observed here ah ah, ah hello and welcome to cross stock were all things are considered. i am peter lavelle. are we witnessing the end of globalization as we have known it for about the last half century? it would certainly seem so. the west, the ability to shape the world in its own image also appears to be on the way. as a result, should we expect new regional and block globalization ah cross sucking globalization, i'm joined by my guess arthur clara in toronto. he's a liberty advocate in a freelance editor in washington. we have thomas polly. he is founder of the

economics for democratic and open societies project. and in bristol, we cross to johnny brower. she is a spokesperson for the world anti imperialist form, as well as author of drive to war against russia and china, across cycles. in the fact that means you can jump in any time you want. and i always appreciate, are there. let me go to you 1st year. we didn't get a lot of coverage in western media, but there was a really big meeting between the chinese leader and a in re odd with the the saudi leader. and if you compare and contrast with what it looked like compared to biden biden, gotta, you know, a bump a shake, and the red carpet came out for the chinese leader. huge deals being made. energy deals, infrastructure deals that works here. um, this is very indicative of how the world is changing when you say absolutely, absolutely. sometimes i worry that the western world is so caught up in its own worry for lack of a better term,

but we're noticing what's going on around the world. i know we're part of the last 10 years, not more as been and expanding was i colonial power and it's projecting more and more of the power and world, including in, in the western world. you're in canada, united states and elsewhere. yeah. it's absolutely. thomas, i go, you do you, i mean, the globalization, when it was 1st conceived, it was quite popular and people were quite supportive of it because it will make the world like the west. well, that's not really panning out the way they thought it would. it is a matter of fact, there's a lot of dissolution with it. even in the west. i mean, the us seems to be moving away from it and creating its own block. hence what i had to say at the end of my introduction, you'll be your agent block, an american block that is subjugated europe. we're seeing it. we're seeing it falling apart fragments go ahead, thomas. well, let me just backtrack

a little. what author just said, i don't see china as a colonial power at all. i see china looking after its national interest, and it has a national interest in having access to energy. it has a national interest in secure c lanes. it has a national interest because it's a massive, massive manufacturing power and being able to trade. and i see that is really what is driving china's global engagement. of course, it also has a national interest in as, as a regional superpower, immediately in the south china sea. and of course, as a major, powerful nation as having a respected position in the global system. and i suppose that that's really the tension between the united states and china, the united states is trying to deny china all of that as regards saudi, the saudi visit. yes, this is very interesting because saudi arabia has been the linchpin

of u. s. power in the middle east, and i think one of the interesting things, and i think you can begin to connect some of the dots here. some of the stuff that the u. s. has done over the last 15 years. it's beginning to backfire now, particularly regarding using its power to bully other countries. and of course, you know, we've seen this in the russia, ukraine conflict, the, the, the way that the u. s. confiscated russia as far as the attempt by the western powers to under cut russian rockies economy. most recently by this oil cap machination saudi arabia reads all these things as well. and it seems that these same tools can be applied against it in india, that modi is seeing the same. i in latin america, i suspect all the latin american leaders are seeing the same. everyone begins to

connect the dots, except the folks in the us who are imperial masika, you're absolutely right. it's back to just let me go to you. i mean, but it's more pernicious than that because if you don't want to play our game, we're going to punish you. we will even punish so called allies. ok. this is very interesting as well. and there's the pushback that we have seen maybe not from allies, but the rest of the world is d dollarization. now, once that happens, then global hegemony comes to an end. jesse go ahead will definitely what we're seeing is the, the waning of u. s. global hegemony, which let's face it really, i took on a new aspect with the collapse of the soviet union with the collapse of the soviet union that the but the sort of balancing act between the socialist world at neck, capitalist, imperialist world kind of collapsed. and we had this ramp imperialism which was like, right, we can lose everywhere. we can wage war against everyone who stands against us.

every body better get in line or will be invading you and, and stealing your wealth. and people felt that they had to countries that they had to get in line. they weren't strong enough to stand alone against us bullying. you know, look how difficult it's been for countries like north korea, cuba, iran who've been under sanctions, regimes for decades. you know, without much relief and how hard it was for them, particularly in the period after the collapse of the soviet union. so this kind of expansion of the aggressiveness and, and, and kind of rampant looting of the globe, of the imperialist after the collapse of the soviet union. you know, it lasted a certain amount of time, but it couldn't last, ever, it hasn't lasted forever. and now we're seeing the rise of the independent world. and world countries are finding is the key to their independence is getting together. the only way you can stand up against the power of the u. s. it's an, it's army is, you know, it's economy is, it's, it,

allies is to stand together and that's the attraction now of the, of blocks like the brakes and the s c o that they're offering the ability to trade in atlanta. but they're taking away this dynamic of serve and, and master in arthur it's, it's, it's very interesting. we had the german chancellor a couple new cycles ago saying that after the conflict is over and ukraine and russia loses, he saying there's either there will have to re, as of so strayed with russia. but that is such an arrogant point of view. i mean, maybe the russians don't want to do with you anymore. okay. i mean, again, it's this kind of, this imperial mindset is that you want to be with us. you want to be like us and you want to hold our values. but every, with every passing day, every single one of those propositions is false. arthur. well, i think, i think what that points to similar to what has been mentioned by the last 2 to speakers here as well. is that there's this universe that has come with power

and i like, for example, with united states and it's an introduction of certain values around the world in the beginning, i believe that actually did start with some, some measure of genuine attempts to do good, you know, how people have democracy, help and have a better lives, that sort of thing. but i think that that very quickly, especially post soviet union became a point where power corrupted and power is corrupting. absolutely. and for, for europe and the united states, and i guess the western robin general, they underlined themselves at home. they found themselves abroad. and yet somehow, at certain levels, they still see themselves as master of the world. and in canada there's, there's a famous hockey player who made his reputation off of skating, where the pack was going be kinder than where it was or where it is. and it feels like those families are weighing where wiser is rather than where it's going to be

that's. that's an interesting way of looking at comments. you know, i think we're the, this, this whole mindset about western globalization is reflected in joseph burrell. blogs, you know, where europe is the garden and everywhere else is the jungle. i mean, if that isn't the neo colonial outlook, i don't know what is commerce? no, you, peter, peter, you're absolutely right. there is a, i like the expression that the previous author gets used. hubris, pride goes before a fall, and that has sort of what has happened to the us project, which i agree initially. initially, there was some good intentions that but the united states has been captured. i mean on both sides about political aisle by this neil con view that the u. s. has to be globally hedge, a monic. i'm that is familiar looking at it. we don't want to be to

the definitive about these things whose good, whose bad they are. all sides is always a mix, but it violates the most fundamental principle of the global order and made all else possible. and that goes back to the west trillion principle from 1648 creative westphalia, that other countries don't interfere in the rise of others. and for all its screaming about russia and china intervening in the affairs of the united states, the u. s. is the global champion of interference and, and now it's actually pushing it to the point of belligerence and war. and this is the root cause of the problem. the u. s. agent insistent on being globally hedge, a monic not allowing space for other countries to develop. they are going to develop along their own particular pods, both politically and economically. we should be the best thing we can do to

encourage these values of democracy and human rights is to help these countries. not yeah, but i mean, i mean, but thomas, you know, in democracy in human rights, if i go to jesse right now, that's just a political cudgel. i don't, they don't believe in it. they don't believe in democracy in their own countries. go ahead and no, i think, i think it's more complicated. ok, we'll get. we'll get it in the 2nd half of the program. so you want to feel that. i mean, i think you're upset, you write pete, to the imperialist words, have always differ greatly from their deeds. they say these, these words to make a veneer. they took about civilization, culture, human rights, democracy. they've been talking like that for 200 years. you know, many countries have suffered, nevertheless, from their domination and control, you know, over the last century, many of them fall back against that, you know, but in recent decades it's been honda because as i said, the collapse, the ussr shifted the balance of forces in the world, but the fact is that imperialism seeks domination, not democracy,

doesn't matter what it says, look at what it does, you know, and we have to, we have to recognize that, let's not forget, that this whole notion of a rules based order was invented when the imperialist decided to launch their aggressive illegal war against yugoslavia. i want to hold that thought, hold out that we have to go to a hard break. and after that hard break, we'll continue our discussion on globalization state with ah, ah,

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okay, it's go back to arthur and in toronto, the lynch fitness list. the linchpin of the west of vision of globalization is through financial institutions. now that you know, you have been his way, it was gold frozen, stolen from it, russia's foreign reserve stolen from it. i mean, what kind of rules based order is that, i mean, you know, what about the rule of law? this is why is john pointed out on the 1st part of the program. other countries are getting together and saying, we don't need their institutions, we can have our own institutions, we can go around them. ok. and they use the, the west, uses it financial institutions as a cudgel. well, if you can get around it, then fine. okay. and then you have not just, you know, tray, but you have free trade where everyone benefits from it. ok, the west is destroying itself and its own institutions. arthur. yeah, there's a, a great book or exit, boyce and loyalty. that covers a lot of the personal dynamics that go on with this sort of thing. but really,

if you can't set up a set of rules and then go back on it whenever you want, it's finished that's being placed domestically in most of the western rows. well, where there's an expectation of a certain rule of law in a way that things are done by the pending on your politics, depending of it's in favor or not. you get different treatment and obviously seeing that in a world stage as well. there's, you know, if they don't going the wrong way, they all that's for off we can change the rules number one and you have have a stable rules based system that way. a tom and tom is basically the same question to you. because if the, if these institutions work against the national interests of other countries, they have every incentive to walk away from it and they can because new institutions are being created here. and in, as i started out with the example with saudi arabia, i mean, they were in the pocket of the americans since 19 thirties. and to have this happen right now they, they want to have control of their sovereignty. and it's sending a message to other countries in the world as well,

is that you don't need western institutions. the problem is, is that, as just is pointed out, the west will use its own military institutions if you defy them, go ahead thomas. oh that's, that's all true, i can argue with that. so i agree with what you've said and what the other speakers i said the major challenges. so i don't think it's as easy as you make it out. it's a one can put in place new currencies or new mechanisms for exchange, but countries will be looking to have, how do they store value if you want to balance of payments surplus, you need to be able to park that for finance somewhere for a while and then have access to, again in future. and so that's going to be a political problem for countries like china, russia, it's after how to build confidence in their own systems and, and that's why i was saying how complicated this issue is. the west is overreaching china and russia are going to have challenges of their own to build confidence in

their systems and, and, and that's something that i would like to hear more of from russia and china. how they're going to do that. i think be very well actually, i think they are doing it right now and we're jolting when russia was thrown out of the swiss system. there, there was a, a burgeoning one here, one already existing in china. and it is, it is, it's expanding now, it's going to take a long time and it's, it's already happening. it is making it, these things are yes, they're difficult. but if you put time and effort into them resources, they will work. and there's an incentive to make them work for sure. go ahead in brazil. agreed, there's absolutely incentive to make them low because what people are realizing is there is no way to co exist on terms of mutual respect with imperialist powers. they will total subordination or, or, you know, or it's war and there isn't. and in between. so they, what people have learned to understand is there is no rules based, ordered as the law of the jungle. and the law of the jungle is the law of might is

right, you know? and so that's why they say people have been making these moves to stand together economically as well as militarily it's their only chance of retaining independence and self determination. there is no other way to do it. you know, these moves that usa has got used to be able to dictate to everyone. it didn't stop to think about the consequences of its actions. it can't really, it's, it is impelled by its, its own, you know, a logic. but those moves towards financial warfare against russia and china over the last decade. have, as you rightly pointed out, pete have forced those countries to slowly and steadily start to reduce their vulnerabilities to us by natural control because they knew if they didn't, they were going to be destroyed. yeah, i mean, arthur, i think future historians all marvel at how the europeans have surrendered their sovereignty. i'm ready even rejected their own national interest. i mean, again, you know, you know, what trade with russia will, maybe russia doesn't want to trade with europe anymore. they're unreliable. partners, they don't keep their deals, these. the,

somebody blew up those pipeline. somebody did, and there is no, nobody in the west is particularly interested in it. why would russia, china, or any other major power want to deal with people that don't keep their word? they're just simply dishonest. when it comes to exchange arthur. well, this is the massive strategic blunder that the west has has not, it's just, it's, it's a little bit baffling. understand why there's, there's this time over the last few years where there was an opportunity to bring russia into the fault here, strategically against some of the rising hours from a weapon perspective. and instead of that, it's like we enter the new century and a new way of doing things so many other ways. but at our strategy from the cold war . and obviously there's complexity you this, but it's, it's baffling me why this is the case for both europe and united states. yeah. but a bit, thomas, i think it's idea logically driven because neoliberalism doesn't like to compromise

. you know, i mean, i kind of grew up. no, i'm ok. you're okay. i'm going to do my thing. you're going to do your thing and will manage it. new liberalism doesn't work that way you must submit. that is the problem here. yet it's an uncompromising ideology. i do think that western europe is really the key here. it's baffling. what has happened to the central positions in, in western europe. i always think of western europe and russia as being an economic marriage made in heaven. russia has resources and needs capital. russia has some technology, western western europe has capital and technology needs resources. this is really the basis for a true economic alliance, but that's what, that's what washington didn't. why? yeah, that was just the point i was going to get to that washington has never wanted that

to happen. and that's indeed why they, even though they paid lip service to gorbachev division, they were never going to allow go. but job zation to happen. now the, the question is why has western europe western european politicians failed so comprehensively here? and by the way, in the course of failing, i think they've said western europe for a tremendous amount of economic and political trouble in the coming decade. my fear is that the center will collapse in western europe and then you will have a choice between left and the right. i would prefer that we would go in the left direction, but my fear is the wife is going to win out. and that would be a terrible step back now. for russia and china, they don't really care who wins out. they would have liked to have dealt with the sensible center, but once the sensible center sheets on them and turns against them aggressively, then they'll deal with whoever they have to. so i think western europe is going to be the most interesting point of political and economic conflict in the coming

decade. josie, isn't it interesting, you know where the west says that projects, prosperity and security and itself now is the, the, the poor region of the world. ok. it's going in the wrong direction, while most of the other parts of the world are going, advancing working together, as you pointed out. the thing is, the rest of the world working together is precisely what's undermining europe. western europe, the imperialist, europe's ability to have their stability and prosperity right. one rested on the other. you know, why was europe complicit with the usa for so long? because it's so it's best interest as being a junior partner in this hegemonic rule of the world, than in, you know, trying to, to trade separately as it was, wasn't strong enough after world war 2 for european powers to be, to be a power on their own you know, the idea of them making a partnership with russia did always, always make the usa nervous. because that's the potential ability then for power to

be strong enough to question and threaten dominance of the usa. but the problem for the western europeans is they want to rush that was subservient, not to partner. that that's the, that's the how imperialism works. they wanted rushes resources. they wanted its military power, its technological base, its agriculture. but they wanted to just take it, they didn't want to get to join and share the spoils, share the lute. there's too many russians to, should you know, to, to cheryl that out with a fundamentally, i think, you know, that's where they've been, they've been sort of led by the usa, by the nose, you know, into the situation. but it's all actually driven by the fact that the capitalist economy and the world is in crisis. this is desperate drive to, to sure up again, money to find profits at the expense of other people. and europe right now is suffering a boomerang effect from the huge wrist, with which it went into the economic war against russia. they thought they would bring russia to its knees in a few weeks. they failed and, and arthur, as a result,

the sank, the sanctions that have come out of western capital in, at the end of sanctioned their own people. okay. i live here in moscow. we don't feel the sanctions, the way western medium claims. it's not true. it's simply not true difficulties. yes, but that's too difficult. these great challenges and new solutions and i, and that's what i want. i want, i want russia to be cut off from the west con boy lee. okay. because that's where the problems of the world are. arthur, there's ace. you also address what was said about imperialism there. i think more the point, the problem for the west right now is we had the slice sank, west ideological possession in all our institutions. anyone who speaks our stance against that possession is cold, yet meaning that we have a very monolithic way of looking at things and it's not a very good one. what is prosperity came very much from the ability to open up

markets to have certain amounts of freedom to stick with a certain pool of law as we discussed earlier. and in the being of the side, the ology. now we are just bring all of that, produce some sort of utopia. now every time i've seen that sort of utopian vision or read about that sort of token vision in the past, it's never entered well. and we can see all ready for the west. it's going badly, very bad. well, i mean, arthur, isn't it really, isn't it really curious? it's the west. it's the most ideal logical part of the world. the rest of the world is figured out that pragmatism is the best way forward, but not the west. and that's why their whole ideology is short circuiting against them and makes them very dangerous for the rest of us. i'm sorry everybody. that's all the time we have. i want to thank my guess and watched in ritual and in toronto . and i want to thank our viewers for watching us here are to see you next time. remember prosper schools the

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