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Jan 01 2026 
And Then There Was One
… the red bull cried out instead in dismay: “I know I was eaten the day the white bull was eaten.”
By Abdel Bari Atwan at Rai Al Youm.
With whom will the Israeli-American alliance align? And why have the Houthis emerged as the biggest winners? What did “rebel” Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz and President Ali Abdullah… Continue reading -
May 30 2025 
When East and West can’t meet: Between Leviathan, Behemoth and Mandala
The first ever ASEAN-China-GCC trilateral summit was a de facto celebration of the New Silk Road spirit.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
The first ever ASEAN-China-GCC trilateral summit earlier this week in Malaysia – with 17 Global South nations at the table – was a de facto celebration of the New Silk Road spirit.
Malaysian Prime… Continue reading
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Aug 13 2024 
The Waiting is Part of the Punishment
On August 12, Dimitri Lascaris spoke with Iranian professor Mohammad Marandi about the form and timing of the resistance’s retaliation. They also discussed whether the U.S. was likely to attack Iran directly, the possible reaction of Russia and China to any such attack, and the considerable damage that the conflict is inflicting upon Israel’s economy.
At… Continue reading
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Aug 06 2024 
A Yemeni offer one can’t refuse
The Yemen deal: Riyadh capitulates, Washington loses leverage
by Khalil Nasrallah at The Cradle.
Sanaa’s brash threats have compelled Saudi Arabia to make significant concessions to Yemen, showcasing not only Sanaa’s sharp regional ascent but also the US and Israel’s rapidly shrinking influence.
Yemen’s strikes against Saudi Arabia over the past three years – including Operation Break Siege… Continue reading -
Jul 20 2024 
US Grand Strategy in the Middle East to Contain China
Hamas & unhackable Huawei? Fighting the last (energy denial) war against Imperial Japan, 85+ years later? And other Exceptionalist conundrums navigating “Strategery in our Greater Middle East.”
Carl Zha talks to long term Chine observer Peter Lee aka chinahand on X of the Peter Lee’s China Threat Report about the US Grand Strategy in the Middle… Continue reading
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Feb 11 2024 
Supplying Israel while it starves Gaza
The trade corridor amounts to active Arab collusion in the genocidal war
By Abdel Bari Atwan at Rai Al Youm
While Yemen gets pummelled by US and British airstrikes for trying to close the Red Sea to Israeli shipping, other Arab countries have been conspiring to sabotage its valiant effort to support the Palestinians in the Gaza… Continue reading
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Dec 13 2023 
Putin Soars Ahead of BRICS Expansion
Elijah Magnier interviewed by Rachel Blevins: Russia & BRICS expansion
Putin made a visit to both the UAE and Saudi Arabia to meet with leaders, as the two countries are set to join the BRICS alliance next month.
Veteran Journalist @ejmalrai noted that the celebration of the Russian President’s visit in each country is a reminder that… Continue reading
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Dec 03 2023 
Rolling out the red carpet
By Abdel Bari Atwan at Rai Al Youm.
Arab states are colluding in the US/Israeli war on Palestinian resistance.
It was a disgrace for Arab leaders to attend the Cop28 conference in Dubai alongside Israel’s president Isaac Herzog while it wages a genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip that has claimed the lives of at least 15,000 innocent… Continue reading
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Nov 22 2023 
Will Russia-China Strategic Patience Extinguish the Fire in West Asia?
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Sputnik
Once upon a time, by the Don river, in the southern steppes of what today is still known as “Ukraine”, the Great King of Persia, the mighty Darius, leading the most powerful army ever assembled on earth, received a puzzling message from a foe he was pursuing: the nomad… Continue reading
