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Dr. Neumann’s interview on BBC Radio 4 London Today Live, 26 June 2026 about how the devastating earthquake in Venezuela exposes the years of kleptocracy and presents an opportunity for changing regional relationships
18 Sept 2025
S2E1: A Question of Identity: Modern Women and Europe qua NATO
Drs. Brearley and Neumann analyze how Gen Z and Gen X women view relationships differently and how Europe is redefining its identity through rearmament and defense innovation, seeking a more equal partnership with the U.S. in this interview episode.
2 May 2025
Kamala’s missed opportunity on Trump’s First 100 Days
In this shorter format of our podcast, Dr. Brearley analyses how Kamala Harris’s speech on Trump’s First 100 Days missed the mark for the future of the Democratic Party.
Follow Dr. Neumann on X: @vanessaneumann, on Instagram: @drvneumann, and on LinkedIn: vanessaneumannphd. Her new work website is: asymmetrica.eu
Follow Dr. Brearley on X: @drejbrearley, and on LinkedIn: Emily-Brearley-PhD-93071b2. Her work website is: solution42.org
2 May 2025
Should the next Pope be African?
In this shorter format of our podcast, Drs. Brearley and Neumann discuss why an African cardinal should be our next Pope.
Follow Dr. Neumann on X: @vanessaneumann, Instagram: @drvneumann, and on LinkedIn: vanessaneumannphd
Follow Dr. Brearley on X: @drejbrearley, and on LinkedIn: Emily-Brearley-PhD-93071b2
2 May 2025
Cybersecurity, stash cash, & other lessons from Spain’s mass blackout
In this shorter format of our podcast, Drs. Brearleys and Neumann discuss the likely causes and definite lessons of Spain’s mass outage: cyber attack, distrust in government, and more cash, transistor radios, neighbourly relations.
Follow Dr. Neumann on X: @vanessaneumann, Instagram: @drvneumann, and on LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/vanessaneumannphd
Follow Dr. Brearley on X: @drejbrearley, Instagram: @embrearley, and on LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/emily-brearley-phd-93071b2/
17 Apr 2025
how businesses can navigate trade war risk
In this episode of Asymmetric Power, Drs. Brearley and Neumann discuss strategies both US and EU businesses can use to navigate the trade war, from near shoring with new partners (Ecuador) and getting more aggressive strategic risk assessment in-house, to innovate without losing disparate unique identities that give a competitive edge.
6 Apr 2025
América Crece
In this episode of Asymmetric Power, Drs. Brearley and Neumann discuss America Crece 2.0: an equity investment plan for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) advocated by POTUS Trump’s Special Envoy to the region, Mauricio Claver-Carone, and supported by the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the first Latino to hold the position. It is particularly notable in light of the fact that LAC has been largely exempt from the tariff wars: except for the egregious dictatorships, the region just got the de minimus blanket 10%, giving it a global competitive advantage.
20 Mar 2025
Trade not Aid: Trump Moves as We Predicted
Just as we launched this episode, the Trump administration announced moves to restructure its foreign aid, as we previously advocated and delved into here: some emergency programs and otherwise a more strategic investment fund that knits together alliances designed to make U.S. citizens safer, stronger, and more prosperous.
HURRAH! It’s as if they watched our podcast… ;-)
While we await its launch, you get to vote on what we should call it: Triage Fund, Pax Próspera, Prosperity Alliance.
If you COMMENT AND SUBSCRIBE, we will answer you.
7 Mar 2025
The Oscars, Panama Canal, & what Trump’s non-SOTU teaches us about effective opposition
In this episode of “Asymmetric Power,” Drs. Brearley and Neumann discuss the waning power of the Oscars, BlackRock’s acquisition of the Panama Canal ports (to keep them under U.S. influence), what Trump’s non-State of the Union teaches us about being an effective political opposition.
22 Feb 2025
James Bond, tariffs, & immigration
RELAUNCH!!! Now we welcome development economist Dr. Emily Brearley as our permanent co-hostess. Hurrah! In this our inaugural joint episode we discuss the future of James Bond (and his swimming trunks), why we should be calmer about Pres. Trump’s tariffs, and why immigration reform is not all bad.
13 Feb 2025
Dr. Emily Brearley: Ready for USAID 2.0?
D is for Development in the MIDFIELD paradigm of national power. Now that President Trump has eliminated USAID, what does that mean for American power, American citizens, and the world’s most vulnerable it was established to help?
Today we hear from eminent development economist Dr. Emily Brearley, who is writing a book on the pitfalls of foreign aid, based on her decades of experience working with USAID and others in the Global South. She dishes all that and also tells us how Ivanka Trump did good for USAID.
You can visit Dr. Brearley’s website: www.solution42.org
You can follow her on X at the handle: @DrEjBrearley
You can connect with her on LinkedIn: Emily-Brearley-phd-930671b2
6 Feb 2025
la muerte de USAID
¿Qué es USAID, la Agencia Estadounidense de Desarrollo Internacional, y porqué lo ha eliminado la administración de Trump, particularmente Elon Musk? En este episodio, nuestro primero en español, examinamos sus implicaciones para el poder nacional. ¿Se debería reemplazar con otra cosa?
6 Feb 2025
The Death of USAID
What is USAID, and, through the asymmetric power lens, why do we care about its elimination by the Trump administration? Does it weaken US power? What might (or should) the U.S. do instead?
29 Jan 2025
Deep seek panic + Trump’s Gulf of America
In this episode, we look through the asymmetric power lens at two interesting events this week: the panic generated by Deepseek’s AI launch and President Trump’s renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Wait, is this really a thing? Yeah, it is, with hundreds of years of precedent, and we can foresee how it will play out. As for Deepseek, for sure some Big Tech and their regulators should be worried, but it’s good news for AI venture studios and for the general public.
22 Jan 2025
how I was right on US-UK-EU in 2025 + TikTok flip flop
News stories about the EU + UK 2024 task force on the impacts of a #Trump presidency, plus Ursula von der Leyen’s speech in Davos proved me right on one of my top predictions for 2025: the #EU will seek to bind together with the #UK to avoid being picked apart in tough negotiations.
Plus, I discuss the flip flop on #tiktok: what the national security concerns are and why Presidents Trump has changed his mind, as well as why #Google and #Apple have gone so quiet on the controversy.
Personally, I hope it creates the space for the UK-based AI tech I’m invested in: Time Machine Capital 2 and DAACI.
15 Jan 2025
Venezuela’s captured democracy & Zuckerberg’s new free speech on social media
We look at two of the week’s events through the asymmetric power lens: why was Venezuela’s democratic leader captured then released? Also, what does Mark Zuckerberg’s newly relaxed content moderation tell us about his expectations of a Trump presidency versus Europe?
9 Jan 2025
How information fits into asymmetric war
January 8, 2025: learn how information is key to all great power competitions, where it fits in the theoretical frameworks, and how you can apply this to your own competitions, in any realm.
9 Jan 2025
Intro trailer
January 1, 2025: from the family ranch in Montana I introduce my new podcast: Asymmetric Power with Dr. V. It will help you “cowboy up and git ‘er done” in 2025 by learning and applying the principles of competition (centered on information) for you to better understand the news and win your own competitions.
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