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May 17 2025 
The Istanbul Kabuki — decoded
The endgame is clear: the US losing the entire Eurasian land mass. Ukraine, under these immense geopolitical imperatives, is only a sovereign-deprived pawn in the (Great) Game.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
Did President Putin really change the game by proposing the resumption of negotiations on the proxy war in Ukraine in Istanbul –… Continue reading
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Apr 21 2025 
The Shanghai Spirit – China Will Take No Bullying
Shanghai shows China relishes its new role as a Resistance beacon, bent on defying bullying, busy building a Global Majority consensus. It’s all about strategic patience …
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
SHANGHAI – There could not be a more strategic place to spend these past Trump Tariff Tizzy (TTT) heady days than in Shanghai –… Continue reading -
Feb 02 2025 
The Chihuahua Energy Policy: it’s a gas, gas, gas
European chihuahuas, enjoy your “strategic defeat” fantasies!
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
Let’s start with the tale of an Empire bragging to the wind.
Mr. Disco Inferno orders OPEC and OPEC+ to lower the price of oil, because, in his mind, that may solve the war in Ukraine – as in forcing Moscow to the table… Continue reading
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Sep 26 2024 
China’s Global Security Initiative (GSI)
… and What it Means for the World. “No Global South without China!” A review of the 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, hosted by the People’s Liberation Army. 🔻 Heartland Economic blocs versus Occidental Military blocs.
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Sep 17 2024 
The Russian Digital Ruble & BRICS Bridge
Leaving the dollar-based system for good: What are the digital ruble and BRICS Bridge?
By July 1, 2025, the largest Russian banks will have to provide their clients with the ability to conduct transactions in digital rubles, according to the Russian Central Bank. Pilot testing of the digital currency is underway with 12 banks participating in… Continue reading
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Sep 14 2024 
BRICS, the Rise of China & Indivisible Security
The first meeting of security experts/National Security Advisors under the expanded BRICS+ format in St. Petersburg unveiled quite a few nuggets.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
The first meeting of security experts/National Security Advisors under the expanded BRICS+ format at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg unveiled quite a few nuggets.
Let’s start with China. Foreign… Continue reading -
Jun 22 2024 
June 22 – Day of Memory and Sorrow
⭕ 🇷🇺☦️Action “Memory Candle” at the walls of the Main Church of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
At exactly 4 a.m., after the bell struck, the participants of the action placed candles at the monument to “Mothers of the Winners” and at capsules with soil from the mass graves.
Throughout the day, everyone will be… Continue reading
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Jun 20 2024 
We Need Icebreakers!
– and more strategic partnerships. The U.S. “containment” of the Russia-China strategic partnership is already unravelling in real time.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
The St. Petersburg forum offered a wealth of crucial sessions discussing connectivity corridors. One of the key ones was on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) – or, in Chinese terminology, the Arctic… Continue reading
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Jun 11 2024 
Russia on the Way Forward
Debriefing SPIEF-2024. On the Units (and chords) of the Harmonic Symphony. From the rockin’ Heartland of the Multipolar World. With a side of the “Small Garden with High Walls,” symmetrical escalatory responses, hot summers, & Armageddon..
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Jan 13 2024 
2024: the Year of the Dragon
It’s possible to advance that the Year of the Dragon will be a year where Sovereignty reigns. China, Russia and Iran will take the fight towards a more equal and just system to the next level…
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
As we enter incandescent 2024, four major trends will define the progress… Continue reading
