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Multipolarity
Charting The Rise Of A Multipolar World Order Philip Pilkington is an unorthodox macroeconomist. Andrew Collingwood is an equally skeptical journalist. Lately, both have realised that - post-Ukraine, post-Afghanistan withdrawal - the old, unipolar, US-led world order is in its death throes. In its wake, something new is being born. But what shape will that take? That will depend on a combustible combination of economics and geopolitics; trade and military muscle. Each week, our duo take three…
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NATO's New Secretary General, The Youth In Asia, The Weeks Of The Jackal
There’s a changing of the guard at NATO. Down comes the regimental banner of Jens Stoltenberg. Eyes right, salute, the former Dutch PM Mark Rutte. Some say the…
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Special Episode: Super Mario Is Draghi Draghi Draghi
Touted in Eurocrat circles as a document that can square the circles and circle the wagons. Praised to the hilt by the Commission, hotly anticipated by…
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Premium Episode: The Silicon Archipelago, The Silicon Archipelago Germany and the Rise of Socialist Nationalism Budget Beatdown, Turning Turk
As Pavel Durov remains in French hands, we’re wondering whether Europe can finally develop its own Silicon Valley simply by mass detention of top…
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Special Episode: Thomas Fazi on the ECB, Pavel Durov, and America's End of Empire Moment
Thomas Fazi has been watching the EU implode for over a decade. He's widely known as a contributor to UnHerd and Compact, and for his 2014 book: Battle For…
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Kamala Chameleon, Biden’s Building Binge, Another BRIC in the Wall
As Ukraine punches into Kursk, and the world asks whether this is this more Kaiserschlacht, or more Ardennes Offensive, cooler heads are focused on the bigger…
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Once Shy Twice Bitten, Domino Theory Revisited, The Ascent of Musk
Kamala Harris is ahead in six key swing states - according to several major polls. All of which are categorically wrong. Could the ghost of the Shy Trumper be…
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Premium Episode: The Japanese Stock Market Crash, Captain AnCap & The Legend Of El Dorado, The British Race Riots
The bears are coming. As Japan posts the biggest one day stock market losses since Black Monday, we’re asking whether this dip is a passing blip – or the big…
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Special Edition: Gladden Pappin on Orbán's Big Speech
Last weekend, Viktor Orbán travelled to the town of Băile Tușnad, deep in the Transylvanian mountains of Romania, to attend a 'music and ideas' festival. He…
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Special Edition: "This Is Not A Coup" - feat. Malcom Kyeyune
At 4.32pm on the 18th of August the so-called State Committee on the State of Emergency cut the lines of communication to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbacev's…
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Did You Enjoy The Theatre Mrs Trump?, Let's Vance, Ponzi Capital Management
You were only supposed to blow his bloody head off... As Donald Trump is saved by God Almighty, we’re indisputably living in the lucky timeline. But while the…
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To Viktor The Spoils, Girondins Meet The Jacobins, The Loveless Landslide
Viktor Orban has been taking secret flights. Dodging the CIA’s aviation monitoring to jet into Moscow. The Hungarian honcho is now fashioning himself as a…
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Special Edition: "The First Debate Did Not Take Place" - Info Wars, Narrative Control and Modern Washington - feat. Malcom Kyeyune
In the halls of modern government the info-wizard is king. Media consultants, political strategists, whatever title they assume they always promise the same…
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Premium Episode: EU On Manoeuvres, feat: "The ECB Plot To Rein In Europe's Rogue States" & "The Atlanticists' Diplomatic Coup"
This week, it’s a double header of audio essays on Europe’s elite power-plays. One From Andrew Collingwood - on the Atlanticists and the Autonomists taking…
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Putin In Pyongyang, Milei Down And Die, Don't Believe Your Von Der Leyen Eyes
As Vladimir Putin meets Kim Jong Un, big trade plans are afoot. Much to the chagrin of Western leaders. Seems like we’re about to answer an important question…
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Special Episode: Mr Kyeyune Goes To Washington
Military-industrial blogger Malcom Kyeyune spends his life talking and thinking about US war preparations. So what was it like when he finally left his Swedish…
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Madame El Presidente, Buyout Britain, Ankara’s Away
Mexico has a new President. She’s the first woman President. She’s the first Jewish president. But most importantly, she’s the second Andrés Manuel López…
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Premium Episode: Britain 2029
This week: in light of the upcoming UK General Election, we're digging into what Britain will look like in five years time. Caught in a low growth high-debt…
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When Liberals Kill, G7 Suicide Pact, Dollarmageddon
The assassination attempt on Robert Fico has left Europe bemused. Shouldn’t it have left Europe stunned? In an age where condemnation of violent rhetoric has…
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Special Edition: Two Crystal Balls And The Death Of The Washington World Order
This week, a special edition. Two relatively short term scenarios, with very long term implications. Presented in audio essay form, by our two hosts. In Part…
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Xi Came In Through The Belgrade Window, Egypt's Pyramid Scheme, Per Capita No Cap
Belgrade. Budapest. It’s not the classic tourist itinerary – but by his very footprints, Xi Jinping’s historic state visit is redrawing the power map of…
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Special Edition - Q&A
This week, as advertised on Twitter dot com, the lads are answering your questions. Among other topics, they cover: Rent-seeking behaviour in the West. Airbus…
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Yuan Way Or Another, Korea Advice, Dollar Save Club
Like Germany hiding in the Euro, China have long played the game of keeping their currency soft, to juice their exports. But now, with the accelerator still…
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Bananageddon, We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat, Enter The Draghi
A diplomatic incident in Latin America has somehow become the focal point for an ever-expanding range of stories - from the Venezuelan elections, to US energy…
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Special Episode: Big Trouble With Little Rocket Man
Little Rocket Man has a new toy. This month, Kim Jong Un unveiled a Bond-villain-like missile with an extending tip. On that tip was what looks to be a…
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Premium Episode: The Atlanticists vs The Autonomists
The Atlanticists versus the Autonomists - the European civil war coming soon to a bureaucracy near you. It’s long been a theme of this show that the continent…
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Sino More, A Bridge Too Far, America's Trussification
New research from Bloomberg says that Beijing is steering the Chinese economy away from the recent real estate boom, and into high tech manufacturing. It’s a…
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Special Edition: The Economic Consequences Of The War
This is a special edition of Multipolarity on The Economic Consequences Of The War. In 1919, JM Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Predicting…
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Machine Learning Difficulties, Don't Hate-O The NATO, Britain's Shrivelling Equities
NVIDIA has become a stock market behemoth on the back of their AI-friendly graphics chips. Last week saw them hit a $2.19 trillion market capitalisation. So…
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Premium Edition: The YIMBY Defence League, Nuland Goes, Galloway Comes
Does the housing market obey the laws of supply and demand? We say no. Join us for a controversial, possibly mind-blowing journey into the heart of darkness…
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Special Edition: The Burger Theory Of History (feat. Malcom Kyeyune)
"Hamburgers will decide America's future". So says Malcolm Kyeyune in a recent essay ruminating on the American journalist Tucker Carlson's recent visit to…
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Israeli Economy Contracts 20 Percent, Nagorno-Karabakh To The Future, Bailey Out-y
The numbers are finally in. Israel’s economy has contracted 20 per cent year on year. It seems the only consolation is that it’s still doing better than the…
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Deutschland Unter Alles, Chinese Crackers, War Like An Egyptian
Bloomberg says “Germany’s Days as an Industrial Superpower Are Coming to an End”. Which poses at least one serious question - has Bloomberg been listening to…
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Premium Edition: How To Invade Iran with Malcom Kyeyune
The US is now bombing Iranian targets, via B1 bombers that have to be flown direct from Texas to perform the task. This is an interesting new form of madness…
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From America With Love, Your Country Needs THEM, Self-Immolate After Reading
All the greatest romances are love/hate. As The Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor of geopolitics, Iran and America have always danced a dance of angry…
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Poseidon With The Enemy, WWIII Pt. 2, Weimargentina
As the 8th round of Tomahawk missiles hit the Houthis in ten days, a senior White House official caused guffaws when he proclaimed the attacks aren’t working -…
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The Price Isn't Right, Lloyd Austin's Day Off, The Magnificent 17
With the world's biggest container ships presently rounding the Cape of Good Hope, Vasco da Gama-style, the Lads are calling it: inflation is coming back. This…
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Premium Episode 5: The GAE Strikes Back
The Global American Empire has had its honour impugned by the Houthi Rebels, sometimes called a 'ragtag army'. But as The Lads point out, that characterisation…
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Canal Plus, Lebanon and On, WFH WTF
Remember the Ever Given? The boat that got stuck in the Suez Canal? Well, thanks to the Houthis, traffic in the canal is down by almost as much as when it was…
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Special Edition with Malcom Kyeyune: Red Sea or dead sea?
This week, we're pulling the scheduled predictions for 2024 episode, to do some century-wide predicting. The Houthi incursion into the Red Sea, that we've been…
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Special Edition: Carlos Roa - A Washington DC Rake's Progress
This week on Multipolarity, something a bit different. We want to map the DC brain, from the inside. Somewhere, inside the Washington Beltway, are a bunch of…
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Venezuela vs Guyana, The Great Oil Market Gunge Up, Middle East Still On Fire
Most people have never heard of Guyana. Many think it’s in Africa. But Venezuelans know their CIA World Factbook inside and out. They’ve long claimed that its…
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The War for the Soul of the Bank of England, New Hungarian Phrasebook, Holy Land Hotline
The Bank of England is at risk of going broke — and it wants both a bailout from the taxpayer and the ability to raise taxes all of its own. Exsqueeze me…
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Premium Episode Four: Broken British Isles
Ireland erupts in 'the biggest riots since 1916'. The United Kingdom government dishes out its final budget before oblivion beckons, confirming what we've…
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El Presidente AnCap, The Case of the Missing Bonds, New Model Houthi
Goalkeeper, rock singer, sex guru, anarcho-syndicalist libertarian strongman El Presidente: Javier Milei has lived the life twelve year old boys dream of. So…
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Special Edition: The US Military Comes Under Attack In The Middle East
The U.S. and coalition troops have been attacked at least 40 times in Iraq and Syria since early October. Initially, we were told there were only a handful of…
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Twitter Spaces with Malcom Kyeyune: The Scariest Scenarios
Halloween is when the freaks come out. So, this year, we're establishing our own fright night with Malcom Kyeyune, formerly Twitter's terrible infant…
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Erdogan Enters The War, Sanctions Busting, Land of Hopeless Tories
Recep Erodogan gave an inflammatory speech last week, in which he effectively backed the Hamas position, proclaiming them mujahideen - freedom fighters…
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Premium Episode Three: The War In Six Months Or A Year
In the next six weeks, anything can happen between Israel and Gaza. But in the next six months or two years, the consequences become in some ways more…
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The Coming Gaza Migrant Crisis, The Battle for Gaza City, The Golden Tusk
As Israel moves its artillery in to level Hamas, a new migrant crisis is brewing. Their Arab neighbours won’t take them - so with 2.1 million Gazans falling…
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Gold's Dedollarisation, Indian Assassins, The Green Default
Gold has lost its tiny mind. Traditionally, it rises in line with inflation surges. And falls with interest rate rises. Until now. Like a classic heist film…
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Premium Episode: How To Invade Taiwan
Praise the Lord, it's Premium Week. In a gut buster 90 minute sesh, the lads are taking apart the most likely scenarios for a full-scale invasion of Taiwan…
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Invading Mexico, The EV Wars, The Share Buyback Con
It hasn’t happened since 1914, but invading Mexico is suddenly back in fashion. Dan Crenshaw and Tom Cotton want to send US Security Forces across the Rio…
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Three Seas Comes Of Age, Macroeconomic Black Magic In The USA, Biden Over A Barrel (Of Saudi Oil)
The Three Seas. For much of eastern European history that’s meant chaos, conflict and conquest. These days, it’s a new initiative to link the Adriatic, the…
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The G20 Is Over, Huawei Teardown Surprise, US Deficit Hits Silly Money
It’s often been accused of being a talking shop. But now, the G20 is looking increasingly like yesterday’s talking shop. With the Brics having stolen their…
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Premium Episode: Vivek, Javier, and the Geopolitics of Populism
This week, we launch our first premium episode. It's a deep - and lengthy - consideration of two of populism's big challengers. Javier Milei - who now looks…
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Chinese Wobbles, BRICS' New World Order, San Fran Down The Pan
This week, the lads are kicking back against the recent pervasive narrative in the financial press: that China is on the verge of a big wobble or recession. As…
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UK Poorer Than Mississippi, No Supply Issues In The Housing Market?, Internal Migration In China
This week, the lads have latched onto a report in the Financial Times which claims to show that outside of London, Britain is often poorer than the poorest US…
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ESG - Big Finance's Latest Fad Implodes, Dim Sum Bonds, Russia's GDP Overtaking Germany
This week, the lads are looking at ESG - Environment, Social & Governance. For years now, companies have been pushing the idea that an 'ESG Score' could be a…
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Twitter Spaces: What Is Multipolarity?
As summer tightens its grip, the lads are getting back to basics, hosting a Spaces on "What Is Multipolarity"? Featuring Friend Of The Pod Malcom Kyeyune, aka…