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Jul 17 2025 
Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing: Gaza Strip
Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in the Gaza Strip
Mr. President,We thank Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher and UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell for their briefings – they have exposed the true scale of the ongoing tragedy affecting civilians in the Gaza Strip. With each passing… Continue reading
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Jul 16 2025 
Larry Wilkerson with Nima: Trump’s 50 day ultimatum to Russia
This is a must-watch. Col. Larry Wilkerson has it exactly right! The past few days, I’ve described what he says as ‘we are in the foothills of WWIII’. He takes the story further and explains precisely how he sees it unfolding. Nima has a silly title again. Again, many people are saying many things, so… Continue reading
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Jul 16 2025 
Russia Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu: NATO still remains a key threat to Russia’s national security
The importance of this interview lies in the fact that Mr. Shoigu brings real numbers to the table regarding NATO’s military strength. He also outlines without a shadow of doubt that the US has taken over NATO.
According to official data, the alliance’s armed forces consist of over 4 million personnel, and they have more than… Continue reading
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Jul 16 2025 
The Cradle Three
Regional Discussion: Middle East – West Asia
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Jul 16 2025 
The China-Pakistan-Bangladesh Alliance for Peace, Development, and Regional Harmony
In a landmark development that could reshape the political and economic landscape of South Asia, China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have emerged as a strategic triangle of cooperation, marked by a shared vision for peace, development, connectivity, and regional harmony. A recent joint statement issued after high-level trilateral engagements underlined their commitment to economic collaboration, multilateralism,… Continue reading
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Jul 16 2025 
Rachel Blevins & Brian Berletic: U.S. Preparing for war on China, Trump extends war with Russia
President Trump has announced plans to arm Ukraine through weapons sales to Europe, as he also threatens Russia with “severe” sanctions, and reports say he is considering providing more long-range weapons to Kiev to strike deep inside Russia. In other words, so much for that promise of “ending the war” in Ukraine…
Brian Berletic, a geopolitical… Continue reading
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Jul 16 2025 
Judo – The “Gentle Way” (柔道)
Judo serves as a metaphor for the strategy that Russia, China, and other non-Western powers can use against the West. Judo is about using the opponent’s strength and momentum against themselves, rather than direct brute force. A desirable approach to the current geopolitical situation is to prevent large-scale conflict.
Judo is a Japanese martial art developed… Continue reading
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Jul 16 2025 
SCO+ partner category incoming
It is a pleasure and surprise to read Mr Lavrov’s comments following the SCO Foreign Ministers Council Meeting, Tianjin
SCO is growing from 10 member states and 2 observers to SCO+ with a partner category, and with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic joining first as a partner country. The plan is for approximately 30 further member… Continue reading
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Jul 15 2025 
U.S. hubris-driven blunders transform the entire complexion of the wider war
Trump continues to be seized by the delusional view that his Israeli-centred vision could all be accomplished merely by ending the genocide in Gaza.
Alastair Crooke – Strategic Culture
The big issue emerging from the U.S.’ 22 June strike on Iran – second only to ‘wither Iran?’ – is whether in Trump’s calculus he can ‘rhetorically impose’… Continue reading
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Jul 15 2025 
Andrei Martyanov on war and Europe
Andrei highlights something today that is now impossible to ignore. This is that we are in the foothills of a bigger war than the SMO. This is being planned. The theater is being shaped. From Belgium, we have a piece from the Workers’ Party, who comments on NATO’s planning:
What is NATO preparing for globally?
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Jul 15 2025
Pathways to inner freedom
How Buddha, Ayyub, Chitraketu and other sages teach us to embrace aging, illness and death as pathways to inner freedom.
Do you wish to be free? Then learn to live in surrender. The stories of Buddha, Ayyub, Chitraketu and other sages show that liberation begins when we face suffering rather than flee from it.… Continue reading
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Jul 14 2025 
Forget détente, Moscow must fight to the end
By Dmitry Trenin, a research professor at the Higher School of Economics and a lead research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He is also a member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
Many now speak of humanity’s drift towards World War III, imagining events similar to those of the 20th… Continue reading
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Jul 14 2025 
Trump on Weapons to Ukraine
Summary
Trump in a meeting with Mark Rutte (NATO) announced that the U.S. will impose 100% secondary sanctions on Russia and its trading partners if a ceasefire deal in Ukraine isn’t reached within about 50 days—that is, by the end of August.
Europe Will Now Pay for U.S. Weapons Sent to Ukraine via NATO. Basically the US… Continue reading
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Jul 14 2025 
President Trump’s Tacit NATO Killing
By Peter Koenig
The NATO Summit of The Hague, 24-25 June 2025 has come and gone.
However, the scene of the infamous Sumit reverberates with many uncertainties, illusions for some, deceptions for others.
At the outset, it looks like President Trump came to The Hague with the idea of shaping a NATO that vibrates to his liking and… Continue reading
