Glenn Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast Yanis Varoufakis: The Imperial "Board of Peace" & End of the United Nations
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Jan 25, 2026 
Yanis Varoufakis, economist and former Greek finance minister who founded DiEM25, delivers a sharp critique of Trump’s 'Board of Peace' as a corporate takeover of international order. He discusses how recent resolutions may erase Palestinian legal status, shield leaders from accountability, and fuse Big Tech, finance, and the military into privatized imperial power. Short, urgent, and provocative.
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Board Protects Leaders And Sidelines Accountability
- Varoufakis links the Board of Peace to salvaging Netanyahu politically and erasing international rulings against Israel.
- He highlights that the Board places Trump as an unaccountable lifelong chair outside international law.
Corporate Governance Mirrors Colonial Logic
- Varoufakis compares the Board's treatment of Gaza to colonial-era terra nullius that justified dispossession.
- He stresses the Board's corporate form makes it unaccountable to the UN, Congress, or any electorate.
Corporations As Modern Colonial Actors
- Varoufakis warns this corporate-imperial idea follows a long tradition where corporations initiated colonial conquest.
- He points to the East India Company as precedent for private actors conquering territories with shareholder funding.
