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Dec 12 2023 
BRICS and the Resistance Axis Converge
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
MOSCOW – Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a notable pit stop in the UAE and Saudi Arabia to meet, respectively, Emirati President Mohammad bin Zayed (MbZ) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) before flying back to Moscow to meet Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
The… Continue reading
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Dec 03 2023 
Rolling out the red carpet
By Abdel Bari Atwan at Rai Al Youm.
Arab states are colluding in the US/Israeli war on Palestinian resistance.
It was a disgrace for Arab leaders to attend the Cop28 conference in Dubai alongside Israel’s president Isaac Herzog while it wages a genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip that has claimed the lives of at least 15,000 innocent… Continue reading
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Nov 24 2023 
The Eviction Notice Comes in Four Languages
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
Orthodox Christianity, moderate Islam and several strands of Taoism/Confucianism may become the three main civilizations of a cleansed Mankind.
The Eviction Notice is being written. And it will come in four languages. Russian. Farsi. Mandarin. And last but not least, English.
A much-cherished pleasure of professional writing is to always… Continue reading
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Nov 23 2023
Gaza: a pause before the storm
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
While the world cries “Israeli genocide,” the Biden White House is gushing over the upcoming Gaza truce it helped broker, as though it’s actually “on the verge” of its “biggest diplomatic victory.”
Behind the self-congratulatory narratives, the US administration is not remotely “wary about Netanyahu’s endgame,” it fully endorses it -… Continue reading
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Nov 22 2023
Will Russia-China Strategic Patience Extinguish the Fire in West Asia?
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Sputnik
Once upon a time, by the Don river, in the southern steppes of what today is still known as “Ukraine”, the Great King of Persia, the mighty Darius, leading the most powerful army ever assembled on earth, received a puzzling message from a foe he was pursuing: the nomad… Continue reading
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Nov 19 2023 
Israel’s Biggest Enemy Isn’t Hamas… It’s Netanyahu
This is an overly optimist piece but still a valuable voice to present the “realist” flavor within the West. Iran and Palestinians will no longer acquiesce to disingenuous western games, such as the “two-state solution,” in order to reach a modus vivendi — especially after Al Aqsa Flood and subsequent genocide. They now work to… Continue reading
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Nov 15 2023
Why the US needs this war in Gaza
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
Washington needs to win its Gazan war against Iran because it failed to win its Ukrainian war against Russia.
The Global South was expecting the Dawn of a New Arabian Reality.
After all, the Arab street – even while repressed in their home nations – has pulsed with protests expressing… Continue reading
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Oct 23 2023
The Palestinian Tragedy: Cui bono?
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture Foundation.
As it stands we have 3 wins for the Hegemon and 1 win for its aircraft carrier nation in West Asia.
By now it’s fully established who is profiting from the ghastly Palestine tragedy.
As it stands we have 3 wins for the Hegemon and 1 win for its… Continue reading
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Oct 18 2023
Russia’s neutrality ballet on Israel-Palestine
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
While some Russian heavyweights push to recast Israel as a hostile state, the Kremlin is unlikely to budge. Instead, Moscow will stay ‘neutral’ to maximize its West Asian influence, all while edging closer to the Arab and Muslim worlds.
Is it possible that the philo-Semitic Russian President Vladimir Putin… Continue reading
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Oct 17 2023 
Rostislav Ishchenko: Beijing raises the stakes
Rostislav Ishchenko asks “What is China trying to achieve in the Middle East crisis?” This article has been machine translated from ukraina.ru
Vladimir Putin will soon travel to China, where he will open his fifth dozen meetings with Xi Jinping at the Belt and Road Forum on October 17.
The two leaders had a lot to talk… Continue reading
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Oct 16 2023 
What is the priority of Israel? Save hostages? or level Gaza?
Please see accompanying thoughts by Alistair Crooke, “Pulling the Roof Down on Today’s Paradigm” posted at Strategic Culture
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Oct 16 2023
Slouching Towards the Final Solution
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
The war against Russia in Ukraine and the Israeli “war on terror” in Gaza are just parallel fronts of a single, horrifyingly evolving, global war.
You have stolen the orchards of my ancestors
And the land that I cultivated
And you left nothing for us
Except for these rocks…
If I become hungry
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May 11 2023 
Bold gambits on the West Asian chessboard
In the Great Power competition, everything is connected: Uncertain negotiations between Russia and NATO over Ukraine may be impacted by Turkiye’s post-election pivot and Syria’s return to the Arab League.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
West Asia is a region that is currently experiencing a great deal of geopolitical activity. Recent diplomatic efforts,… Continue reading
