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Jun 26 2025 
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov: comments at SCO
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov addresses Meeting of Ministers of Defence of SCO Member States in Qindao
‘Many hotbeds of instability are being created around the world. Including in the borders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member countries and the Organisation’s perimeter. The situation in the Middle East has escalated significantly,’ Andrei Belousov said during the… Continue reading
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Jun 15 2025 
Pakistan and China intervene in Western War on Iran
“… the night sky of the Persian Gulf is torn apart by the tail flames of the Thunderbolt-15 missiles ..
… why do the [Chinese] J-10Cs painted with the crescent moon military insignia dare to face the Israeli air force directly over the Strait of Hormuz? Is Islamabad’s decision makers risking a break with the U.S.… Continue reading
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Oct 18 2024 
The Geoeconomic Drivers of SCO-BRICS Synergy
Expanding on the SCO summit earlier this week in Pakistan – and focusing on the interconnection of connectivity corridors, a key vector developed right before the BRICS summit.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
One week before the absolutely crucialย BRICS summit in Kazan,ย the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held a summit in Islamabad.
This convergence is important in… Continue reading
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Sep 26 2024 
China’s Global Security Initiative (GSI)
… and What it Means for the World. “No Global South without China!” A review of the 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, hosted by the People’s Liberation Army. ๐ป Heartland Economic blocs versus Occidental Military blocs.ย
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Sep 14 2024 
BRICS, the Rise of China & Indivisible Security
The first meeting of security experts/National Security Advisors under the expanded BRICS+ format in St. Petersburg unveiled quite a few nuggets.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.ย
The first meeting of security experts/National Security Advisors under the expanded BRICS+ format at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg unveiled quite a few nuggets.
Letโs start with China. Foreign… Continue reading -
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. Letโs 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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Jul 26 2024 
China throws clout behind Palestine
The Beijing Declaration cements the idea that global conflict resolution is now Made in China. But it also throws a wrench in USโIsraeli efforts to manufacture a collaborator Palestinian government after the war in Gaza.
Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.
Theย Beijing Declaration, signed earlier this week, constitutes yet another stunning Chinese diplomatic coup, but the document goes… Continue reading
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Jul 11 2024 
India: Bilateral Love; Unipolar Loyalties
Doublethink prevails. Russian Romance remains — military and socioeconomic ties (and plenty of hugs). Hatreds of China and Pakistan are equally nurtured under the tutelage of Brahmin elite and Anglo-Americans
In this episode of โBottom Line with Pravin Sawhney,โ Sawhney discussesย how Prime Minister Modiโs visit to Russia bolstered bilateral ties but fell short on strategic objectives.
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Jul 10 2024 
Astana Declaration of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Opening comment by Amarynth:ย In comparison with the NATO declaration of yesterday, the tone is starkly different.ย We find what looks like very true friendship, amity, and harmony right through this document.ย I also find a very clear understanding of the state or the plight of our world today.ย It is clear that in these… Continue reading
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Jul 10 2024 
The Big Picture behind Viktor The Mediatorโs peace shuttle
The Big Picture remains: the future of the โrules-based international orderโ is being decided in the black soil of Novorossiya.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
Viktor Orban is on a roll.
And that has set out a riotous roller coaster.
Everyone has been gripped by the extraordinary spectacle of pre-historic specimens wallowing in the Western geopolitical swamp… Continue reading
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Jul 06 2024 
Vladimir Putin at the conclusion of the SCO Heads of State Council Meeting
Vladimir Putin took part in a meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council in Astana.
(Bolding and comments are mine)
President ofย Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev chaired theย meeting. Other participants include heads ofย SCO member state delegations andย heads ofย SCO permanent governance bodies.
Atย theย beginning ofย theย meeting, theย leaders signed aย resolution onย granting Belarus theย status ofย anย SCO member state.
Following theย meeting, theย parties signed theย Astana Declaration ofย theย Council… Continue reading
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Jul 05 2024 
The SCO Summit in Kazakhstan Was a Game-Changer
The first SCO+ meeting. Game-changer in more ways than one. The meticulous process conducted by Russia to deliver a fatal blow to Pax Americana is essentially shared by all SCO members. Welcome to the Multi-Nodal Matrix.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
Itโs impossible to overstate the importance of the 2024 summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)… Continue reading -
Jun 26 2024 
โUneasy lies the head that wears the crownโ
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 20 2024 
We Need Icebreakers!
ย โ and more strategic partnerships. The U.S. โcontainmentโ of the Russia-China strategic partnership is already unravelling in real time.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
The St. Petersburg forum offered a wealth of crucial sessions discussing connectivity corridors. One of the key ones was on theย Northern Sea Route (NSR)ย โ or, in Chinese terminology, the Arctic… Continue reading
