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Jul 28 2025 
Why Thailand and Cambodia Are at War in the Heart of ASEAN
what toxic confluence of factors has crystallized into a hot war in the heart of Southeast Asia? It starts with a family feud – involving the Thai Shinawatra and the Cambodian Hun Sen clans
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
Fog of war rules. A crack Thai analyst worries about the intersection of so many vectors not making… Continue reading -
Feb 28 2025 
Baltic/Black Sea power games and red lines intersect in a “strange war”
No one ever lost money betting on the batshit crazy “policies” of the ferociously yapping Baltic chihuahuas.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
No one ever lost money betting on the batshit crazy “policies” of the ferociously yapping Baltic chihuahuas. Their latest power play of sorts is a drive to turn the Baltic Sea into… Continue reading
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Feb 02 2025 
The Chihuahua Energy Policy: it’s a gas, gas, gas
European chihuahuas, enjoy your “strategic defeat” fantasies!
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
Let’s start with the tale of an Empire bragging to the wind.
Mr. Disco Inferno orders OPEC and OPEC+ to lower the price of oil, because, in his mind, that may solve the war in Ukraine – as in forcing Moscow to the table… Continue reading
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Dec 29 2024 
The Perfect Energy Storm Arrives in Europe…
… and Uncle Sam runs “to help”.
💠 @DDGeopolitics:
⭕ 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 Ukraine bought “democratic” gas from the USAThe energy company DTEK (owned by oligarch Rinat Akhmedov through SCM Limited) purchased the first batch of 100 million cubic meters of LNG . The gas was delivered from the state of Louisiana by the Gaslog Savannah vessel (flag… Continue reading
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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
