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Highly Recommended: Emmanuel Todd
This is the TASS version of a French article by Emmanuel Todd, described as an expert. Escobar notes: “Todd is spot on. He’s one of three or four – not more – French intellectuals who actually knows how the real geoeconomic world works.”
Here is the original in French: https://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/monde/emmanuel-todd-la-troisieme-guerre-mondiale-a-commence-20230112#Echobox=1673601494-1
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Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson: multipolarity (now + transcript)
Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson explain multipolarity, decline of US hegemony
Geopolitical Economy Hour, from Geopolitical Economy, January 13, 2023
Economists Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson explain multipolarity, decline of US hegemony
Transcript
RADHIKA DESAI: Hi everyone, and welcome to this Geopolitical Economy Hour. I’m Radhika Desai.
MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael Hudson.
RADHIKA DESAI: Every fortnight we are going to meet for an hour to discuss major development in the fast-changing… Continue reading
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Jan 11 2023 
Why the CIA attempted a ‘Maidan uprising’ in Brazil
The failed coup in Brazil is the latest CIA stunt, just as the country is forging stronger ties with the east.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at the Cradle
A former US intelligence official has confirmed that the shambolic Maidan remix staged in Brasilia on 8 January was a CIA operation, and linked it to the… Continue reading
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Jan 10 2023 
Nikolai Patrushev: Interview – the West and Ukraine
The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev had this interview with Argumenti i Facti at aif.ru. This is a lightly cleaned-up machine translation.
“They want to turn Russia into Muscovy.” Nikolai Patrushev-about the West and Ukraine
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Andrei Martyanov with Russia as a cat
My suggestion is that you give this one a careful listen. He of course speaks of the weapons and their abilities which is his strength, but toward the end, he now also questions the refrain that Russia is going to enter into a huge offensive operation, which seems to be a common narrative. I’ve questioned… Continue reading
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Jan 09 2023 
Press Release: Sergey Lavrov & Qin Gang
Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Qin Gang
On January 9, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke by phone with Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Qin Gang.The Russian Minister congratulated his Chinese colleague on his recent appointment and wished him success in… Continue reading
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Biden’s existential angst in Ukraine
M. K. BHADRAKUMAR wrote an exceptionally good article titled Biden’s existential angst in Ukraine.
He comments on an op-ed in the Washington Post on Saturday titled Time is not on Ukraine’s side, coauthored by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in George W. Bush presidency and Defence Secretary Robert Gates (who served under both Bush and… Continue reading
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Brazil attempted coup d’état
Situation report: Brazil at the start of 9 January.
1. A state of emergency is declared in the Brazilian capital until 30 January. Various citizens’ rights will be restricted in accordance with the law on emergencies.
2. Brazilian President Lula da Silva announces the start of an intervention of federal troops in the capital to suppress an… Continue reading
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Jan 08 2023 
Bye Bye 1991-2022
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
2023 starts with collective NATO in Absolutely Freak Out Mode as Russian Defense Minister Shoigu announces that Russian Navy frigate Admiral Gorshkov is now on tour – complete with a set of Mr. Zircon’s hypersonic business cards.
The business tour will encompass the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean,… Continue reading
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General Soleimani kick-started multipolar world
How General Soleimani kick-started the multipolar world
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at PressTVThe consensus among future historians will be inevitable: the 2020s started with a diabolic murder.
Baghdad airport, January 3, 2020, 00:52 a.m. local time. The assassination of Gen.QassemSoleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic RevolutionGuards Corps (IRGC), alongside Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis,… Continue reading
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Jan 06 2023 
Valdai: New Era of De-Westernization Has Begun
From the Valdai club:
The political equivalence structure between the West and the non-West is increasingly strengthened and is becoming an important feature of world politics in the third decade of the 21st century. Of course, the world in 2023 will not be mellow, but in any case, amid the “de-Westernisation”, major changes unseen in a century will continue to evolve in an irreversible way, writes Valdai Club expert Wang Wen.
The… Continue reading
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Jan 06 2023 
Why BRI is back with a bang in 2023
As Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative enters its 10th year, a strong Sino-Russian geostrategic partnership has revitalized the BRI across the Global South.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
The year 2022 ended with a Zoom call to end all Zoom calls: Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping discussing all aspects of the Russia-China… Continue reading
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Let’s invade Mexico (Blast from the past)
A blast from the past. Fred Reed wrote this in November, 2019 because Trump wanted to invade Mexico and war with the cartels.
My Notes: What we’ve seen this past week, is that the son of famous drug lord El Chapo, was arrested. His cartel did not take it lying down and even shot into… Continue reading
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Jan 03 2023 
Exposing the Big Ugly
During December 2022, Angela Merkel let a mad cat out of a dark bag. Soon after, the previous French president Hollande confirmed that they only signed the Minsk agreements to afford the time for the Ukraine, to build up its warfighting capability.
Background
The Minsk agreements were a series of international agreements which sought to end the… Continue reading
