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Mar 28 2026 
The human cost of this maddening bloody situation
Nat South compiles information generally scattered, in one infographic.
Igualmente y ¡Gracias Nat!
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Mar 28 2026 
Pepe Escobar : The Iran-U.S.-UAE-Pakistan riddle
What’s in effect now is the rewriting of the global operating system. And the new OS runs on petroyuan.
Comments:
Key connections.
Published Friday night Moscow – but changes continue at breakneck speed.
• the options to “invade” Iran.
• UAE de facto at war with Iran: consequences.
• the murky and murkier role of Pakistan.
• the dire prospects of the… Continue reading -
Mar 28 2026 
Pepe Escobar Video Page
For today, I will upload Pepe Escobar’s latest videos on one page. He is prolific both in terms of interviews and the written word. For this moment I’m doing it like this as it won’t push everything else down on our home page. This should be only once. In reality, I posted a piece on… Continue reading
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Mar 27 2026 
China : The chá to kāfēi story
From Frans Vandenbosch, one of our China Writer members
From the ancient tea houses of China to the coffee-houses of Vienna, these two beverages have traversed the globe, shaping economies and defining cultures for centuries. This essay explores their intertwined histories, tracing a remarkable full-circle journey that has culminated in a profound shift within China itself,… Continue reading
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Mar 26 2026 
Pepe Escobar: New World Busy Being Born While Old One is Busy Dying
The 15-point plan that Team Trump presented to Iran is already D.O.A.
It’s an imposed capitulation: a surrender document disguised as “negotiation”.
The non-plan plan – imposing demands while begging for a one-month ceasefire – includes zero uranium enrichment on Iranian soil; full dismantlement of Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow installations; all enriched uranium out of Iran; the… Continue reading
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Mar 26 2026 
Iran – Trump – Strait of Hormuz – Who is the “Bad Guy”?
By Peter Koenig
“Let me get one thing straight: Egypt charges $200,000 to $700,000 per transit through the Suez Canal. Large container ships or tankers can exceed $1 million. Panama charges $100,000 – $450,000 per transit. Large Neopanamax vessels cost up to $500,000 to transit the Panama Canal. Turkey charges fees for the Bosphorus Strait. Canada charges fees for the St.… Continue reading
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Mar 26 2026 
Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: US Dominance Is Crumbling… Here’s Why Iran Matters
With Nima Alkorshid of Dialogue Works
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Mar 26 2026 
Alastair Crooke : As the wheels come off the Iran conflict, it compels the decision: ‘Where do we stand?’
Americans urgently need to discuss how to recover the elements that could lead to a recovery of a state governed by Americans’ own interests.
Strategic Culture
Western propaganda machinery – the West’s most powerful strategic weapon – has repeatedly asserted that U.S. forces have been winning a swift and sweeping victory over Iran. In tandem, Israeli intelligence… Continue reading
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Mar 25 2026 
China unveils full-process demonstration of Atlas drone swarm operations system
This has taken the Internet by storm. China does it Bigger!
An official media report on Wednesday offered the first full-process demonstration of China’s Atlas drone swarm operations system. A military affairs expert told the Global Times that the system not only showcases expanding battlefield applications for drone swarms, but also reflects rapid advances in… Continue reading
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Mar 25 2026 
Michael Hudson : The need for a systemic response by creating a new international economic order
This is a logical continuation of this short essay by Dr. Hudson that we posted yesterday: It is in fact Dr Hudson’s answer to the problems that he highlighted: Michael Hudson : This time the U.S. attack on Iran will be for real – and for keeps
These two essays is equal to having… Continue reading
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Mar 25 2026 
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt
Francesca has her new report out.
In Gaza, #WestBank & East Jerusalem, Palestinians are subjected to a continuum of suffering – @FranceskAlbs denounces torture of Palestinians, says it extends beyond Israeli prison walls. “There is no refuge. No safe place to exist.” @UN_HRC #HRC61https://t.co/9IBBWMCF9C pic.twitter.com/QRRsh53y6j— UN Special Procedures (@UN_SPExperts) March 23, 2026
Francesca calls it at… Continue reading
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Mar 25 2026 
All wars are resource wars
From the typewriter of Periol
Additional Links
Chronology of Military and Intelligence Concerns About Climate Change
https://scientificmagz.blog/ghawar-oil-field-drying-up
https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/research/2026/03/russia-oil-situation-assessment
https://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/archives/oilchangeproject/how-do-we-protect-the-flow-of-oil/index.html
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Mar 24 2026 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting of Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund’s Board of Trustees,
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting of Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund’s Board of Trustees
Colleagues,I am pleased to welcome all members of the Board of Trustees of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund to this meeting.
Before we begin, I would like to thank all Board members for their help in implementing numerous… Continue reading
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Mar 24 2026 
The War on Iran Comes to the Indian Ocean – The Fifth Asia Newsletter
Tricontinental Asia
Featured image: Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (India), Whose World, Mappamundi, 2017.
Dear friends,
On 4 March, two days after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and hundreds of others, including over 170 children in a strike on a girls’ school, US nuclear submarine USS Charlotte torpedoed and sank an unarmed Iranian frigate,… Continue reading
