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May 22 2026 
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May 22 2026 
Forcing Russia’s Hand as Baltic States Escalate War
Finian Cunningham
Strategic CultureRussia’s hand is being forced to hit the new front to restore deterrence and avoid a total escalation.
The shooting down of a Ukrainian drone by a NATO warplane over Estonia this week shows how close the proxy war with Russia is to a European-wide escalation.
NATO and the EU leadership are pushing the Baltic… Continue reading
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May 22 2026 
China & Russia respond : Cuba
Global Times
Asked about China’s comment on the Cuban government’s rejection of recent accusations made by the US against Cuban leader Raul Castro, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Thursday that China consistently and firmly opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law or authorization of the UN Security Council.
“We stand… Continue reading
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May 22 2026 
Pepe Escobar : The Russia-China spaceship rushes towards Planet Multipolar
The New Silk Roads/BRI and its derivations such as the Northern Sea Route/Arctic Silk Road remain alive and kicking
Strategic Culture
SHANGHAI – This is it. The Russia-China strategic partnership, the leaders in the process of Eurasia integration, the leaders of multipolar bodies BRICS and the SCO, have formally endorsed and boosted the drive towards multipolarity and… Continue reading
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May 21 2026 
Alastair Crooke at the Solari Report
“We in the West are going to feel the consequences—directly. There won’t be petrol in the petrol stations…. There will be difficulty getting your children to school…. There will not be the food that you want. You will not have aluminium foil in the shops…. We are in this ‘never world’ at the moment.”
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May 21 2026 
Pepe Escobar: Iran Wipes Out Trump’s Attack – Russia & China’s Massive Move
with Nima Alkorshid from Dialogue Works
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May 21 2026 
Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: Trump Is FUMING After Iran, China & Russia’s MASSIVE Move
With Nima Alkorshid – Dialogue Works
Ukraine, West Asia, Possible Growing Wars, Where did Iran come from and how did it become ‘the example’? Decline of the American Empire, Economics. This is an in-depth conversation.
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May 20 2026 
Dmitry Polyanskiy: Nuclear Retaliation Against Europe No Longer Unthinkable
With Glen Diessen
Dmitry Polyanskiy is the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE. Polyanskiy argues that Europe’s escalation in the Ukraine proxy war has crossed all red lines, and in Russia the talk about using a tactical nuclear weapon against Europe is no longer taboo.
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May 20 2026 
Joint Declaration of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the Formation of a Multipolar World and International Relations of a New Type
http://kremlin.ru/supplement/6486
The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Parties), as civilizations with ancient history, founding members of the United Nations (UN) and permanent members of its Security Council, and important centers of power in a multipolar world, play a constructive role in maintaining the global balance of power and… Continue reading
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May 20 2026 
Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China
Joint Statement (http://kremlin.ru/supplement/6487)of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on Further Strengthening Comprehensive Partnership and Strategic Interaction, and Deepening Relations of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation (Beijing, May 20, 2026)
📄 FULL STATEMENT (http://kremlin.ru/supplement/6487)
[Up to now only available in Russian and I have not seen the Chinese transcript yet]
Key points:
• The Treaty of… Continue reading
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May 20 2026 
In Beijing
It is quite an affaire, trying to find complete videos of speeches and short addresses by Presidents Jinping and Putin so far during the summit, that are not completely politically colored. I watched Al Jazeera, whose Moscow correspondent used the occasion to rip Russia apart in terms of economics.
The overall pomp and… Continue reading
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May 19 2026 
The Sirius Report : Why The Putin-Xi Meeting Really Matters Now
Recommended listening.
This Putin-Xi meeting was planned months ago. But the timing now feels very different.
When you look closely at what’s happening around this summit, it starts to feel less like a routine diplomatic visit and more like two major powers quietly preparing for a world that is changing much faster than most… Continue reading
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May 19 2026 
Trump Administration Claims Cuba Imported Drones to Attack America
Another Day in the Empire
A possible prelude to an invasion of Cuba as Iran War Flops.
Axios cites “classified intelligence” warning “Cuba has reportedly procured more than 300 attack drones from Russia and Iran” that will be used “against the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, U.S. military vessels, and even Key West, Florida.”
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May 19 2026 
The Victory of the Multipolar Triumvirate
© Photo: Public domain
Strategic CultureChina defies U.S. sanctions on Iran, declaring them void. With Russia and Iran, the multipolar triumvirate ends Western hegemony and reshapes global power.
The Western world often watches – without fully grasping its extent – the closing of a historical cycle that has dominated the last eighty years. The moment when China… Continue reading
