The Origins Of The Neocons And Their Lunatic World View | A History With Professor Michael Brenner

Neocons are about the most dangerous species in international relations today. They are the kind of people who would rather see a million dead than chose a cooperative framework to resolve a (perceived) problem. Let's remember the memorable words of Ultra-Neocon Madeleine Albright: When asked in 1992 at an interview if half a million dead Iraqi Children which the US sanctions on the country had caused was worth it, Albright replied: “I think that is a very hard choice, but the price, we think, the price is worth it.” (https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/3/25/lets-remember-madeleine-albright-as-who-she-really-was). If Hitler came back, he'd be a neocon.

In this talk, professor emeritus Michael Brenner gives a comprehensive overview of the genesis and development of US neocons and the damage they are causing in international relations.

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Pascal’s academic articles about neutrality studies:

“In Defense of Neutrals: Why They’re More Than Fence Sitter” Foreign Policy, June 6, 2023. https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/06/ukraine-russia-war-neutrality-nonalignment/

“The Future of Neutrality”. Geneva Center for Security Policy, Policy Briefs, no.4, 2023. ISBN: 978-2-88947-407-3.

“Dual-Neutrality for the Koreas: A Two-Pronged Approach toward Reunification.” Defense & Security Analysis, 2022, http://doi.org/10.1080/14751798.2022.2085109

“The Politics and Diplomacy of Neutrality.” Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, 2022, http://doi.org/10.1093/OBO/9780199743292-0307

“Neutrality Studies.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, New York: Oxford University Press, 2022, http://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.680).

“Going East: Switzerland’s Early Consular Diplomacy toward East and Southeast Asia.” Traverse: Zeitschrift für Geschichte 27 no. 1, 2020, 23–34, http://doi.org/10.5169/seals-881084

“Violent Conflicts and Neutral Legations: A Case Study of the Spanish and Swiss Legations in Wartime Japan.” New Global Studies 11, no.2, 20 17. 85–100, http://doi.org/10.1515/ngs-2017-0018

Pascal’s books about neutrality studies:

Lottaz Pascal, and Ingemar Ottosson. Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War 1931–1945. London: Routledge, 2021. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003182061/sweden-japan-long-second-world-war-pascal-lottaz-ingemar-ottosson

Lottaz Pascal, Heinz Gärtner, and Herbert Reginbogin, eds. Neutral Beyond the Cold: Neutral States and the Post-Cold War International System. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2022, https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666901665/Neutral-Beyond-the-Cold-Neutral-States-and-the-Post-Cold-War-International-System

Reginbogin, Herbert, and Pascal Lottaz, eds. Permanent Neutrality: A Model for Peace, Security, and Justice. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020, https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793610287/Permanent-Neutrality-A-Model-for-Peace-Security-and-Justice

Lottaz Pascal, and Herbert Reginbogin, eds. Notions of Neutralities. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019, https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498582261/Notions-of-Neutralities