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Jun 26 2025 
Brian Berletic: Maga duped with NATO “Burden Sharing”
“MAGA” Duped Again as Trump Fulfills “Project 2025” NATO “Burden Sharing” Objective through 5% GDP Military Spending vs. Russia
▪️As warned, and as US Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth pronounced in Feb. 2025, the US has forced NATO members to commit to 5% of their GDP to military spending specifically as part of a “division of… Continue reading
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Jun 07 2025 
Russia / Ukraine, NATO, West
Comments drawing together the events of the past week. What is real and what is not.
Shortly before a meeting between Russia and Ukraine negotiators in Istanbul on June 2, Ukraine carried out an overnight terrorism attack on May 31. An automotive bridge collapsed in the Bryansk Region. The bridge and a truck driving across… Continue reading
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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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Mar 21 2025 
Trump wants A Deal — not Peace
It’s called opportunism
with gratitude to Julian Macfarlane at News Forensics.
The Western Media seem to think that Trump gave Putin his marching orders —just because Putin is articulate, civil and polite —if, as they say in Russian – “nuanced’.
There are at least 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers, mercenaries, and NATO personnel trapped in Kursk. Trump asked Putin to… Continue reading
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Mar 14 2025 
Putin peels off the Masks of the Ceasefire Kabuki
Putin will never sacrifice Russia’s “indivisibility of security” demands posed to Washington in December 2021 – and met with a no-response response.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
The “ceasefire” announced with trademark bombast by Team Trump 2.0 should be seen as a tawdry kabuki inside a cheap matryoshka.
As we peel off the successive masks,… Continue reading
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Mar 02 2025 
Anglo-Zionists slap Trump
an alternative view around the world, especially among societies sensitive to issues of honor — another here (#52923)…
By Abdel Bari Atwan at Rai Al Youm.
The biggest and most catastrophic mistake made by President Donald Trump, which led to his appearance as an ordinary man rather than the leader of what is currently considered the greatest… Continue reading
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Mar 02 2025 
From Donbass to South Lebanon, and All Across BRICS, It’s All About Resistance
… the absolutely key imperative remains the Forever Wars chapter in Ukraine – whose resolution (or not) will deeply affect geopolitics for the rest of the century
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
For those who keep track of the slings and arrows crossing the broader geopolitical chessboard non-stop, it’s an immensely powerful – and humbling – experience… Continue reading -
Feb 04 2025 
Ottoman Empire 2.0?
Pepe Escobar joins #NewRulesPodcast to discuss Turkey’s political and economic expansion in Syria, Africa, and Central Asia.
(2:20) Turkey’s political elites
(7:42) 90% of Turkish elites are Atlanticists
(11:31) Erdogan’s double game with Russia and China
(16:16) Will Syria backfire?
(27:12) Turkey: Energy superpower?
(32:50) Central Asia: Turkey’s next frontier
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Feb 04 2025 
SMO: Large frontline summary 27-31 January 2025 – Marat Khairullin
From Marat’s Substack
Today, a surprising situation has developed. To understand what is happening at the front, it is necessary to take into account the international context, and vice versa, without taking into account international issues, it is impossible to analyze the situation at the front.
Therefore, let us immediately outline foreign policy priorities in order to… Continue reading
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Jan 30 2025 
What Sültan Erdogan is really up to
On the table, a geopolitical banquet – served by some of the best independent analytical minds from Bursa to Diyarbakir.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
CONSTANTINOPLE – The scene is a Circassian restaurant off fabled Istiklal street in historic Beyoglu. On the table, a geopolitical banquet – served by some of the best independent… 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 -
Dec 20 2024 
Putin’s Q&A and the Forever Wars Riddle
Putin’s answers connect to the fog of the Forever Wars.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
He spoke for four and a half hours, virtually non-stop, reviewing the results of 2024, mastering all the facts.
His Direct Line received over 2 million questions, from Russia and around the world. And he had to crown the performance with a flourish,… Continue reading -
Dec 10 2024 
Syria’s post-mortem
Terror, occupation, and Palestine.
By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.
The NATO-Israeli cabal cheering on Damascus’s fall will get more than they bargained for. Power struggles and infighting among extremist militias and civil society, each backed by different regional and foreign actors who want a piece of the pie.
The short headline defining the abrupt, swift end of… Continue reading -
Dec 10 2024 
Navigating the Fog
An Interview with Professor Sergey A. Karaganov
By Nora Hoppe and Tariq Marzbaan at Al Mayadeen.
As we transition from a dying world to a new one in its turbulent birth pangs – we find ourselves in a foggy interregnum that urgently needs more clarity for us to move on…
We thus turn once again to political scientist… Continue reading
