{"podcast":{"title":"Geopolitical Economy Report","slug":"geopolitical-economy-report-5434689","podcast_index_feed_id":5434689,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:321045635/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-thxDIECcbNVGOXjL-MoyHWw-original.jpg","author":"Ben Norton","episode_count":500,"summary":"Geopolitical Economy Report is an independent new…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T12:20:04.660341+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689"},"episode":{"title":"To fight China, USA literally plans to colonize its ally","slug":"to-fight-china-usa-literally-plans-to-colonize-its-ally","published_at":"2026-05-27T14:02:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/to-fight-china-usa-literally-plans-to-colonize-its-ally","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689","url":"https://soundcloud.com/geopoliticaleconomy/china-usa-colonize-philippines","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2328341399-geopoliticaleconomy-china-usa-colonize-philippines.mp3","summary":"The US government is desperate to create a new supply chain that cuts out China, through its Pax Silica initiative. To do so, the Trump administration plans to colonize the territory of the Philippines, a supposed \"ally\" run by corrupt leader Ferdinand \"Bongbong\" Marcos, with a 99-year colonial concession. Ben Norton explains the controversy. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=302uQhql3kY Topics 0:00 Intro 0:35 Cold War Two 1:50 US-India critical minerals deal 2:55 Pax Silica 3:41 US meddling in Philippines 4:55 Corrupt Marcos dynasty 6:36 US military bases & missiles 8:38 US colonial plan 10:37 Colonial 99-year leases 12:11 US colonialism 13:31 China \"threat\" narrative 14:34 Exploiting natural resources 15:39 US official Jacob Helberg 16:16 Silicon Valley oligarchs 17:39 US official freaks out 19:57 Neocolonialism 23:58 Comprador leaders 25:21 Poverty & development 28:31 Outro","meta_description":"The US government is desperate to create a new supply chain that cuts out China, through its Pax Silica initiative. To do so, the Trump administration pla…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1721,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/episodes/to-fight-china-usa-literally-plans-to-colonize-its-ally/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/geopolitical-economy-report-5434689/to-fight-china-usa-literally-plans-to-colonize-its-ally.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}