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Oct 29 2025 
Pepe Escobar: Iran Arms Up, Russia Warns, and China Makes Its MOVE!
This is a very serious conversation – the day before Xi-Trump.
Enter The Beast – or The Giant Pigeon – as the current frightening incarnation of the Empire of Chaos.
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Oct 29 2025 
Post Asean – All Business is Yuan Business
While countries are generally dealing with tariffs individually, they will now be handled as a bloc. The broader business environment is moving toward Yuan-based transactions.
The Most Important – Extension of the Free Trade Area
Recently, positive progress has been made in the process of regional economic integration in the Asia-Pacific. The upgraded protocol of the China-ASEAN… Continue reading
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Oct 29 2025 
Cash Is Peasant
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When I was in England I never saw cash until my kids lost teeth. Then I was like WTF, this money has Churchill on it? and gave the boy an exorbitant Jane Austen while he sleeped. England is an increasingly cashless society except on the streets, where the hard-working and hard-done-by still take hard currency… Continue reading
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Oct 29 2025 
Yevgeny Primakov
96 years ago, on October 29, 1929, Yevgeny Primakov was born – an eminent Soviet and Russian statesman, brilliant diplomat and Arabist.
He is among the world’s greatest statesmen and diplomats of the XX-XXI centuries, known as a consistent supporter of the principles of realism and pragmatism, a staunch defender of Russia’s national interests, who… Continue reading
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Oct 29 2025 
A very remarkable Ukraine frontline report: about those cauldrons and the soldiers within them
Marat Khairullin hits it out of the park! I have not included the maps, but do take a look at them on the substack. https://maratkhairullin.substack.com/p/afu-against-afu-who-will-take-revenge
I guarantee you, you will not need the maps to understand this wonderful writing with its vast promise of how to deal with these issues in our world. What was more… Continue reading
