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Sep 09 2025 
From Tianjin and Beijing to Vladivostok, the Eurasia High-Speed Train Keeps-a-Rollin’
History will register that the first week of September 2025 propelled the advent of the Eurasia Century to a whole new level.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
That was the expectation ahead of three crucial intertwined dates: the SCO annual summit in Tianjin; the Victory Day parade in Beijing; and the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
Yet expectations… Continue reading
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May 24 2025 
A Travelogue of Modern Iran: From the Caspian to the Persian Gulf
The full version, including what happened in Tehran on several fronts – IRGC, nanotechnology, academic debates – of the column originally published on Sputnik.
By Pepe Escobar at VKontakte.
ON THE ROAD IN IRAN – The International North South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) is one of the most crucial geoeconomic/infrastructure projects of the 21st century. It unites at… Continue reading
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Feb 08 2025 
In Valdai, confronting the “American problem” in West Asia
While Trump runs riot with his global land grab projects, multipolar visionaries in Valdai were mapping out the actual, tangible territorial routes that will define this century’s geopolitics and geoeconomics.
By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.
MOSCOW – The 14th Middle East Conference of the Valdai Club in Moscow was hit by a geopolitical bunker buster bomb right… Continue reading
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Dec 30 2024 
Crash of Azerbaijani civilian airliner in Kazakhstan
Accidental tragedy or monstrous provocation?
Editorial at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
It may be hoped that the attempts by Russia’s adversaries to politicize this tragedy and use it to weaken the trusting relations between historically close nations are doomed to failure.
The crash investigation of the Brazilian-built Embraer 190 airliner is ongoing, and therefore, it is too early… Continue reading -
Oct 31 2024 
The Roadblocks Ahead for the Sovereign Harmonious Multi-Nodal World
The Kazan lab has laid out several geoeconomic road maps, and is seriously taking the inevitable roadblocks into account.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
We will need weeks, months, years to fully grasp the enormity of what took place in Kazan during the annual BRICS summit under the Russian presidency.
For the moment let’s cherish arguably… Continue reading
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Oct 18 2024 
The Geoeconomic Drivers of SCO-BRICS Synergy
Expanding on the SCO summit earlier this week in Pakistan – and focusing on the interconnection of connectivity corridors, a key vector developed right before the BRICS summit.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
One week before the absolutely crucial BRICS summit in Kazan, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held a summit in Islamabad.
This convergence is important in… 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 01 2024 
The Afghans Who Came in from the Cold
The whole Russia-Taliban love affair involves a humongous package – encompassing oil, gas, minerals and loads of rail connectivity.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
Russia, SCO, BRICS: The normalization of Afghanistan
This past Sunday in Doha, I had a meeting with three high-level representatives of the Taliban Political Office in Qatar, including a founding member… Continue reading -
Apr 29 2024 
Cuba and Iran Dance their Salsa
Meanwhile, trade and connectivity grows apace among the Global South. For almost two decades, the rising Iran-Cuba relations were source of hope for independent nations…
ICCIMA to host Iran-Cuba Business Forum on April 30 (Tehran Times)
TEHRAN – Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) is going to host a joint business forum of Iran… Continue reading
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Mar 27 2024 
West’s Geoeconomic Gamble behind Gaza Genocide
After blocking Russian and Iranian gas pipelines to Europe and working to decouple from China, the combined West put their eggs into the Leviathan basket off Gaza and the IMEC connectivity corridor over the revitalized ancient Silk Roads…
