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Kees van der Pijl: Israel Has Replaced EU in Atlantic Relationship, Historic Decline of West

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Mar 16, 2026

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Kees van der Pijl

Kees van der Pijl, Dutch political economist and author, maps shifting global power and Middle East tensions. He discusses Israel’s growing sway in US Atlantic ties, risks of false-flag actions, rising missile and drone technologies, and how surveillance and control systems enforce states of emergency. He also touches on popular resistance in Europe and the emergence of a multipolar order led by BRICS.

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Iran Cannot Be Easily Militarily Defeated

Iran is unlikely to be defeated through conventional means due to population size, regional alliances, and asymmetric capabilities.
Van der Pijl highlights Iranian aims for contiguous influence across the southern Arabian Peninsula and ties to Houthis as strategic goals.

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Hypersonics Are Redefining Air Superiority

Hypersonic and erratic-route missiles have materially changed air superiority and missile defense effectiveness.
Van der Pijl cites Iranian hypersonic strikes (Mach 15) and damaged Gulf radar installations that have left Israel 'blind' to incoming threats.

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Strategy To Let The US Fight Israel's Wars Began After 1973

Since 1973 Israeli strategists preferred the US to wage Israel's wars, crafting a 'war on terror' approach to outsource conflicts.
Van der Pijl traces conferences and lists from 1979 onward that planned US-led campaigns favoring Israeli security aims.

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Overview: Israel, US, and a high-stakes moment

01:00 • 2min

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Iran's resilience and regional aims

02:38 • 7min

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Israel's military setbacks and missile threats

09:14 • 22sec

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Nuclear risks and Israeli apocalyptic factions

09:36 • 7min

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False flags, 9/11 and Zionist influence

16:45 • 3min

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Atlantic shift: Europe replaced by Zionist axis

20:00 • 5min

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Publishing on Israel and 9/11

24:58 • 2min

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Research sources and Bollyn's reporting

26:40 • 5min

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Intelligence, IT and the triangle of control

31:52 • 3min

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Immigration, social fragmentation and ruling-class strategy

35:16 • 2min

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Energy crisis as leverage for control

36:54 • 1min

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States of emergency and information control

38:03 • 11min

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Ukraine, MH17 and NATO confrontation

49:12 • 6min

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Changing meaning of air superiority

55:11 • 5min

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Automation, drones and a new industrial warfare

01:00:38 • 2min

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Why ruling classes adopt control tech universally

01:02:50 • 6min

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Possibility of popular comeback amid hardship

01:09:10 • 23sec

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Latin America, Venezuela and global interconnections

01:09:33 • 6min

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Final reflections: West's historic decline

The making of an Atlantic ruling class

Kees van der Pijl

Kees van der Pijl traces the historical development and institutional networks of an Atlantic ruling class that coordinated political and economic strategies across Europe and the United States. The book examines how elites used institutions like NATO, financial networks, and diplomatic channels to sustain shared interests and policy frameworks. It analyzes ideological, economic, and strategic mechanisms that enabled transatlantic cooperation and dominance. Van der Pijl situates this ruling class within broader patterns of imperial governance and postwar reconstruction. The work remains a foundational study for understanding elite power relations in the late 20th century.

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Flight MH17, Ukraine and the new Cold War

Kees van der Pijl

Kees van der Pijl investigates the political and strategic forces that produced the crisis in Ukraine, using the MH17 downing as a focal point for broader tensions. The book traces the interplay of Western policies, NATO expansion, and local dynamics that contributed to the conflict and its international repercussions. It critiques mainstream narratives and highlights how geopolitical rivalries shaped the events and subsequent propaganda. Van der Pijl situates Ukraine as a staging ground for a renewed confrontation between Russia and the West, examining diplomatic, military, and intelligence dimensions. The book argues that the MH17 incident both reflected and intensified a new Cold War environment in Europe.

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Israel and 9-11, 25 Years of War on Terror

Kees van der Pijl

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State of emergency

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Nomads, Empires, States. Volume I

Kees van der Pijl

In the first volume of his trilogy, Kees van der Pijl explores historical transformations in modes of foreign relations, tracing how nomadic, imperial, and state formations shaped political economy. The work combines historical scholarship with political economy to examine changing patterns of governance, trade, and diplomacy. It situates contemporary international relations within long-term structural shifts. Van der Pijl's analysis highlights the role of elite networks, economic interests, and institutional forms in shaping foreign relations. The book sets the stage for subsequent volumes that further analyze modern imperial and state dynamics.

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Solving 9-11

Christopher Boleyn

Dutch political economist Kees van der Pijl analyzes the volatile shifting of global power, focusing on the Middle East conflict involving Israel, Iran, and the U.S. He argues Israel has superseded the EU in the Atlantic relationship with the U.S., leading to a strategy where the U.S. increasingly fights wars to benefit Israeli interests. Van der Peel explores the possibility of false flag operations and the use of technological control systems to manage domestic populations through a state of permanent emergency. He also suggests hypersonic missile technology and drone warfare have fundamentally altered military superiority, potentially signaling the decline of Western imperial dominance. Furthermore, the discussion touches on the historical context of Israeli investments in global IT and intelligence sectors as a means of maintaining geopolitical leverage. Overarching themes include popular resistance in Europe and the emergence of a new multipolar world order led by BRICS.

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About Kees van der Pijl

Kees van der Pijl (1947) taught at the University of Amsterdam and was professor at the University of Sussex, UK, from 2000. He made his name with The Making of an Atlantic Ruling Class (1984, reprint 2012) and was awarded the 2008 Deutscher Prize for Nomads, Empires, State, Vol. I of a trilogy on Modes of Foreign Relations and Political Economy (2007-2014). He also wrote novels and edited a number of works, most recently STATES OF EMERGENCY: Keeping the Global Population in Check (2022) and The Militarization of the European Union (2021). His previous monograph, Flight MH17, Ukraine and the New Cold War (2018) has been translated into four other languages.

*Podcast intro music used with permission is from the song “The Queens Jig” by the fantastic “Musicke & Mirth” from their album “Music for Two Lyra Viols”: http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

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