Dr. Alan O'Sullivan

Global geopolitical expert, chief geopolitical strategist with BCA Research, Matt Gertgen, who's a return guest.

You should check out Matt's update on the Iranian conflict from last week.

So what's the motivation behind this?

In this place, I try to separate the symptom from the cause, try to extract the signal from the noise.

We can look at President Trump.

Trump is a symptom of 30 years of misguided U.S.

industrial policy.

You could also say that Vladimir Putin is a symptom of the messy collapse of the Soviet Union post-Berlin wall, and perhaps, and maybe controversially,

NATO, excessive NATO expansionism.

The Israeli aggression in places like Gaza and South Lebanon didn't just originate from the atrocities of October 7th.

This new reality we all face with a world on fire is a symptom

of a declining US hegemony amid rising challenges and a new world order.

If you want to understand the drivers around what the famous geopolitical expert Marco Papage titled geopolitical alpha, then you need to tune in to this episode.

This is a deep dive into understanding

the cause if we don't understand the actual causes the origins of what's driving this geopolitical upheaval then we cannot number one understand the symptoms number two extract the signal from the noise and number three

accurately forecast where the next upheaval is coming in part one constantine talks about the decline of the u.s hegemony and matt discusses the balance of power the origins of the balance of power i hope you enjoy the show if you are enjoying the content i would greatly appreciate a review on spotify or apple as it really helps me promote the show and spread the word thanks very much

Yeah, similar to yourself.

I mean, I remember the Ida storm, 2008, 2009.

We have short memories in this country.

It wasn't too long ago when we lost our economic sovereignty, essentially, lost our decision-making ability.