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On Monday 22 MAY 23, on New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Episode #151, Ann Vandersteel, the President and Chair of the Zelenko Freedom Foundation, Host of Right Now with Ann Vandersteel, the host of The Zelenko Report, former host of #SteelTruth, and former President and Co-Host of #YourVoice America joins me to discuss the World Economic Forum (#WEF) vision of "augmented societies" in relations to the issues and topics related to The U.S. Southern Border, birthright, and #Transhumanism.

On Monday, 20 MAR 23, on New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Episode #142, on the 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion, Michelle Cailler, Chairwoman Of MFR, Mariapia Ambrosetti, Candidate for the Council of State & Nicolas Rimoldi, Founder & President of Civil Rights Movement MASS-VOLL! Join me Live from Switzerland to discuss Switzerland’s Economic and Political Crossroads and the diminishing effects of Sovereign States in Europe.

It was a pleasure for the CEO of NEC-SE, LTC Sargis Sangari, USA (Ret.), to have joined Journalists Pearl Matibe and Douglas Burton to discuss the increasing tactical importance of #Africa, how #China is using it to fuel its ambitions, and how the #US is responding. Suddenly, all eyes are on Africa. First Lady #JillBiden on a diplomatic tour of #Kenya and #Namibia. They contested #Nigerian elections all over Twitter. China and #Russia are conducting joint military exercises with #SouthAfrica. Why all this attention? What makes Africa so essential to the global power balance at this time? Well, its 54 countries make up 28% of the #UnitedNations. With strategic sea and airports, abundant land and mineral resources, corrupt elections and leaders, and a growing population, it’s ripe for the picking in China’s eyes. #SCO #Bruma #copedetat #CITIC #ntdnews

On Monday, 27 FEB 23, on New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Episode #139, Irene Kenyon, #CAMS, #CGSS, #CFCS, Director of Risk Intelligence for FiveBy Solutions, joins me to discuss how #sanctions have affected #Russia a year since it invaded #Ukraine.

On Monday, 13 FEB 23, Juliana Taimoorazy, President of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council (#ICRC), joins me on New Paradigms w/Sargis Sangari EP #137 to discuss coordinating Humanitarian Assistance (#HA) in response to the devastating #Earthquake which hit #Syria and #Turkey. During our discussion, Juliana discussed how difficult it is to move aid into Syria, given the U.S. #embargo and #sanctions. However, as her organization's lawyers are involved in trying to see what is legal, Juliana plans on being on the ground in Turkey and #Jordan to coordinate the regional efforts and capture the story of the #Assyrian #Christian refugees and all others affected by the earthquake. Even though The United States has issued a six-month sanctions exemption for all transactions related to providing disaster relief to Syria, most USD wires are limited, and USAID - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance still needs to contract support for Syria earthquake relief. Unfortunately, the short-term sanction relief still needs to be clarified, given that it does not assure the fears of private institutions making money transfers, avoiding working with Syria out of fear they will run afoul of sanction rules. However, USAID has set up an organization for information on donations called the Center for International Disaster Information (#CIDI), which lists credible and influential organizations to give money to in support of the more significant Aid efforts. #SamanthaPower, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (#USAID), stressed in her Monday interview that what the humanitarian organizations need the most now is money given they can buy locally. In Turkey, ICRC is working to enhance its I Adopt a Refugee program which also helps with refugee support in #Lebanon and Jordan. The on-the-ground lead for ICRC in Turkey is Father Remzi Adday Diril of the Chaldean #Archdiocese of #Istanbul. In just the first few hours of the earthquake, Father Diril led a two-van convoy filled with HA eight hours through the snow-filled passes to the earthquake zone. He can be responsive, but the organization still needs funding. ICRC had planned a fact-finding trip three months before the earthquake to capture the story of some 22,000 #Assyrian #refugees still waiting for a resolution to their status in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon. She planned to work with Assyrians Without Boarders, a #Swedish non-profit organization aiding Assyrians. Today the mission of all Assyrian organizations has changed to a rescue effort for some of those refugees, some of whom died in the earthquake. I offered support from our 501c3 United Assyrian Appeal (#UAA) to ensure unity of effort is achieved in the region in light of the shortfalls of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (#UNHCR) inability to help the Assyrians who have been refugees across the #NearEast for almost a decade. It is now the job of international non-governmental organizations (#IGO and #NGO) to step in to save lives. Join us for this critical interview to see how you can help to support the ICRC efforts in the earthquake region.

On Monday, 6 FEB 23, Grant Newsham, Senior Fellow Japan Forum & Center for Security Policy, joins me on New Paradigms w/Sargis Sangari EP #136 to discuss his new book When China Attacks and the #PRC Threat Courses of Action in the coming years. COl Grant Newsham #USMC (Ret.) and I began our discussion by focusing on the #military and #political outcome the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) was trying to accomplish with the #Chinese #spyballoon. Grant stated that months ago, a pilot friend of his and other #American #pilots spotted balloons between #Hawaii and the mainland united states, so he was not entirely surprised that a #Chinese #spy balloon had traversed the United States. According to Grant, these #surveillance balloons suck up #electronic #intelligence, which can be data-minded for readings to help #target our #intercontinental #ballistic #missiles and can be used as delivery platforms for Chinese #hypersonic missiles. According to Grant, the Chinese were testing our response, and China was testing the #Biden administration's ability to react. These balloons have been used against #India, #LatinAmerica, #Japan, and others. In our discussion, I relayed my concern if these platforms use #nuclearfuel and if the balloon could have had Light Detection and Ranging (#LiDAR) capability, that would allow the People's Liberation Army (#PLA) to map our ballistic missile locations within 100-300 meters. We discussed the comments made by the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (#CIA), Mr. #WilliamBurn, who stated that we need to take Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the CCP and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (#CMC), serious in his preparation to invade #Taiwan by 2027. Xi's third term as #President of the Peoples Republic of China (#PRC) will end in 2027. Grant stated that Xi #Jinping is a #dictator who gave the PLA marching orders to attack Taiwan by 2020. In his assessment, the PLA was ready to invade Taiwan in 2020 and should not be underestimated. However, instead of taking direct action to grab the island nation, which would cut off China from world trade and access to the USD, making the PRC an international pariah in its attempt to #enslave 23 million free people, China can accomplish this mission in the 2024 #Taiwanese elections. The incumbent President, Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (#DPP), who was reelected in 2020, is ineligible to seek a third term. The winner of the 2024 presidential election is scheduled to be inaugurated on 20 May 2024. If XI can have his candidate or a candidate willing to cut a deal with the PRC, win the election, then an invasion may be unlikely. Grant also stated that even though the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies have an estimated 80 billion dollar budget, most Intel analyses without such a large budget have reached the same assessments. We discussed the China and Taiwan #wargame conducted by the Center for Strategic International Studies (#CSIS) earlier this year and the points not covered by the wargame. Grant stated that the wargame highlighted how catastrophic the war would be for the entire world. Grant took issue with the wargame because it looked at a force-on-force fight in a narrowly defined area. Grant suggested that the political aspects must be addressed in the next wargame to holistically understand a possible outcome at the geostrategic level. According to Grant, we need to see if the U.S. will be willing to fight to defend Taiwan and if Taiwan would be willing to fight if it feels isolated and with no friends coming to its rescue. Furthermore, given that we do not have joint training and planning with Taiwan and not knowing if Japan will be delayed in its response to join the war given an overestimation of #Japanese capabilities, we need to be cognitive that these political elements may be planting the seed in the minds of the Taiwanese people that a costly war that destroyed the Island nation may have to be fought by them alone. Additionally, If we expand the fight to the rest of the world, the war will be costly to China, given the PRC needs more #energy or the ability to feed itself when isolated. Other issues to be considered are that the U.S. may be worried about a nuclear war if it defends Taiwan. The more serious COA for the U.S. is that if China takes Taiwan, the first island chain is broken through #Japan, #Malaysia, and # Australia. So if you lose Taiwan, you can not contain the PLA as it enters the American defensive line in #Asia. If this happens, the #psychological and #political message to Taiwan and the global polities would say that a U.S. nuclear force backed by an excellent economy could not keep #ethnic Chinese free even after promising them that we will. Grant believes that if we lose this fight, Asia may not entirely turn red but will at least be purple. So currently, it's a 50/50 possibility that we will win or lose this fight. According to Grant, by 2005, we should have known what china was doing, but by 2013, most should have seen the PLA operations defeat our military as it moved against the #Philippine #Scarborough #Shoal. Today we have to break the 40-year isolation of Taiwan as we ensure U.S. businesses do not prop up the PRC. Instead of removing officers like Captain James E. Fanell, U.S. Navy (Retired), who served during the #Obama administration as the chief of intelligence for CTF-70, 7th Fleet, and the U.S. Pacific Fleet because he called China an adversary, we should find the next Admiral Robert F. Willard who last served as the 22nd Commander U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (#INDOPACOM) to win the war against the CCP. Join us for this critical conversation.

On Monday, 23 JAN 23, on the #Asian Lunar New Year, on New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Episode #134, Ms. #MasakoGanaha, an #Independent #Japanese #Journalist, returns live from #Davos, #Switzerland, to discuss her #investigative findings from the World Economic Forum (#WEF) annual meeting. Masako and I discuss the Independent Journalists’ role in investigative #News reporting. During her on-the-ground reporting, Masako had a chance encounter with #KlausSchwab. Klaus Schwab formed #WEF in 1971 and has served as its chairman since its founding. Klaus Schwab walked away from Masako when he realized she was an independent journalist. Furthermore, he did not answer or provide any counter to the question when asked to comment about how some people are worried about #globalism. Masako also spoke with multiple protesters from various groups while in Davos. She believes that the protesters she investigated are controlled opposition who, although protesting WEF, use similar talking points that WEF leaders promote. Furthermore, when Masako attended a protest of the Young #Socialists in the #SPD, an “Anti-WEF” group known as #JUSO, followed by a protest “led by” #GretaThunberg, a #Swedish #environmental activist, Masako Ganaha noticed that the same #left-wing protester who organized Greta’s protest is a lead member of the JUSO Group. Furthermore, the organizer Freya Mayer is seen wearing an #ANTIF shirt on the JUSO webpage and is a member of the board of directors for JUSO. She was the leader and organizer of the two protests along with Giuio Spano and Maja Redies. https://gr.juso.ch In many protests, Masako noticed members of ANTIF had face coverings and did not want to be interviewed when asked to comment on WEF. Masako also interviewed nationalistic opposition to globalists like the members of the #Freiheitstrychler Group. This group uses the traditional Swiss cow bells to protest against the WEF types. During the Greta Thunberg protest and after 58 minutes of asking Greta Thunberg tough questions referencing the #environmental topics and issues, Masako asked Greta about the possibility that people may be using her for their own needs, to which Greta responded people like you. From Masako’s perspective, Greta was physically shaken, insecure, and worried about the questions posed. Masako and I also talked about her run in’s with Heizo Takenaka, a member of the Board of #Trustees for WEF. In 1973, Heizo was with the Japan Development Bank, and in 1981, a visiting scholar at #Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania (#UPenn), which is now under scrutiny given its solid financial relationship with the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP). In 2002 Heizo was the Minister of State for #Financial Services and #Economic and #FiscalPolicy in #Japan. He is currently a professor emeritus at #KeioUniversity. In a frank discussion, Minister Takenaka praised four other current and former members of the Japanese House of Representatives and #Ministers as being linked to the WEF and possible future candidates for Prime Ministers (#PM) of Japan. The first name he provided to Masako was Koizumi Shinjiro, the second son of popular former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. The second name was Kono Taro, Minister for #Digital #Transformation and Minister of Digital Reform for the Government of Japan. The third name was Nishimura Yasutoshi, Minister of Economy, #Trade and #Industry. Finally, Goto Shigeyuki of the Japanese House of Representatives, Japanese #DIET, A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, was selected to become Economic Revitalization Minister in October 2022 upon the cabinet resignation of Daishiro Yamagiwa. Masako also praised #RebelNews and its correspondence. Independent Journalists such as Oscar El Blue, Ben Bergguam of Real America’s Voice (#RAVTV), Jack Posobiec, senior editor for HumanEvents.com, Savanah Hernandez, and Michal Yon, America’s most experienced war correspondent for being on the front lines of independent reporting. Please join us for this critical discussion.

Clare Lopez lays out how the #CCP working with the #Mexican #Cartel and #Hezbullah, which is under the Islamic Republic of #Iran control, using #opiods with #fentanyl to execute #China's #unrestricted #warfare against the U.S., where #biochemical warfare is an explicit element of its arsenal to take down #America. Subscribe and watch the full interview of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari Episode 132 on the NEC-SE Rumble and YouTube channels.

Ann VanderSteel breaks the news about a #Florida bill to make unlawful future mask & jab mandates. Subscribe and watch the full interview of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari Episode 133 on the NEC-SE Rumble and YouTube channels.

On Monday, 16 JAN 23, on New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Episode #133, on Martin Luther King Junior Day (#MLKDAY2023), Ann Vandersteel, the co-chair of the Zelenko Freedom Foundation, the host of The Zelenko Report, former host of #SteelTruth, and former President and co-host on #YourVoice America joins me to discuss the legacy of Dr. #Zelenko. Ann is working to echo Dr. Zelenko's message of body sovereignty and using your G-d courage to "spread the truth like a mantra." The launch of The #ZelenkoReport is one initiative in fulfilling his legacy with a live weekday show. Ann and I discussed the four reasons Dr. Zelenko laid out in Ann's first interview about why the United States is still grappling with the #COVID crisis in an incoherent and unified approach. Dr. Zelenko stated that the four reasons are #politics, #money, #arrogance, and #fear. Ann identified how the Zelenko foundation is trying to counter the reasons that have placed #America in a politically weakened state where it does not offer any counter to these influencers. Ann proposed approaches to counter these effects are first and foremost to work with the #press and other #media independent of these influences willing to address these realities. The other approach is to be aggressive in the legislative realm. In sharing breaking news, Ann informed us that a bill would be introduced in #Floridalegislature to counter future mask and jab mandates. The political step is thanks to Dr. Zelenko's sit-down with Governor Ron #DeSantis of #Florida before his passing. With the Surgent General of Florida, Dr. Joseph #Ladapo supporting the law, it is the direction Florida has been heading towards since the beginning of the COVID crisis. According to Ann, this political move is significant given the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (#CDC), Food and Drug Administration (#FDA), National Institutes of Health (#NIH), and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (#NIAID) have been politically and financially compromised. Hence, unfortunately, the financial incentives binding these institutions together and to major #pharmaceutical companies are traceable and unbreakable. Additional focus areas for the Zelenko foundation are strategically developing future leaders through the Zelenko Fellows, young collegiate academics, and internships in the foundation's area of focus. Internships in media for the Zelenko Fellows are one of Ann's priorities. From Ann's perspective running at local levels with candidates not beholding to a global governmental structure allows for change and will enable us to hold bad actors accountable for their actions which led to the death of many Americans. For example, Indians have called for Gates' arrest over alleged medical ethics and law violations by the country's Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (#BMGF). Gates has also been criticized by #Indian farmer groups, who have been protesting against controversial laws promoting the privatization of agriculture passed by the #Hindu nationalist government, and they see Gates as a supporter of such efforts. We also spoke about the amendments proposed by the World Health Organization (#WHO) to the 194 member nations of the #UN to ensure their viewpoints on future #pandemics become recognized not as recommendations but as national laws. Unfortunately, these initiatives have support from the controversial #KlausSchwab and the World Economic Forum (#WEF). Before his passing, Dr. Zelenko stated: “#Bigtech, big government, #bigpharma, and a corrupt public health bureaucracy has resulted in a toxic cocktail that is poisoning our healthcare system, undermining our freedoms, and costing the lives of countless Americans,” “That is exactly why I am creating the Zelenko Freedom Foundation: to regain common sense, access accurate information, and increase awareness. The Zelenko Freedom Foundation will seek to educate the public through medical professionals dedicated to speaking truth to power in order to protect the health of all people,” said Dr. Zelenko Join us for this discussion where we, the people, will try to understand State actions and the line between freedom of choice and the degradation of our rights as written in the #constitution.

On Monday, 26 DEC 22, on the 131st EPISODE of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, we broadcast the 11 NOV 22 keynote speech which LTC Sargis Sangari USA (Ret), CEO of NEC-SE, AMVET Post #5-lifetime member, and VFW 3579 lifetime member delivered at the AMVETS annual Veteran Day luncheon. AMVETS, formally called American Veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, also known as American Veterans, is the largest and oldest veterans service organization open to and fights for all veterans and their families. Established on December 10, 1944, and currently comprises 250,000 members and growing. Assyrian Americans were the first to establish an AMVET post in Illinois and the second group to set up an AMVET post in the continental United States, with AMVET post #5 based in Chicago.

On Monday, 19 DEC 22, on the 130th EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, CEO of NEC-SE, shares his views on the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit 2022, which took place this past week and shares his holiday message in the last episode of 2022. New Paradigms will return on 9 JAN 23.

On Monday, 12 DEC 22, on the 129th EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Chuck Holton, Freelance War Correspondent, author, and the host of "The Hot Zone w/Chuck Holton" joins me from the Ukraine crisis. We discuss the possibility of a #Russian winter offensive and if the ongoing war is empowering #Ukraine or saving the European Union (#EU).

On Monday, 28 NOV 22, On the 127th EPISODE of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Emmanuel Navon, PH.D., Lecturing Professor at Tel-Aviv University & Reichman University, Senior Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, Senior Fellow at the Kohelet Policy Forum, and Senior Analyst for I24News, joins me to discuss The Future Political Map of the #MiddleEast & The #NearEast Future Over the Next Decade. Dr. Navon updated us on the current challenges facing Benjamin #Netanyahu, formally tasked with forming #Israel's new Government two weeks ago and after the November 1st elections. Dr. Navon explained that Israelis are still trying to figure out what the current Government will look like, with press reports stating that there is still a lot of tension between the current #PrimeMinister and his #coalition #partners. On paper, Netanyahu has 53% of the #Knesset, with 50% of the popular vote cast by his party and his #allied' party members. Netanyahu continues to move towards a #rightwing coalition focused on pursuing Israel's #regional and national standings and widening the #AbrahamAccords. However, Dr. Navon believes that the current alliance as constituted may limit Netanyahu's goals. It's possible that some #Arab #states will not be happy with some of the #farright coalition parties in the PM's Government. Dr. Navon was a member of the #LikudParty but left in 2015, given his disagreement with Netanyahu. The main point of contention for Dr. Navon was that Netanyahu dissolved a government that was working with center-right coalitions within the Government, which led to years of political instability, with five snap elections called in the country since 2019. I brought up Dr. Navon's 2021 article for the Times of Israel during our discussion. Dr. Navon noted how Israel is stuck between #morals and real #politics in the article. Dr. Navon laid bare the dilemma Israeli politicians face when dealing with the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP). I told Dr. Navon that many #Americans have difficulty understanding the absolute political angle, seeing the CCP as the 21st Centuries #Nazi #Germany. With CCP having conducted #genocide on multiple occasions and now starting a new #militaristic #expansionism, I asked the Dr. to update us on the situation Israel faces since his 2021 article, specifically how Israel views the #Iranian link in the Chinese-dominated and led Shanghai Cooperation Organization (#SCO). Dr. Navon and I discussed how the Israeli Government views America's attempts to #aid #Iran via #funding to develop its #nuclear capability especially given they support #terrorism. We discussed the current state of the Abraham Peace Accords and how Israel benefited over the last few years from it as we discussed where he sees the accords heading in the future. Dr. Navon discussed the issues and topics referencing the future of #energy #alliances in the middle east and the complicated relations between #Russia and #Ukraine, #Zelensky, and #India since the war and given # Europe's need for new energy sourcing. We discussed the dilemma faced by the #Kurds in #Syria, #Iraqi Kurdish North, #Turkey, and within #Iran as they are currently targeted by the four nations that are trying to ensure the Kurdish power is reduced to a manageable level. Finally, Dr. Navon discussed his vision of how the Middle East region will reshape itself politically and based on #economic and energy needs if the current Iranian Government ceases to exist as constituted. Join us for this in-depth discussion. #JCPOA

On Wednesday, 2 NOV 22, on the 123rd EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, KATHLEEN MURRAY: #GOP Nominee for the #Illinois State #Senate, District 21, joined me to discuss the upcoming 8 NOV 22 Mid-Term general elections. Kathleen is endorsed by The Freedom Alliance, Illinois State Rifle Association, Illinois Family Action, Safe Suburbs USA, Stand for Health Freedom, and Manufacturing and Technology Association. Kathleen Murray is the Chief Creative Officer (#CCO) for Titanium Technologies (#titaniumtech) and a small business owner of a local restaurant, Lola’s Ristorante, in downtown Wheaton, IL. She is also the owner of a food truck called #Saucykat, featured on the #foodnetwork as a six-part docu-series following Kathleen’s journey as a business owner. On 23 DEC 21, Kathleen found herself 15 feet away from one of the two #shooters who opened fire at the Suburban #OakbrookMall. After the attacks, Kathleen committed to running for office to change the direction of the state of Illinois. Kathleen recently drafted a “Parent’s Bill of Rights” that she will introduce into Legislation aimed at protecting parents’ fundamental rights by countering the Illinois government’s overreach. This Bill ensures that parents, not the government, can make decisions for the well-being of their children. However, if a proposed Amendment #1 to the Illinois Constitution, named the “workers’ right amendment,” is passed by IL voters during this year’s general election, any IL State unions would have the power to make elements of the Parents Bill of Rights, that conflict with their contracts, to be deemed #unconstitutional. For example, the #teachersunion could decide that only “qualified professionals” can determine the curriculum, books, lectures, and materials, including controversial topics of their choice, such as Critical Race Theory (#CRT) and #sexeducation. Also, they would be able to require permanent #masks, school shutdowns, or #Covid#vaccines to be a requirement in #schools to “protect #teachers” in the workplace as part of their “safety in the workplace” contracts. Amendment 1 is a power grab and grants #government#unions power over the law concerning anything that falls within their contracts. This Amendment goes beyond the scope of simple concern about higher #taxes. This Amendment, if passed, is an attack on our #liberty and freedom as #Americans, and the public needs to be aware of the severe consequences if such Amendments are nationalized. Kathleen and I also discussed the technical process of how the #SAFETAct was pushed through the Illinois #legislature. Even though the law is #unconstitutional, with 100 out of 102 counties #StatesAttorneys#suing to stop its implementation, it’s most likely that the Illinois Attorney General, #KwameRaoul, will not sue Illinois Governor J. B. #Pritzker over its passing. Governor Pritzker is a significant funder of Kwame Raoul’s campaign in the 2022 midterms. Join us for this critical discussion less than a week before the general elections, which will be held on #election2022.

On Monday, 10 OCT 22, on the 119th EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, #MichaelYon: America's most experienced war correspondent and I spoke about the global escalation of #BackyardWars on the 300th day since the #Russia #Ukraine War. Speaking from #London, Michael updated us on his four-month tour of the European Union Nations, especially in the #Netherlands, #Germany, #Luxembourg, #Belgium, #Hungary, #Austria, and #Ireland. This trip comes on the heal of his investigations of the #southernborder between #Mexico and the U.S. It also comes after his travels to #Morroco, #Greece, #Lithuania, and #Bulgaria. Michael and I discussed the strengthening of the famine, which we discussed on his show in January 2020. Michael compared the current famine signals to the #Irish #famine of 1847 & 1848, which started in 1847. The global famine of today shows the same patterns of starting slow with food prices going up, then hunger globally in areas followed by the collapsing of economic and #foodproduction, with a majority of issues and topics manufactured and or usually tied to war. Michael states that the famine will get worse by 2023 and will be at its height in 2024, with #India and #Brazil suffering the most since they rely highly on #European #fertilizer. Currently, 26 major fertilizer plants in Europe are offline or set to go offline, given the lack of #fuel. Traveling from #Prague throughout Europe, Michael has seen how the #forests of Europe, especially #Germany and Lithuania, are cut down to create #wood needed to heat the EU during winter. For example, a 2000 Square feet home requires 12-15 cords of wood 4' high, 24' long, and 16" deep to heat one home during the winter using wood. #Food, #energy, and #war are the driving factors of the current global #famine and can lead to a #gigacide which means a mass murder of a billion or more people. Given that 4 billion people in today's world rely upon nitrogen base fertilizer, it's a reality that this war will cost more lives. The sabotage of the #nordstream1 and #nordsteam2 #pipelines, the #Yamal-Europe natural #gaspipeline, which may go offline in the next 24 hours, the #sabotage of the cable network that caused the outage of #train traffic in northern Germany on 8 OCT 22, and the #IMF Chief issuing a warning today on global recession are signs of the expanding backyard wars. Join me for this important update on the war in Europe.

On Monday, 26 SEP 22, on the 117th EPISODE of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, I welcomed back #RichardGoldberg, senior advisor at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (#FDD) and the Director for Countering Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction (#WMD) for the White House National Security Council (#NSC) from 2019-2020 for a discussion on the diminishing effects of U.S. Relations with #Iran & #NearEast future without the #IslamicRepublic of Iran. According to Richard Goldberg, the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (#JPCOA) agreement is a deeply flawed policy that provides #Iran with everything it wants yet provides #America with nothing it needs to reduce the threat of #nuclearwar and #nuclearweapons #proliferation. During our discussion, Richard noted the JCPOA is flawed in its narrow scope. It limits the monitoring and sanctions required to prevent true #nonproliferation of nuclear weapons and also handcuffs the United States in its ability to use non-military leverage in #sanctioning Iran for #terrorist and #humanrights #violations. 2015 agreement contains many #sunsetprovisions, which allow Iran to continue #developing, #researching, and sanctions workarounds that they have constantly exploited. Under the profoundly flawed agreement by 2031, Iran can produce #weapons-grade #uranium in any amount. From 2016-2020 the U.S. sought to correct this flawed program by exerting maximum pressure upon the #Iranianregime and its international #Allies. However, in 2020 America once again returned to the flawed 2015 agreement. Worse, the current administration has failed to enforce sanctions for the violations of the remaining weak regulations, agreeing to limit the U.S. and not Iran. The current administration has even halted the 2018 #Geneva #Investigations, blinding the world to the reality of Iran's nuclear weapons development and limiting #policymakers' and #observers' ability to construct a realistic framework of nonproliferation. Since 2020 Iran has been working at warp speed to accelerate its nuclear weapons program, facilitated by the current U.S. policy. Iran is now more vital than ever and is better positioned to face off and extract concessions from future adjustments. How does the Shanghai Cooperation Organization #SCO affect the U.S.'s ability to impose meaningful sanctions or programs to limit nuclear proliferation, especially with Iran? Richard notes that Iran can not be understood without going to the "30,000-foot view" and understanding its role in the SCO framework. "we are in a new Cold War," ...and it is essential to understand the factions in this new #ColdWar and how they are aligned against us. The #Moscow #Beijing #Tehran triangle in the SCO axis is the crucial power base against the U.S. This SCO axis coordinates responses against the U.S. and #international foreign policy not only by Iran but #Russia and #China as well as the myriad of their puppet states like #NorthKorea. Russian #oil is sold through Iran and China, #Chinese #investment and #technology are transferred to Iran, etc. A focus on the SCO as a whole is required if the U.S. is to stand a chance at winning this new Cold War. We also discussed India's shits to the SCO. India noted the American disaster in the retreat from #Afghanistan and has shifted to the SCO, seeing China and Russia as protectors, perhaps more than partners. India's Prime Minister #NarendraModi administration has gone against the spirit if not the letter of the #QuadAgreements with the United States, #Japan, and #Australia and begun cooperating with the Chinese expansionist goals. The Iran port of #Chabahar continuation and acceleration and India's territorial concessions to the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) are two recent indicators of India's shift. Moreover, #military participants were sent to SCO military #wargames, and time will tell if more participation in the SCO military maneuvers in the future will indicate if India has moved into the #adversary column. A striking reversal from the allies only two years ago. About the #uprisings in Iran, Richard noted that it's up to the people of Iran to see what form of government they choose in the future. Whether it be a #constitutional #monarchy or other forms of government, it will significantly affect the U.S. depending on the closeness of that government to the SCO.

On Monday, 12 SEP 22, on New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Episode #115, Frank R. DiFranco, DiFranco & Associates, P.C., #criminaldefenseattorney, and 2020 #GOP Nominee for 12th #Subcircuit #Judge of the #cookcounty#Judicial #circuitcourt in #Illinois, joins me to discuss the 2020 Illinois Local #Election Discrepancies and the future of free and fair state elections. In December 2020, Park Ridge Atty. Frank R. DiFranco sued #Yarbrough, the Cook County #BoardofElections, the Illinois State Board of Elections, and Patricia Fallon, the winner in the race for the contested judgeship of the 12th Subcircuit Judge of the Cook County Circuit court in Illinois. DiFranco alleged Yarbrough didn't stop counting votes until November 22 instead of November 17. Other allegations included altered postmarks on mail-in ballots, accepting #absenteeballots in person after the deadline, keeping #electionjudges from detecting duplicate votes, and allowing regular ballots when provisionals were required allowing Fallon to win by 502 votes. The Cook County Circuit Court's 12th Judicial Subcircuit covers much of the northwest suburbs in Illinois, including #MaineTownship, Elk Grove, and #WheelingTownships. There are federal and state lawsuits being #litigated. The first is in the Illinois #AppellateCourt, and the Federal Court Case has stayed in the U.S. #DistrictCourt for the Northern District of Illinois until the Illinois #AppealsCourt rules on the case, which is more likely to award DiFranco a victory. This #lawsuit is the first time in the history of Illinois local elections where an election case has made it through the courts at this level with some limited discovery allowed.

On Monday, 5 SEP 22, on New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Episode #114, Irene Kenyon, Director of Risk Intelligence for FiveBy Solutions, joined me to discuss if sanctions are relevant in a multipolar world as we talk through the future of compliance as a deterrent. Sanctions are #War by other means, to misquote #Clausewitz. As Irene Kenyon points out, sanctions are effective #foreignpolicy when done intelligently. They work when goals are specific, and the #implementation and #enforcement strategies are focused and multilateral. In coordination with our #partners and #allies, sanctions are most effective against #illicit actors and #states. Irene also states that sanctions compliance in our volatile environment is getting more complicated and expensive, especially since the sanctions against #Russia are of primary importance to the current administration. However, the best compliance solutions don’t have to be expensive, especially given the managed services cost. A mix of #automation and #human-driven #analysis to interpret what is sometimes vast reams of data is the best option to implement a robust compliance program. During our discussion, we also talked about U.S. #TreasuryDepartment sanctions against #crypto mixing firm #tornadocash limit use of privacy software and the issues tied to sanctioning #code, which may be a possible conflict against the U.S. First Amendment. Irene also notes that sanctions are a long game, and depending on the target, they can take a long time to work. Russia cannot keep propping up the #ruble indefinitely. It cannot continue to fund its welfare programs to prop up people who cannot work even if it continues selling #energy to #China and #India. Those significantly discounted sales put money in #Putin’s pockets; however, Russia remains cut off from the #global #financialsystem. In closing, Irene Kenyon asks, what good is #money if you are limited in where you can spend it? As I pointed out in our discussion, before the world used the same international system that the U.S. built after WWII, nations used their military to coarse other countries to abide by what most agreed to be # international laws and norms. Sanctions allowed us to lessen the use of military force and rely on economic means to enforce national standards. However, suppose the world is moving away from the international system the U.S. built; likely, we will again have to go back to the old world system and begin using more military force structures to address our international disagreements. Join us for this important show on the future of sanctions in a world that is becoming more multipolar. #compliance #risk #terrorismfinancing #fincen #crypto #AML #antimoneylaundering #regulatory #supplychain #inflation #taiwan #sanctionsscreening #sanctionscompliance

On Monday, 1 AUG 22, on the 108th EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Allan E. Parker, Jr., The President of The Justice Foundation, and I spoke about his involvement in the legal challenges that were part of the larger group of cases that led to #SCOTUS Ruling on #Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and Roe V. Wade. The Justice Foundation filed 80 briefs in support of the #Mississippi law banning later-term abortions in Dobbs v. Jackson's Women's Health. Many of those briefs asked for the complete and total reversal of #roevwade. The Justice Foundation was able to file four briefs in the case. In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court repealed all criminal abortion laws in the United States with its landmark Roe v. Wade decision in favor of "Jane Roe," holding that a pregnant woman has a fundament right to abortion. Years later, Mr. Parker became lead counsel for Norma McCorvey, formerly "Roe" of Roe v. Wade, from 2000 to 2012, and Sandra Cano, the "Doe" of Doe v. Bolton, until 2014 in their efforts after the ruling to overturn the two landmark cases that brought legalized abortion on demand to America. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) overruled both Roe and Casey in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization on the ground that "the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion," marking an end to the federal abortion rights and returning the authority to regulate abortion to individual states. Mr. Parker's viewpoint is that the future of abortion laws in the U.S. will be based on the challenges at state levels on suits that may be filed against the individual state Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary Branches. Therefore, he believes no significant challenges will be seen for at least one to three years from the 24 JUN 22 SCOTUS ruling. Mr. Parker did emphasize that given that Safe Haven laws exist in every state, from his viewpoint, abortion will be illegal or legally restricted in most States affecting the future of a possible federal law on abortion in the U.S.

On Thursday, 31 MAR 22, on the 92nd EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Ellie Cohanim, Former U.S. Deputy Special #Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism at the U.S. Department of State (#DOS) and the first #Iranian-born #Jewish-Envoy joined me to discuss the possible outsourcing of #AntiSemitism amidst The “New Model of Power Relations.” Ellie Cohanim discusses what conditions are necessary for the citizens of #Ian to bring change to their country. She discusses the current state of the #AbrahamAccords. We discussed the current #geopolitical circumstances than those under the #Trump Administration. We dived into how the #Jewish community lives under “second class” status, often excluded from certain jobs and careers in Iran. We also focused on the threats by the Iran regime officials, such as Iran’s Vice President for #Economic Affairs #MohsenRezaee, that the Jews community in Iran may be held as hostages in the future to negotiate with the # U.S. and #Europe. Ellie discussed the issues and topics associated with the administration's push to sign a new #JCOPA and the double standard to speak about anti-Semitism but yet pushing for normalcy with Iran, a nation that wants to eradicate Israel. Finally, Ellie and I discussed what can be done to combat the very real and dangerous situation when it seems that #government and non-government (#NGOs) and #watchdog groups are complicit in outsourcing anti-semitism. For example, in some cases to #Iran and or using a combination of #refugee and or #migrant groups, such as in Europe that are violent against Jews and the state of #Israel. We finished our conversation by focusing our discussion on how the current #international and #domestic extreme political shifts and the anti-Semitism they bring put more danger on the Jews and other #minorities.

On Thursday, 24 MAR 22, on the 90th EPISODE, of New Paradigms with Sargis Sangari, Flavius Mihaies, an Independent Journalist, discusses #Russia and the future of #NATO, presenting a thought-provoking #European perspective immersed in history and educated by ground-level experience during the #Syrian and other recent conflicts in the #MiddleEast. The road to the conflict in #Ukraine was not overnight and direct. As Flavius pointed out, the road to war has been set through many years through diverse locations like Syria and elsewhere in the #MiddleEast to including #Iraq and #Lebanon. The policy of the #UnitedStates in other conflict regions has changed with administrations and led to misunderstandings and confusion as to the central and constant policy of the United States, and by default, NATO. In 1948 NATO was a defensive organization designed to contain the #globalist agendas of the #CommunistParty of the #SovietUnion. In 2022, Flavius addresses the perspective that many anti-globalists seem to have flipped and now support a globalist agenda as offensive or at least passive. Therefore, under a seemingly contradictory policy, the US does bear some responsibility for the current instability in #Europe. For example, Flavius pointed out that the #Ukrainian #AzovBrigade, long supported as an integral part of the Ukrainian #NationalGuard defense structure, had modeled its symbolism off the 2nd SS Division from #WWII. The memory of the crimes against humanity has not been called out or denounced by the #US, but paradoxically with its internal policies, supported with weapons and funds. How could the US support external units that carry those symbols overseas with its internal policies against White #Supremacist ideology? In addition, US policy appears to be supporting chaotic new #ISIS-like movements in the technology field. "What will happen to #ElonMusk's technology to the Ukrainians if they decide to use it against global norms?" Once a technology is given over to any group, it could potentially lead to a "genie outside the bottle" moment when that "peaceful" Tech is suddenly #weaponized and used against the people who donated it for peace. "What control does Elon Musk have on his #satellites once he has released its use to other groups?" The danger of weaponization of civilian #humanitarian Tech into #terroristic military is too real and has raised its head before in places such as Syria and Iraq. In addition, what are the second and third-order effects of the conflict in Ukraine? Unfortunately, current leadership does not seem to be focused on the long-term cascading effects, missing fine details in the lack of a granular understanding of the causes of the current crisis. "The Ukrainian infrastructure is being destroyed, and refugees are being flooded into the #Baltic nations beyond what they can absorb. Meanwhile, the US is selling outdated weapon systems to these same Baltic Nations that will do very little to protect them from the genuine and very current threats." The real question is "why"? The current conflict is not a "traditional" war that most people have in mind, like WWII. Instead, the conflict in Ukraine is a new generation war that requires a new paradigm and critical thinking to understand both the root causes of and the needed solutions to truly solve it or at least mitigate its most damaging effects. Join us for a thought-provoking episode you don't want to miss.