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Feb 01 2024 
Will the Hegemon Ever Accept a New Westphalian World Order?
There will be no peaceful road towards the new Westphalian world order. Fasten your seat belts – it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture
A new book by scholar Glenn Diesen, The Ukraine War & The Eurasian World Order, out in mid-February, asks the make-or-break question of the young 21st century: will the Hegemon accept… Continue reading
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Jan 30 2024 
Russia Ushers in BRICS-2024 Presidency
@Sputnik Africa:
Russia opens the first meeting of BRICS Sherpas and sous-Sherpas during its presidency of the alliance in 2024
Representatives of five new members – Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – will also take part in the event, which is scheduled for January 30 – February 1 in Moscow.
One of the… Continue reading
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Jan 30 2024 
The Emperor has no Clothes!
Danny Haiphong: We talk US forces slain in Syria/Jordan, an impeding Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the possibility of a broader war with Iran, the state of the Russia Ukraine conflict plus much more!
Ritter [on fighting Iran]: “We can’t beat the Hoootis! How stupid can you be?”
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Jan 29 2024 
The Resistance Swarms The US
The US is so deeply mired in an unwinnable battle from the Levant to the Persian Gulf that only its adversaries in China, Russia, and Iran can bail it out.
by Ambassador MK Bhadrakumar at The Cradle
Deterrence in defense is a military strategy where one power uses the threat of reprisal to preclude attack from an… Continue reading
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Jan 28 2024 
Karaganov: Lowering the Nuclear Threshold
Lowering the Nuclear Threshold? – Sergey Karaganov, Alexander Mercouris, and Glenn Diesen
Many practical steps have been taken by the West to lower the nuclear threshold. US tactical weapons are due to return to the same Britain which has already deployed nearly every weapon in its arsenal against Russia in the Ukraine! Their ability to discharge… Continue reading
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Jan 27 2024 
The Day the Siege was Broken
Tribute from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA):
On January 27, 1944, the 872-day siege of Leningrad was finally lifted, marking the end of one of the most tragic episodes of the Great Patriotic War which claimed the lives of over a million Leningraders.
The blockade began on September 8, 1941, when Nazi troops isolated the… Continue reading
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Jan 27 2024
Five Variables Defining Our Future
What Putin, Xi and Raisi have been explaining to the Global South, explicitly or in quite subtle ways, is that we are right in the crux of a civilizational war.
by Pepe Escobar at Sputnik
In the late 1930s, with WWII in motion, and only months before his assassination, Leon Trotsky already had a vision of what… Continue reading
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Jan 25 2024
The Ukraine Charade, Revisited
Zhuangzi: “You can’t talk about the ocean to a frog living in a well, you can’t describe ice to a summer midge, and you can’t reason with an ignoramus.”
by Pepe Escobar at ZeroHedge
Selected players scattered around the Beltway silos of power, diligently working as messengers for the people who really run the show in the… Continue reading
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Jan 24 2024 
Lavrov at UNSC: Using Truth as a Hammer
Lavrov at UNSC: Day Two West Asia & Palestine: Using Truth as a Hammer
with thanks to Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium
Lavrov pulls out a verbal hammer at the end of his remarks at the second day of special UNSC hearings on Ukraine with today’s about the situation in West Asia and Palestine in particular. Here’s Sergey with… Continue reading
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Jan 21 2024 
Michael Hudson on Russia, Iran and the Red Sea: NATO’s War Economy Collapses
Join us as the renowned economist discusses Russia’s new status as largest economy of Europe, the Red Sea economic crisis brewing and China’s forecasted collapse despite becoming the largest car producer in the world this year. All this and much much more!
In a new discussion with Danny Haiphong, Michael Hudson continues his analysis of why… Continue reading
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Jan 19 2024 
Russian FM Lavrov: 2023 Foreign Policy Review
Original and Video at Ministry of Foreign Affairs website
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions during a news conference on Russia’s foreign policy performance in 2023, Moscow, January 18, 2024
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am glad to welcome you at our annual event. Every year, we come together right after the New Year and… Continue reading
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Jan 19 2024 
Emmanuel Todd: How the West Was Defeated
Pepe draws on a “hand grenade of a book” published by French historian and political analyst, Professor Emmanuel Todd. Todd uses verified facts to “blow up the Russophobia edifice erected” by the West over the Ukraine conflict; he lays bare “Western society’s false consciousness,” while explaining reality “in a way that totally escapes the brainwashed… Continue reading
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Jan 18 2024 
The World’s New Political Architecture
Western Cold War win? Israel’s collapse, Iran’s rise, China’s dominance & Russia’s conquest prove otherwise
Cold War II includes 4 blocs, not only 2with thanks to Ramin Mazaheri via Ramin’s Substack
The Cold War was always only “cold” for the two main combatants – the USSR and the USA. For everyone else it was as hot as… Continue reading
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Jan 09 2024 
Valdai Club on the road in India “International Turbulence: Challenges and Opportunities for India-Russia relations”
Approximately 2 years ago Mr Putin made a comment at a Valdai Club discussion to the effect that Valdai should create a multinational profile and Valdai should go on the road. For anyone watching carefully, just recently Dr S Jaishankar visited Moscow to high praise from all parties. A part of Valdai is in India,… Continue reading
