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May 24 2023 
Two Videos: Mearsheimer and Ray McGovern
The halfway sensible voices in the United States are expressing complete and utter fear of escalation as a result of the Ukrainian war. Both overstate Russian reaction vis a vis Ukraine but they are not overstating the danger that the…
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May 24 2023 
Radhika Desai for RT: Is the debt ceiling the real issue for the US economy right now?
The drama around increasing the borrowing limit obscures the growing threat of a crash in the Treasuries market: https://www.rt.com/news/576766-us-debt-treasuries-market/
By Dr. Radhika Desai, a professor at the Department of Political Studies at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada and director of…
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May 23 2023 
The inside story of Russia-Iran-India connectivity
The G7 is stupefied by the dynamic progress of the multipolar order embodied by the Russian-led INSTC and the Chinese-led BRI, with Iran’s strategic port of Chabahar now poised to play a transformative role.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at…
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May 23 2023 
Pakistan is in real trouble
We all know about the outing by lawfare of Imran Khan (IK) as I’ve done regular updates in the Daily Chronicles.
Pakistan is a critical node on the Belt and Road and a critical country for security against terrorism around Afghanistan. …
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May 23 2023 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 31st Assembly of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy
https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1871520/
Colleagues.
It is really pleasant and useful to speak here each year and meet with the many experts here between speeches, experts who have long become my comrades and friends who are willing to share their clever ideas (I say this…
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May 23 2023 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top. The rough theme: Synchronization: Russia,…
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May 22 2023 
Lineaments of Multipolar World Rising: Africa and Russia harmonize (Part 8)
With thanks to our own AHH
Please read in order: Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3 ; Part 4 ; Part 5 ; Part 6 ; Part 7
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“Serious countries with self-respect
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May 22 2023 
G7: Coercive with a side of dishonest false charm, they start the war against the Global South
The first shock is the title of the combined completed G7 statement. Take a look:
G7 Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué
Now take a look at a different presentation:
G7 Leader’s Comminiqué: Hiroshima
But no, it is the Hiroshima Leader’s Communiqué, which speaks volumes. It is…
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May 21 2023 
CIA Stories: The Jakarta Method
It is a joy to see Abby Martin back with the Empire Files. She is a spectacularly good interviewer even though in the last years, she moved a little to the faux left. Hopefully, that phase is over now. This…
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May 21 2023
Adventures in NATOstan: Sparks Flying in Ibiza, Locked Down Bilderberg in Lisbon
With G7 “leadership” mired in a sticky swamp of intellectual shallowness, predictably the only agenda in colonized Japan was more sanctions on Russia.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
Let’s start with a graphic depiction of where the Global…
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May 20 2023 
Here Comes China and Two Minute News
From our China group, this note:
Frans: “The Chinese are richer than we are”
Frans Vandenbosch writes from Beijing: “I’m in China now, for the first time since December 2018, before Corona. Before that I lived in Suzhou and Shanghai. Yesterday I… -
May 20 2023 
Bashar al-Assad’s full speech at the Arab League
With thanks to Resistance News, who translated and provided this to us!
The 2023 Arab League summit, officially the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the Summit Level, is a meeting of heads of…
