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The war on Iran was never really about nuclear weapons. In this episode of Transition Protocol, host Zulfiqar Ali sits down with financial-markets analyst Alex Krainer to make the case that the 2026 Iran war is, at its core, a war to defend the petrodollar — the dollar’s grip on global oil trade — and that this system is now breaking. Recorded the same day Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Manila.
We connect three threads the mainstream feed is missing: a real 2023 British strategy paper ("The Iran Question and British Strategy," Policy Exchange) that anticipated today’s escalation; the argument that most US dollars circulate offshore, beyond the Federal Reserve’s control; and Iran’s move to price oil outside the dollar. The result is a clear-eyed map of how American financial hegemony is giving way to a multipolar order — and what that means for oil prices, savings, and global power.
Guest: Alex Krainer, financial-markets analyst focused on commodities and the global monetary system. This episode is analysis and interpretation; explosive claims are attributed to the guest and clearly framed. Transition Protocol is a serious, source-driven geopolitics and global-finance channel.
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Alex Krainer is a market analyst, author & former hedge fund manager. Krainer discusses how the U.S. does not have a path to either military victory or a negotiated settlement that preserves its hegemonic position in the region.
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Alex Krainer is a market analyst, author & former hedge fund manager. Krainer discusses the possibility of the drone hitting Ukraine being either a Ukrainian false flag attack, a Russian warning shot, or an accident. Overall, the EU is either deliberately or accidentally pushing for a direct war with Russia.
Alex Krainer is a market analyst, author & former hedge fund manager. Krainer discusses the unpredictable energy, food and economic shockwaves from the Iran War.
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Alex Krainer is a market analyst, author & former hedge fund manager. Krainer discusses the unpredictable energy, food and economic shockwaves from the Iran War.
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Alex Krainer is a market analyst, author & former hedge fund manager. Krainer discusses the economic shockwaves from the attack on Iran, and why this failed regime-change operation could bring down the Trump administration.
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Alex Krainer is a market analyst, author & former hedge fund manager. Krainer discusses how the rise of the Western oligarchy, democratic despotism, a political legitimacy crisis, and the subsequent risk of civil war.
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Alex Krainer is a market analyst, author & former hedge fund manager. Krainer discusses the new U.S. National Security Strategy and why it signals a new world order.
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Alex Krainer is a market analyst, author & former hedge fund manager. Krainer discusses the economic and political consequences of NATO's pending loss of the proxy war in Ukraine.
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The shooting of Charlie Kirk has shocked the world, and new developments expose MASSIVE geopolitical implications involving Israel and the deep state. Analysts Patrick Henningsen and Alex Krainer join to break down the latest revelations which hold GLOBAL significance as Israel & Washington's hidden wars blow back hard.
