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Aug 22 2024 
Iran will hit Israel, ball is in US-Israeli court
There is a Zen proverb — ‘If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.’ The bottom line is that Iran will not submit to western diktat. Iran’s sovereignty was violated and its response will be strong and decisive. The Iranian statement from the UN podium in New York is a message addressed… Continue reading
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Aug 20 2024 
The Empire Strikes Back: Color Revolutions in South and Southeast Asia
The unipolar moment being progressively erased across Eurasia implies a frantic Empire counter-reaction of multiplying the color revolution front. Let’s focus here on South and Southeast Asia.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
Last week Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Myanmar and Thailand on two different missions.
In Myanmar, the mission was another mediating effort concerning the intractable… Continue reading
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Aug 17 2024 
A nuclear provocation is the remaining option
“… the Ukro-Americans have already carried out all possible provocations (except for nuclear ones). They just don’t have any more reserves left. A nuclear provocation is the last option.”
By Rotislav Ishchenko.
(machine translation)
Last reserve of Ukraine
A year and a half ago, I listed the main opportunities of Ukraine for organizing major provocations. These included:
1. An invasion… Continue reading
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Aug 16 2024 
So what really happened in Kursk?
An extremely serious debate is already raging among selected circles of power/intelligence in Moscow.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
An extremely serious debate is already raging among selected circles of power/intelligence in Moscow – and the heart of the matter could not be more incandescent.
To cut to the chase: what really happened in Kursk? Was… Continue reading -
Aug 14 2024 
New NATO Plan B – a “war of terror”
Continuation of the Chaos series: Scott Ritter, Israel Losing, Russia Losing its Patience
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Aug 11 2024 
Pepe Escobar Peeks through the Chaos
Join us for an illuminating live discussion with renowned journalist Pepe Escobar and Dr. Eamon McKinney, broadcasting from the tropical paradise of Koh Samui, Thailand.
Hosted by the Greenlight Cafe and produced by Awakening in Health, this exclusive event cuts through the noise of mainstream narratives and offers a fresh perspective on today’s complex geopolitical landscape.
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Aug 10 2024 
The Forever Wars go full War OF Terror
Both the Axis of Resistance and Christian Orthodox Russia need to step up the game. Radically.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
This is a very simple demonstration. Please allow me to present only two Exhibits, A and B.
Exhibit A
The stunning confirmation came directly from Russian Deputy FM Ryabkov, during a quite revealing interview on Rossiya TV. Ryabkov,… Continue reading
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Aug 06 2024 
The Time for Moscow’s Concessions is in the Past
🎙 Excerpts from Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov’s interview with “Rossiya 1” TV channel:
📍 August 4, 2024
📝 In accordance with the Gorbachev-Reagan agreement, the USSR and the US destroyed all their ground-based intermediate and shorter-range ballistic and cruise missiles, also committing to not produce, test, or deploy such missiles in the future. By 1991,… Continue reading
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Jul 27 2024 
Rossiyskaya Gazeta Interviews Nikolai Patrushev
An important update from one of Russia’s premier statesmen, following his comprehensive strategic interview of last year.
with appreciation to Dr. Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium.
We haven’t heard from Nikolai for awhile, and not since his new job within Team Putin. The interview was conducted on July 25th.
In an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev,… Continue reading -
Jul 09 2024 
SCO Summit a Geopolitical Game Changer
A very nice wrap-up of the recent SCO Summit! Pepe ties the bows. Was this the most crucial Global Majority meeting of this year?? The studious silence in the black hole of the Exceptional Garden tells the tale…
Could the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) become the cornerstone of a new multipolar world order? Join us as… Continue reading
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Jun 26 2024 
‘Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown’
As NATO and the EU collapse in harmony, and Anglo-American ‘Rules-based Terror’ is unleashed through its lands, Russia’s patience and focus on the efficient SMO is tested.
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Jun 18 2024 
Hegemon orders Europe: bet on war and steal Russia’s money
The Swiss “peace” kabuki came and went – and the winner was Vladimir Putin. He didn’t even have to show up.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
The Swiss “peace” kabuki came and went – and the winner was Vladimir Putin. He didn’t even have to show up.
None of the Big Players did. Or in… Continue reading
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Jun 15 2024 
The BRICS Weigh in on Palestine
The gravity around the newly-enlarged BRICS constellation is drawing in Arab, Muslim, and Global South adherents to the influential group’s message on international law, Palestine, and halting forever wars.
By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.
Something of extraordinary magnitude happened in Moscow on 23 May. Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa personally asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to help… Continue reading
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Jun 07 2024 
Exciting Times
by Julian Macfarlane at News Forensics.
Lugansk: a war crime
The Ukrainians used ATACMs Missiles to strike Lugansk. Almost all were shot down but one (at least) got through — hitting an apartment building and killing 22 people.
Lugansk, of course, is now part of Russia. A red line crossed? Again?
St Petersburg SPIEF
But in St Petersburg, Putin was… Continue reading
