New Order with Afshin Rattansi will trace how India and its allies sit at the center of a transformation in world history. Power is moving, alliances are shifting, and the rules of trade, technology, and security are being rewritten. New Order is about diplomatic architecture: The networks of power, the flow of money, and the levers of influence that determine who gains and who loses in a world of tectonic transition.
Strait of Hormuz Crisis is hitting the Global South hardest: Safesea Group Chairman Dr. S. V. Anchan
On this episode of New Order, we speak to Dr. S. V. Anchan, founder and chairman of the Safesea Group. His crude oil tanker, Safesea Vishnu was fatally attacked by Iran, and one Indian crew member was killed. He discusses how the Iranian attack on the Safesea Vishnu was different from the attacks on other ships in the region, the fact that the attack on his ship was conducted inside the territorial waters of Iraq, the IRGC’s allegations that the ship’s crew refused to follow orders and cooperate, his assertion that seafarers stuck in the Strait of Hormuz are effectively prisoners of war, his anger at the lack of action by the IMO or any nation to protect seafarers and the maritime industry, the state of India’s development of Iran’s Chabahar Port, the potential for BRICS to bring peace to the region, the reports of Iran imposing tolls on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, and much more. Finally, New Order’s Zarah Khan asks questions from you the viewers to Afshin Rattansi. You can send in your questions to be answered to @AfshinRattansi on X to be answered on next week’s episode!
And a question for you, the viewers: Will the rising cost of living because of the Trump-Netanyahu war on Iran cause political chaos around the world?
Jeffrey Sachs: Only India, Russia, and China can stop ‘psychopath’ Trump’s war on Iran
US troops could be massacred at Iran’s Kharg Island: Dennis Kucinich warns Trump
On this episode of New Order, we speak to Dennis Kucinich, former US congressman from Ohio and former mayor of Cleveland. He discusses the real reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran and the “moral collapse” which led to it, the Trump administration’s bogus justifications for starting the war, the impact of the war on India and the wider global south and their working classes, his warning to Donald Trump that US troops could get massacred on Iran’s Kharg Island if ground troops are deployed, the impact of Trump’s war on BRICS and diversification away from the petrodollar, Iran’s devastating counter-strike options that have not been used yet, and much more. Finally, New Order’s Zarah Khan asks questions from you the viewers to Afshin Rattansi. You can send in your questions to @AfshinRattansi on X to be answered on next week’s episode! And a question for you, the viewers: Should India continue its policy of neutrality during the war against Iran?
Prof. John Mearsheimer: Russia and China are winners of the US-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran holds the cards
On this premiere episode of Afshin Rattansi’s brand new show New Order, we speak to Prof. John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago as the US-Israeli war on Iran rages on, destabilizing the entire region. How do Russia and China benefit from the US-Israeli war on Iran? How should India change its foreign policy calculus with regards to the United States? Why does Iran hold all the cards as the conflict turns into a war of attrition? What now as the Israel Lobby’s responsibility for this war is out in the open following Joe Kent’s resignation from the Trump administration? What does this war mean for BRICS and multipolarity? We cover all this and more with Prof. Mearsheimer. Finally New Order’s Zarah Khan reads out your questions asked on X, which Afshin Rattansi answers!