Glenn Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast Jeffrey Sachs: We Are Now in the Early Days of World War III
Mar 8, 2026
Jeffrey Sachs, economist and policy scholar known for work on sustainable development and geopolitics, warns the Iran strikes risk sparking a wider chain reaction. He connects linked conflicts from Iran to Ukraine and discusses why China, Russia and possibly India could be stabilizers. He also critiques U.S. multilateral retreat and the strategic role of energy in global tensions.
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U.S. Assault On The United Nations
- The U.S. under Trump is actively undermining the United Nations and multilateral norms.
- Sachs cites U.S. withdrawals from UN agencies, treaty repudiations, and refusal to pay UN bills as evidence of deliberate disenfranchisement.
UN Charter Being Ignored
- The UN Charter's prohibition on the use or threat of force is being openly disregarded.
- Sachs emphasizes Article 2.4 and argues recent U.S.-Israel actions against Iran flout the Charter's core purpose to prevent war.
Europe's Strategic Collapse
- Europe has ceded strategic autonomy and become a U.S. vassal, weakening the EU project.
- Sachs singles out weak German leadership and missed opportunities to rebuild security ties with Russia as evidence of collapse.