7/5/25 Matt Williams on Taiwan, Nukes, War Crimes and Ukraine

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 156 minutes

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Scott sits down with Australian military analyst and Afghan war veteran Matt Williams for a long interview. They cover the potential for a war over Taiwan, Australia’s military strengths and vulnerabilities, the future of nuclear proliferation, the West’s war crime hypocrisy, the state of the war in Ukraine and much more. Matt is an Australian Army veteran, independent journalist, and content creator. He served in the Australian Infantry with the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment from 2014-2021 and was awarded a Queen’s Order of Australia Medal. Since 2022 he has worked as an independent war correspondent and analyst. Subscribe to his YouTube Channel. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Incorporated; Moon Does Artisan Coffee; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, you, welcome to the Scott Horton Show.
0:11.6	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of anti-war.com,
0:16.4	and author of Provoked, how Washington started the new Cold War with Russia and the catastrophe in Ukraine.
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0:27.6	I've got more than 6,000 interviews in the archive for you there going back to 2003.
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0:37.4	Good day, legends.
0:39.4	And welcome to the Scott Horton Show and also kind of a overlapping episode with my good friend here.
0:49.7	Matt Willie, OEM, as he's known, the great Australian Afghan war veteran and war analyst,
1:01.5	expert, especially on the war in Ukraine.
1:05.2	Welcome.
1:05.8	That's given me too much credit.
1:07.0	But, mate, thank you for having me.
1:08.6	I guess I should say, howdy, legends.
1:10.2	Absolutely.
1:15.7	Welcome. So, first of mate, thank you for, thank you for having me. I guess I should say, Howdy Legends. Absolutely. Welcome. So first of all, big announcement. I saw Willie Nelson again last night. It was great. And also Bob Dylan, we're celebrating the 4th of July.
1:20.0	Man, it was a great day. Hey, 4th of July.
1:22.8	Bad day to be British, but good day to be American. That's right. And I don't know how you Aussies feel about it, but you guys never did declare independence,
1:32.2	huh?
1:32.3	You're still part of the commonwealth.
1:33.5	Hey, don't bring that up.
1:34.7	Don't bring that up.
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