In this episode, we analyse the concept of peace, in particular how it influences Western Bubble mentality. Typically Europeans and North Americans think of their societies as peaceful. This perception is often backed up by misleading statistics. Today we analyse one of these, namely the Global Peace Index. You can find the report we talk about here: https://www.economicsandpeace.org/reports/ This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Julia Ohm but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

Today we analyse a specific article from Guardian writer Simon Tisdall, whom we discussed in this week’s regular episode. The article in question is “The world still needs a policeman. Let’s hope the US doesn’t quit the job” and offers insights into Simon Tisdall’s fantasies about a Western global order. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

In this episode we analyse the Western bubble mentality of Guardian writer Simon Tisdall. Tisdall has been writing about foreign policy for 40 years now. Much of his analysis serves as a good case study of the Western delusions we discuss in our episodes.Here are the articles we quote from: China, Myanmar and now Darfur ... the horror of genocide is here again (July 2nd 2023)Defeat for Ukraine would be a global disaster. Nato must finally step in to stop Russia (July 8th 2023)Nato faces an all-out fight with Putin. It must stop pulling its punches (March 5th 2023)The world still needs a policeman. Let’s hope the US doesn’t quit the job (March 26th 2023)The uncounted: how millions died unseen in America’s post-9/11 wars (May 21st 2023)This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

In this episode we analyse the impact of technology on political accountability and policy making. While preparing for the planned episode, we noticed a different perspective between us and so we decided to record the conversation we usually have preparing for the episodes instead.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

Today we analyse the phenomenon of Jordan Peterson in the Western Bubble and why his prominence in the public discourse is a symptom of Western decay. In this episode we are commenting on three audio bites from Jordan Peterson. You can find the full videos here:Clip 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUiG5_GcMyYClip 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZYQpge1W5s&t=1120sClip 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTk-69f64KU This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

Today we analyse three developments in the West as a result of the Western Bubble. First, we look at Donald Trump on trial, second, we examine Boris Johnson stepping down as member of Parliament and, lastly, we are upset with the German police arresting a climate activist for wanting to protest. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

In this extra episode we briefly analyse the Western reaction to last week's events surrounding the Wagner Group in Russia. The palpable excitement and absurd hyperbole (such as "civil war" and claims about the "end of the Putin regime") reveals a Western audience that is not in touch with reality.

Today we analyse the West’s obsession with free speech and the dangers of overestimating its importance as well as underestimating its importance. Should it be illegal to deny the holocaust but legal to deny the Armenian genocide? Difficult questions in grey areas that society must have conversations about. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

Today we analyse how to understand the influence of George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, on the Western Bubble. In our previous two episodes we talked about Huntington and Fukuyama whose ideas were turned into practice by the Bush administration. This led, for example, to the disastrous War on Terror. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

Today we analyse how to understand the influence of Samuel Huntington on the Western Bubble. Huntington, a political scientist, had a significant impact on US intellectual thinking during the Cold War and its end. In the 21st century his most quoted work is “The Clash of Civilisations” which was hugely influential in shaping post-9/11 foreign policy. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

Today we analyse how to understand the influence of Francis Fukuyama on the Western Bubble. Fukuyama, a political scientist, rose to fame in the 1990s with his seminal work The End of History. This book encapsulated the inherent delusion of a post Cold War Western world. The results were often highly destructive. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

Today we analyse the rise and fall of the Middle Class in the Western Bubble. It has been a fundamental pillar in Western success over the past 400 years and has been the driving force behind core Western values. In the 21st century however, the Middle Class is threatened by an increasingly corrupt system that it created itself.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

Today we analyse how the West continuously turns a blind eye towards Saudi Arabia’s policies and how this plays into the Western Bubble. This episode is largely based on Dario’s Thesis on Saudi Arabia’s regional foreign policy. If you are interested in learning more about this topic we can recommend the book “Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power” by Justin Scheck and Bradley Hope. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse how this past week on one hand the continuation of the establishment through Joe Biden announcement to run again for President, while at the same time upheaval among populist media because of the sacking of Tucker Carlson from fox news. By many this was greeted as good news, however, it covers up dangerous dynamics below the surface. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

Another extra episode in which we analyse the Western Bubble's reaction to the Macron trip to China. Rather than perceiving it as the French President talking to the Chinese President this was one where Macron was accused of ceding to authoritarianism.Macron’s interview: https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-china-america-pressure-interview/2nd Politico Article: https://www.politico.eu/article/macrons-china-remarks-disaster-for-europe-eu-conservative-leader-says-us-manfred-weber-italian-daily-corriere-della-sera/Guardian Commentary: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/16/when-emmanuel-macron-met-xi-jinping-new-world-disorder This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

Today we analyse how the recent security leaks affect the Western Bubble. These moments tend to lead to tensions and accusations between allies, yet help us shine some light on a reality in which much of the formal narrative is empty and even delusional.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats

Today we analyse how a major aspect of the Western Bubble is externalisation of responsibility. People live their lives insufficiently acknowledging their part in destructive behaviour of their society, instead choosing to project such failure onto "others", often supposedly wicked individuals out to do harm. Extreme versions of such irrational interpretations of reality are conspiracy theories.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

In almost every episode we are referencing the 2003 Iraq War as an example of the Western Bubble and we finally devoted an entire episode to it. The reasons for it go to the heart of the Western Bubble and the damages are beyond repair. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

In this second of our two-part episode, we analyse the relationship between the Western Bubble and democracy. After last week's discussion on the facts and the bubble thinking. This week we analyse the serious problems democracy is facing in Western societies and whether it has a future?This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

The ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin: another case study in Western Bubble thinking where international law and the ICC are mistaken for objective mechanisms whereas in reality they are anything but.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

In the first of a two-part episode, we analyse the relationship between the Western Bubble and democracy. Democratic governance systems have many strengths and for many people are preferable to more authoritarian systems. However, Western societies have stopped critically assessing the reasons behind democracy, confusing the practical advantages of these systems with almost a sacred dogma about its supposed superiority. This is intellectually lazy and dangerous.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

This week Dario is sick so Balder is alone recording an EXTRA episode instead of a regular one. Here he analyses the Saudi-Iran agreement brokered by China from a Western Bubble perspective. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

In this second out of two episodes on nuclear weapons (non-)proliferation, we analyse why Western countries push for non proliferation and how these efforts are undermined by foreign policy decisions from the past.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

In this first out of two episodes on nuclear weapons (non-)proliferation, we cycle through those states that currently possess a nuclear arsenal and briefly discuss some of the main motivations behind these destructive capabilities. Next week we analyse this issue specifically from a Western Bubble perspective.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

In this second of our EXTRA episodes, we do not dive into a topic as usual but provide our commentary and analysis on current events from the Western Bubble perspective. Here we look at the Western reaction to Russian President Putin announcing Russia will suspend controls of Russia’s nuclear arsenal under the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse how unrealistic perspectives on historical individuals contribute to bubble thinking. We as a society take characters such as Mother Teresa, Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi and elevate them to levels of irrational purity. This leads to a type of hero worshipping that strengthens delusional narratives about ourselves and our environment.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

In this first of our EXTRA episodes we do not dive into a topic as usual but provide our commentary and analysis on current events from the Western Bubble perspective. Here we look at the US overreaction to the Chinese Balloons and lay out different scenarios of what may have happened.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse the media and political reaction to the Seymour Hersh article alleging that the US was behind the Nordstream sabotage. In particular, we wonder what makes mainstream journalists so reluctant to delve into this important issue and so eager to cast doubt on Hersh's claims.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse historical negationism and victor’s justice within the Western Bubble. Our misinterpretation of our own pasts makes us worse at understanding our present and the future. We discuss items such as the Nuremberg Trials, the war in Iraq and scientific discoveries.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA member Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we look back at the year in international relations in the Western Bubble and hand out the Bubble awards for individuals, actors and states. We will be giving out awards in the categories “Almost Started World War III”, “Biggest Bubble Blooper”, “News Reporting”, “Label Terrorism” and “Bubble Burster”. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats, with the generous research and analysis assistance of Linda Steiner. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse the importance of knowledge and awareness of one’s own national history, in particular when it comes to darker aspects. We contrast the way that Germany has thoroughly examined itself with respect to the second world war with the voluntary and selective amnesia that is typical for European nations. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats, with the generous research and analysis assistance of Linda Steiner. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse the impact of social media on the Western Bubble with the specific focus on Twitter and Elon Musk as a case study. We answer how social media intensifies the Bubble and what problems this causes. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats, with the generous research and analysis assistance of Linda Steiner. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

There is a certain fatigue towards the war in Ukraine but there are a few items that have not been sufficiently covered and deserve attention. Especially, because they concern the Western Bubble. Today we will analyse the assassination of Darya Dugina, the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline and the missiles fired from Ukrainian territory into Poland killing two civilians. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats, with the generous research and analysis assistance of Linda Steiner. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Balder is sick unfortunately, enjoy a quick outlook over the next few weeks of the Western Bubble and the introduction of Linda Steiner, our new research and analysis assistant. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats, with the generous research and analysis assistance of Linda Steiner. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

In every fifth episode of this podcast, we will go through the news of the past month and relate to our analysis of our past recordings. In this week’s episode we will specifically talk about: Covid-19 measures and their damages, income inequality and trust in institutions, the protests in Iran, Neocolonialism and the COP27, and, finally, Türkiye resisting Western determinism.Lancet Report on Covid: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(22)00223-7/fulltextBalder’s article: https://raiagroup.org/the-art-of-doing-nothingThe ECB report: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/economic-bulletin/articles/2022/html/ecb.ebart202203_02~f9d2d059f0.en.html#toc8New York Times on global emissions: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/12/climate/cop26-emissions-compensation.htmlThis podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Description: Today we analyse neo-colonial actions of Western countries. Specifically, we talk about the DRC, South Sudan and Libya as case studies of how the neo-colonial bubble negatively affects the West's own ambitions as well as how still- over sixty years after independence- it still causes havoc in its former colonies.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.This episode was reuploaded one week after its initial publishing due to technical issues, the content was not edited in any way.

Today we analyse the Western reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic. Specifically we talk about our personal experience and how the media, politicians and the middle class reacted to the pandemic. Overall, there has been an inadequate recognition of the costs attached to fighting Covid. These include the undermining of fundamental institutions as well as many direct- yet often unrecognised- victims of anti-Covid measures.https://raiagroup.org/the-road-to-totalitarianism here Balder’s article from June 2020.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse the United Kingdom for a second time within the last month. This comes after the past two weeks of political turmoil resulting in Prime Minister Lis Truss resigning. When listening to this episode please bear in mind that we recorded this on Sunday the 23rd of October, right before Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister. We specifically look at systemic failures within the UK.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

#016 THE WESTERN BUBBLE: Economic Growth and Growing InequalityToday we analyse growing income and wealth inequality in the West. Exorbitant wealth accumulation by people is perceived as positive and capitalism is seen as an ideal rather than a tool by societies increasingly detached from the original Western ideals. Rather than a cause for celebration, however, having rich individuals in society is a cost that liberal democracies should only reluctantly accept.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats. [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

In every fifth episode of this podcast, we will go through the news of the past month and relate to our analysis of our past recordings. In this week’s episode, we will specifically talk about: Liz Truss and the United Kingdom, attitudes towards immigration in the Netherlands, the protest in Iran and, finally, the newest developments in the Ukraine war. This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between the Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us, email us at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse the Western media more broadly after last week’s focus on Ukraine reporting. The Western Bubble is deeply ingrained in media behaviour: foreign policy reporting is skewed favourably towards pro-democratic and liberal movements while domestic reporting is insufficiently critical of flaws within democratic establishment.In this episode we are playing segments from the following three videos and quote from the following NY Times article:Video 1: 0:00-0:26; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8c8PsHSTPMVideo 2: 5:29-6:00; https://youtu.be/lDSu8wlQG6c?t=329Video 3: https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/850213433664458752?s=20&t=AnoHlMjVNq7YYiQN--uxNANew York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/world/from-the-editors-the-times-and-iraq.htmlThis podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats. [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse how the Western Bubble is dangerous when it comes to reporting on the war in Ukraine. The narrative is too biased for what you would want from a free press; Western media pushes a specific narrative rather than reporting and analysing reality.In this episode we are playing segments from the following four videos:Video 1: 1:41-2:25; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT_8HXAHZXEVideo 2: 0:34-1:35; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkKzJkpdRT4Video 3: 1:35-1:58; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPvwzeOY0uMVideo 4: 2:20-3:34; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y56B8kk4QThis podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats. [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse the United Kingdom. With the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the election of Liz Truss as new prime minister, Great Britain seems to have definitively entered a new era. In order to salvage the situation left by Brexit and other missteps, it will need to revise its relation with its own imperial past and formulate a new vision for the 21st century.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse Human Rights as Western device. Human Rights are typically considered a source of objective morality but in reality they can be a dangerous tool enabling geopolitical abuse. As always we do this through the lens of the Western Bubble in our continued endeavour to burst it.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between General Coordinator of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email to [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Every fifth episode of this podcast we will go through the news of the past month and relate to our analysis of our past recordings. This week’s episode we will specifically talk about: how domestic issues in the US relate to larger Western problems, the continued problem the west has in properly analysing the Russia-Ukraine war and, finally, Chinese geopolitical plays.Here is the link to article we discussed:https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/08/23/tuning-out-did-we-grow-tired-of-ukraine-war-on-tv-and-in-newspapersThis podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email to [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse how the development aid sector is an important characteristic of the Western bubble and how it contributes to perpetuating destructive foreign policy.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse the conflict between China and Taiwan. As always we do this through the lens of the Western Bubble in our continued endeavour to burst it.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse the fall of US foreign policy. This is the second half of the overall analysis on “The Rise and Fall of US Foreign Policy” through the lens of the Western Bubble. In this half we answer the questions: what is the personal bias, what is the damage and what is the future. We discuss individuals in US FP like Bush Senior, Bill Clinton, Bush Junior and Joe Bide. Furthermore we explain the negative implications of the bubble on US FP and finally we provide an outlook on the future.Correction, Iceland deployed two Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers to Iraq. https://books.google.com/books?id=d8EnCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA423This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

Today we analyse the rise of US foreign policy. This is the first half of the overall analysis on “The Rise and Fall of US Foreign Policy” through the lens of the Western Bubble. We will be answering the questions: What are the facts and What is the bubble while describing the rise of US foreign policy from its independence in 1776 to its peak after the first world war to its demise after the second world war.Next week we will discuss the fall of US foreign policy in the second half of the overall analysis on “The Rise and Fall of US Foreign Policy” through the lens of the Western Bubble. Then we will answer the remaining questions: What is the personal bias, what is the damage and what is the future.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at [email protected] or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.