Western Fracturing as Post-War Alliances Strain? with Dr Jan Oberg

Interview recorded - 18th of July, 2025 On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Dr Jan Oberg. Jan is a sociologist, peace researcher & the director of Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research. During our conversation we spoke about his views on geopolitics, the Western decline, 5% NATO defence spending, Russian invasion of Europe, splitting of alliances and more. I hope you enjoy! 0:00 - Introduction 0:54 - Views on geopolitics 8:20 - Western decline 16:05 - 5% NATO defence spending 21:35 - Russia invading Europe? 26:55 - US, Europe & BRICS blocks? 31:05 - One message to takeaway? Dr Jan Oberg is an internationally experienced and genuinely independent peace and future researcher and an art photographer – a columnist, commentator and mediator doing diagnosis, prognosis and proposing solutions.