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Feb 08 2025 
In Valdai, confronting the “American problem” in West Asia
While Trump runs riot with his global land grab projects, multipolar visionaries in Valdai were mapping out the actual, tangible territorial routes that will define this century’s geopolitics and geoeconomics.
By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.
MOSCOW – The 14th Middle East Conference of the Valdai Club in Moscow was hit by a geopolitical bunker buster bomb right… Continue reading
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Feb 04 2025 
Ottoman Empire 2.0?
Pepe Escobar joins #NewRulesPodcast to discuss Turkey’s political and economic expansion in Syria, Africa, and Central Asia.
(2:20) Turkey’s political elites
(7:42) 90% of Turkish elites are Atlanticists
(11:31) Erdogan’s double game with Russia and China
(16:16) Will Syria backfire?
(27:12) Turkey: Energy superpower?
(32:50) Central Asia: Turkey’s next frontier
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Jan 30 2025 
What Sültan Erdogan is really up to
On the table, a geopolitical banquet – served by some of the best independent analytical minds from Bursa to Diyarbakir.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
CONSTANTINOPLE – The scene is a Circassian restaurant off fabled Istiklal street in historic Beyoglu. On the table, a geopolitical banquet – served by some of the best independent… Continue reading
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Dec 22 2024 
Putin weighs in on the Syrian situation
All that glisters is not gold —
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold.
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
Had you been as wise as bold,
Young in limbs, in judgment old,
Your answer had not been inscrolled
Fare you well. Your suit is cold.By Ambassador MK Bhadrakumar at the Indian Punchline.
Russian… Continue reading
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Dec 20 2024 
Putin’s Q&A and the Forever Wars Riddle
Putin’s answers connect to the fog of the Forever Wars.
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
He spoke for four and a half hours, virtually non-stop, reviewing the results of 2024, mastering all the facts.
His Direct Line received over 2 million questions, from Russia and around the world. And he had to crown the performance with a flourish,… Continue reading -
Dec 10 2024 
Syria’s post-mortem
Terror, occupation, and Palestine.
By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.
The NATO-Israeli cabal cheering on Damascus’s fall will get more than they bargained for. Power struggles and infighting among extremist militias and civil society, each backed by different regional and foreign actors who want a piece of the pie.
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Dec 09 2024 
Russia’s Next Move
Pepe Escobar reviews the debacle and sordidness with Judge. And Russia’s Next Move
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Dec 07 2024 
The End of Pluralism in the Middle East
A truly seismic change in the Middle East appears to be happening very fast.
By Ambassador Craig Murray at www.craigmurray.org.uk.
At its heart is a devil’s bargain – Turkey and the Gulf States accept the annihilation of the Palestinian nation and creation of a Greater Israel, in return for the annihilation of the Shia minorities of Syria… Continue reading -
Dec 04 2024 
The First BRICS War
The Global Majority should be on full alert. The Greater Idiblistan attack is part of a complex interconnected operation.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
The Syria riddle: How it may turn into the First BRICS War.
The timeline tells the story.
November 18: Ronen Bar, Israel’s Shin Bet chief, meets with heads of MIT, Turkey’s intel.
November… Continue reading
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Dec 03 2024 
Syria the Unfinished War
By Elijah J. Magnier
The Unfinished War and Its Long-Term Divisions: Syria’s Shifting Frontlines and the Limits of Diplomacy
The situation in Syria cannot be understood through the lens of a single event. Instead, it reflects a complex interplay of factors, motivations, and the interests of various states—some of which coordinate directly, while others act independently, relying… Continue reading
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Dec 01 2024 
Will the Attack on Aleppo herald Regime Change in Syria, Iran and Iraq?
Why did Erdogan join this plot, and how could it backfire, even leading to war with Turkey?
By Abdel Bari Atwan at Rai Al Youm.
We are witnessing a “preliminary” rebirth of the 2011 scenario, prepared by the same groups currently involved in the attack on Aleppo in a way that astonished Syrian officials and its Russian… Continue reading
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Aug 26 2024 
Era of Delusion gave way to Age of Heroism
Excerpt of President Bashar al-Assad’s speech to the People’s Assembly, Damascus, Syria, 25.08.2024.
🇸🇾 Syria President Assad: “The resistance in Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq and Yemen are a role model, an example that we follow in the path of liberation, the path of dignity, honor and successful independence. pic.twitter.com/ziYQ0fZwqQ
— COMBATE |🇵🇷 (@upholdreality) August 25, 2024🇸🇾 Syria President… Continue reading
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Jul 29 2024 
Israel and Hezbollah Prepare For Devastating War
A rational perspective in irrational messianic times. Can the center hold?? Meanwhile, the USS Roosevelt goat steams in circles inside the shallow Persian lake
As Benjamin Netanyahu paid his infamous visit to the US, Israel plans to invade Lebanon and engage in a devastating war with Hezbollah.
Elijah J. Magnier is a veteran war correspondent and a… 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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