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Apr 28 2023 
De-dollarization kicks into high gear
The US dollar is essential to US global power projection. But in 2022, the dollar share of reserve currencies slid 10 times faster than the average in the past two decades.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
It is now established that the US dollar’s status as a global reserve currency is eroding. When corporate… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2023 
Mr. Lavrov’s New York Shuffle
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s New York moment performed the diplomatic equivalent of bringing the house down, writes Pepe Escobar.
Now picture a true gentleman, the foremost diplomat of these troubled times, in total command of the facts and endowed with a delightful sense of humor, taking a perilous walk on the wild side, to quote… Continue reading
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Apr 23 2023 
The Empire’s Revenge: Set Fire to Southern Eurasia
Hegemon hacks are spinning that the North Atlantic has relocated to South China. Goodnight, and good luck.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
The collective cognitive dissonance displayed by the pack of hyenas with polished faces driving U.S. foreign policy should never be underestimated.
And yet those Straussian neo-con psychos have been able to pull… Continue reading
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Apr 16 2023 
All Roads Lead to Beijing
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
This is the tale of two pilgrims following the road that really matters in the young 21st century; one coming from NATOstan and another one from BRICS.
Let’s start with Le Petit Roi, Emmanuel Macron. Picture him with a plastic grin in his face strolling alongside Xi Jinping… Continue reading
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Apr 12 2023 
Waiting for the end of the world
From Pepe Escobar: https://vk.com/@pepeasia-waiting-for-the-end-of-the-world
NOTE: THIS IS THE ENGLISH ORIGINAL OF A COLUMN SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED BY THE LEADING RUSSIAN BUSINESS DAILY VEDOMOSTI: https://www.vedomosti.ru/opinion/columns/2023/04/10/970144-konets-sveta-dlya-gegemona
We were waiting for the end of the world
Waiting for the end of the world, waiting for the end of the world
Dear Lord, I sincerely hope You’re coming
‘Cause You really started something
Elvis Costello, Waiting… Continue reading -
Apr 11 2023
The Pentagon Leaks Charade
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
The script reads like a spoof straight out of the legendary Mad magazine 1960’s cartoon “Spy vs. Spy”: Secret Pentagon Documents Fall in the Hands of Malign Russia. Well, actually in the hands of millions accessing Twitter and Telegram.
So here, at face value, we have a major… Continue reading
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Apr 07 2023
Iran and Saudi Arabia: a Chinese win-win
The single Iranian-Saudi handshake buried trillions of dollars of western divide-and-rule investments across West Asia, and has global leaders rushing to Beijing for global solutions.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
The idea that History has an endpoint, as promoted by clueless neoconservatives in the unipolar 1990s, is flawed, as it is in an… Continue reading
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Apr 07 2023 
🔥⚡️ Michael Hudson & Pepe Escobar: A roadmap to escape the west’s stranglehold
The geoeconomic pathway away from the neoliberal order is fraught with peril, but the rewards in establishing an alternative system are as promising as they are urgent
Note: This is an article from last year but still pretty fresh and as good a replay as what one could hope for. Michael hit it on the nail… Continue reading
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Mar 22 2023 
In Moscow, Xi and Putin bury Pax Americana
In Moscow this week, the Chinese and Russian leaders revealed their joint commitment to redesign the global order, an undertaking that has ‘not been seen in 100 years.’
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
What has just taken place in Moscow is nothing less than a new Yalta, which, incidentally, is in Crimea. But… Continue reading
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Mar 14 2023
Sergey Glazyev: ‘The road to financial multipolarity will be long and rocky’
In an exclusive interview with The Cradle, Russia’s top macroeconomics strategist criticizes Moscow’s slow pace of financial reform and warns there will be no new global currency without Beijing.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
The headquarters of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) in Moscow, linked to the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU) is arguably… Continue reading
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Mar 11 2023
Moveable Multipolarity in Moscow: Ridin’ the ‘Newcoin’ Train
The new currency should be able to become an “external money” storage of capital and reserves down the road, not just a settlement unit.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
Ah, the joys of the Big Circle Line (BKL, in Cyrillic): circumnavigating the whole of Moscow for 71 km and 31 stations: from Tekstilshchiki… Continue reading
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Mar 04 2023
The Valdai meeting: Where West Asia meets multipolarity
At Russia’s Valdai Club meeting – the east’s answer to Davos – intellectuals and influencers gathered to frame West Asia’s current and future developments.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
The 12th “Middle East Conference” at the Valdai Club in Moscow offered a more than welcome cornucopia of views on interconnected troubles and tribulations affecting… Continue reading
