backer Peter Thiel admits they want monopolies, arguing "competition is for losers". Ben Norton explains.VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jniPAD2uooTopics0:0…

Join us for the January 31, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Thursday, we mapped 44 events, including more releases in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 30, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Wednesday, we mapped 68 events, including a new Syrian president being named and the US planning to revoke the visas of pro-Palestinian student protesters.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 29, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Tuesday, we mapped 69 events, including Trump's plans for a US Iron Dome system, and Iran's warning against strikes on its nuclear facilities.Geopolitical Report

The Chinese company DeepSeek shocked the West with a groundbreaking open-source artificial intelligence model that beats huge Silicon Valley Big Tech monopolies. The US government is already trying to ban it, using "national security" as an excuse. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hRmK84_K7QTopics0:00 China's Sputnik mom…

Join us for the January 28, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Monday, we mapped 57 events, including displaced Palestinians returning to the northern Gaza Strip and M23 reportedly taking Goma.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 27, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Sunday, we mapped 63 events, including the DRC breaking ties with Rwanda and a back-and-forth between the US and Colombia over deportation flights.Geopolitical Report

Donald Trump threatened Colombia with sanctions and tariffs after it rejected his abuse of immigrants. Colombian President Gustavo Petro hit back against the US attacks, declaring, "We are not a colony!" Ben Norton analyzes Latin America's resistance to meddling by Trump and his neoconservative Secretary of State Marco Rubio.VIDEO: https://www.yout…

Join us for the January 26, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Saturday, we mapped 61 events, including the release of four more hostages and reports of another encounter in the South China Sea.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 25, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Friday, we mapped 63 events, including Israel delaying its withdrawal from Lebanon and Hamas violating the ceasefire agreement.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 24, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. On Thursday, we mapped 46 events, including the Houthis being re-designated as a foreign terrorist organization and the new US administration's continued foreign policy moves.Geopolitical Report

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he is resigning. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump is talking about annexing Canada and making it the 51st state. To discuss the disaster, political economist Radhika Desai is joined by Dimitri Lascaris, host of the independent media outlet Reason2Resist.VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v…

Join us for the January 23, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. We mapped 65 events on Wednesday, including the killing of a Chinese citizen in Afghanistan and several Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 22, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. We mapped 55 events on Tuesday, including responses to violence in eastern Colombia and Hamas saying they'll release more hostages.Geopolitical Report

At his inauguration, US President Donald Trump promised to "expand our territory", invoked the colonialist "Manifest Destiny", and vowed to forcibly take over the Panama Canal (falsely claiming China runs it). He later threatened BRICS with 100% tariffs. Trump has hinted at use of military force to colonize Greenland as well. Ben Norton reports on …

Join us for the January 21, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. We mapped 54 events on Monday, including Trump's second term beginning and Palestinian prisoners released in the ceasefire deal.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 20, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. We mapped 50 events on Sunday, including the release of the first hostages in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 19, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. We mapped 39 events on Saturday, including the killing of Iranian Supreme Court judges in Tehran and more details on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.Geopolitical Report

BRICS added as a new partner Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, with the 6th-biggest population on Earth. BRICS+ now has 10 members and 9 partners, which make up 54.6% of the world population and 42.2% of global GDP (PPP). Ben Norton explains the importance of this expansion.VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNNrMP_1E9gSources and more i…

Join us for the January 18, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. We mapped 70 events on Friday, including the approval of the Iran-Hamas ceasefire deal, unrest in South Sudan, and the signing of a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty between Russia and Iran.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 17, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. We mapped 61 events on Thursday, including Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria and the ongoing updates from the Iran-Hamas ceasefire deal.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 16, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. We mapped 55 events on Wednesday, including the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement and deadly protests in Mozambique.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 15, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. We mapped 55 events on Tuesday, including the arrest of President Yoon in South Korea.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 14, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. We mapped 62 events on Monday, including a Philippine protest in the South China Sea.Geopolitical Report

India has the world's largest population, but can it be the next global economic superpower? Or will extreme poverty, inequality, unemployment, and lack of industrialization and manufacturing capacities hold it back? Why is the Western media so eager to portray India as a pro-Western alternative to China? Ben Norton is joined by economic historian …

Join us for the January 13, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. We mapped 61 events on Sunday, including protests in Romania and Serbia, along with more ISIS attacks.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 12, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily Podcast. We mapped 52 events on Saturday, including a Maoist IED attack and Sudanese forces retaking Wad Madani.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 11, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily. We mapped 73 events on Friday, including a deadly attack in Benin and more US sanctions on Russia.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 10, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily. We mapped 72 events on Tuesday, including a deadly airstrike in Myanmar that killed dozens of civilians.Geopolitical Report

What will Donald Trump's second term as US president mean for the NATO-Russia proxy war in Ukraine and Israel's war on Gaza? How will his tariffs affect the economy? To discuss, political economist Radhika Desai is joined by Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.VIDEO: https://www.youtube.…

Join us for the January 9, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily. We mapped 54 events on Tuesday, including Turkish threats to launch an operation against Kurdish forces in Syria.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 8, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily. We mapped 62 events on Tuesday, including US sanctions on the RSF in Sudan over genocide allegations.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 7, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily. We mapped 51 events on Monday, including an important resignation in Canada.Geopolitical Report

BRICS keeps expanding. As a new full member, it added Indonesia, the 4th most populous country with the 7th largest economy on Earth. BRICS now has 10 members and 8 partners. Together they make up 41.4% of global GDP (PPP) and roughly half the world population. Ben Norton explains.VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIDWOWHW-cUSources and links …

Join us for the January 6, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily. We mapped 51 events on Sunday, including a cable being cut off Taiwan, and the killing of an Islamic State-linked leader in Mali.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 5, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily. We mapped 68 events on Saturday, including friction between China and India in Ladakh.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 4, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily. We mapped 50 events on Friday, including protests in Warsaw and the discovery of an undersea drone off the Philippines.Geopolitical Report

The US stock market is in "the mother of all bubbles", with the market capitalization of publicly traded companies at 206% of GDP. This is higher than the dot-com bubble of 2000, and even the peak of the crash of 1929. Meanwhile, just 25 companies make up over half of the weight of the S&P 500, and the Magnificent 7 Big Tech monopolies are 35% of t…

Join us for the January 3, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily. We mapped 50 events on Thursday, including the monster Chinese ship spotted around Scarborough Shoal, and the alleged poisoning of Assad in Russia.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 2, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily. We mapped 57 events on Wednesday, including the terror attack in New Orleans, and the French leaving Cote d'Ivoire.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the January 1, 2025 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily. We mapped 65 events on Monday, including fresh sanctions against Russia and Iran and more political drama in South Korea.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the December 31, 2024 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily. We mapped 51 events on Monday, including protests in Kenya and more anti-women policies in Afghanistan.Geopolitical Report

Join us for the December 30, 2024 edition of the Geopolitical Report Daily. We mapped 49 events on Sunday, including more protests in Georgia and a brewing conflict with Gazprom in Moldova.Geopolitical Report

The United States spent decades trying to overthrow the Syrian government, before succeeding in 2024. A declassified CIA document from 1986 outlined US plans for regime change. The blueprint was almost exactly what happened in the proxy war that started in 2011. Ben Norton explains.VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKXxKCm1psUHow the US milita…