Geopolitical Economy Report

Global public opinion has rapidly shifted and polls show Israel is now the most unpopular country on Earth. So Israeli regime officials are becoming even more desperate and extreme. A top Israeli official who led the IDF's military intelligence directorate published a white paper outlining plans for never-ending war, in a "permanent Israeli-Arab conflict". The report explicitly opposes peace, calling it "weakness". It says a "peace agreement is unattainable" and insists "no solution is possible", only endless conflict and colonization. Ben Norton reports. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z5--p8bhp4 Topics 0:00 Israel is most disliked country on Earth 1:06 Most Americans disapprove of Israel 2:10 International recognition of Palestine 2:29 Israel rejects a Palestinian state 3:11 Israel is an apartheid regime 3:38 Israeli colonialism 4:21 Israel lays out its plan 5:51 Israel calls for permanent war 6:47 Israel opposes peace 8:15 Israel seeks to destabilize Arab neighbors 9:52 Hypocrisy of settler-colonialism 10:58 Plan: "permanent Israeli-Arab conflict" 12:23 Official: "no solution is possible" 13:09 Israel wants to take more territory 14:45 Nuclear weapons threat 15:25 Israel openly opposes democracy 17:15 Neo-fascism 18:37 Declining US support 19:54 Israel can't fight without US weapons 21:56 Fall of apartheid South Africa 23:12 Poll: most Americans oppose Israel 24:29 Young Americans dislike Israel 25:22 Desperation of Israeli regime

The US war against Iran is expanding into a regional conflict. Saudi Arabia restarted its war in Yemen against the Houthis (officially known as Ansarallah), the political movement that governs 80% of the Yemeni population. Pakistan and Turkey (Türkiye) have joined the war. Syria supports it. Ben Norton explains how this crisis is growing, why the Donald Trump administration is fueling it, and how it is further destabilizing the oil market and global economy. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK9KxLbKuYk Topics 0:00 War on Yemen starts again 0:22 Pakistan joins Saudi war 1:11 Turkey joins war 1:57 Syria backs war on Yemen 2:23 USA helps Saudi bomb Yemen 3:14 What is happening in Yemen? 3:37 Who are the Houthis (Ansarallah)? 5:05 Revolution on 21 September 2014 5:30 Map of Yemen war territory 6:04 Saudi Arabia controls south Yemen 6:55 Yemen's Saudi puppet "presidents" 9:06 UAE loses proxy war with Saudi 10:53 War crimes 12:15 Goals of US-Saudi war on Yemen 12:49 Bab al-Mandab Strait 14:43 Strait of Hormuz 15:15 Largest oil crisis in history 16:21 Why Ansarallah blockaded Saudi 17:54 EU supports Saudi monarchy 19:36 Attack on Saudi oil pipeline 21:05 Oil prices skyrocket 22:09 Shipping costs break records 23:27 Heating oil price up 80% 25:02 US attacks on Yemen in 2025 26:59 USA could not defeat Ansarallah 28:48 US-Saudi war on Yemen (2015) 31:21 New war could help Ansarallah 32:49 This war affects entire world

The CIA has organized coups d'etat in countries around the world. But this is not just history; it still happens today. US ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top ally of Donald Trump (and former fiancée of his son), threatened a Greek minister by pointing to the collapse of Romania's government and saying, “We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here”. Her remarks recalled a comment from oligarch Elon Musk, who declared, "We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it". Ben Norton analyzes US imperialism. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW24Pp__UTA Topics 0:00 US interventions and coups 1:39 US ambassador threatens Greece 4:56 Collapse of Romanian government 5:52 US-backed coup in Greece in 1967 6:48 Europe becomes US vassal 7:43 EU surrenders to Trump on trade 9:10 Trump demands EU buy US gas 10:26 Vertical gas corridor to Ukraine 11:48 EU imports of US LNG 12:40 Corruption and imperialism 14:13 Elon Musk vows more coups 15:43 US-backed coup in Bolivia in 2019 16:36 CIA coup in Chile in 1973 17:05 CIA coup in Guatemala in 1954 17:47 US coups in Brazil and Argentina 18:48 US coups in Venezuela 20:05 (CLIP) John Bolton boasts of coups 21:14 US coup in Honduras 22:13 Coup against Pakistan's Imran Khan 22:52 US blockade of Cuba 23:39 Global imperialist dictatorship

Gasoline prices are skyrocketing, breaking records, after the US war against Iran caused the biggest oil supply disruption in history. Ben Norton explains the geopolitical and economic reasons for the energy crisis, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and disruption of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, sabotage of the Saudi East-West Pipeline, Ukraine's attacks on Russian refineries and diesel storage depots, China's reduction of crude imports and renewable energy policies, and falling global oil reserves. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTSgA8qwIZ8 Topics 0:00 Largest oil crisis in history 1:30 Price of gasoline skyrockets 2:03 Diesel prices break records 3:07 US midterm election approaches 3:59 Inflation and Donald Trump 5:09 Fed raises interest rates 5:49 US bond market problems 7:13 Trump is unpopular, and desperate 8:19 Saudi oil pipeline attacked 10:59 Bab al-Mandab Strait 11:34 US-Saudi war on Yemen backfires 13:59 US deal with Houthis (Ansarallah) 14:45 Crisis in Saudi Arabia 16:11 Ukraine hits Russian oil facilities 17:37 China reduces crude oil imports 18:56 Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) 19:41 China's solar and wind power 20:33 China increases oil imports 21:39 Global oil reserves running low 22:27 US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) 23:23 Energy crisis will get worse 25:09 Outro

Trump's attacks on BRICS have backfired, forcing China, India, and Russia closer together. The Global South-led organization held a summit in New Delhi, where leaders discussed plans to challenge the US dollar system, by connecting new payment systems using local currencies. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feQmxuMB2xw Topics 0:00 Rise of BRICS 1:04 BRICS summit in New Delhi 2:52 China and India improve relations 5:10 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 7:28 BRICS challenges US dollar system 9:32 Local currency payment systems 14:13 Debates about replacing US dollar 16:19 Central banks stockpile gold 17:43 Gold overtakes US Treasuries in reserves 18:40 Trump threatens BRICS 19:10 Trump's aggression against India 20:29 US strategy to recruit India against China 23:28 Modi, BJP, and Congress 25:41 US attacks on BRICS backfire 27:18 India-Russia relations 29:40 BRICS+: 10 members and 10 partners 30:28 BRICS: 56% of world population 30:51 BRICS: 44% of global GDP 31:56 BRICS overtakes G7 in economy 33:21 Indonesia's PM Prabowo 33:55 Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed 34:35 Vietnam participates in BRICS summit 35:52 Malaysia's PM Anwar supports Iran 37:20 India balances between Iran and Israel 38:27 Internal conflict: UAE attacks Iran 39:43 BRICS agrees to joint statement 40:46 Reform of UN Security Council 42:32 US unilateralism strengthens BRICS 43:12 Outro

The US war against Iran is expanding into a larger regional conflict. After Trump sabotaged a diplomatic agreement, Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz. Now Yemen's Ansar Allah (known commonly as the Houthis) has declared a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia, shutting down oil exports in the Red Sea. Ben Norton explains how this escalation could cause a severe crisis in the global energy market. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJNwRPOnFs Topics 0:00 Trump restarts Iran war 1:26 Yemen joins the war 2:45 Red Sea blockade 3:28 Oil transit chokepoints 5:05 Saudi East-West Pipeline 5:55 China cuts oil imports 6:27 Saudi oil exports 6:59 Oil price skyrockets 7:55 Gasoline prices rise 9:17 Potential for oil crisis 10:31 Reserves running low 11:21 Yemen explainer 13:07 Ansar Allah (Houthis) 22:05 Axis of Resistance 23:58 Iran grows stronger 27:17 Outro