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May 25 2026 
Alastair Crooke : Paradoxically fear is the foundation of stability: deterrence works
Russian nuclear deterrence is a European interest too. Communication channels are essential – this needs to be managed well.
Strategic Culture
Professor Sergei Karaganov has written a paper – How to Win a World War – that advocates a limited nuclear strike on an adversary by Russia, as the means of preventing a World War.On the face… Continue reading
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May 23 2026 
Post Russia – China Summit Beijing
By Amarynth
We know the form of what happened during this summit—for example, the 40 agreements that were signed. Can you imagine how much pre-work went into that? The pleasant tone of the summit, the gracious Chinese welcoming ceremonies and pomp and circumstance, are great to see. But they also naturally cover aspects we didn’t necessarily… 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 
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 
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
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May 16 2026 
Uranium Over Democracy: Why France’s Expulsion from Niger Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Africa
New Eastern Outlook
Paris loves to play the knight in shining armour – the defender of democracy, the fighter against terrorism, the guardian of humanitarianism.
But in the Sahel, that armour has long since tarnished. After ten years of the so-called “counterterrorism” Operation Barkhane, France not only failed to defeat the jihadists but actually drove its former… Continue reading -
May 16 2026 
Pepe Escobar: Trump in PANIC! Iran & China just WIPED OUT His WW3 Strategy
With Danny Haiphong
Pepe Escobar joins the show to discuss the massive fallout of Trump’s trip to China which has sparked a mad push by the US empire to renew its war on Iran despite the devastating consequences this would bring to both itself and the world.
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May 14 2026
Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: America’s Grip Is Gone – Here’s What Iran, Russia & China Did
With Nima Alkorshid, Dialogue Works
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May 13 2026 
The Emperor has no clothes and no cards
© Photo: SCF
Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture
Business Shanghai is not exactly impressed by the arrival of the Emperor of Barbaria.
SHANGHAI – China’s powerhouse moves on like a speed-breaking EV. The atmosphere is electric. At a business dinner in a landmark Cantonese restaurant, Trump’s visit to China at least propels the conversation towards something more tangible:… Continue reading
