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Professor Jeffrey Sachs joins Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris on The Duran to lay out a four point peace plan he believes could end the Ukraine conflict almost immediately. Sachs traces the crisis back to the 1990 NATO non expansion pledges made by Genscher, Baker and Kohl, then explains how an end to NATO enlargement, Ukrainian neutrality modeled on Austria and Ireland, a path to EU candidacy and a negotiated armistice line could restore inclusive security in Europe. If Europe's leaders already admit all of this in private, why won't a single one of them say it in public?
00:00:00 Introduction with Professor Jeffrey Sachs
00:01:51 Empty platitudes and the case for a real peace plan
00:04:21 The conflict began in 2014, not 2022
00:04:58 Inclusive security and the Helsinki Final Act
00:08:35 1990 pledges from Genscher, Baker and Kohl
00:12:08 Weakening Russia after 1991 and Brzezinski's vision
00:13:38 Point one: NATO must end eastward enlargement
00:16:55 Point two: Ukrainian neutrality
00:17:25 Point three: EU candidacy modeled on Austria and Ireland
00:20:33 Point four: The territorial question
00:24:30 Minsk II, Merkel and the South Tyrol model
00:30:27 An armistice line to stop the fighting
00:35:09 Mercouris: The West denied Russia agency in 1990
00:39:16 Why Germany and Merz must take responsibility
00:41:45 European leaders who whisper but won't say it publicly
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Lula has snatched a razor thin victory over Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil's presidential runoff, while Serbia's snap parliamentary elections handed the Student List a stunning win over Vucic's party after 14 years in power. In this episode we break down Bolsonaro's refusal to concede, what Lula's win means for BRICS, Ursula von der Leyen's double celebration, and whether Serbia's new rulers will turn on Russia and Kosovo as Bulgaria swings the opposite way. Is Brussels winning in Belgrade just as it starts losing Sofia?
The Duran: Episode 2658
00:00:00 Election Sunday: Brazil and Serbia surprise results
00:01:17 Lula beats Bolsonaro in a razor thin runoff
00:04:32 Polls kept open and Bolsonaro refuses to concede
00:06:54 Ursula congratulates Lula on multilateralism
00:08:25 Lula, Moscow and the BRICS Trojan horse problem
00:09:28 Why Putin and Xi are relieved Brazil stays in BRICS
00:12:43 Did Trump's backing cost Bolsonaro the election
00:15:54 Was BRICS expansion a mistake
00:18:41 Lula at 80 and the real Lula
00:19:53 Brazil bucks Latin America's shift right and the Milei factor
00:21:33 Serbia: the Student List defeats Vucic's party
00:23:11 Color revolution influence inside the Student List
00:25:13 Vucic's 14 years of cynical balancing
00:28:50 Russia sanctions, Kosovo and Bosnia: what comes next
00:35:20 Bulgaria turns against Brussels but the euro limits it
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The Duran discusses: Let's Talks About Some News (Live) - Oct. 23.
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France is in flames and Macron has left the country, but in this episode we argue this is not just a French crisis, it is a European one rooted in a Brussels center that now controls borders, migration, the euro, foreign policy and Project Ukraine. From Orban and Georgescu to Meloni, Le Pen, Merz and the AfD, we explain why national governments can no longer answer to their own voters, and why Macron may already have his eyes on the European Central Bank as Lagarde moves on. Will the EU outlive the very nations it was built on?
The Duran: Episode 2654
00:00:00 France protests spread across Europe
00:01:00 Why France is the flash point again
00:02:16 Migration, economics and fear of conflict
00:03:53 Weak governments under a Brussels center
00:07:14 France under pressure from EU policy
00:09:38 There is no France without sovereignty
00:10:26 Orban, Georgescu and the price of dissent
00:11:43 Meloni falls in line, Le Pen softens
00:14:28 The EU will destroy member states first
00:17:27 Five years of meetings about Ukraine money
00:19:34 Macron's speech and his exit to the Middle East
00:22:47 Macron's next move: the European Central Bank?
00:26:00 Project Ukraine as the test of loyalty
00:29:08 Burning of the town hall and cultural violence
00:32:32 Europe's future: tourism and the military
00:34:12 Germany's AfD split, east versus west
00:38:04 Britain, Brexit and the London establishment
00:41:14 What is the EU? Treaties and Aztec gods
00:44:16 Mercouris on the France he loves
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Donald Trump has waived Lindsey Graham's sanctions, shelving the 500% penalties on Russian oil. The episode argues the Graham-Blumenthal bill was a trap ahead of the midterms, while Zelensky arrives in Brussels asking for more money and warning of 20 million refugees. It also asks how the EU funded its 90 billion euro Ukraine loan, and whether Russia's frozen assets in Euroclear are being used as collateral.
The Duran, episode 2652.
0:00 Trump waives Lindsey Graham's sanctions
0:58 Why 500% sanctions on Russian oil was always a bad idea
3:11 Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea and the global energy crunch
4:13 Trump's waiver authority and why it is rational
5:12 Why did Trump let this bill get so far?
7:13 A neocon setup for a Putin puppet narrative
9:40 The tariff trap after the Supreme Court ruling
12:47 Blumenthal and Congress react with fury
14:27 Midterms, investigations and impeachment talk
16:32 Zelensky in Brussels asks for another 70 billion euros
18:30 Who is funding the 90 billion euro loan?
21:02 Merz and Sikorski refuse to hand frozen assets to the US
23:52 Are frozen assets being used as collateral?
26:05 How the asset freeze backfired on Europe
28:45 Zelensky warns of 20 million Ukrainian refugees
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A week after Russia's nuclear warning over Kaliningrad, The Duran says the Baltic states are again planning a blockade, starting with the gas pipeline into the exclave. The episode covers Nikolai Patrushev's claim of a NATO blockade plan, the view in Lithuania and Estonia that NATO could defeat Russia in a week, and why Moscow will not retreat on Kaliningrad.
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MBS is reportedly moving between bunkers as the Houthis push deeper into Yemen and warn Saudi civilians to evacuate oil installations. In this episode we break down why no ally will send ground troops, why Iran's mediation offer is a nonstarter, and why Trump faces enormous pressure to intervene despite Houthi warnings to stay out, before turning to Andy Burnham blaming Iran for the RAF Fairford incident. Is Saudi Arabia running out of options, and is Burnham turning out to be even worse than Starmer?
The Duran: Episode 2648
00:00:00 MBS in hiding as the Houthis advance in Yemen
00:00:50 No allies willing: Pakistan, Turkey and Syria say no
00:01:11 Houthis warn Saudis to evacuate oil installations
00:02:27 Riyadh airport strikes and Iran's offer to mediate
00:03:47 Why MBS can't send the Saudi army into Yemen
00:05:14 Putin, the UAE and Russian mediation
00:05:46 Houthis warn the US to stay out
00:07:08 Can Trump resist the pressure to intervene?
00:09:50 Burnham blames Iran for the RAF Fairford incident
00:11:26 Brexit, Russia and what Burnham is really doing
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Russia is closing in on Dobropillia while Zelensky wages an information campaign against Donald Trump over US intelligence sharing. In this episode we break down the Russian air campaign on Kiev's power grid, the Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centers, and why Putin's restraint may have invited deep strikes, sabotage and a widening hybrid conflict. If peace in Ukraine won't end the confrontation with Russia, what comes next?
The Duran: Episode 2647
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:07 Russian air campaign on Kiev and Odessa
00:02:37 Zelensky claims no US warning
00:03:35 Will Trump cut off intel to Ukraine?
00:05:13 Zelensky info campaign and the energy truce
00:06:58 Battle of Dobropillia
00:09:22 Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centers
00:12:01 Russia always one step behind
00:13:27 Putin and the long range strike red line
00:15:07 Mixed signals from the Kremlin
00:18:38 Deep strikes into Russia now accepted
00:21:16 US and Russian military contacts cut off
00:23:42 The West's hybrid campaign against Russia
00:27:04 Nord Stream, Crocus and Russian restraint
00:30:39 Sanctions architecture here to stay
