PBD Podcast British Imperial Expert: The Force Behind King Charles, Iran & Every War Since 1900 | PBD #788
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Apr 29, 2026 
Susan Kokinda, founder of Promethean Action and long-time political analyst, traces a 200-year British imperial influence on modern geopolitics. She connects royal Gulf ties, the City of London’s financial reach, intelligence-driven narrative wars, and how oil and insurance structures shape conflicts. Short, provocative takes on Iran, Trump’s tactics, and the hidden architecture behind major power struggles.
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Susan's Firsthand Encounters With Political Violence
- Susan Kokinda was on RFK's 1968 campaign and at GW Hospital after Reagan's 1981 assassination attempt, shaping her political awakening.
- Those experiences drove her lifelong investigation into hidden institutional forces and presidencies targeted by violence.
Assassinations As Tools Against The American System
- Susan argues presidential assassinations were tools used historically to stop US leaders advancing the American system (Lincoln, McKinley, etc.).
- She links targeted violence to efforts to prevent US-style national development from spreading globally.
Two Competing Systems Shaped Modern Geopolitics
- Susan frames 20th-century geopolitics as a battle between the American system and the British imperial system, not communism vs capitalism.
- The British imperial model prioritized perpetual war, free trade extraction, and keeping nations backward to protect London financial interests.
