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Hes a professor of history and director of the Nuclear Studies institute at American University as well as co author with oliver stone of the untold history of the United States and assemble. We have pepe escobar, hes an independent geopolitical analyst and author specializing in eurasia. And in callaway across the jama barracka, he is a National Organizer for the black alliance for peace or a gentleman, cross talk rules and effect. That means you can jump anytime you want. And i always appreciate pepe. Let me go to you. I mean, this ms. Bates is program is kind of based on this article by David Preston are in harpers magazine. And it was the title of the article was empire burlesque. And it kind of said a lot of shockwave, lot of people really kind of surprised by it, but i dont think anybody on this panel would be surprised by whatsoever. And i thought it really quite amusing that this was such a bold article and you know, and you know, it, it, it is a and a critique of the, of the elite and all that. I thought it was a good chronology, but he didnt say anything that was particularly interesting or new. Go ahead, pepe. Now this is a mediocre se of mediocre acid for mediocre readers in america, you know, the best writers in across the erasure russians. Chinese iranians pakistan. These indians across latin america, the best brazilians, argentinean 0. Bryans across africa. Well, they have been writing about this in detail for over 10 years now. If not, since the meet to thousands at the height of the war on terror. Basically, we all know that the free lunch that lasted for 75 years is older. So we are now discussing whats gonna happen next, of course. And you just need to take a look at whats happening at the su. Busy summit in september in summer. What happened at the breaks summit in beijing a few weeks ago . What happened after the run 3 part by some guy. Right. Easy and food seen in that on this week. This is where are we going . Interaction of all of these institutions across eurasia, towards what the russians themselves have called greater erasure partnership. But its bigger than eurasia. Its, i would say its, you know, youll rough free asia as well. Lets bring africa to it. Lets bring lesson america. Its is the new world, its been, its absolutely. I agree with peter. If the, if i could read a quick fragment from the article here, are we doomed to witness the return of great power rivalry in which the United States in china, by for influence or will that the decline of the us per produce novel forms of International Collaboration kind of dovetailing on what peppy has to say, is it, is this even an important question anymore . I mean that the, you know, because the really the, the way the, this article is written about american leads, should we lament the end of the American Century or not . I mean, i dont even think thats a question anymore. That is, i think this is what this mindset is all about. The world is moving on and the us has to find its place in it. Thats probably a better way of putting it go ahead. Peter of biden came to power, saying that he was going to restore our american hegemony after the trump years. And he was going to unite the europeans behind the americans. And i says, has been to provide leadership to the world. And we see how well thats worked out, situation internationally has only gotten worse in the past 2 years. And the reason why we cant allow this kind of bifurcation, this kind of division is because were facing existential crises with dealing with the climate is the most obvious while now as the, as europe is burning, as the runways are melting in london, i as the fires this, this, the heat wave people are dying. Its only going to get worse, only going to get much, much worse. And were facing an existential crisis because of the nuclear threat. The west is committed, europeans in the United States are committed to defeating russia. Even though they themselves say, many leaders understand that if they succeeded and made prudent, desperate, then russia would likely resort to nuclear weapons, which would again potentially precipitate the end of life on the planet. So we that in a position where we have the luxury to sit back and allow the 2 sides with their insular views and backward notions to destroy our planet. So are facing a serious crisis right now. American hegemony isnt as, as already, and it even Charles Krauthammer in 1990 proud hammer. Now this is americas unipolar moment, right in 2002. He says i was wrong. This is a unit poly iraq, 2nd last 30 or 40 years like i thought its going to last indefinitely. But by 2006, even krauthammer, after the devils in iraq and afghanistan, even krauthammer, had to admit that the american unipolar moment and unipolar erode, were a fantasy. So weve known this oliver stuttering. I wrote about this extensively and unfold history and my other colleagues on the show been writing about this and talking about it for years. The question is, how do we prevent this from turning into the crisis that ends life on our planet . A jumbo. I think its really interesting um, noting what peter and pet play of already said here is it can, can the world survive america reckoning that is no longer the hedge amount. I mean, this is what it really gets down to because its so in says she was the political leads in the United States. And the, the, the, the, it is so narrow the definition of how they see their place in the world. Its either all or, or theyll be chaos again. This article is very light headed in the way i look at it is because it doesnt look at the, the, the realities playing out on the ground and is peppy said here the world is moving on. And the u. S. Has to find its place in it, and thats something that americans cant contemplate because of american exceptionalism, which well talk about later. Go ahead in cali or, you know, peter, youre absolutely right. The other commentaries are spot on the money. The basically what we have is that the u. S. The lead on able to, to excel the new political reality. They seem to be committed to their notion of full spectrum dominance no matter what the conditions are. And it seems that they are prepared to basically go up the world in order to maintain the dominance of the, of the european project. And thats why we say to david this, this of this represents the existential threat to collective global humanity. That is a pathological commitment on the part of the, of the white west, if you will, or to maintain global hegemony is putting all of us a threat. And theyre basically unless and until we able to ship power from the u. S. U natal project. All of us are facing the possibility of a global catastrophe. Well, peppy, i mean what, what is driving this here . I mean, from the west, there is an ideological for you. Is it just economic gemini . Because i always, i tend to fall back on the sense of american exceptionalism, that they, the american elite. And he talks about here, liberal intervention is versus restraints, which i think is a joke because both camps and if you want to say they believe in american exceptionally. And that is the Great Barrier to accept the fact that we are a pre ordained to run the world. That is something that is part of the american dna. How do they deal with it . Pepe well, in continental europe. Its still the primacy of the ideas of the, you know, like, this is something that we see specially in france and injure it, but dont you know, peppy, dont you think they, that i think theyre actually in defiance of their own ideals, you know, sanctity a problem to process freedom of speech. Absolutely, no, no they, its all, its all rubbish. Okay. I dont think they, they never did it on signing the enlightenment. Go ahead, pepe. Yeah. But they dont see it. Its amazing. I like i live between east and west as a lot of people know. I just came back from natal stand in france for almost 3 months and i arrived finished a move in. I feel relieved. I can have an intellectual dialogue in istanbul, which i tried many times to having paris, and its absolutely impossible. And these people do, you know their enlightment by heart, but they simply dont see how their own ideals are melting nowadays. In the you case, different the okay, that its still a little bit of a white mans burden. Last and of course in america is in every cielo, of intelligence or so called the vantage in us is about american exceptionalism. Its an extremely america centric view of the world, and we dont need to go back to live east coast to, to once again state that americans are as a rule of thumb simply cannot understand the other. And the problem is the other, which is basically the global south, which is 88 percent of the worlds population. Now they are finding an alternative model or alternative converging models. And they are trying to build literally a new system of International Relations for from the point of view of, from an a gym monic point of view, either continental europe, yuki or america, and the collective west as oh, this is be owned, anathema. This is the ultimate right let, but is assumption that this fun will never happen in the history. Not that big by peter, this, this mindset when i call it american exceptionalism, been, i mean, and its eurocentric as well. And its untenable. I mean, its really amazing. You know, you look at europe right now because of whats going on the ukraine, and they have an energy crisis, possible food crisis, their food banks here. And they still co, all these ideas that they are the center of the world. Go ahead peter. Well they, in some ways they are still very, very relevant and very important. You know, we can discount the west when were looking at the future of humanity at this point. The problem is that theyre so short sighted take the case of biden, yet biden wants to weaken russia. He wants to punish russia. And in order to do so, he is effectively creating conditions in the u. S. And in much of the rest of the world that are going, especially in the us now, the big issue on peoples mind is inflation. The cost of living gas, housing, all these real concerns and what bidens policies are doing now in order to punish russia, is exacerbating that making it worse. Creating more suffering is Approval Ratings are in the low to mid thirtys right now. And what he is effectively doing is saying hes willing to allow donald trump the republicans, the fascists, the climate and ires pete parallel blanche. I be here. I have to go to a hard break. And after that hard break, well continue our discussion on the end of the american center, his name was archie. Ah, with shakes i was showing a little who has recently been diagnosed with center of chicago. So most of them will be with the show piece, the semester ashley with him. Hes off. Yeah, youre on national. Another a no, but i learned a new job will look at least the the new sco sheet on when you hit the my review my auto bought. Yeah. Which in that usually a score to us . No, i would get question me a piece. Oh no more. Oh oh yes. Oh yeah, ha oh, i use with ah welcome back to cross stock where all things are considered on peter la built to manager were discussing the end of the American Century. Ah. Go back to peter and beth, as im sorry, had to cut you up. We had to go to a hard break. Go ahead, finish your thought. Peter. Lenny club friedrich the chest. He said in individuals insanity is rare. But in groups, parties, nations, and ethics. It is the rule up to this point i leased to 77 years ago with the atomic bombs at hiroshima and nagasaki. We did not have the power to and life on the planet the way we do now. So i, you see in the United States, democracy is very, very fragile right now. Youve got one party committed to destroying american democracy. The little bit democracy. It is still remains in the United States and biden, in his policy in his efforts, sued to weaken punish russia is bringing about the collapse, the further destruction of american democracy. Bringing to trump is back into power, thinks no rational sense. And what were seeing on a global scale right now also makes no rational sense. So, i mean, i think were at a, at a crucial turning point. Because the United States, while it might not have the moral authority and might not have the economic power that it once did, still has the power to bring the world down. And so thats what makes it so dangerous. And others recognize at the meeting in anchorage between lincoln a sullivan and a to chub topped Chinese Foreign policy officials back in march of last year. When wang ye says to blanket to sullivan, he says, you dont have the authority to talk to us like this anymore. You cant talk to us when position of strength. Well, thats true, but there is nobody providing International Leisure pepe is more optimistic, but he lives in the global south than i am right now. Because i see a struggle that is much more dangerous and much more unresolved. I see some positive development. I also see negative ones. I see yoon winning in south korea. I see japan moving sharply to the right. I see a lot of very dangerous trends as well. As some positive ones. Ok, lets go back to cow here. One of the things that i bit of observed here on how the global south is reacted to the situation in ukraine. And i think its important to state here is that the global south no longer the 1st of all doesnt respect the west any more because of its hypocrisy. But it doesnt fear it is much either. And that is a significant paradigm shift right now, because we see the global south is basically saying, you know, we dont want to get involved in a conflict that you generated. Then we can talk about the origins while we want. But theyre saying its not our fight and why should and then if it, when the idea of sovereignty, or you want to protect ukraine sovereignty. But the global south is that we are going to protect our sovereignty to by not getting involved in your fight. And i think this is a paradigm shift there, there is no longer respect or fear the west go ahead and cali. But you know what, you know, peter, you knew youre right. Oh, but i think that when we say that all the solve to isnt understanding, that in fact, power is shifting to, to the, the non european world if you will. And so theres always been a understanding of the potential power here in the global. So we understood leave the parasitic relationship between the development of the north and the under development of the south of but now the conditions are such that basically theres the possibility of more effective resistance. As to what we see in the global south are the experiments taking place of the reconstruction of societies along a new path of development and new lines of, of values. And that is something i think is very, very positive. Now one of the things that we have to understand is that what makes the north so incredibly dangerous . Is that this, this, this inflated sense of itself in a butt, believe that without its leadership globally, be sure that the, that the world can no longer exist, as we know, it goes back to your point about about us exceptionalism. You have your opinion exceptionalism, the psychopath, biology, a white supremacist, white supremacist. Etiology has to be addressed front and center. The europeans have to understand that they are no longer the center of the world. And again, when they understand that, and we able to, to make that reflect a material reality, that is shifting power from the europeans, that we have the possibility of developing and constructing a new world. Ok, pepe in this article here by david breast essentially is asking what is the world like after the American Century . Is it a good thing should be wed be afraid because i think i think youre right, peter is a little bit more pessimistic. Youre a little bit more optimistic. Where do you, where does it go from here . Because that the global system ever since 945 has been centered on the west, specifically the United States that is slowly drifting away. Is that a good thing . A bad thing, a dangerous thing. Go ahead, pepe. Well, if i was really a passive nihilist not an active night list as nature. I would give up completely and isolate myself, one of volcanic island, some where i still i still get, im a writer and writers as you all know the di writing. So i will die writing and at least trying to find the array of lights into, into this mile strong. Edgar alone polls miles from in fact. And thats why these past few years, i have been focusing on whats happening across the region, the development slowly, but surely of all these organizations, this young guy, corporation, organization, eurasia, economic union, now bricks plus, which is something that the chinese and the russians have been pushing for quite a while now, the c s t o o, the projects of the new will so groves and merging with the russian concept of greater ration partnership and how all of these organizations and this, a framework across eurasia is spilling over towards africa. Latin america. When the remote to be to be share here to be fair here, you know, this is one of the origins of the crisis in ukraine because, you know, ukraine has to be part of the west. Because if you have to separate it from russia to week in russia, the reason why im bringing this up. I go to peter right now, is that i agree with what pepe have been talking about all these organizations, but the us is not very happy about it. Because it wants to maintain the deputy, and thats what makes it a very dangerous country. Go ahead peter. No question about that. You know, it leaves me some interesting trends and some hopeful trends. Latin america, a lot of progressives are winning elections now. And lula hopefully will come back to power in brazil. And theres some good things happening. But then we also see this august deal. I. India is a very important player, as the biggest, the 2nd Biggest Country in the world, and will soon be the, the largest country in the world. And is trying to, like many countries that people dont want to choose sides. The u. S. Is trying to force, thats right, countries to choose sides again. And people are resisting. And thats a positive part of the positive trend of puppies. I correctly identifying. But we have such big problems that we need to somehow figure out a way for the u. S. And the europeans to get back in the game in a positive sense. Because even if weve talked look about Global Warming, if the what, what one of the consequences of what this war that the russian invasion of, of ukraine is setting back the need for boot dealing aggressively with Global Warming setting this back potentially for years is and so yeah, but, but peter did say no, and you try to convince me that these people actually believe this about climate change. I mean, if it is so existential, so dire, and they flip on it on a dime. No, we have to go after russia 1st. I mean, they sincere people or they just buffoons well then up the phones thats, thats part of the problem. And they can be dangerous it because of their ideology, because the way they view the world and this goes back to the start of the cold war. You know, i write this started found most important document for me is a memo, theyve George Kennan rotan, 948. When he says the u. S. Has 6. 3 percent of the worlds population, but controls 50 percent of the world health. In our how we can to maintain the position of disparity. We live in a world that were the richest 8 people have more wealth than the poors for 1000000000 people. More and more people are falling into poverty, you know, and so we have serious, serious crime and that, that, that weve got thats what neoliberalism is created for all of us. Ok, lets go back to cali because what i think is really interesting is that with the rise of the global, so it doesnt seem to be very ideological to me. I mean, i, i look at, you know, sovereignty prosperity. I mean, those are simple ideas to understand and not all this garbage thats coming out of the west rules based order. Whatever that means. Ok, i mean, i think what we need is more pragmatism in less ideology. Go ahead in cali where you know, we need that and we also need to, to always include in the picture, the parasitic relationship, the non exportation this was driving much of the politics here. And also that they understand that we can no longer continue in a relationship of dependency with the global north with of the, the global capital, a system that is dependent on the continuation of the oppression exportation of people around the world. So thats why people dont want to be pulled into this conflict in europe, even though they are being detrimentally impacted by this conflict. Theres also why the u. S. Is unable us in europe is unable to, to bring people long, politically, an ideologically, to go to south. Because people in a global, remember that job was zalinski and ukraine are tempted to try to renegotiate the dead debt payments with, with europe. We remember that most of the global stop nations failed to get any kind of relief or from, from debt payments at the height of the pandemic. So these kinds of relationships are, are fresh in our minds, did. Therefore, these moral appeals to join them in there are glorious struggle against the rushes fall on deaf ears. We recognize again, that until there is a, until we on to mine be the prestige of the west. This notion of the, of the west of being the leaders of humanity. And that we all should be striving to, to, to, to, to, to be a part of that. And to see that as a model and so on. The west understands of the people the west understand that they no longer can be the sensor. Then were going to continue with this, these appeals to exceptionalism and for that for that to well, i guess the big question is, can we survive the, the period after the American Century, were all going to find out because its not happening right now. Gentlemen, thats all the time we have here. I want to thank my guess and cali with that and assemble. And i want to thank our viewers for watching us here at r t c. And next time, remember crossing ah ah ah ah ah, what he may have putin arrives in rushes far east to visit the vos, dogs, 2022 military drills. 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