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Apr 07 2023 Iran and Saudi Arabia: a Chinese win-win
The single Iranian-Saudi handshake buried trillions of dollars of western divide-and-rule investments across West Asia, and has global leaders rushing to Beijing for global solutions.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
The idea that History has an endpoint, as promoted by clueless neoconservatives in the unipolar 1990s, is flawed, as it is in an… Continue reading
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Apr 07 2023 ๐ฅโก๏ธ Michael Hudson & Pepe Escobar: A roadmap to escape the westโs stranglehold
The geoeconomic pathway away from the neoliberal order is fraught with peril, but the rewards in establishing an alternative system are as promising as they are urgent
Note:ย This is an article from last year but still pretty fresh and as good a replay as what one could hope for.ย Michael hit it on the nail… Continue reading
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Mar 31 2023 The Capital of the Multipolar World: A Moscow Diary
By Pepe Escobar posted with permission and first posted at Katehon
How sharp was good olโ Lenin, prime modernist, when he mused, โthere are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happenโ. This global nomad now addressing you has enjoyed the privilege of spending four astonishing weeks in Moscow at the heart of… Continue reading
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Mar 22 2023 In Moscow, Xi and Putin bury Pax Americana
In Moscow this week, the Chinese and Russian leaders revealed their joint commitment to redesign the global order, an undertaking that has ‘not been seen in 100 years.’
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
What has just taken place in Moscow is nothing less than a new Yalta, which, incidentally, is in Crimea. But… Continue reading
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Mar 14 2023 Sergey Glazyev: โThe road to financial multipolarity will be long and rockyโ
In an exclusive interview with The Cradle, Russia’s top macroeconomics strategist criticizes Moscow’s slow pace of financial reform and warns there will be no new global currency without Beijing.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
The headquarters of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) in Moscow, linked to the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU) is arguably… Continue reading
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Mar 11 2023 Moveable Multipolarity in Moscow: Ridinโ the โNewcoinโ Train
The new currency should be able to become an โexternal moneyโ storage of capital and reserves down the road, not just a settlement unit.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
Ah, the joys of the Big Circle Line (BKL, in Cyrillic): circumnavigating the whole of Moscow for 71 km and 31 stations: from Tekstilshchiki… Continue reading
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Pepe Escobar on CrossTalk
Pepe Escobar and George Szamuely.ย This is very new and out and available very recently.ย I would suggest that we all take a listen.ย Pepe explains his stance on Brazil which is valuable.ย Referring to previous discussions on this issue, Pepe believes Brazil is in a position of being held hostage and he believes Brazil… Continue reading
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Mar 04 2023 The Valdai meeting: Where West Asia meets multipolarity
At Russia’s Valdai Club meeting – the east’s answer to Davos – intellectuals and influencers gathered to frame West Asia’s current and future developments.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
The 12thย โMiddle East Conferenceโ at the Valdai Club in Moscow offered a more than welcome cornucopia of views on interconnected troubles and tribulations affecting… Continue reading
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Feb 28 2023 The Stage Is Set for Hybrid World War III
The strategists of Russia and China are now working full time on how to return all strands of Hybrid War against the Hegemon.
By Pepe Escobar with permission and posted at Strategic Culture
A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as youโre immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by… Continue reading
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Feb 22 2023 Putinโs โcivilizationalโ speech frames conflict between east and west
In his Federal Assembly address, President Putin emphasized that Russia is not only an independent nation-state but also a distinct civilization with its own identity, which is in conflict and actively opposes the values of ‘western civilization.’
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
Russian President Vladimir Putinโs much-awaited address to the Russian Federal Assembly… Continue reading
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Feb 18 2023 Raisi in Beijing:
Iran-China strategic plans go full throttle
Raisi’s visit to Beijing, the first for an Iranian president in 20 years, represents Tehran’s wholesale ‘Pivot to the East’ and China’s recognition of Iran’s centrality to its BRI plans.By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
The visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Beijing and his face-to-face meeting… Continue reading
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Feb 14 2023 Nord Stream Terror Attack: The Plot Thickens
Whatโs left for all of us is to swim in a swamp crammed with derelict patsies, dodgy cover stories and intel debris.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
Seymour Hershโs bombshell report on how the United States government blew up the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea last September continues… Continue reading
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Feb 12 2023 The War of Terror of a Rogue Superpower: Cui Bono?
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
Ed Note:ย On Maria Zakharova’s Telegram Channel:ย Well? Where are the NATO experts on newbies and dead ducks who, once a year, regularly make absurd accusations out of thin air, claiming they have high-like facts? They never presented any facts to anyone. There are more than enough… Continue reading -