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May 23 2023 The inside story of Russia-Iran-India connectivity
The G7 is stupefied by the dynamic progress of the multipolar order embodied by the Russian-led INSTC and the Chinese-led BRI, with Iran’s strategic port of Chabahar now poised to play a transformative role.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
Make no mistake about what the G7’s Hiroshima Communique is all about.
The setting: a city in… Continue reading
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May 21 2023 Adventures in NATOstan: Sparks Flying in Ibiza, Locked Down Bilderberg in Lisbon
With G7 “leadership” mired in a sticky swamp of intellectual shallowness, predictably the only agenda in colonized Japan was more sanctions on Russia.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
Let’s start with a graphic depiction of where the Global North and the Global South really stand.
1. Xian, former imperial capital, and key hub of… Continue reading
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May 16 2023 Pepe Escobar: US Empire of Debt Headed for Collapse
From Sputnik International and this is Pepe’s first post in a regular column for Sputnik. What a wonderful gesture for his first column: A beautiful review of Michael Hudson’s new book The Collapse of Antiquity.
Pepe says:
I’m VERY pleased to announce that my Sputnik column is BACK.
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May 14 2023 Cries and Whispers Along the Russian Watchtowers
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
Remember Putin: “We haven’t even started anything yet.”
“Whispers of an ‘evil power’ were heard in lines at dairy shops, in streetcars, stores, apartments, kitchens, suburban and long-distance trains, at stations large and small, in dachas, and on beaches. Needless to say, truly mature and cultured people did… Continue reading -
May 12 2023 Prighozin goes for the jugular AGAIN (Update)
UPDATE: I’m putting this update on the top, as the fog is fast clearing around this complete issue. There also is one aspect that I did not mention.
What I mentioned, is that I see political activity. From Inessa S, translator and well-known for her Russian/English translations, we have this: https://t.me/c/1601261659/280479
Please note this is… Continue reading
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May 11 2023 Bold gambits on the West Asian chessboard
In the Great Power competition, everything is connected: Uncertain negotiations between Russia and NATO over Ukraine may be impacted by Turkiye’s post-election pivot and Syria’s return to the Arab League.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
West Asia is a region that is currently experiencing a great deal of geopolitical activity. Recent diplomatic efforts,… Continue reading
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May 07 2023 The Prighozin File: Twilight of the Gods or Maskirovka?
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
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Ed Note: It is a run to the finish. We cannot even post this up, before there are changes. Yevgeny Prighozin has received his battle orders and this is what he says:
URGENT: PMC “Wagner” received a combat order, the group should be given everything necessary to continue… Continue reading
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Pepe Escobar: New Rules Podcast
Pepe says: “Sputnik’s new show, New Rules, where I’m the first guest, recorded in Moscow”
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Apr 28 2023 De-dollarization kicks into high gear
The US dollar is essential to US global power projection. But in 2022, the dollar share of reserve currencies slid 10 times faster than the average in the past two decades.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
It is now established that the US dollar’s status as a global reserve currency is eroding. When corporate… Continue reading
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Apr 23 2023 The Empire’s Revenge: Set Fire to Southern Eurasia
Hegemon hacks are spinning that the North Atlantic has relocated to South China. Goodnight, and good luck.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
The collective cognitive dissonance displayed by the pack of hyenas with polished faces driving U.S. foreign policy should never be underestimated.
And yet those Straussian neo-con psychos have been able to pull… Continue reading
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Apr 16 2023 All Roads Lead to Beijing
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
This is the tale of two pilgrims following the road that really matters in the young 21st century; one coming from NATOstan and another one from BRICS.
Let’s start with Le Petit Roi, Emmanuel Macron. Picture him with a plastic grin in his face strolling alongside Xi Jinping… Continue reading
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Apr 11 2023 The Pentagon Leaks Charade
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
The script reads like a spoof straight out of the legendary Mad magazine 1960’s cartoon “Spy vs. Spy”: Secret Pentagon Documents Fall in the Hands of Malign Russia. Well, actually in the hands of millions accessing Twitter and Telegram.
So here, at face value, we have a major… Continue reading
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