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Sep 26 2025 
Russia on Iran Snap-Back Sanctions
tomorrow, 27ᵗʰ September 2025, the 2015 JCPOA “snap-back” sanctions will come into force. With disavowal from China and Russia, it will become a milestone day in the disintegration of the post-WW2 UN system.
with appreciation to Dr. Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium.
One Major FM statement and two by main UN Representative Vassily Nebenzia
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Aug 13 2025 
Bear, Dragon, Elephant, Toucan, Nightingale stare down Goldfinger
Of course it’s all about Alaska. Here’s what’s in play. But it’s the shadowplay that’s even more exciting.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
Of course it’s all about Alaska. Here’s what’s in play. But it’s the shadowplay that’s even more exciting.
Across the world, for those who grew up in the Cold War Swingin’ Sixties, the temptation is… Continue reading
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Jul 21 2025 
Iran’s Grand Strategy — Vali Nasr
“Either the U.S. lets Iran become nuclear, or the U.S. has to engage diplomatically.”
In this interview, Negar Razavi speaks with @vali_nasr about his new book, Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History — and the choices ahead for U.S. foreign policy.
It was pleasure to speak with Security in Context on my book Iran’s Grand Strategy https://t.co/7By3bceGnS
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Jul 18 2025 
And it’s one, two, three, what are we fighting for? NATO’s wars
The whole Circus Ringmaster shtick, with each plot twist draped in several layers of hubris and empty bluster, only accelerates the BRICS/Global South high-speed train…
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
All of you Vietnam vets and draft resisters will recognize where this column’s headline is coming from. Oh yes, this ain’t the late 1960s… Continue reading
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Jul 16 2025 
Rachel Blevins & Brian Berletic: U.S. Preparing for war on China, Trump extends war with Russia
President Trump has announced plans to arm Ukraine through weapons sales to Europe, as he also threatens Russia with “severe” sanctions, and reports say he is considering providing more long-range weapons to Kiev to strike deep inside Russia. In other words, so much for that promise of “ending the war” in Ukraine…
Brian Berletic, a geopolitical… Continue reading
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Jul 06 2025 
Degaussing your Mind of NUTS
Jamarl Thomas interviews KJ Noh on China’s hidden role in Iran’s new defense posture against US aggression, and the big view at the moment.
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Jamarl Thomas: You look good. You look good. You look good. Let me bring him on. KJ. No. The man himself. KJ is a journalist, political analyst, writer, and teacher specializing… Continue reading
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Jul 04 2025 
Strategic Miscalculations and Moral Reckoning: The Iran-Israel Conflict and the Path to Peace.
The recent Iran-Israel war—an explosive episode in an already turbulent Middle East—has sent shockwaves throughout the region and across the world. This high-stakes confrontation, in which the United States also became partially involved, was initiated by Israeli aggression aimed at dismantling Iran’s nuclear capabilities and pursuing regime change. However, contrary to Israeli expectations, the conflict… Continue reading
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Jun 30 2025 
Iran Pivots East
After direct aggression of the messianic West on herself, Iran blocked US-controlled GPS and switched to the more advanced Chinese BeiDou. This is more than a technologic paradigm change..
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Jun 29 2025 
West isolated, Iran to nuclearize
“… on June 22 Trump struck and a terrible beauty was born.”
By Ambassador MK Bhadrakumar at the Indian Punchline.
The former President and Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev who is one of the most authoritative voices in the Kremlin, wrote on the Telegram channel on June 23 a critique on the Middle East… Continue reading
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Jun 28 2025 
The United States Cannot Defeat Iran
Those whose calculus of a US/Iran war assumes overwhelming American air superiority will abruptly find the parameters of their equations altered.
By William Schryver at imetatronink.
How soon people have forgotten that, earlier this year, the US dispatched two carrier strike groups and a half-dozen B-2s (and other USAF assets) to disarm the Yemeni and open the… Continue reading
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Jun 27 2025 
Khamenei’s Victory Speech to Iran
As most know, Trump yet again delivered bombast instead of truth, although Khamenei was able to pick out the one shred of truth that tumbled from Trump’s maw.
with appreciation to Dr. Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium.
What sort of admission it will become in time is unknown at the present. But it will bolster the Iranian… Continue reading
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Jun 26 2025 
Round One: Iran
“US bases in Gulf which were once a first line of defense for the US and Israel have now proven to be 1st line of defense for Iran”
Part 1 of 3. The Anglo-Zionists’ military superiority is shattered. Their shields are even weaker than that of Iran. They’re all Big Fat Targets under endless waves of… Continue reading
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Jun 25 2025 
The Ceasefire Kabuki
The myth of genocidal invincibility has been shattered forever .. that death cult in West Asia can indeed be mortally wounded .. TACO announced a one-sided ceasefire and fled .. There will be blood – over and over again.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
In the end, predictably, the Circus Ringmaster went TACO (“Trump… Continue reading
