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By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and cross-posted with The Cradle The US and EU are over-reaching on Russian sanctions. The end result could be the de-dollarization of the global economy and massive commodity shortages worldwide. So a congregation ...

By Michael Hudson and posted with the author’s permission My old boss Herman Kahn, with whom I worked at the Hudson Institute in the 1970s, had a set speech that he would give at public meetings. He said that back ...

by Batko Milacic for the Saker Blog Just as Russia continues its peace operation in Ukraine, Warsaw is consulting with London. The EU is confident that the Russian blitzkrieg has fallen through and that Ukrainian troops will hold out in ...

Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have carried out more than 900 airstrikes on ISIS hideouts in Syria’s central region since the beginning of February, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on the 27th of the month. . According ...

On February 26, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) released footage showing the wreckage of a US-made Boeing Insitu ScanEagle drone that was shot down by their air defenses over the central Yemeni province of Ma’rib a day earlier. Brig. Gen. Yahya ...

I warned my readers but alas, many ignored my warning. So all day I was flooded with stupid questions asking me to respond to western PYSOP fakes.  And I have to admit, this time they pulled all their forces together: ...

I found pretty decent maps on the YouTube channel of Iurii Podoliaka and I will do something ugly but, I hope, effective: add a few things to his maps with my thick black marker. But first, this: it appears that  ...

Today was only day two of the Russian military operation.  And yet, what a day it was!!! First, a quick update on the progress of Russian forces.  Here is a bulletpoint summary for today: Kherson: liberatedNikolaev: fighting taking pace in ...

Today is a major day in the Russian military operation.  Why? Because Russian forces are now on the outskirts of many major Ukrainian cities.  If yesterday was “standoff weapons” day, today is the first day when Russian forces can now begin ...

By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and cross-posted with The Cradle. This is what happens when a bunch of ragged hyenas, jackals and tiny rodents poke The Bear: a new geopolitical order is born in breathtaking speed. From ...