The World After the Blue Wave - What Changes for Ukraine, Iran, Israel & U.S. Defence?

Sponsored by Private Internet Access: Go to https://PIAVPN.com/Perun to get 83% off from our sponsor Private Internet Access with 4 months free! It's basically a truism to say national elections can have international consequences - and when you're talking about the world's foremost military power it's all but inevitable. For U.S. allies and the Pentagon, a lot is not likely to change come November - but today, I want to cover a few things that might... Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PerunAU Reading and Sourcing (partial): Source for current Senate and House seat count at time of recording: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cj1dw0ydn595t CBO - The Navy's New Battleship Program: Costs and Implications for the Shipbuilding Industrial Base https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62550 Reporting on CBO Golden Dome Estimate https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxp27j1xyjo Pew Research - European views of Trump and the U.S https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2026/06/23/european-views-of-trump-and-the-u-s-are-especially-negative/ Pew Research - Americans’ views of Israelis & Palestinians https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/07/09/americans-views-of-israelis-have-grown-increasingly-negative-but-views-of-palestinians-have-held-fairly-steady/ Gallup Polling on U.S. Opinion on Israel & Palestine https://news.gallup.com/poll/702440/israelis-no-longer-ahead-americans-middle-east-sympathies.aspx Council on Foreign Relations - Cumulative Aid To Israel (to 2024) https://www.cfr.org/articles/us-aid-israel-four-charts CSIS on $87.6B Supplemental https://www.csis.org/analysis/war-costs-make-third-876-billion-supplemental-request CBO - Estimating the Cost of Combat Operations Against Iran https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62756 Example reporting on Primary Issues for U.S. Midterm voters https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39wz0970eypo https://news.gallup.com/poll/716333/issues-voters-say-matter-midterm.aspx "Navy Admiral Fired by Hegseth Flips Mace's South Carolina Seat" https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6192130-lacore-wins-south-carolina-house/ Included Graphic on Defence Funding Request https://www.crfb.org/blogs/defense-funding-put-context Reporting on U.S. Defence budget requests and issues https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/15/trump-defense-budget-loss-01120994 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/10/hegseth-cant-persuade-republicans-to-back-his-big-budget-01029388 Statement by Adam Smith (D-Wash) on Democrat's Priorities (April 2026) https://democrats-armedservices.house.gov/2026/4/house-armed-services-committee-democrats-priorities Statement by Adam Smith (D-Wash) on HASC Democrats' Priorities for the 120th Congress https://democrats-armedservices.house.gov/2026/11/smith-statement-on-hasc-democrats-priorities-for-the-120th-congress U.S. Sends third CVN to Middle East https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/02/us-third-aircraft-carrier-middle-east-iran Bar on any unilateral withdrawal from NATO (2023) https://thehill.com/homenews/4360407-congress-approves-bill-barring-president-withdrawing-nato/ Idaho choose an official state gun (WP) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/04/idaho-voters-choose-an-official-state-gun/ Reporting on potential future U.S. Aid to Ukraine https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/us-democrats-plan-15-billion-military-aid-1794075729.html Reporting on Trump military aid to Israel announcement https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/03/donald-trump-usa-end-military-aid-to-israel-end-year-midterms Caveats & Comments: Nothing in this episode should be taken to represent an opinion or advice on any legal matter, including with regards to the potential application of domestic or international law to any of the events described or alluded to. All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive examination of the topic in question and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other similar decisions. Any content relating to the conduct, views, activities or any aspect of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters or any matters in relation to that person or character. Care has been taken in compiling data, quotes, and other inputs from various sources but errors can occur. Quotes and included data should be considered illustrative, not definitive and their veracity should not be relied on. Timestamps: 00:00:00 — Intro 00:00:53 — What Am I Talking About? 00:02:46 — What Just Happened 00:06:42 — the U.S. System 00:11:26 — Defence and the Budget 00:19:00 — Golden Dome 00:25:49 — Israel & Iran 00:34:40 — Iran & the Gulf 00:37:00 — the Russia-Ukraine Story 00:47:38 — the Nato Alliance 00:52:19 — Understanding Unknowns 00:53:27 — Channel Update