Why the West picks guns over diplomacy, with Vijay Prashad

The West may be losing control over the world’s resources but it still dominates weapons systems and information. Vijay Prashad explains why some world leaders are effectively arms dealers and how this influences diplomacy.


Read NI553: The Arms Trade (https://newint.org/issues/2025/01/06/...)


Host: Maxine Betteridge-Moes


Credits: Maxine Betteridge-Moes (Producer, Digital Editor), Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-Editors), Paula Lacey (Editorial Assistant), Samuel Rafanell-Williams (Sound Design), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design), Thomas Barlow, Impress (Media Consultant)


Guest: Vijay Prashad (https://x.com/vijayprashad?ref_src=tw...)


2:44 Introducing Vijay


7:58 Fear fuels war - are we further away from negotiating peace than ever before?


11:21 Trump, NATO, and their impact on the arms trade


15:47 The role of Imperialism


21:12 How does the role of internationalism affect the geopolitical shift?


23: 21 Global movements against the arms trade


28:14 Maintaining faith in humanity


31:07 The good and bad sides of history


Further Reading from this Episode:


How to dismantle the deadly arms trade (https://newint.org/arms/2025/how-dism...) (Amy Hall, New Internationalist)


Guns or Diplomacy? An interview with Vijay Prashad (https://newint.org/arms/2025/guns-or-...) (Amy Hall, New Internationalist)


Genocide in Gaza: Western Moral Collapse in the Age of Hyper-Imperialism (   • Genocide in Gaza: Western Moral Collapse i...  ) (Palestine Deep Dive interview with Vijay Prashad)


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