Interview recorded - 21st of February, 2025

On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Glenn Diesen. Glenn is a professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway & geopolitical commentator.

During our conversation we spoke further about the current geopolitical landscape, US & Russia to negotiate peace, disaster of Biden tenure, Russian threat for Europe, Ukrainian tragedy, China & US conflict, the end of US hegemon and more. I hope you enjoy!

0:00 - Introduction
2:18 - Geopolitical landscape
5:04 - US & Russia to negotiate peace?
9:59 - Graveyard of empires
13:22 - Biden tenure
14:42 - European security issue
18:07 - Russia threat for Europe?
22:12 - Ukraine tragedy
25:52 - Monroe doctrine?
28:17 - China & US conflict?
33:47 - Does China want to be a hegemon?
37:02 - One message to takeaway?

Professor Diesen is an academic, author, editor, and political commentator. His research focus is primarily on Russian foreign policy and the geoeconomics of Greater Eurasia and the emerging strategic partnership between Russia and China. Diesen’s latest books are The Ukraine War & the Eurasian World Order (2024); Russophobia: Propaganda in International Politics (2022), Europe as the Western Peninsula of Greater Eurasia: Geoeconomic Regions in a Multipolar World (2021); Russian Conservatism: Managing Change under Permanent Revolution (2021); Great Power Politics in the Fourth Industrial Rivalry: The Geoeconomics of Technological Sovereignty (2021); The Return of Eurasia (2021); Russia in a Changing World (2020); The Decay of Western Civilisation and Resurgence of Russia: Between Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (2018); Russia’s Geoeconomic Strategy for a Greater Eurasia (2017); and EU and NATO relations with Russia: After the collapse of the Soviet Union (2015).

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