New Order with Afshin Rattansi will trace how India and its allies sit at the center of a transformation in world history. Power is moving, alliances are shifting, and the rules of trade, technology, and security are being rewritten. New Order is about diplomatic architecture: The networks of power, the flow of money, and the levers of influence that determine who gains and who loses in a world of tectonic transition.
War on Iran: Afshin Rattansi challenges Amb. John Bolton over his demand for regime change
On this episode of New Order, we speak to Ambassador John Bolton, former National Security Advisor to Donald Trump in his first administration. Afshin Rattansi challenges him on his desire for Trump to pursue regime change in Tehran, his assertion that the Iranian people are on the brink of a mass uprising over the economic crisis caused largely by US sanctions, US-Israeli bombing causing Iranians to ‘rally around the flag’, claims that Iran is ‘isolated’ internationally, his assertion that the US can break Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz and that Iran’s military capabilities are severely degraded, and much more. Finally, New Order’s Zarah Khan asks Afshin Rattansi questions submitted by our viewers. You can send in your questions to be answered to @AfshinRattansi on X to be answered on next week’s episode! And a question for you, the viewers: Will the US war on Iran rank as a bigger disaster than the neocon wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Ex-Pentagon advisor James Rickards warns of IMMINENT global economic crisis, mass starvation
On this episode of New Order, we speak to James Rickards, former Pentagon advisor and editor of Strategic Intelligence. He discusses the US-Iran closure of the Strait of Hormuz and why it is likely to remain closed for the foreseeable future, how the global economic crisis will start unfolding, including a risk of mass starvation, China’s vulnerability to the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz and why Donald Trump would want the Strait to remain shut, Trump’s plan to reinforce petrodollar hegemony through a duopoly of oil with Russia, India’s balancing act between Russia and the United States and why the dollar is likely to continue to dominate, why the new BRICS currency is gold, his forecast for the price of gold, and much more. Finally, New Order’s Zarah Khan puts questions from you, the viewers, to Afshin Rattansi. You can send in your questions to be answered to @AfshinRattansi on X to be answered on next week’s episode! And a question for you the viewers: Will the US war on Iran be the beginning of the end of the petrodollar?
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Iran won, US cannot stop the rise of BRICS & the Global South
On this episode of New Order, we speak to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff at the US State Department. He discusses the bombing of the China-Iran railway and the wider US priority to confront Beijing, China’s global railway network strategy to ensure trade dominance, his belief that Iran has won against the US and Israel and whether Iran will pursue building nuclear weapons, why the negotiations in Pakistan and negotiations over Lebanon are just a cover for Donald Trump’s retreat, his advice for the Global South and BRICS as the US continues to make threats and launch wars to protect its hegemony, China’s strategy to supplant the dollar and become the dominant financial power, the future of Israel, and much more. Finally, New Order’s Zarah Khan asks questions from you the viewers to Afshin Rattansi. You can send in your questions to be answered to @AfshinRattansi on X to be answered on next week’s episode! And a question for you, the viewers: Should Iran pursue the same strategy as North Korea in developing a nuclear deterrent?
Strait of Hormuz Crisis is hitting the Global South hardest: Safesea Group Chairman Dr. S. V. Anchan
On this episode of New Order, we speak to Dr. S. V. Anchan, founder and chairman of the Safesea Group. His crude oil tanker, Safesea Vishnu was fatally attacked by Iran, and one Indian crew member was killed. He discusses how the Iranian attack on the Safesea Vishnu was different from the attacks on other ships in the region, the fact that the attack on his ship was conducted inside the territorial waters of Iraq, the IRGC’s allegations that the ship’s crew refused to follow orders and cooperate, his assertion that seafarers stuck in the Strait of Hormuz are effectively prisoners of war, his anger at the lack of action by the IMO or any nation to protect seafarers and the maritime industry, the state of India’s development of Iran’s Chabahar Port, the potential for BRICS to bring peace to the region, the reports of Iran imposing tolls on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, and much more. Finally, New Order’s Zarah Khan asks questions from you the viewers to Afshin Rattansi. You can send in your questions to be answered to @AfshinRattansi on X to be answered on next week’s episode!
And a question for you, the viewers: Will the rising cost of living because of the Trump-Netanyahu war on Iran cause political chaos around the world?
Jeffrey Sachs: Only India, Russia, and China can stop ‘psychopath’ Trump’s war on Iran
US troops could be massacred at Iran’s Kharg Island: Dennis Kucinich warns Trump
On this episode of New Order, we speak to Dennis Kucinich, former US congressman from Ohio and former mayor of Cleveland. He discusses the real reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran and the “moral collapse” which led to it, the Trump administration’s bogus justifications for starting the war, the impact of the war on India and the wider global south and their working classes, his warning to Donald Trump that US troops could get massacred on Iran’s Kharg Island if ground troops are deployed, the impact of Trump’s war on BRICS and diversification away from the petrodollar, Iran’s devastating counter-strike options that have not been used yet, and much more. Finally, New Order’s Zarah Khan asks questions from you the viewers to Afshin Rattansi. You can send in your questions to @AfshinRattansi on X to be answered on next week’s episode! And a question for you, the viewers: Should India continue its policy of neutrality during the war against Iran?