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Oct 08 2025 
Apocalypse in Gulf is now or never
Viewed as a global strategy, Russia is performing a balancing act here, intently testing the US-imposed ‘rules-based system’ in West Asia. By boosting military ties with Iran, Russia underscores that the post-World War international order defined by a ‘rules-based system’ has become an aberration..
By Ambassador MK Bhadrakumar at the Deccan Herald.
An uneasy calm has settled… Continue reading
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Oct 08 2025 
Xiyouji: My Journey to the West
A celestial Travelogue through the western regions of China.
By Silk Road pilgrim Pepe Escobar on Sputnik.
ON THE ROAD IN XINJIANG – Xuanzang, the itinerant Buddhist monk, has got to be one of the most extraordinary figures in History. He certainly is regarded as such in China.
In the early Tang dynasty in the 7th century, Xuanzang… Continue reading -
Sep 26 2025 
Russia on Iran Snap-Back Sanctions
tomorrow, 27ᵗʰ September 2025, the 2015 JCPOA “snap-back” sanctions will come into force. With disavowal from China and Russia, it will become a milestone day in the disintegration of the post-WW2 UN system.
with appreciation to Dr. Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium.
One Major FM statement and two by main UN Representative Vassily Nebenzia
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Sep 21 2025 
The Choice is Stark – Global Governance or Barbarism
“Peaches and plums don’t speak, but they are so attractive that a path is formed below the trees.”
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
There is something ineffably eternal about the “drum beating and bell chiming from sundown to daybreak” when it comes to the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower standing in the north end of ancient… Continue reading -
Sep 09 2025 
From Tianjin and Beijing to Vladivostok, the Eurasia High-Speed Train Keeps-a-Rollin’
History will register that the first week of September 2025 propelled the advent of the Eurasia Century to a whole new level.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
That was the expectation ahead of three crucial intertwined dates: the SCO annual summit in Tianjin; the Victory Day parade in Beijing; and the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
Yet expectations… Continue reading
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Sep 04 2025 
From Zhongnanhai to Vladivostok
… via the DF-5C express and armored deluxe trains. Judge Nap tries to contain the excitement of our roving eye nomad in encapsulating one of the most transformational weeks of our lives.
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Sep 04 2025 
Ignore Your Enemy
By Indi.ca
At the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin said something strange. He said “It may seem strange, but during these four days of negotiations, both informal and formal, no one has ever expressed any negative opinions about the current American administration.” This must be what it’s like when you’re truly over… Continue reading
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Aug 31 2025 
SCO Meetings and Greetings – now with final comments
World leaders all together at SCO summit
Putin and Xi standing center-stageA quarter of world’s total area, over 40% of GLOBAL population represented https://t.co/v8vDqv7SFG pic.twitter.com/8UnmvpuO39
— RT (@RT_com) August 31, 2025
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Unprecedented excitement surrounds SCO
Curious crowds have gathered outside the Conference CenterAll eyes on the biggest SCO summit. There are 3,000 journalists covering the events.
—Russian President Vladimir Putin… Continue reading
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Aug 31 2025 
SCO summit in China: economic cooperation on the agenda
A general expectation exists, that the SCO and BRICS will become closer in some form or another. Exactly how, given that the two organizations serve different sets of countries, arguably with different sets of needs, is the open question. We expect, based on the current SCO meeting, that a SCO bank, similar to the BRICS… Continue reading
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Aug 29 2025 
Russia-China: From The Memory of WWII to BRICS/SCO Synergy
Three – interlocked – dates ahead of us could not be more crucial in shaping the next configuration of the currently incandescent geopolitical chessboard.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
August 31/September 1st. Tianjin – half-an-hour by high-speed rail (120 km, roughly $8) from Beijing. The annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), with all 10… Continue reading
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Aug 22 2025 
Western ‘hegemonism’ under fire as China readies to host SCO leaders
China has announced that it will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the northern city of Tianjin from August 31 to September 1, while simultaneously condemning global “hegemonism and power politics.”
From PressTV
The announcement was made by China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin on Friday, who emphasized the necessity for world leaders to cooperate on… Continue reading
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Jul 16 2025 
SCO+ partner category incoming
It is a pleasure and surprise to read Mr Lavrov’s comments following the SCO Foreign Ministers Council Meeting, Tianjin
SCO is growing from 10 member states and 2 observers to SCO+ with a partner category, and with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic joining first as a partner country. The plan is for approximately 30 further member… Continue reading
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Jun 30 2025 
Pepe Escobar: Ten defense ministers walk into a room in China…
The SCO can do what NATO cannot: defuse hostilities by providing ‘indivisible security’ to its Eurasian member states and across the multipolar world.
The Cradle
The defense ministers of all 10 members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) met last week in Qingdao, in China’s Shandong Province.
That, in itself, is the stuff drama is made of. Not… Continue reading
