Are international laws no longer binding as conflicts keeps merging?
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Why do the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence stand stronger today?
This discussion of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence first proposed by China 70 years ago in the midst of its historic isolation by the forces of imperialism, we discuss the anti-imperialist origins of...
The World Votes 2024: International Politics and Global Capital
In this year when nearly half the world’s population goes to the ballot box one might think it’s time to celebrate democracy. However, democracy, such as it ever was, is unlikely to have seen...
The Failure of Neoliberal Economics
This lecture, my second before the Institute for the Critical Study of Society (ICSS), a US-based groups, distills my understanding of neoliberalism, developed over decades of studying it, beginning with my MA thesis on...
Corporate Neoliberalism vs Authoritarian Right Politics: Is South Africa Next?
In 2024, the African National Congress lost its majority thirty years after delivering South Africans from the hated apartheid regime thanks to its decades-long adherence to corporate neoliberal policies. They thwarted not only the...
The United States sanctioned Europe, not Russia: A Conversation with Michael Hudson & Radhika Desai
Mario Draghi’s recent report was entitled The Future of European Competitiveness. In this discussion, however, Michael Hudson, Dimitri Lascaris and I show how, in fact, the report charts the way to continuing European de-industrialization,...
NATO vs Western voters and the Global Majority
Following the NATO summit in Washington, Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss how Western governments are losing elections, ignoring their people to expand the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, threatening the majority of...
Through Pluripolarity to Socialism: A Manifesto One Year On.
On Oct. 16, 2022, Radhika Desai moderated a panel discussion entitled “Through Pluripolarity to Socialism: A Manifesto One Year On.” You can watch the entire event on YouTube. Radhika’s speech entitled “One Year On”...
Capitalism & Geopolitics
In this episode of Sweater Weather, Radhika Desai joins to discuss capitalism, geopolitics, the pandemic and more. Watch the full interview here. Listen to the full interview here. How have neoliberal economies fared during...
Is there a Magic Money Tree?
With Radhika Desai, Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba, and discussants Yasin Kaya in Toronto and Gary Porter in Victoria, B.C. Photo by Fabrice Villard on Unsplash...