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Dec 05 2025 
Restoring US ‘military overmach’ in ‘Indo-Pacific’
Trump’s White House just released its National Strategy paper. No doubt Brian Berletic will prepare a full analysis. No, the US is not retrenching or intending to pull punches in this area.
There is a lot of blunt discussions about mainland China, Taiwan, allies in the region, South China Sea etc.
This is real politik:
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The United… Continue reading
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Dec 05 2025 
Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: EU–US Split? EU Moves as the UK Economy Collapses
The EU: There is nothing left, besides hatred of Russia. That is the only political message that they have, and they will keep on working it. The stakes now are so high and what is at stake is the physical, military and demographic survival of Europe itself.
What the EU is attempting is to inculcate a… Continue reading
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Nov 30 2025 
Gaza to Donbass: How Israel and Ukraine Built a Transnational War Machine
From Bandera to Ben-Gurion, a new alliance is fusing battlefield technologies, ultranationalist ideologies, and Western power; turning Gaza and Donbass into two fronts of the same war.
Sarah B. from DD Geopolitics
The Ukraine–Israel Nexus: Pragmatic Alliances Amid Paradoxes and Shared Challenges
From Bandera to Ben-Gurion, echoes of ethno-nationalist revival resonate in the modern trajectories of Ukraine and… Continue reading -
Nov 27 2025 
Kishore Mabubani: Why America Plays Chess, But China Plays Wei Qi (The 100-Year Strategy) Episode 1
♟️ Why America Plays Chess, But China Plays Wei Qi
In this masterclass on global strategy, Kishore Mahbubani reveals the fundamental misunderstanding driving the world’s most important rivalry.
While America plays Chess—seeking decisive victories, regime change, and checkmate—China plays Wei Qi (Go), pursuing patience, encirclement, and quiet accumulation of power.Through brilliant storytelling and decades of diplomatic insight,… Continue reading
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Nov 27 2025 
The Spook and Spy Files
Suddenly we have two and more Spooks Speaking, and they were invariably playing all sides.
Full disclosure 😮: I have a bias against spooks. Once a spook, always a spook, is what I think. Even if the spook repents from their spookish ways, the previous employer could call them in at any time for a special… Continue reading
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Nov 26 2025 
Honduras: Audio Leaks Spark Scandal Ahead of Presidential Election
The US wants its backyard back!
With just days to go before the Nov. 30 presidential election, Honduras is facing a new political earthquake after the leak of seven additional audio recordings that expose a right-wing conspiracy to reject the election results.
In the recordings, electoral councilor Cossette Lopez, business leaders and representatives of the National and… Continue reading
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Nov 24 2025 
MOATS : George Galloway
Tonight, George Galloway dissects Trump’s new 28-point “peace plan” as the world watches to see whether Zelensky will accept the deal — and whether Washington will let him. While the bombs still fall on Gaza and Ukraine’s battlefield shifts, Epstein’s ghost returns to haunt the halls of power. The questions are piling up — and… Continue reading
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Nov 24 2025 
One telephone call, Two perspectives
Ji Xinping and Donald Trump had a telephone call.
Xi Jinping talked about principles, peace, common understanding, and positive relationships. The call was at the initiative of Xi Jinping, and he also talked about Taiwan (and Japan, we would think). Donald Trump talked about fentanyl, soybeans and the kitchen sink.
President Xi Jinping Speaks with U.S. President Donald… Continue reading
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Nov 20 2025 
Full subbed version of visit of Vladimir Putin to the command post of the West group of forces.
East Calling translated the full video of the meeting with the command of the West Group of forces. Kupyansk is liberated!
https://eastcalling.substack.comWatch now
The Supreme Commander-in-Chief visited one of the command posts of the West group, where he held a meeting with the Chief of the General Staff, the Chief of the Main Operations Directorate, the Commander… Continue reading
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Nov 11 2025 
Brazil: COP30 – Indigenous Climate Protestors take the house down
I have not seen much reporting but these indigenous climate protestors apparently came ready for a fight. The RT reporter says: Climate protesters barge into COP30 conference in Brazil wielding fists and flagpoles. Doors booted down, conference hall trashed.
Brian Mier has not yet reported on this, but a… Continue reading
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Nov 09 2025 
China: Doing their own work well
Doing their own work well
A summary of last week in China by Trivium
Even as US-China trade dynamics command the global spotlight, Chinese leaders are focused on “doing [their] own work well.”
That goes double when it comes to their push toward tech self-sufficiency and AI development.
After weeks of dissecting the trade war drama, it’s… Continue reading
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Nov 08 2025 
The topic is war. Cutting to the chase: A discussion …
On October 8th, this discussion was posted. Let’s retake the temperature. Following is an update. The original post is below.
Starting with Russia and Ukraine. The USofA is frustrated. Russia will do what Russia will do. The US may have a part in this, as long as it understands and is willing to consider the root… Continue reading
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Nov 08 2025 
Book Review: Martyrs to the Unspeakable: The Assassinations of JFK, Malcolm, Martin, and RFK by James Douglass
By Bruce K. Gagnon
I’ve recently finished reading the latest James Douglass exceptional historical treasure entitled Martyrs to the Unspeakable: The Assassinations of JFK, Malcolm, Martin, and RFK. Having previously read his remarkable book JFK and the Unspeakable I had a good clue what to expect from this new undertaking.
I was not disappointed as I read this… Continue reading
