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Dec 31 2024 
China: The era of unchecked hegemony is over
China lashes back against the Panama Canal Issue: Why does Panama have the confidence to push back against the US?
In recent days, US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to take the Panama Canal back into US control, accusing Panama of “ripping off” the US by charging high shipping rates.
Panama, a small but strategically significant nation,… Continue reading
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Dec 31 2024 
Russians have more media freedom on Telegram than EU citizens – Pavel Durov
Western outlets remain “freely accessible” on the platform in Russia, CEO Pavel Durov has said
From RT
The EU imposes more media restrictions on Telegram than Russia does, the platform’s founder, Pavel Durov, has noted in a New Year’s message.
“Access to certain Russian media has been restricted in the EU under DSA/sanctions laws. Meanwhile, all Western media… Continue reading
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Dec 31 2024 
Falling off the escalation ladder
So what can we expect in the new year? Pepe Escobar says: Be prepared – for anything.
An extremely complex world situation can be summed, as it is one war, with more wars threatening.
These are not traditional wars and they may start as destabilization, lawfare, removing governments by any means, more appointing of leaders after destabilizing… Continue reading
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Dec 31 2024 
2025: A Second Renaissance, or Chaos?
Featured Image: From Renaissance Florence, one of the – few – peaks of humanity, now living in memory, tread carefully across this flame-filled 2025.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
FLORENCE – It’s a dazzling Tuscan winter morning, and I am inside the legendary Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella, founded in the early… Continue reading
