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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
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Mar 24 2026 
Michael Hudson : This time the U.S. attack on Iran will be for real – and for keeps
First of all,the Strait of Hormuz has remained open. Iran is letting ships from India, Japan and other countries use it. So there is no need to “liberate” it. That’s not what the imminent U.S. attack is about. And it’s certainly not about Iran seeking an atomic “weapon of mass destruction.” That’s been the cover… Continue reading
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Mar 24 2026 
Pepe Escobar : The infernal escalation machine
The death cult in West Asia strikes South Pars, part of the world’s largest gas field, shared with Qatar’s North Dome. Then it strikes Natanz nuclear power station.
Strategic Culture
Red line after red line broken in sequence.
The architecture of an infernal escalation machine – with no way out – is unforgiving.
The death cult in West… Continue reading
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Mar 24 2026 
Pepe Escobar with Glen Diesen : Iran’s Strategy of Attrition Warfare
Recorded right after TACO on hitting Iran’s power plants.
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Mar 23 2026 
“This conflict will set back the global trade and economic system for years”
Russian Presidential Assistant Nikolai Patrushev on the situation in the Middle East and beyond
Interview with Kommersant
The situation around Iran, against which the United States and Israel have launched a full-fledged war, remains extremely tense. The consequences of the confrontation are being felt far beyond the Middle East. Kommersant’s special correspondent Elena Chernenko asked Nikolai Patrushev,… Continue reading
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Mar 23 2026 
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