In this special episode, Garrett and Andrew discuss the US attacks on Iran that took place on Saturday, June 21. They discuss possible Iranian responses as well as 2nd and 3rd order consequences for the region and the globe.

The US Strikes Iran

Casa Árabe and the Elcano Royal Institute are organizing this round table discussion about the war that has broken out between Israel and Iran, threatening to spread regionally, within the context of the catastrophe that has been taking place in Gaza over the past twenty months after the attack by Hamas of October 7, 2023.


The attacks by Hamas in the fall of 2023 triggered an Israeli military response on a massive scale, leading to the destruction of the Gaza Strip and killing tens of thousands of people while displacing its 2 million inhabitants, bringing the region to its knees. Although the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders and the International Court of Justice is investigating Israel for possible genocide, Israel has decided to launch a vast offensive against Iran. 

The EU has been debating over its response to the Israeli onslaught against Gaza and how to stop the large-scale bloodshed and humanitarian catastrophe. It recently decided to launch a review of the Association Agreement with Israel, but the UN Conference that was to be held in New York from June 17 to 20, aimed at ramping up global efforts to achieve a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has been cancelled. The European Union again appears to be divided over the response to the war which Israel has initiated against Iran. 

The debate will be based on the ideas suggested in ⁠the article “Four Ways in Which Europe can Re-engage to Stop the Gaza Catastrophe,”⁠ recently published by the Elcano Royal Institute.  

Hosted at Casa Árabe in Madrid, the event will bring together well-known speakers and thinkers, including Josep Borrell, a Distinguished Senior Research Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute and former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the Vice-President of the European Commission from 2019 through 2024; Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff, a former EU representative in Palestine; Martin Konecny, Director of the European Project for the Middle East; Munir Nuseibah, a Palestinian human rights attorney and scholar, presented by the Association of the Spanish-Palestinian Community of Jerusalem; and Sonia Boulos, a professor of International Human Rights Law at Antonio de Nebrija University. Each of them will be exploring the urgent role which Europe can and must play in the response to the crisis.

The event will begin with words of welcome given by Miguel Moro Aguilar, the General Director of Casa Árabe, and Charles Powell, Director of the Elcano Royal Institute, with the goal of critically assessing policy options and promoting meaningful engagement rooted in human rights and international law. 

The event is available on ⁠Casa Árabe’s YouTube channel⁠: https://youtube.com/live/_KgcA18TLBk


 Photo: Jaber Jehad Badwan (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0).
Further information: https://en.casaarabe.es/eventos-arabes/show/can-europe-re-engage-to-halt-the-catastrophe-in-the-middle-east

Can Europe re-engage to halt the catastrophe in the Middle East?

How does geopolitical uncertainty affect inflation? How do we keep monetary policy fit for purpose in a rapidly changing world? And what are the main topics at this year’s ECB Forum in Sintra, Portugal?

In the first episode of our special Sintra series for The ECB Podcast, our host Paul Gordon discusses all these questions and more with Chief Economist and Executive Board member, Philip R. Lane.

The views expressed are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of the European Central Bank.

Published on 25 June 2025 and recorded on 16 June 2025.

In this episode:
01:28 The ECB Governing Council lowered key interest rates to 2%.
What was the motivation behind the decision? 

04:30 How do we ensure that risks and uncertainties are integrated into the monetary policy decision-making process?
What is our baseline? What factors need to be taken into account?

06:44 Alternative scenarios in the latest projections
Why do we communicate our “what if” scenarios?

08:11 Meeting-by-meeting, data-dependent approach 
Why do we follow this approach? 

09:50 Strategy review 
How can we make sure our strategy is up to date? 

12:02 High-level uncertainty
How do we factor heightened uncertainty in our strategy?

13:50 ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal
What is the ECB Forum and what’s behind it? What’s the goal of the Forum? What’s Philip R. Lane looking forward to? 

16:53 Our guest’s hot tip
Philip R. Lane shares his hot tip.


Programme of ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal 
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20250630_ecb_forum_on_central_banking.en.html 
Ken Rogoff "Our dollar, your problem"
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300275315/our-dollar-your-problem/ 
ECB Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/europeancentralbank/ 
European Central Bank
www.ecb.europa.eu 
ECB Banking Supervision
https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html

Adapting to change: Ensuring price stability in a new geopolitical era

War on Iran is part of the US empire's larger attempt to re-impose its unipolar dominance on the global political and financial system, argues economist Michael Hudson. Washington wants to preserve dollar hegemony and the petrodollar, while disrupting BRICS and Eurasian integration with China and Russia. He is interviewed by host Ben Norton.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DEXReFGb24

Transcript here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/06/27/war-iran-us-unipolarity-michael-hudson/

Michael Hudson's article - War on Iran is fight for US unipolar control of world: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/06/22/michael-hudson-war-iran-us-unipolar-control

Michael Hudson's website: https://michael-hudson.com

Topics
0:00 Intro: US war on Iran
3:45 Summary of US imperial strategy
8:15 Interview starts
9:00 History of US meddling in Iran
11:06 US divide-and-conquer plan
14:02 Israel: US empire's aircraft carrier
17:07 Geopolitics of Iran
18:56 China's Belt and Road Initiative
21:02 Attempt to encircle Russia & China
23:34 US aggression backfires on dollar
27:29 Oil and petrodollar
36:43 Super Imperialism
40:06 Sanctions & economic warfare
44:35 Military-Industrial Complex
51:33 Outro

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War on Iran is part of US plan for global domination: Economist Michael Hudson explains

The Language of Power – NATO’s summit in The Hague: a turning point or a phoney deal?

This week, host Paul Taylor is joined by Jamie Shea and Iana Maisuradze to unpack the outcomes of the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague – the first under President Trump’s return. Was it a moment of renewed unity or a carefully choreographed illusion? From Article 5 ambiguity to the 5% defence spending pledge, the episode explores what the summit means for transatlantic credibility, European rearmament, arms control, and Ukraine’s NATO path.

Tune in for sharp insights, critical analysis, and behind-the-scenes perspectives on NATO’s most consequential gathering in years.

The Language of Power: NATO’s summit in The Hague: a turning point or a phoney deal?

On this week's Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten shares what it was like to be stuck outside of Israel, during the 12-day Operation Rising Lion, in which Israel (and the U.S.) targeted Iran.  A four-day trip to visit family and friends turned into a fifteen-day ordeal, trying to get home, as Israel came under a daily barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles.  This plus all the latest news on this week's show.

Israel Uncensored: Great to be Home in Israel

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Iran has used its status as a leading oil and gas producer to promote dedollarization, rejecting the US dollar and trading with China, Russia, India, and other BRICS members in their national currencies. Ben Norton explains the Western economic war on Iran, and Tehran's response.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ziGNmvOh6k

US pressures Saudi Arabia to sell oil in dollars, not Chinese yuan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmYybJZo3fo

The real reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran, explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwH780cEcEQ

Topics
0:00 US dollar's "exorbitant privilege"
0:50 Sanctions: weaponization of US dollar
1:33 De-dollarization
3:54 Economic warfare
5:15 History of US meddling in Iran
6:41 Geopolitics of oil
7:22 Iranian leaders promote de-dollarization
8:42 BRICS trade in national currencies
10:33 Iran's oil and gas production
10:51 Gulf flirts with petroyuan
11:34 History of petrodollar system
12:31 OPEC oil embargo
13:55 Saudi King Faisal
14:30 OPEC oil embargo
14:55 Nixon-Kissinger deal with Saudis
16:50 Super Imperialism
17:39 Oil backs US seigniorage
19:31 Saudi Arabia and petrodollar
20:20 US pressure on Saudi Arabia
21:44 War on Iran
22:27 Why USA wants regime change
23:47 Outro

Dedollarization: How Iran challenges US dollar dominance and the petrodollar system

This week’s episode features George McLeod, Mining Leader at Critical Risk Team, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. McLeod unpacks recent developments in Africa’s Sahel region, including the expropriation of Barrick’s Loulo-Gounkoto mine in Mali. The discussion also explores China’s role in the global rare earths supply chain, the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and encouraging progress in Ontario’s Ring of Fire region to advance critical mineral development.

All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli.

“Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (⁠www.incompetech.com⁠).

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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Apple Podcasts:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-northern-miner-podcast/id1099281201⁠

Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/78lyjMTRlRwZxQwz2fwQ4K⁠

YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernMiner⁠

Soundcloud:⁠ https://soundcloud.com/northern-miner

Russian influence rises in the Sahel, ft  George McLeod on geopolitics and mining

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-	Macro-economics, geopolitics and deglobalisation
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-	Investing in the energy transition

We chat to guests and speakers to bring you the highlights of the conference, their key takeaways and new investment ideas. 


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