Let’s begin with a few headlines: Pentagon says world will have three ‘great powers’ – and US will be ‘challenged’Biden ready to change US nuclear weapons policy – reportsThe US imposes sanctions on NicaraguaIRGC releases footage of blocking US oil ...
Read More »The world according to Vladimir Putin
Russian president, in Sochi, lays down the law in favor of conservatism – says the woke West is in decline By Pepe Escobar, posted with permission and first posted at Asia Times The plenary session is the traditional highlight of the annual, ...
Read More »China, Iran sign 25-year comprehensive strategic partnership deal
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif have signed a 25-year comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, marking a milestone in bilateral relations between the two countries. The two diplomats put their signatures on the document in Tehran Saturday ...
Read More »Military And Political Trends Of 2020 That Will Shape 2021
South Front 2020 was a year full of surprises. It marked the advent of a new reality which may, with an equal probability, lead humanity to a new dark age or to a global digital dystopia. In this context, there ...
Read More »Turkey pivots to the center of The New Great Game
by Pepe Escobar with permission and first posted at Asia Times When it comes to sowing – and profiting – from division, Erdogan’s Turkey is quite the superstar. Under the delightfully named Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), the Trump ...
Read More »Flash: China Built An Artificial Sun That Is Ten Times Hotter Than The Natural Sun
China successfully powered up its “artificial sun” nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, state media reported Friday, marking a great advance in the country’s nuclear power research capabilities. The HL-2M Tokamak reactor is China’s largest and most advanced nuclear ...
Read More »Sinophobia, Lies and Hybrid War
by Pepe Escobar and with permission cross-posted with Asia Times It took one minute for President Trump to introduce a virus at the virtual 75th UN General Assembly, blasting “the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world”. And then it all went downhill. ...
Read More »Iran-China pact turbocharges the New Silk Roads
China will invest $400 billion in Iran energy and infrastructure but nothing in strategic pact allows for a Chinese troop presence or island handover By Pepe Escobar – republished from Asia Times by permission of author Two of the US’s top “strategic threats” ...
Read More »The cause of tension between China and India
by Zamir Awan for Ooduareere via the Saker Blog Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said: “positive consensus” on resolving the latest border issue was achieved following “effective communication” through diplomatic and military channels. New Delhi said the two countries had ...
Read More »What Did U.S. Intel Really Know About the ‘Chinese’ Virus?
by Pepe Escobar for Ooduarere via the Saker Blog (cross posted with the Strategic Culture Foundation) Hybrid War 2.0 on China, a bipartisan U.S. operation, is already reaching fever pitch. Its 24/7 full spectrum infowar arm blames China for everything ...
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