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Nov 11 2025 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Russian media outlets
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2058518/
Question: Moscow and Washington have almost simultaneously announced nuclear test plans. Does this signify global instability or rather demonstrate equal capabilities and thus the preservation of parity?
Sergey Lavrov: I have heard nothing about Moscow announcing nuclear tests, so it is inaccurate to say that Washington and Moscow made such statements simultaneously.
As I mentioned in a… Continue reading
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Nov 11 2025 
Hamas Statement on Israel’s Ceasefire Violations in Gaza
### Press release issued by the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, regarding the occupation’s violations of the ceasefire agreement signed in Sharm el-Sheikh one month after its implementation.
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
In this statement, we in the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas affirm our thanks and appreciation for the efforts of… Continue reading
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Nov 11 2025 
US Plans for China Blockade Continue Taking Shape
Brian Berletic
What was once a theoretical discussion in U.S. military journals about blockading China’s oil supply is now steadily turning into a tangible, multi-layered strategy aimed at containing Beijing and preserving American global dominance.
In 2018, the US Naval War College Review published a paper titled, “A Maritime Oil Blockade Against China—Tactically Tempting But Strategically Flawed.”… Continue reading -
Nov 11 2025 
Beyond the Dollar: BRICS Initiatives for a Multipolar Financial System
Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. at the Valdai Club
There are two sections to this.
First is the discussion at the Valdai club and second the following talk by Think-BRICS. This is not casual reading, but instead requires careful study.
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The need to face up to the deficiencies of the Western-controlled monetary and financial system should lead the BRICS… Continue reading
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Nov 11 2025 
Talk shows are talk shows and Russian talk shows are talk shows
Andrei Martyanov writes an explanatory piece on Russian Talk Shows, which is necessary reading. Gilbert Doctorow, whom I certainly had some words about in the past, enters the arena again.
Read the complete short piece at Andrei’s blog. We summarize here:
Russian “Talk Shows” Are Just That …… shows–as in any talk show in the West the… Continue reading
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Nov 10 2025 
If the going gets tough, the tough goes cooking
Lazy Kuban dumplings in tomato sauce
From my favorite Russian site. We will talk about it, think about it, understand the process, and enjoy every minute. The one thing that I love about my favorite Russian food site is the many pastries and pastry dough. It seems every babushka can figure a simple pastry from collective… Continue reading -
Nov 10 2025 
Fẹ̀mi Akọ̀mọ̀làfẹ̀: My reply to Nigeria’s Foreign Minister article
From Fẹ̀mi Akọ̀mọ̀làfẹ̀’s substack.
It is clear that Femi is not cool, calm and collected in this writing about Nigeria. But there may be more to the story that we do not necessarily know about. In common parlance, we call President Tinubu .. Agent Tinubu.
[The ugliest picture of the Year – Nigeria’s president romancing Macron who… Continue reading
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Nov 10 2025 
Pepe Escobar: Timur Trump sets out to reconquer the Heartland. Really?
So history ruled that no conqueror coming from the West would traverse the Pamirs; that happened with Alexander the Great, and that happened with Islam. But that may well happen with Timur Trump, Conqueror of China.
Pepe Escobar, Strategic Culture
President Donald Trump did not disappoint when defining centuries of complex Heartland history with a trademark reductionist… Continue reading
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Nov 10 2025 
The Continual War Against Russia & Its Primary Defense Mechanism–Ethnic Unity
As disclosed at the 90-minute meeting of the Presidential Council for Interethnic Relations.
With thanks to Karl Sanchez from karlof1’s Geopolitical GymnasiumFeatured Image: Ethnic groups map that still comes up short of the overall total but offers a good look.
The Interethnic Relations Council looks big but still falls short of having a representative from all 194 ethnic… Continue reading
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Nov 10 2025 
Michael Hudson & Glenn Diesen: The Strange Case of Europe’s Decline
MICHAEL HUDSON: Well, I guess it’s not too optimistic, unless you look at the prospect of a revolution as being optimistic.
GLENN DIESEN: Welcome back to the program. We are joined today by Professor Michael Hudson to discuss the very strange case of Europe’s economic decline, as well as some of its latest self-harm and questionable… Continue reading
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Nov 09 2025 
China: Doing their own work well
Doing their own work well
A summary of last week in China by Trivium
Even as US-China trade dynamics command the global spotlight, Chinese leaders are focused on “doing [their] own work well.”
That goes double when it comes to their push toward tech self-sufficiency and AI development.
After weeks of dissecting the trade war drama, it’s… Continue reading
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Nov 09 2025 
Seven Theses on the Gen Z Uprisings in the Global South
Gen Z-led uprisings across the Global South point to long-term socioeconomic and environmental crises caused by neoliberalism. Yet they have often been coopted by entrenched social classes. Can their energy be channelled towards progressive ends?
From our friends at the Greanville Post
[While this is fine opinion, I don’t think Vijai does enough to explain that all… Continue reading
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Nov 09 2025 
Laith Marouf: Hezbollah Ready for the Biggest Defensive Battle Israel Has Ever Seen
This is a good video. For all those that still blame Russia because Syria fell, Leith said that Russia owns the South of Syria. Russia has direct control and is the Kingmaker in Syria. Nothing moves, if Russia does not allow it.
