Twice a week, award-winning journalist Afshin Rattansi and his team go underground to cover geopolitics and current affairs from a perspective you won’t find in the mainstream media, with some of the most high-profile guests.
Victor Gao on Iran: The end of Pax-Americana is here, US would exit war with China a net loser
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Victor Gao, President of the Center for China and Globalization. He discusses the rumors of China providing satellite data and weaponry to Iran as it fights the US and Israel, China’s support for Iran and why it hasn’t provided weaponry, China’s role in mediating between the US and Iran, Donald Trump’s coming state visit to China amid the war crimes committed by his administration, the possibility of a US-China war and the possible catastrophic consequences, why 2026 marks the beginning of the end of Pax Americana, China’s gradual reduction of its holdings of US Treasury bonds, why oil will be increasingly traded in Chinese yuan, his advice for Iran and the Gulf States, and much more.
Greater Israel is about regional hegemony. Türkiye is Israel’s next target (Daniel Levy)
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Daniel Levy, former Israeli peace negotiator at the Oslo and Taba Talks. He discusses Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatening to kill off the rest of the Khamenei family, the Greater Israel Plan for regional hegemony, not just territorial expansion, Israel’s horrifying end goal in Iran, Israel’s deliberate plan to drag the Gulf States into the battlefield of the war on Iran, the next target after Iran for Israel being Türkiye, and the plan for total hegemony over the region, Israel being in a ‘use it or lose it’ mentality with its alliance with the USA, how Israeli impunity over Gaza fuelled Israel into dragging US President Donald Trump into a war on Iran, whether Israel will use nuclear weapons to create its hegemony, and much more.
War on Iran: Washington’s systemic breakdown and strategic failure – James Webb
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to James Webb, former senior foreign policy adviser to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and US Marine Corps veteran. He discusses how the Trump administration’s war on Iran has harmed America’s reputation around the world, his disgust at the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei by Israel to drag the US further into the war, the longstanding desire for a war against Iran secured through Israel lobby donations, the systemic breakdown of the US political system shown by the war, US foreign policy clearly reflecting Israel’s interests rather than the interests of the American people, the coming changing of the guard in the Democratic and Republican Party to replace pro-war politicians, how the war harms US allies, the threat to the position of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency, and much more.
US losing the war on Iran shows the US empire is in decline – Lt. Col. William J. Astore
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel William J. Astore, author of ‘American Militarism on Steroids’. He discusses why he believes the US is losing the war against Iran, the ballooning US military budget for perpetual war and the decline of US empire, the decline of democracy in America as the empire’s appetite continues to grow, Pope Leo XIV’s stance against the Iran war, why Israel and Netanyahu dragging the US into the war represents a threat to national security, the mainstream media’s coverage of the Ukraine proxy war and Russia’s lack of trust of the US in negotiations, and much more.
Iran won against the US & Israel, Netanyahu is a failure - Ex-Acting Israeli President Avraham Burg
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to former Acting Israeli President Avraham Burg. He discusses why the US’ ceasefire with Iran appears to be a divorce between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu as Iran is the clear winner of the war, why Donald Trump needed the war to end quickly in contrast to Netanyahu’s need for it to be prolonged, Israel’s continuing war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, the impact of the Gaza genocide on the future of the Israeli state and politics, the omission of people who share his views from media coverage in Israel, the allegations that Benjamin Netanyahu is using Jeffrey Epstein blackmail material to drag Trump into wars and control his foreign policy, how the US-Israeli war on Iran will accelerate Iran and other states’ pursuit of nuclear weapons and his call for the entire Middle East, including nuclear-armed Israel, to be a nuclear free zone, and much more.
UAE’s Mishal Kanoo on relations with Iran, America’s Gulf bases, Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to one of the UAE’s most prominent businessmen, Mishal Kanoo, the chairman of the Kanoo Group. He discusses headlines such as ‘The Dubai Dream is Over’ in the Western media and the motivation for this coverage against the city, the desire among the UAE’s leadership circles for Iran and other neighbors to prosper despite the war, why the Gulf States did not retaliate against Iranian strikes against the GCC, his response to Iran’s premise of attacking GCC states for hosting US military bases, Iran’s assertion of control over the Strait of Hormuz and how it affects shipping, the impact of the US-Israeli war against Iran on the real estate sector in Dubai, and much more.