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Originally published on Dec 8, 2025.Being a “Putin-versteher”—a “Putin-understander”—is one of the worst accusations one can make against someone in German-speaking Europe. It usually comes from people who believe they know exactly what Russia really wants. But is the West even capable of understanding what its counterpart is striving for?Today I’m speaking for the second time with Dr. Petra Erler, a German political scientist and former State Secretary of the GDR. Together with her husband, Günter Verheugen, she recently published the book “Der lange Weg zum Krieg: Russland, die Ukraine und der Westen – Eskalation statt Entspannung” (“The Long Road to War: Russia, Ukraine, and the West – Escalation Instead of De-escalation”).Links:Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on Dec 7, 2025.In Europe, we once honestly believed that we had learned the lessons of the past. Never again would we support a Genocide. Never again would we support war on this continent. Yet here we are, at the loosing end of a NATO proxy war in the East and a Genocide in Gaza. And so much more.Here to discuss what went wrong mentally is Dr. Hans-Georg Möller, Professor of Philosophy for Social and Political Thought at the University of Macau and the Host of the YouTube channel Carefree Wandering.Links:Hans-Georg's YouTube channel: @carefreewandering Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 6 Dec 2025.War propaganda in Europe is running at full throttle. Whether in the mainstream or on social media, anyone calling for more war against Russia is being listened to. How can we possibly get out of this?That is the question my guest today is addressing: the German author and playwrite Fabian Scheidler, who recently published a book on this very topic titled “Capable of Peace: How We Can Stop Creating Our Own Enemies.”Links:X: https://x.com/ScheidlerFabianFacebook: / counter.image Instagram: / fabian_scheidler Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scheidlerfab...Website: https://fabianscheidler.com/"The End of the Megamachine. A Brief History of a Failing Civilisation“ book: [www.megamachine.org](http://www.megamachine.org/)Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 5 Dec 2025.While the United States and Russia are negotiating peace, Germany and the rest of Europe are yapping for more military force in order to impose their vision of “justice.” Yet Europe has neither the weapons nor the economic strength to achieve anything even remotely like that. What on earth is going on with Germany and Europe?To better understand the continent’s geopolitical situation, I am joined today by Dr. Gabriele Krone-Schmalz, the author of numerous nonfiction books, including “Respekt geht anders: Betrachtungen über unser zerstrittenes Land” (“Respect Works Differently: Reflections on Our Divided Country”) and “Eiszeit: Wie Russland dämonisiert wird und warum das so gefährlich ist” (“Ice Age: How Russia Is Demonized and Why That Is So Dangerous”).Links:Gabriele's HP: https://www.krone-schmalz.deYouTube: / gabrielekroneschmalz Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesOur Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 4 Dec 2025.The US delegation just met with Vladimir Putin and his staff in Moscow and although there is no peace agreement yet, we seem to be one step closer to some form of “compromise” as the Russian TASS news agency puts it.Here to help explaining the developments are Ray McGovern and Larry Johnson.Links:Ray's website: https://raymcgovern.com/Ray's X (Twitter): https://x.com/raymcgovernJudge Nepolitano's podcast: https://art19.com/shows/judging-freedomNeutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 2 Dec 2025.Last week I did an interview with a young Chinese academic about China’s approach toward West Asia and especially Palestine. Today we want to do the same for Russia to understand the complex relationship Moscow has with the region. Here to help with this task is Dr. Maria Kicha.Dr. Kicha holds a PhD in Law and she is currently serving as an Associate Professor at the Russian State University of Justice in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.Links:Telegram Channel: https://t.me/kief_pointVideo mentioned in the intro: • China‘s Silence on Gaza is Strategic | Zha... Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 1 Dec 2025.The global center of gravity is shifting. One way we see this clearly is by the number of important conferences that are being organised outside the Collective West. My guest today recently visited two of those recently in China. Dr. Jan Oberg is joining us today again to discuss what he learned there.Links:Jan Oberg’s Article on China: https://thetransnational.substack.com...Jan's article on Trump’s Gaza plans: https://thetransnational.substack.com...Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 1 Dec 2025.Former ambassador Jean-Daniel Ruch is the founder of the Geneva Center for Neutrality (GCN) and a strong supporter of the Neutrality Initiative. Listen to his reasons explaining why this initiative is important and represents the right path for Switzerland.Links:Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesOur Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 30 Nov 2025.The biggest lie NATO has planted in the minds of its victims is that of a constant threat.Today I'm speaking with military historian Dr. Lothar Schröter. Born in East Germany, Dr. Schröter worked at the Military History Institute in Potsdam from 1974 to 1990, ultimately reaching the rank of Major in the National People's Army and serving as Head of the Military History Department for NATO and West Germany.Last year, Dr. Schröter published the book "The Ukraine War: The Roots, the Actors, and the Role of NATO." We'll be discussing his East German perspective on the war today.Links:Dr. Schröter's new book: https://www.eulenspiegel.com/buecher/...Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesOur Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 29 Nov 2025. Ukraine is marred in a corruption scandal, investigated by its anticorruption bureau, NABU, linking very high profile politicians to all sorts of illegal money schemes. What a coincidence that this is coming out right now, when the USA is trying to except power over Kiev to accept Trumps so called “28 Point Peace Plan”. Here to make sense of this is again Professor Ivan Katchanovski. Professor Katchanovski is a Ukranian-Canadian political scientist at the University of Ottawa and the author of the books “The Maidan Massacre in Ukraine: The Mass Killing that Changed the World” and most recently “The Russia-Ukraine War and its Origins.”Links:Help Prof. Katchanovski: https://gofund.me/79a58e94dAnd read his new book here (free): https://link.springer.com/book/10.100...FB post about NABU and FBI: / 25684146844521859 Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 28 Nov 2025.If war is the continuation of politics by other means—as Clausewitz once said—then, logically, politics is also the continuation of war by other means. Is the US currently trying to switch back from one to the other in its Proxy War in Ukraine through the 28 point peace plan?Here to discuss this with me is Anatol Lieven, the director of the Eurasia Program and the Andrew Bacevich chair in American Diplomatic History at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.Links:Responsible Statecraft: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/Anatol's UnHerd articles: https://unherd.com/author/anatol-lieven/Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 27 Nov 2025.Ever since Donald Trump came back into office, the US went through several phases of diplomacy and then renewed military escalations with Russia. The latest swing of the pendulum has us again talking about peace, this time based on a so-called 28-point plan. But is it a real effort toward peace or just the latest ploy to lure Moscow into giving up its battle field advantage?Here to discuss with me today is Dr. Michael Rossi, a lecturer of International Relations at Rutgers University and the Host of the Michal Rossi PolSci YouTube Channel.Links:Michael's YT Channel: @MichaelRossiPoliSci Michael's Twitter: / rossisci Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 26 Nov 2025.Did you ever wonder what a REAL spy has to say about world politics today? Well you're in luck because today I’ve got one of East Germany’s most successful spies on this show.Mr. Rainer Rupp was born in 1945 and grew up in West Germany but started working for the East-German intelligence services in the early 1970s. He was hired by NATO in 1977 and forwarded tens of thousands of NATO internal documents and plans to the East. He was only caught in 1993, after the end of the Cold War, serving a prison sentence until 2000. Links:Rainer's homepage: https://www.rainerrupp.de/Rainer's Book: https://www.eulenspiegel.com/buecher/...Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 25 Nov 2025. Asia transformed massively in just one century — from a region carved up by colonial empires to the powerhouse of today’s emerging multipolar world. BRICS, the SCO, ASEAN… so many of the key pillars of the new global order are now anchored right here in Asia. To discuss the continent’s stunning success and its future, I‘m joined today by the prolific Singaporean diplomat and academic, Dr. Kishore Mahbubani, the author of „Has China Won?“, „The Asian 21st Century“ and „Living the Asian Century“. Links:Kishore's Homepage: https://mahbubani.net/Kishore's Books: https://mahbubani.net/books/Substack: https://kishoremahbubani.substack.comFacebook: / kishoremahbubanipage X (Twitter): https://x.com/mahbubani_kNeutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 24 Nov 2025. As the United States seems ready to negotiate an end to the Proxy War in Ukraine along Russia’s “Istanbul+” formula of June 2024, and we now have a 28 Point Peace plan from the US side, the Europeans, yesterday, published their own 28-point peace plan with substantial changes to the US proposal.Here to discuss the matter is David Pyne, a former U.S. Army officer and Deputy Director for the Task Force on National and Homeland Security.Links:David Pyne's Substack: https://dpyne.substack.com/Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 24 Nov 2025.Do you remember the Former European Parliament candidate who hackled Ursula van der Leyen and was arrested for it? His case is still not through in the courts, but now, Finland’s largest newspaper is smearing Armando as a Russian stooge and part of the Kremlin’s “hybrid warfare”.Here to discuss his case is with me is for the second time Armando Mema.Links:Armando's Socials:YouTube: / @armandomema878 Telegram: https://t.me/armandomemaTwitter/X: https://x.com/armandomemaNeutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 23 Nov 2025.There is, once more, hope for peace in Ukraine, and it is—once more—freaking out the Europeans. The US and Russia are nearing a proposal for cessation of hostilities along a so called 28-point peace plan. Here to discuss this with me is Dr. Nicolai Petro, Professor for Political Science at the University of Rhode Island and the author of “The Tragedy of Ukraine”.Links:Kremlin Readout that Nicolai mentioned: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president...Nicolai's Homepage: http://npetro.net/Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 22 Nov 2025.The United States just managed to pass a highly controversial resolution in the United Nations Security Council, which basically transforms Gaza into a UN Mandate and makes Donald Trump its governor. Resolution 2803 has alredy been heavily criticized by Human Rights experts like Francesca Albanese and Craig Mokhiber. The puzzeling thing in this is that Russia and China, both abstained from voting, thereby helping the resolution to pass. To help understand China’s position on West Asia, I’m today joined by ZHANG Sheng, a Non-resident Visiting Researcher at Turkey’s KUASIA (Coach) University, and the author of a very popular video on Youtube where he recently explained Chinese approaches toward Gaza.Links:The mentioned video: • Zhang Sheng: Why Chinese Netizens Call Pal... One of Sheng’s articles on today’s topic: https://www.tni.org/en/article/from-g...Academic article on how the CPC and the Japanese Red Army vuewed Oakestube: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 21 Nov 2025.Donald Trump is getting ready for all out war with Venezuela, even the aircraft carrier group USS Gerald R Ford, has by now arrived in the Caribbean. At the same time, Trump also threatens intervention in Nigeria to allegedly “protect christians”. What happened to the US peace president? To discuss this I’m joined again by Stanislav Krapivnik, a former US Army officer, supply chain executive.Links:Stanislav Krapivnik's YouTube Channel: @MrSlavikman Stanislav Krapivnik's Telegram: https://t.me/stastydaiobratnoNeutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesNeutrality Studies substack: https://pascallottaz.substack.com Goods Store: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
Originally published on 20 Nov 2025.Chinese airlines just cancelled over 400,000 flights to Japan after belligerent remarks in parliament of Sanae Takaichi, the new Japanese prime minister. In all of this, the USA is suspiciously quiet. Is the real winner of this Beijing vs Tokyo fight gonna be, once again, Washington? Here to discuss with me this topic from another perspective is an old friend of the show, Warwick Powell.Neutrality Studies Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@neutralitystudiesOur Shop: https://neutralitystudies-shop.fourth...
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