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Feb 13 2026 
The Middle East is splitting into rival blocs
The region is entering a season in which old assurances are fading and new habits of power are being learned in real time
From RT and by Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
Across the globe, the post-Cold War settlement that once carried the promise of Western primacy… Continue reading
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Feb 13 2026 
Max Blumenthal : Venezuela & Cuba
with Judge Napolitano.
Broad overview (Iran, Netanyahu, Bondi Barbie) and then the situation in Cuba and Venezuela.
‘The Venezuelan government has been kidnapped and is doing everything at the point of a gun. Trump is imposing a Gaza-style siege on Cuba.
What we’re witnessing is a mafia in action.’
Venezuela will endure. Unfortunately decent commentators… Continue reading
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Feb 12 2026 
Today is AI day
Explanations as to how it works that are understandable.
“Billionaires are building bunkers because they’re afraid AI might take over everything.”
AI is advancing at a rate we’ve never seen before.
From sex robots and chatbots helping with therapy to AI rapidly transforming industries, we’re already living in an AI-powered world.
And in five to ten… Continue reading
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Feb 12 2026 
Brian Berletic: Russia Sees Through US “Diplomacy” and Washington’s Continued Pursuit of Global Domination
▪️Recently Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made revealing comments regarding continued US global ambition for domination across economics, monetary policy, energy, and more, calling into question US intentions regarding supposed “diplomacy” it is conducting regarding Ukraine;
▪️The US is likely planning to use the upcoming Munich Defense Conference to cement in place the fictional US-Europe “split”… Continue reading
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Feb 12 2026 
Pepe Escobar: How the China-Iran strategic partnership really evolves
Neo-Caligula continues to bet in what could be defined as The Strategy of the Weaponized Debtor.
Strategic Culture
We’ve got a thing, and that’s a-called radar love
We’ve got a wave in the air
Radar love
Golden Earring, Radar Love
HONG KONG – Persia and China go back a long – historical – way. Focus for a moment just on… Continue reading -
Feb 12 2026 
The end of New Start and the fallout beginning to roll out
The end of New Start has nothing to do with negotiating a new treaty. It has everything to do with placing a new nuclear threat on the world. The empire has run out of effective weaponry, they have run out of effective war-making ability (oh, they can do damage still), they are running out of… Continue reading
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Feb 12 2026 
Three Russian ‘Key Point’ Press Briefings: Defense, Maria Zakharova and Sergey Ryabkov
My comments, indented, follow the Key Points.
Key takeaways from Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov’s statements at the Zhirinovsky Readings International Scientific and Expert Forum:
On new US policy
▪US President Donald Trump “became the first and almost the only” Western leader to recognize NATO expansion as the root cause of the conflict in Ukraine
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Feb 12 2026 
The reality of AI – Nato’s Nightmare: Russia is Reshaping the AI Kill Chain
New Rules Geopolitics
Russia is rewriting modern warfare.
A new paper from CSIS explains how Moscow abandoned large-scale Command and Control (military systems, procedures, and technology commanders use to issue orders, receive information from the battlefield, and coordinate forces) modernization and instead weaponized agility.
Russia’s new center of gravity is tactical software that shortens the kill… Continue reading
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Feb 11 2026 
MOATS : George Galloway
WAR WH*RE | Netanyahu White House lobby | Epstein and Andrew | Canada shootings | Starmer clings on
🔥 The war machine is roaring again — and tonight on The Mother of All Talkshows, George Galloway takes aim at the political class that feeds it. From Washington to Tel Aviv, from Gaza to Moscow, power, propaganda… Continue reading -
Feb 11 2026 
Sirius Report: Bessent Raises The White Flag To China And Begs Beijing For Economic and Financial Concessions
Paul and Ken assess recent remarks by Scott Bessent and why they are a clear admission that U.S. hegemony is over and that China should offer concessions due to this fact.
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Feb 11 2026 
Chinese recent history: Struggle between Mao and Deng – Socialism and Capitalism
Dongping Han – A teacher, researcher and expert in the era – We are so fortunate to have him.
Most Chinese elites would agree that Mao was very important for China. On the other hand, most common Chinese people would argue that Mao was indispensable both in the victory of the Chinese Revolution and the founding… Continue reading
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Feb 11 2026
The global whirlwind
Quan Le – from a China Writers’ email thread
The global whirlwind is coming as quite naturally expected because the most evil Anglo-Zio-American EstabLishment (AZAEL) kakistocratic oligarchs are not going just to sit still waiting for the utterly relentless destruction of their Ponzi scheme and neo-colonial BUM system (Bullying-Utter predation-Murder) by the creative and focused RICK… Continue reading -
Feb 11 2026 
Pepe Escobar & Sharmine Narwani : Watch for Russian & Chinese SURPRISES
Pepe Escobar is a seasoned foreign correspondent and has reported from across Asia, Europe, the US and the LAC. He is a permanent columnist at The Cradle. Sharmine Narwani is one of my favorite journalists, highly intelligent and charming to boot.
Let us leave Pepe’s short X post here:
THAT's what the Iran-China comprehensive strategic partnership means… Continue reading
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Feb 11 2026 
First meeting of BRICS Sherpas: India’s Chairship, New Delhi
Although very general, this is the first time in the history of BRICS that I see the results of a Sherpa meeting quickly reported. We hope these remain the signs of a high-speed BRICS train which we expect for this year.
(February 09 – 10, 2026)
The first meeting of BRICS Sherpas and Sous Sherpas under India’s… Continue reading
