Dr. Gilbert Doctorow: Middle East on Fire - Russia Preparing for the Worst-case Scenario
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- Gilbert Doctorow is a professional Russia watcher and actor in Russian affairs going back to 1965. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College (1967), a past Fulbright scholar, and holder of a Ph.D. with honors in history from Columbia University (1975).
After completing his studies, Mr. Doctorow pursued a business career focused on the USSR and Eastern Europe. For twenty-five years he worked for US and European multinationals in marketing and general management with regional responsibility.
From 1998-2002, Doctorow served as the Chairman of the Russian Booker Literary Prize in Moscow. During the 2010-2011 academic year, he was a Visiting scholar of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University.
Since 2008, Mr. Doctorow has been regularly publishing analytical articles about international affairs on the portal of the Belgian daily La Libre Belgique. From this material he produced four collections of essays, the most recent of which appeared in October 2017: "Does the United States Have a Future?"
Mr. Doctorow’s next project will be a memoir of his corporate service in Moscow in the wild 1990s.
Mr. Doctorow is an American citizen and a long-time resident of Brussels, Belgium.
Instead of arming Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan; US tax payer money should be spent on infrastructure, healthcare, education...
Imagine if all the money squandered on Ukraine had been spent on infrastructure
Ultimately greed and corruption destroy everything in their path. Complete failure and rebuilding are the only options left. Preferably as groups of separate states. This country is beyond governing.
@PerceivedREALITY999 not before trump is in place, because he cant be led probably into full dictatorship before blowing it entirely into a point of no return first. Atleast thats obviously the plan. Look at all the world leaders, they ackwardly all like him but fear and avoid him aswell
@@Rwswal exactly.....this is how you know the government is not working in the interests of the people of the USA. When you look how good China's infrastructure is now....well it's embarrassing to be left so far behind
@@bak2back BlackRock has bought Ukrainian territories (illegally) by doing deals with Zelensky against the Ukrainian constitution. BlackRock 7 bankers make US taxpayers pay for the war in Ukraine to save there investment there.
Dr. Doctorow is growing on me. He is a great addition to your roster of regular guests.
I'm with you. I first disagreed with Prof Doctorov but now completely shifted to his view as it's more nuanced aspects became clearer to me. I quite like him now
One of the best and most professionals channels with great host, respectful and not interrupting.
I will agree when they stop hosting Scott Ritter.
@@sabrejack69 Are you part of the Hasbara? Please eat more Hummus. I can smell it from here.
@@sabrejack69why?
@@TrueRandomizationwould you please leave hummus out of this? I like hummus and I don't want it thrown around in infantile discussions. It spoils the taste.
In other words, keep your filthy fingers out of hummus.
Thank you.Always happy to listen to Dr Doctorow's scholarly analysis.
Amazing discussion with Dr Doctorow. A real realist with deep understanding of current events.
Excellent diagnosis of world affairs from the professor
Dr. Doctorow’s analysis is always well-presented, thoughtful.
It’s so true what Doctorow says - willful ignorance to NOT know the reality! I come from an upper middle class family in the Chicago area. My father was from Iran and constantly talked on the lines you speak of in the Middle East. We're grown with children. Neither of my bothers and one sister want to be aware of what I share. They call it propaganda and they "don’t want information about things they can’t do anything about." My response is, how do you know you can’t do anything if you don’t have the information? I receive fewer invitations from them - which is fine.
But I do understand it. It's painful to really digest the information even though I was schooled by my father on the duplicity of the US's role foreign policy and mentally, I agreed. I really digested the wag the dog reality just recently; I watched an interview with Michael Hudson by Ben Norton and it seemed irrfutable. Like a kick in the gut. Very disturbing. Certainly not an excuse to keep one's head in the sand. But I do get it. It's painful to realize that everything around you is a lie. The US is in for a rude awakening.
And I so appreciate your work and guests like Doctorow.
I am still unconvinced about his arguments though. What is the point of a lobby then. Why do rich zionists waste money foiling elections of this coincides with US policy? Also, what the US is supporting today is actually diminishing its dominance in the world so how does that help the US. Like if you want forever wars why not keep it around simmer like they have been doing it for 76 yrs. I mean they almost has Iran with the nuclear deal only to have Trump tear it up. What he doesn’t understand is that the US govt is for sale whoever has money can buy the power of the US givt and its military industrial complex. That is why US policy is schizophrenic.
Top notch program. Thank you Nima.
Again Nima , you go from strength to strength , another amazing guest Dr Doctorow , what an amazing mind , I love his blunt honesty and his grasp on world events , many thanks to you both 👍👏🇦🇺
Great perpectives by Dr. Doctorow once again. Thank you, Nima
Very good guest. I appreciate his analysis and honest mention of persons both today and the past and how this affected Russia and the World.
Nima continue with such wonderful guests.
Doctorow is brilliant.
Gilbert is a quietly spoken version of Andrei Martyanev. Two wise and honest men. Thank you Nima. Do let us know how to follow you when U Tube cancels you.
Fair criticism on Mearsheimer. It's always pleasure listening to Doctorow.
Dr Doctorow's perspective is deep, insightful and truthful, I respect his guts/bravery and integrity. He swims against the tide but his bearings are true. Dr D. Is hostage to no-one, and his views are deeply unconformtable for many. Thank you Nima for hosting Dr D.
what's his position?
@@mountainmanmike1014 he is a rationalist in my opinion. Is that a "position"?.
Thank you for this talk. It is always educational listening to Dr. Gilbert Doctorow, an academic and a gentleman.
Dr. Doctorow is the prescription for my anxiety and hyper vigilance in today's chaos.... I do so much appreciate his contribution to this great channel...thanks so much from an anxious Mother who's centre is not anchored...up is down, weapons will bring peace, gas lighting is the new nuclear bomb, We good Other's bad.....oh what a world!
Don’t forget Iran is one of the last places without American banks..
Good point.
ALways translate US in Zionism!
Always worthwhile listening to Gilbert Doctorow... he has deep knowledge & keen insight
Thank you Nima for the work you are doing to save all our hides
Excellent discussion, especially the Professor’s lamenting the lack of American diplomacy.
America under a zionist yoke. A sample of the zionist 'diplomacy:' "Deborah Lipstadt, a US State Dept., joking “Do you want a beeper?” about the Israeli cyberattack on pagers, which killed and injured thousands in Lebanon, including women, children and nurses.” Deborah Lipstadt is also the most vicious attacker on those honest historians and scientists whose research does into agree with holo-business memes. Deborah Lipstadt should be imprisoned!
Doctorow is top tier.
Americans' "WILFULL IGNORANCE" .
Spot-on.
Top insight
Willfully .......stupid
About everything and it’s become a real problem
Covers the whole West
Nima is a pretty good interviewer.
He's an excellent one, knows his stuff.
He has grown.... Big time.!
@@francescostello1377 and Nima asks relevant even redundant queries that become as shed light ;since other guest get same questions.
= +/- or Concessive
He lets his counterpart develop his thoughts and express his ideas without pressure and interruption. Very rare for the US school of interviewers.
How much does cocaine abuse affect US decision making. All the signs are there: arrogance and ignorance.
Good question Roger.
I've wondered about that myself.
Thats what happens when a dealer sniffs his own supply.
1512 you
NATO is not a defensive alliance. They illegally bombed Yugoslavia (direct violation of the UN Charter). We must never forget what they did to Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Syria etc.
NATO needs to understand that playing Russian roulette with a nuclear superpower is never a good idea.
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@@boeastabrooks7840How is that? How can I detect a bot?
@@agricolaurbanus6209 It may be a bot but what it said is true nonetheless.
NATO is a cold war relic that needs to be disbanded.
@@boeastabrooks7840'bots' are people too, and have a right! Looks like we're not very 'inclusive' are we?😂😂
Thank you, Nima, for hosting Dr Doctorow.
Dr. Doctorow is highly educated and smart man in US diplomacy. It is a pleasure to listen and learn from him.
One of the best analysis by Dr Doctorow although I've disagreed with analysis before. This time he seemed to me to be sport on. I can also sense he's very sincere in his goodwill towards humanity ie he means well.
There is also a great lack of interest about geopolitics in Germany. People don't want to be disturbed in their peacefull little bubbles. Very fearfull to live within.
Thank you so much for another great interview. ❤
A kind of mass psychosis which lulls you into a safe space but in reality it is collective ignorance, fueled by mass propaganda and group think of the worst kind.
I agree with Dr.Doctorow's assessment of the respective positions of Prof.Mearsheimer and Prof. Jeffrey Sachs. ❤
Agree. If the driving force in the Middle East mayhem is the US, why is aipac spending so much money buying,and I use this term loosely our government.
Thanks Nima for including Dr. Doctorow as one of your regular (and certainly one of the best) on your podcast. It is one of the very few I trust in a world of disinformation. ❤❤❤
Thank you Nima. Have a peaceful day.
Nima and Gilbert thank you for the great content once again God bless you both stay safe and well thank
A great interview. Thank you both.
Dr Gilbert Doctorow - brilliant mind, unflinching analysis, and a disarmingly soft and soothing voice.
Brilliant observations and analysis. 🌺💚🙏-bmd
A Tour De Force from Dr Doctorow. Inimitible. Thank you Nima.
The critique of Mearsheimer is valid - he’s called a lot of things exactly right, including highlighting the risk that pushing NATO ever eastward would risk conflict.
But his framework for understanding the world is entirely steeped in the last 300 years or so of western dominance and before then the European experience. In his world every country wants to be a hegemon. But China has a thousands of years long history as a single state, and has not exhibited the kind of behaviour of relentless expansionism and extension of hegemony that the US has or prior western empires have.
It’s a great pleasure to listen to Dr Doctorow. Thank you for an enlightening interview. 👍😊🙏
A very well informed guest, well done great interview 👍
People don't want to hear about Geo politics they close the door... Exactly my family too
Mr. Doctorow defended his recent, 'controversial' comments like a boss.
Finally I hear the wise acknowledgment that the US education system is Wilsonian -- we are "all human, all alike." I taught modern languages and watched as public schools dropped language requirements, world history requirements and higher math proficiencies. I agree with Dr. Doctorow -- there are currently few individuals qualified in statesmanship. Great discussion!
Nima, your site is one of the best! Thank you and Dr. Doctorow.
Gilbert Doctorow is brilliant. All credit to Nima for letting him speak without interruption.
My blood is boiling when I hear what the U.S. is doing around the world, and Trump and Harris are the same vampire
This was so educating! I really like this Dr Doctoro. Thanks as always Nima!
Blinken is a lobbyist not a diplomat. He's not respected anywhere. He's a bass player playing SOS.
Leave bass players out of this please. Blinken is a lap dog.
He keeps on rocking in the free world..💩💩🤖
At a Ukraine pizza bar
@@stevep4358 he's as good on guitar as his diplomacy😄
As a 75 yo American I am so grateful for Dr. Doctorow's analysis "out of the box" so to speak. The very points he makes in this interview address my perceptions of going in circles with the continuous rhetoric of popular altmedia, yes respected but IMHO something is off. I just today was questioning Trump's sound bites and wondering if as Dr. D stated was the case, i.e., political necessity. Thank you for your insight on Wilson; he sold us out in multiple areas. The interview with Michael Hudson was an eye opener for me. Too bad as Dr. D stated most just do not want to know.
Good job Nina. Keep it up. I like the fact that you now begin your podcast with the introduction of date. Can u also you also add the year too You doing a very good job. Don't stop
Fully agree with Dr Doctorow concering the average American's lack of interest in world affairs. Until the world's problems come home to mainland USA it will remain the same.
Great discussion 👍
Dr Doctorow always makes me WOW! 🙏👍👌
great interview - many thanks Nima and Gilbert
Thank you Nima - especially for handling and exploring evolving perceptions and shining light into where impressions do not match up, Here it has been an interesting exploration, looking at the basis by which answers could be sought, with every indication being this is a shared journey.
Thank you
Sachs is definitely a very knowledgeable man who has vast experience in his sphere including knowledge of Russia.
Mersheimer on the other hand, having watched him on many occasions, shows a bias in his belief that the US Empire is still the World's pre-eminent power despite the facts showing the opposite with China/Russia vastly overshadowing US power today.
A big thank you to Nima and Dr Doctorow for all this information.
I'm very pleased to live in a small country in the heart of Europe without being part of the EU. A country with good education from primary to university level, thousands of very innovative entrepreneurs,... where citizens have the last word at the ballot box on any subject if a referendum or popular initiative is launched.
In Germany and France, for example, the political elite believes that citizens are not mature enough to make decisions, to live a direct democracy. These elites are largely wrong.
If European citizens could decide by voting in a a directe democracy, the war in Ukraine would have ended long ago.
Great perspectives. Thank you
Fantastic interviews and so knowledgeable by every single guest
This analysis seems to be right on point. I'm thinking hard to find a point of contention Well done and thank you ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(five star)
Great interview
Excellent, I tend to feel the same about Meardheimer's limitations, sorry to say.
Great show - great guest
Diplomacy is an English word in American dialect, replaced another English word called "Lies".
Questions great ,explanations outstanding.
The so-called "duty to protect" (and corollary "right to intervene") was all fine and good when the U.S. appealed to it to intervene in Yugoslavia, Syria, Libya, etc.. With impunity, and even accolades. When the RF does so, with orders of magnitude greater internal consistency, it is excoriated, demonized, and sanctioned.
Dr. Gilbert Doctorow excellent
What a brilliant guest! As always. Thank you Nima.
Great discussion! Thank you gents!
Excellent analysis
I completely agree with your opinion on the lack of knowledge of Americans in matters of geopolitics. They do not want to know anything. I add that this indifference towards other nations constitutes a crime against humanity and against their own country.
Great lecture thx
I also believe John Maersheimer's belligerence towards China isn't helping. This is largely a peace movement.
Dr Doctorow is right up there at the top. Brilliant yet humble. Phenomenal analysis.
Realism at its best.
And right in the heart of Brussels where he has his finger on the pulse.
He's so right about that Estonian chihuahua hit dog as foreign minister to theh EU., plus his analysis re Von der Leyen.
He's so correct about Fico and Orban and we are all watching Erdogan.
Awesome interview Nima.
No, he is wrong about Mearsheimer. No mention of the Israeli lobby? are you joking me? and he also mentioned Brezinsky. But Brezinsky was against the invasion of Iraq and he said it is not in the interest of the US. But we all know it was in the interest of Israel and this is why the US invaded. The US has not used Israel for anything, it is US soldiers who died in Iraq and Syria not Israeli ones.
And one more point that Professor Mearsheimer makes. If it is in the US interest to follow the policy that is following on Israel then Israel wouldn't need the Israeli lobby. You need a lobby only when you think that the policy maker would make a different decision from the one that you prefer. What we have here is that the lobby has captured the policy maker.
Dr doctorow is the only one I've heard say it's the US using Israel as a proxy instead of Israel using the US. I dont think that's correct though. Otherwise why would the israeli lobby have to dump hundreds of thousands on congressmen to buy votes.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Dr Doctorow’s No Bull Zone, where no bias is safe, struggle as they might
Nima allows his guests to verbalise their ideas, allowing them to follow a clear train of thought. His case that the US leads Israel is compelling.
You are doing 👍👍👍
I feel like I just took part in a high end international relations class at a prestigious university .. thank you
Prof. Mearsheimer stated in his book that the German military is more powerful than the Russian military. That was quite surprising to me.
He has no clue; is an "idealist-realist", if this can be.
Only if he meant NATOs military, but even at that, no.
Interesting discussion.
Sober analysis. Finally.
Diplomacy has been gone from the us,it’s greed,greed, greed and supremacy.. I hope it all gets taken down,no matter the consequences.it’s embarrassing
Great interview/talk as always. Keep going. Just to engage😊❤
Every person needs a historical perspective on issues to have a remote chance as to why events that are completely contradictory are happening now. Thank you for this all-too-rare Ha ha moment Professor.
Completely agree as during my PhD, I was required to have 'speaking knowledge' of other language to complete the degree. This changed in the late 80s, removing the language requirement. A great deal changed, making it shorter and easier for anyone to obtain a higher degree.
We need Doctorow and Mearsheimer together in one episode, pleaaaaase
DOCTOROW THE MOST EDUCATED MAN .❤
Gilbert on 🔥
Вам влагодарю.
I think that the criticism of Sachs has more to do with the USA not following his advice to support Russia in reforming the economy and blaming him for this failure, than the failure (or not) of his methods themselves to help reform the Russian economy.
Great video 😎
Hello! Thanks for this interview. However, my opinion is that regardless of the winner of the 🇺🇸 election, there will be no change in policy. I see Mr Trump and Ms Harris as opposite sides of the same coin. Our government policy seems to have been co-opted by " think tanks" and bureaucrats that are now acting on behalf of the government. You are absolutely correct when you state that citizens do not want to hear the truth. Let's shut the door on such unpleasantness.
Viktor Doctorow hits the nail on the head with regards to John Mearsheimer
I think both ideas on the relationship between the US & Israel are correct if you consider their relationship as a symbiotic relationship. In such a relationship, the two parties exercise some level of influence on the other.
TOP MAN!
37:42 Prof Sachs, I don't think 🤔 he is evil. OTHERS in the US didn't want to help Russia. The BEST way to get back at the others is to WIN BIG. Bravo Russia.
Thank you, regards