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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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May 01 2025 Pepe with Judge Napolitano
Thanks to Tariffs, China Ditching US Tech. Napolitano interviews geopolitician Pepe Escobar, April 30th, 2025.
“… in this wilderness of narrative mirrors, Trump should be perceived as all characters combined: the White Rabbit, Humpty Dumpty (“When I use a word, it means what I choose to mean, no more and no less”), the Mad Hatter, the… Continue reading
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Sep 29 2024 Watching the China river flow
Like a river undisturbed while traversing a rocky wilderness, China silently flows away on its path to peaceful primacy.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
Leading website Guancha has published the transcript of a first-class lecture at Renmin University on China-U.S. relations by Martin Jacques, author of When China Rules the World. Jacques is one of the very few… Continue reading
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Jun 23 2024 The Moribund and the Nascent
Much of the world is tired of monsters and seeks not a “re-set” but a rebirth of its original identities and historical legacies… which have been held too long hostage by a ruthless all-devouring Empire.
By Tariq Marzbaan at Al Mayadeen.
Seeing as there are currently too many insane people in leadership positions in the Western camp,… Continue reading -
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 -
Mar 12 2024 Confident China Lays out the Refined Roadmap
As Project Ukraine goes down the drain of history, Project Taiwan will go on overdrive. Forever Wars never die. Bring it on. The Dragon is ready.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture.
This is the Year of the Wooden Dragon, according to China’s classic wuxing (“five elements”) culture. The dragon, one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac,… Continue reading