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Oct 10 2025 
A Stark Contrast in Styles: Putin Meets with His Generals
Nothing at all like Trump at Quantico
[Notes on two conversations and sketching a backdrop to this essay from Karl Sanchez:
Just recently, Radhika Desai made a fascinating statement. She says:
“I don’t think multipolarity is an ideology. It’s a development.”
She is correct. We are inclined to focus on the ideological aspects, while the developmental path remains unexplored… Continue reading
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Oct 04 2025 
Analysis of President Putin’s Valdai Speech : From Transcript – shifting global power dynamics,
The Theme of this year’s Valdai Club annual meeting is: The Polycentric World: Instructions for Use.
Let’s start with Mr Putin’s first instruction, mainly to Europe:
Calm down. Sleep quiet, and try to get to grips with YOUR problems’.
As an analytical framework and contextualization, I extracted and organized all the paragraphs and sub-paragraphs that directly address the… Continue reading -
Oct 03 2025
Mr Putin’s response to Prof Marandi’s Gaza and Palestine question (formal transcript)
The Russian formal transcript on Vladimir Putin’s Valdai speech (4 hours including questions), is proceeding apace and we will hopefully see the transcript complete today. Again, every Tom, Dick and Harry are in the process of announcing what Putin said, do their own translations, and sometimes I know full well that in cases, he… Continue reading
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Oct 01 2025 
The West’s Place in the World After the Loss of Hegemony
[Note: For most of this year, the Valdai Club seemed to be flailing around with very little direction and very little work of consequence, almost similar to the UN. With the current annual meeting I find better content and crisper thinking. I hope you like this one. Mr Putin’s presentation will revolve around the Polycentric… Continue reading
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Sep 29 2025 
The Hague Group: Co-Chairs Statement
The history of the Hague Group is included in the statement below. During the 80th UNGA, the Hague Group stated that they would have a meeting on the sidelines, at the time of Bibi Netanyahu’s speech. To my surprise, there was no press, and I could not find much about what they are doing and… Continue reading
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Sep 29 2025 
Evolving Strategy of Empire
UPDATE FEBRUARY 2026: Every decent analyst, journalist or knowledgeable commentator knows it now. The US is still seeking full primacy, on all levels, across all spheres, all domains, across all civil society, and right across the planet, Its lands, its waters, its oceans, and its skies. No alternative analysis is remotely possible. Henceforth and for… Continue reading
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Sep 28 2025 
U.S. forfeits its dubious privilege to host the United Nations
The United Nations is not U.S. property to be used and abused to satisfy unilateral political or personal whims.
Editorial from Strategic Culture
The Trump administration’s ban on Palestinian delegates attending the United Nations General Assembly this week clearly shows that the United States has forfeited the privilege to host the world body.
Donald Trump’s chaotic presidency is… Continue reading
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Sep 26 2025 
UN General Assembly – 26 September 2025 & third update
This is the stream for today, if you’d like to pick up a speech or two. We start with Israel, then Pakistan and China is third today.
‼️ More than half the delegates leave the room when Netanyahu starts speaking.
The zionist-israeli press: “By order of the Prime Minister’s Office: Giant loudspeakers will broadcast Netanyahu’s UN speech… Continue reading
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Sep 26 2025 
Russia on Iran Snap-Back Sanctions
tomorrow, 27ᵗʰ September 2025, the 2015 JCPOA “snap-back” sanctions will come into force. With disavowal from China and Russia, it will become a milestone day in the disintegration of the post-WW2 UN system.
with appreciation to Dr. Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium.
One Major FM statement and two by main UN Representative Vassily Nebenzia
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Sep 25 2025
UN General Assembly – 25 September 2025 & second update
This is the stream for today, if you’d like to pick up a speech or two. My update from yesterday is below.
There may be some speeches that you may want to pick up. Today’s lineup is here:https://gadebate.un.org/en
I can think of Palestine (State of), Yemen, Bolivia at least.
UPDATE NOTES FROM YESTERDAY.
What a very interesting day.… Continue reading
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Sep 24 2025
UN General Assembly – 24 September 2025 & first day update
This is the stream for today, if you’d like to pick up a speech or two. At this moment, I don’t see the sequence of speakers – perhaps they will update it soon.
Update from Day 1
Shifting – first UNGA day
We have a few things that are moving. So far at the UNGA meeting, everyone says… Continue reading
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Sep 24 2025 
China’s New Route to Europe via Arctic: Safer, Faster, and Fairer Global Trade.
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
For centuries, the seas have been the lifeblood of global commerce. From the ancient spice routes to the oil tankers of today, shipping lanes have shaped the prosperity and power of nations. Among them, a handful of chokepoints — the Strait of Malacca, the Red Sea, the Suez Canal, and the… Continue reading
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Sep 23 2025 
UN General Assembly – 23 September 2025
For those who want to pick up a speech or two, this is the stream. António Guterres is speaking now. He surprised me, calling genocide and calling for the opinions of the ICJ to be implemented for Gaza immediately and in general stated clearly what is needed. He also refers to the other wars -… Continue reading
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Sep 23 2025 
The Great Soybean Divorce: How China Moved On from America
by Michael Hudson
Trump’s policies are destroying key elements of U.S. economic prosperity
Trump has created a crisis for U.S. agriculture with his Cold War weaponization of foreign trade with China and Russia, for manufacturing as a result of his steel and aluminum tariffs, for consumer price inflation mainly from his tariffs, and for affordable housing with… Continue reading
