Informative interview by Youtuber Geopolitics & Empire providing an overview of the US-Russia situation with 'Russian military expert Andrei Martyanov'.
Further below is the video, the youtube blurb, plus some further info on Martyanov and his books.
The following notes are from memory, and so don't do the interview justice:
- Martyanov is a US citizen, from Russia; the interviewer was born in the US but now lives abroad (Mexico, i think)
- Russia is 'decades ahead' in terms of weapons development
- US doesn't make a profit from its arms sales, much of the spend goes on salaries and other expenses, not on R&D
- Russia makes a profit from its arms production, at a much reduced cost, and more so because Russia's output shouldn't be calculated in dollar-terms
- Russia has all but dropped US treasuries, holding only something like $3billion and is now doing business with countries in their currency of choice, and there's nothing much the US can do to stop it
- how the energy crisis in the West means that a large part of the cost of manufacturing, such as German cars, is the energy consumed in production, this is likely to get worse
- He talks about how the US is suffering inflation but, because of the dollar, is managing to stave off hyperinflation, for now
- Boeing's deadly jet crashes coincide with the appointment of a boss who, for the first time, wasn't an expert in the necessary field
- He makes some mention of psychopaths running the US
- Republicans are, ultimately, just as bad as democrats, but they'll take more time destroying the country, so Martyanov votes Rep
From what i recall, he doesn't mention the US resorting to hybrid warfare and how that might factor in.
Further below is the video, the youtube blurb, plus some further info on Martyanov and his books.
The following notes are from memory, and so don't do the interview justice:
- Martyanov is a US citizen, from Russia; the interviewer was born in the US but now lives abroad (Mexico, i think)
- Russia is 'decades ahead' in terms of weapons development
- US doesn't make a profit from its arms sales, much of the spend goes on salaries and other expenses, not on R&D
- Russia makes a profit from its arms production, at a much reduced cost, and more so because Russia's output shouldn't be calculated in dollar-terms
- Russia has all but dropped US treasuries, holding only something like $3billion and is now doing business with countries in their currency of choice, and there's nothing much the US can do to stop it
- how the energy crisis in the West means that a large part of the cost of manufacturing, such as German cars, is the energy consumed in production, this is likely to get worse
- He talks about how the US is suffering inflation but, because of the dollar, is managing to stave off hyperinflation, for now
- Boeing's deadly jet crashes coincide with the appointment of a boss who, for the first time, wasn't an expert in the necessary field
- He makes some mention of psychopaths running the US
- Republicans are, ultimately, just as bad as democrats, but they'll take more time destroying the country, so Martyanov votes Rep
From what i recall, he doesn't mention the US resorting to hybrid warfare and how that might factor in.
Andrei Martyanov: It's Game Over for the West
Russian military expert Andrei Martyanov discusses the dangers of American exceptionalism, globalism, and how our societies have become totalitarian.
He explains how American military might was lost years ago and how Russia has not only become a peer competitor, but is decades ahead of the U.S. with a missile gap that has become a “technological abyss,” possessing hypersonic weapons against which there is no defense (and which the U.S. does not have), air defense complexes (e.g. S-500s), and so on. True strength lies in possessing both an advanced physical economy together with first-rate military power.
Russia has moved to a completely different tactical and operational paradigm. Conventionally, NATO and the U.S. can do nothing, Russia doesn’t sweat them at all. The only war possible would be escalation to the nuclear threshold, but he believes there are enough smart people in Washington to prevent that.
He comments on the disintegration of America culturally, and economically, which includes possibilities of hyperinflation and civil war. He believes the pandemic is a leverage points for the changeover of the old guard.
Game Over
Posted on January 1, 2022 by malagabay
Andrei Martyanov helps us find the You Are Here sticker.
Andrei Martyanov: It’s Game Over for the West
Geopolitics & Empire – 31 Dec 2021
https://www.youtube.com/c/GeopoliticsEmpire/videos
Reminiscence of the Future – Andrei Martyanov’s Blog
Reminiscence of the Future...
The United States is undergoing a profound and radical transformation, all features of which point to the fact of its departure at an accelerated rate from its largely self-proclaimed status as a global hegemon. The United States has lost ground in every single category that defines the power and status of a nation in relation to its rivals.
This book delves into the reasons for a catastrophic decline of the American nation, addressing a range of factors from the economic (especially energy), to cultural, technological and military factors. America’s deindustrialized economy is now deeply affected by what can only be described as a massacre of her small and middle-size businesses and the implosion of the US commercial aerospace industry. America’s only driver of real growth, the shale oil industry, is facing realities which may make the Great Depression pale in comparison.
Disintegration also seeks answers to the precipitous moral and professional decline of the always mediocre qualities of the American elites, from the corridors of political power to those of the military and business, now spiraling out of control.
More alarmingly, the trend also points to the possibility of the actual physical disintegration of the United States as a unified entity―whether the divisions are ethnic or ideological.
The most profound fault line is cultural―between the Coastal self-proclaimed elites backed by the secular, liberal media and deep state, who promote the most radical ideologies as it concerns gender and race, and the working class majority whom the former polemicize as deplorables, Christian fundamentalists, white supremacists, and climate and science denialists.
Investigating these factors sheds light on America’s future which holds very little promise for the country which had once proclaimed itself to be a shining city on the hill.
The American collapse is not just coming, we are presently experiencing it.
How can we deal with a catastrophe which is unfolding before our very eyes?
Disintegration lays out some possibilities.
Disintegration: Indicators of the Coming American Collapse – Andrei Martyanov – 2021
Disintegration: Indicators of the Coming American Collapse: Martyanov, Andrei: 9781949762341: Amazon.com: Books
The (Real) Revolution in Military Affairs – Andrei Martyanov – 2019
The (Real) Revolution in Military Affairs - Kindle edition by Andrei Martyanov. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning – Andrei Martyanov – 2018
Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning: Martyanov, Andrei: 9780998694757: Amazon.com: Books
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