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May 12 2026 
‘Gray Rhino’ of Japan’s Remilitarization is Running Toward Us, Chinese FM Warns Amid Tokyo’s Security Policy Shift
Global Times
The “gray rhino” of Japan’s remilitarization is running toward us. Many international experts, scholars and media have noted that Japan has abandoned pacifism, and is undergoing its most dangerous shift in military and security policy since WWII, posing great threats to peace and stability in the region and beyond, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
Could Trump’s Iran Fiasco Be America’s Suez Crisis?
Global Research
Smoke rises from oil tanks beside the Suez Canal hit during the initial Anglo-French assault on Port Said, 5 November 1956.Empires rise and fall. They do not last forever. Imperial declines follow a gradual shifting of the economic tides, but are also punctuated and defined by critical tipping points. There are many differences between… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
Michael Hudson & Radhika Desai : Geopolitical Hour
Swap Lines, Gulf Debt and the Unraveling of Dollar Primacy
GEH April 28, 2026, US swap agreements with Emirates
Radhika Desai: Hello and welcome to the 64th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the conversation that illuminates the fast-changing political economy and geopolitical economy of our times, and does so from a socialist and anti-imperialist point of view. The point… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
Statement by President Putin on the successful test launch of Sarmat missile
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation Armed Forces Vladimir Putin received a report via videoconference from Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Sergei Karakayev on the successful test of the Sarmat missile.
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/79724
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, Mr Karakayev. Do you hear me?
Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Sergei Karakayev: Good afternoon, Comrade Supreme… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
UPDATE on the Call to Action for a Global Axis of Resistance
An update from Nora Hoppe on the Call to Action for a Global Axis of Resistance
The Genocide and the massacres continue unabated, unpunished and stand as a grim testament to the world’s overwhelming silence.
This leaden silence needs to be broken for us to live in a better world.
Little by little some new voices are emerging… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
‘Ways of War’ Are in Metamorphosis: Lessons from the Iran War
Alistair Crooke at Strategic Culture © Photo: Public domain
A U.S. carrier no longer induces fear as once it might have; It now radiates vulnerability.
Although the Iran war largely has been viewed through the lens of conventional western warfare, its lessons are anything but conventional. They are in fact insurrectionary.The post-war western approach (especially in… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
China’s position is clear
Pre-Summit strongman games.
Chinese FM addresses a question about US President’s remarks on discussing US arms sales to Taiwan and the Jimmy Lai case with the Chinese side
During US President Donald Trump’s visit to China, the two heads of state will have in-depth exchanges of views on major issues concerning China-US relations as well… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
Pepe Escobar on the Shaun Newman podcast
The talk with Pepe starts a little into the podcast – around 10 minutes. As this is a new interviewer for Pepe, he does a thorough overview of his history and career, and this is always interesting. The geopolitical content starts around the middle of the podcast.
Pepe Escobar is a veteran… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
The Hantavirus Scare – Already Discussed in the 1998 X-Files
A Distraction form the Middle East War Theatre?
By Peter KoenigIs it a virus, or is it the plague? – A mortality rate of 40% to 50% as reported by the mainstream, is about equivalent to the one of the bubonic plague. Hantavirus transmission to humans by rats – is also a characteristic of the plague.
The… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
Beijing Eyes Stronger Hand on Taiwan in Xi-Trump Talks
Asianomics and SCMP
China enters this week’s Xi-Trump summit with greater leverage on Taiwan than during Trump’s first term, according to Wu Yongping, dean of the Institute for Taiwan Studies at Tsinghua University, who told SCMP the issue would “definitely” be raised in the bilateral meeting. Beijing would welcome any US statements opposing Taiwan independence, though… Continue reading
