Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar to discuss how the war hawks' drive to expand NATO into Asia to contain China may destroy the Western military alliance.
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vKS1IdQpBkA
Transcript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/08/04/nato-expand-asia-china-russia
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