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Rock'n Roll Geopolitics

Rock'n Roll Geopolitics (English)

Join the Rock'n Roll Geopolitics Telegram channel hosted by Pepe Escobar! As a renowned journalist and analyst, Pepe Escobar provides unique insights on global geopolitical events with a rock'n roll twist. From the latest political developments to historical analysis, this channel offers a fresh perspective on world affairs. Pepe's engaging style and in-depth knowledge make his updates a must-read for anyone interested in international relations. Whether you're a seasoned geopolitical enthusiast or just curious about the world around you, Rock'n Roll Geopolitics has something for everyone. Stay informed, entertained, and enlightened by subscribing to this channel today!

Pepe Escobar

15 Feb, 18:32


The anti-Russian coven in Munich was particularly unsettled this time by the blatantly provocative speech of Vice President Vance. I must admit—surprisingly, he turned on the heat. Everyone expected the usual diplomatic courtesies toward Europe from its partner, along with comments on Donald Trump’s remarks about ending the Ukrainian conflict. But instead, he took the floor and harshly reprimanded the Europeans, who have completely lost themselves in recent years: your democracy is weak, your elections are garbage, and your rules, which violate basic human morality, are crap. And you don’t even have freedom of speech! They certainly would have held this against him—if he weren’t the American boss. But since he is, they’ll let it slide and resentfully swallow that brutal dressing-down from their senior partner. He’s actually a bold guy, even if still an inexperienced vice president. Moreover, he told the truth. He said exactly what modern Europe amounts to. And we can add even more. Today’s Europe, within the EU’s borders, is a bitter, feeble hag trying to disguise herself as a young and striking beauty. The era of such a Europe is irreversibly gone. It is weak, unattractive, and of little use to anyone—except itself.

P.S. The Kiev clown 🤡 chastised Trump for everything possible. That is, the washed-up beggar & thief spat into the giver's hand. The question is, how will Trump react?

Pepe Escobar

15 Feb, 16:47


This is very serious. The people I talked to - details later - trust Ushakov and Naryshkin, two heavyweights who can eat the Americans for breakfast.

Pepe Escobar

15 Feb, 16:46


🔘 Putin and Trump may meet in Saudi Arabia at the end of February, Bloomberg reports, citing sources.

The publication states that senior officials from the US and Russia will meet next week in Saudi Arabia to lay the groundwork for a potential summit between the leaders at the end of the month to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, according to sources familiar with the situation.

The details of the meeting and the list of participants are still being discussed, but according to informed sources, the groups are expected to be led by national security advisers.

Most Europeans have not yet been informed about the meeting, said another official source who requested anonymity. Ukrainian representatives are also expected to participate, but they are not fully aware of the preparations.

US President Donald Trump hinted on Thursday at an upcoming summit with Vladimir Putin in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and said that Ukrainians would be involved. They also exchanged invitations during a 90-minute phone call—the first contact between the leaders since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

The White House National Security Council did not respond to a request for comment, nor did a Kremlin representative.

Saudi authorities have invited representatives from the US, Russia, and Ukraine to a gathering in Riyadh. People familiar with the situation, who wished to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the meeting, reported this. Saudi National Security Adviser Musaed Al-Aiban will lead the talks, with one source adding that plans could be disrupted due to last-minute changes.

Al-Aiban is an experienced specialist and close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He has represented him in negotiations with Iran and Washington on defense cooperation and the normalization of relations with Israel.

Negotiating Teams
National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are expected to lead the US negotiations in Saudi Arabia. This raises questions about the role of Special Representative Keith Kellogg.

Putin is assembling a team of heavyweights with decades of experience in high-level strategic negotiations. Among them is Yuri Ushakov, the Kremlin's chief foreign policy adviser with 50 years of diplomatic experience, and his top intelligence officer Sergei Naryshkin, who served with Putin in the Soviet KGB. Kirill Dmitriev, a financier with a Stanford and Harvard education and ties to the Russian president’s family, may play a key role as an unofficial intermediary in Trump's negotiations.

The level of contact has significantly increased over the past week, especially after US Vice President J.D. Vance’s sharp speech at the Munich Security Conference, which shocked European participants with his critical analysis of their "fundamental values" and vulnerable democracies.

The publication notes that Saudi Arabia maintains close relations with the US, Russia, and Ukraine and is considered a neutral venue for potential peace talks.

@ukraine_watch

Pepe Escobar

14 Feb, 19:36


🚨🇺🇸🏦 Trump's tariffs against BRICS will BACKFIRE

If Trump follows through on his threats, this will only supercharge BRICS' efforts to develop SWIFT and US dollar alternatives.

The BRICS already have several cross-border payment projects underway such as the interconnection of payment systems between Russia, Iran and China, the BRICS pay card and the BRICS bridge.

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Pepe Escobar

14 Feb, 15:35


Mostra a Grana: O Segredo da Diplomacia de Paz de Trump (Pepe Escobar, Fevereiro 13, 2025)

Trump parte para a ofensiva total — de Gaza à Ucrânia.

* Pepe Café

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86bS_Za4ahc

Pepe Escobar

14 Feb, 07:18


"O l'Ucraina si arrende senza condizioni – o lo spettacolo bellico deve continuare. Nel frattempo, il Trumporale continua a imperversare."

Pepe Escobar nel suo ultimo articolo ha centrato il punto fondamentale

https://www.lantidiplomatico.it/dettnews-pepe_escobar__il_trumporale_continua_a_imperversare/39602_59175/

Pepe Escobar

14 Feb, 06:09


🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump BEGS Russia to rejoin G7 — BRICS is the reason why

“I would love to have Russia back in the G7. It was a mistake to kick Russia out,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.

Don’t brush this off as a random statement. Unlike Biden, Trump and the people around him are DEEPLY CONCERNED about BRICS+. They know it has the potential to crack US financial hegemony.

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Pepe Escobar

14 Feb, 06:09


Trump's strategy is totally transparent.

1. Declare "BRICS is dead".

2. Bring Russia back to the G7. G8 all over again.

3. Split Russia from China - the Top Two BRICS.

Not. Gonna. Happen.

Pepe Escobar

14 Feb, 01:39


And just like that, Mr. Disco Inferno sez that BRICS is dead.

Pepe Escobar

13 Feb, 17:00


🚨🇺🇸🤖 TECHNOFEUDALISM: Meet America’s New Oligarch Ruling Class

Pepe Escobar joins #NewRulesPodcast to discuss how the US Deep State created Big Tech, why China's technological innovation model is superior, and Trump’s obsession with AI dominance.

(01:42) What is technofeudalism?
(14:29) US Deep State and Silicon Valley
(20:04) Debunking globalist arguments on AI
(26:52) Why Big Tech is going to war against Deep State
(29:41) Chinese tech model
(38:35) Why Big Tech defected to Trump

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Pepe Escobar

13 Feb, 15:03


European political elites are - maybe, finally - being shaken to the core on how, at best, they wallow, irretrievably, in abject IRRELEVANCE.

Pepe Escobar

13 Feb, 14:56


Keep Trumpin’

Ultimamente Trump ha fatto molte dichiarazioni di alto profilo, in particolare su Gaza e sull’Ucraina. Cosa succederà dopo?

L'autore: Pepe Escobar

L'articolo completo: https://telegra.ph/Keep-Trumpin-02-12

Pepe Escobar

13 Feb, 13:27


🇹🇷🤝🇪🇺🇺🇸Turkey is run by Atlanticists and NATO lovers.

The Gang of Five, as they are called in Turkey, is closely linked to the AKP (Justice and Development Party) and Erdogan, which has given them great power to influence political and economic decisions.

They are the driving force between pro-NATO and pro-EU politics in Turkey.

But, who exactly is the Gang of Five?

🔸Mehmet Nafız Günal (President of MAPA)
🔸Nihat Özdemir (President of LİMAK)
🔸İnșaat Mehmet Cengiz (President of CENGİZ)
🔸Cemal Kalyoncu (President of KALYON)
🔸Naci Koloğlu (President of KOLİN)

A report by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) points out that the government has issued $9B (330.5B liras) worth of tenders, excluding those below $2M (100M liras), and that 50% of those tenders were won by the same 20 companies in the last five years. Among those tenders, 24% were won by 'the gang of five'.

Watch the entire episode HERE

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Pepe Escobar

13 Feb, 12:45


🔥TRUMP MACHT WEITER

Mr. Disco Infernooooooo schmeißt einen Wutanfall nach dem anderen, weil JEDER in Westasien NEIN sagt zum *Gaza Riviera Resort & Casino*-Schwindel.

Wie Amarynth auf globalsouth.co zusammengefasst hat:

- Ägypten: Die Palästinenser werden weder hier noch in Jordanien oder anderswo ethnisch gesäubert.
- Saudi-Arabien: Keine Normalisierung mit Israel ohne einen souveränen palästinensischen Staat.
- Hamas: Keine weiteren Waffenstillstandsverletzungen.
- Iran (über Khamenei): Es wird KEINE Verhandlungen mit euch geben.

Und das ist erst der Anfang.

- Russland (über Ryabkow): „Washingtons Versuche, Moskau Ultimaten zu stellen oder eine angebliche ‚große Gunst‘ im Austausch für unannehmbare US-Forderungen zu demonstrieren, sind in einem Dialog mit Russland zum Scheitern verurteilt.“

Erwartet, dass Mr. Disco Inferno in den nächsten Tagen völlig durchdreht.

"Burning, burning (Disco Infernoooooo) burning burning / burn that mother down." Via Pepe Escobar - Geopolitik Rock And Roll

Pepe Escobar

13 Feb, 12:45


Continuons à Trumper en cadence

Toutes les fanfaronnades de Trump, les inepties de Kellogg et les folles campagnes de relations publiques de la Conférence de Munich sur la sécurité ne changeront rien aux réalités du terrain.

On ne parlera pas d'un «cessez-le-feu» bidon. Soit l'Ukraine se rend sans condition, soit les manœuvres de guerre continuent.

#DonaldTrump #ÉtatsUnis
#Palestine #Israël #Gaza
#Russie #Ukraine

https://reseauinternational.net/continuons-a-trumper-en-cadence/

Pepe Escobar

13 Feb, 07:25


Rat cannibalization in progress.

Pepe Escobar

09 Feb, 15:44


Wah wah vibe at Sinophile Pushkinskaya.

Pepe Escobar

09 Feb, 13:16


TRIPPIN' IN - AND ON - ASIA

What a long, extraordinary trip this's been. I posted the above nearly 6 years ago, before Covid, and before FB applied cancel culture to my account. The trip has been even more exhilarating ever since. In 2025 I'm marking 31 years of moving to Asia, and 40 years as a foreign correspondent/reporter/editor-at-large/geopolitical analyst. I am in Russia now and back to Asia next month. It's an honor and a privilege to be able to track all the vectors of the big 21st century story: Eurasia integration, and the coming of the Eurasia Century. The road goes on forever.

Pepe Escobar

09 Feb, 11:18


🛳 "No NATO ship stands a chance in battle against it": what the updated heavy nuclear missile cruiser "Admiral Nakhimov" is equipped with.

Two nuclear reactors, hypersonic "Zircon" missiles, "Caliber" cruise missiles, and supersonic "Onyx" missiles are just a small part of its strike weaponry.

This is a ship with a displacement of about 25,000 tons. The speed provided by the reactor allows it to reach 32 knots (about 60 km/h). The reactors don't need fuel replacement for about 10 years. On board, there are 176 precision-guided long-range missiles and air defense systems: the "Fort" system (with a range of up to 400 km) and the "Pantsir" naval system. This is an unmatched missile cruiser, the most powerful one you can imagine and see on the vastness of the World Ocean.

@ukraine_watch

Pepe Escobar

09 Feb, 09:21


https://youtu.be/suZYb-8eAKk?si=2ePWDE7Y2mFRczX6

Pepe Escobar

09 Feb, 08:43


https://www.instagram.com/p/DFTFAgQNPvZ/?igsh=eHl0MjAzMXdpaTd0

Pepe Escobar

09 Feb, 08:26


https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEPGNsHNGIA/?igsh=bXQycGE3c2w3MnA1

Pepe Escobar

09 Feb, 08:16


https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEftFwIRSFc/?igsh=eGtuMGZ2cWk4ZmVh

Pepe Escobar

09 Feb, 08:02


40 years ago...

Pepe Escobar

09 Feb, 07:19


Note: Joolani and his "red band" mercenary thugs are focused on a war with Lebanese farmers while the Zionist terrorist non-state bombs #Damascus countryside & advances into the Yarmouk Basin #Daraa.

Lol and Joolani says "smuggling" on the border with Lebanon is pretext. How much smuggling did Joolani do when in control of Bab Al Hawa "humanitarian aid" crossing in #Idlib?

It's all about drawing Lebanese Resistance into a second front. Instead, Lebanese tribes fought Joolani "elite forces" and forced Joolani to ask for a ceasefire even after Israel bombed the border on HTS behalf.

It's a defeat on all levels, and remember, warlords survive only through superior force. Joolani has many rivals for power who are watching closely from among the gangs of foreign mercenaries and Syrian extremists that are HTS.

Pepe Escobar

08 Feb, 19:31


The Sino-Russian capital of the multi-nodal world is on a roll.

Pepe Escobar

08 Feb, 17:11


Absolutely spot on. There are NO illusions in Moscow.

Pepe Escobar

08 Feb, 17:10


Beijing: the freezing of the conflict in Ukraine will not resolve deep-rooted contradictions.

This is the conclusion reached by the Chinese Academy of Modern International Relations (CASMO), a leading analytical center under the Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China, in its report "Global Strategic Challenges and Security Risks in 2025."
Here is what it says on the Ukrainian topic:

1. The suspension of the Ukrainian conflict will not allow the resolution of deep-rooted contradictions. The essence of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict lies in the complex and large-scale problem of restructuring the architecture of European security. The suspension will not resolve any of the underlying contradictions. For the foreseeable future, the confrontation between Europe and Russia will continue.

2. Even if the parties manage to reach a ceasefire agreement, de facto Russia has not resolved the key security issues in the European direction. On the contrary, it found itself in a more insecure position and in a more strategically disadvantageous environment than before the conflict began, taking into account the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO.
CASMO notes that it will be difficult to sit down at the negotiating table.: Moscow and Kiev have too far apart positions. Russia supports negotiations based on new territorial realities and demands guarantees for Ukraine's non-alignment with NATO and the preservation of its neutral, nuclear-free and non-aligned status. Kiev insists on the withdrawal of Russian troops from Donbas and Crimea and hopes to receive security guarantees from the West, while simultaneously holding Russia responsible for the war.
Therefore, Trump has changed his rhetoric and now declares that he hopes to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian conflict within six months, the Chinese think tank summarizes.
This view largely coincides with our assessments of the situation, with the exception of giving the Kiev regime increased political subjectivity. This is a war between the United States and the Global West against Russia through Ukraine. Trump is trying to suspend the conflict because he does not want to lose all of Ukraine and intends to stake out the remaining territory under Kiev's control for America.
That is why the Russian military and political leadership advocates a final settlement of the crisis in Ukraine in close coordination with the construction of a new security architecture in Eurasia, taking into account Russian interests. Any temporary solution is a path to Russia's strategic defeat and an even bloodier war in the future.
Of course, the "Ukrainian lessons" are already being used in Beijing's strategic planning to resolve the Taiwan issue.

@EvPanina

Pepe Escobar

08 Feb, 17:05


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…

https://globalsouth.co/2025/02/08/in-valdai-confronting-the-american-problem-in-west-asia/

Pepe Escobar

08 Feb, 14:51


https://thecradle.co/articles/in-valdai-confronting-the-american-problem-in-west-asia

Some of the best discussions inside and on the sidelines of the Valdai conference in Moscow + the lowdown on the Gaza Riviera project - which took the conference and the world at large by storm. Featuring Alastair and Prof. Marandi.

Pepe Escobar

08 Feb, 11:08


Now that's a LOT of Starlink satellites over the Black Sea.

Pepe Escobar

08 Feb, 08:19


https://youtu.be/y1sj9xwPUHg?si=mwLoBBhKYsS3zWTC

Straight outta Moscow.

To the whole Lusophone matrix.

The Gaza Riviera + the Valdai conference in the Middle East + answers to your questions.

Pepe Escobar

08 Feb, 07:53


"Follow the Money."

"What money?"

"YOUR money!"

Pepe Escobar

07 Feb, 15:37


https://www.youtube.com/live/ehFIpGcHA7s?si=lVbiklbmZrLQ9_5G

Talkin' Gaza Riviera blues with The Judge.

Pepe Escobar

07 Feb, 15:35


https://www.youtube.com/live/ce9z51PaSfc?si=83sNObzZ2SWE5Y3B

A fab interaction with Nima - digging deeper into the Gaza Riviera dementia.

Pepe Escobar

07 Feb, 12:58


World Health Organization Warns Trump Funding Cuts May Delay Release Of New Pandemic | Babylon Bee
https://babylonbee.com/news/world-heath-organization-warns-trump-funding-cuts-may-delay-release-of-new-pandemic

Pepe Escobar

07 Feb, 10:46


With the lovely Anastasia of ThinkBRICS after our super cool itvw at the Moscow High School of Social and Economic Sciences.

Check out the itvw at the ThinkBRICS channel on YouTube.

Pepe Escobar

07 Feb, 10:40


This is exceedingly cool!

My latest book, Eurasia v. NATOstan, will be out in BULGARIA in the next few days, in bookshops and online.

Pepe Escobar

07 Feb, 10:18


At the masterclass of Alexander Shokhin (center) on the Russian economy, with my good friend AK. Shokhin is the real deal. Very close to Putin; he's the key liaison between the President and Big Business and also medium and small entrepreneurs. Invaluable insights.

Pepe Escobar

07 Feb, 10:14


Lavrov at the Valdai earlier this week. Subtle as hell. Pay VERY close attention.

Pepe Escobar

07 Feb, 10:12


🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at 14th Middle East Conference on the sidelines of Valdai International Discussion Club (Moscow, February 4, 2025)

Key talking points:

The Middle East is not a playground. The key to resolving the many conflicts there is the creation of a Palestinian state. Numerous resolutions to this effect have been adopted at the UN General Assembly and Security Council.

• The West has no respect whatsoever for international law. It only selects the parts of law it finds applicable at any given moment.

• The latest data show that the crisis in Gaza has claimed the lives of 46'000 Palestinian civilians (perhaps even more, as statistics vary). Around 100'000 civilians, and counting, have been injured. Despite ceasefires, outbreaks of violence can be seen across the region.

• Good thing that a ceasefire was finally reached after more than a year of the Security Council’s attempts to call for one. The Americans blocked all of them, using their veto power on six occasions. Then, they came up with a resolution of their own, which was presented as a solution to all issues. However, when, prior to the vote, we asked the parties (primarily Israel) whether they were willing to implement it, they evaded answering this question which is why we chose not to support it. We abstained. But it was adopted nonetheless. As anticipated, nothing changed.

• I believe the new administration in the White House contributed to quickening the negotiating process. However, the key role was played by Egypt and Qatar, which, in conjunction with the Americans, secured agreements from Israel and Hamas, the first phase of which is now being implemented.

• Despite the developments unfolding in Syria and Lebanon, Libya also remains plagued by unresolved issues, where the West and East cannot agree on the way forward to address the political process. The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, Geir Pedersen, is acting not too transparently and utterly ineffectively.

• Syria faces major problems, including issues with the current leadership represented by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa and the groups that were part of this organisation. After the change of power in Syria, they didn’t get along in terms of establishing a dialogue and understanding each other. What they should do is try to promote national dialogue as best they can, without seeking to gain geopolitical points, but thinking primarily about the future of the Syrian people. This requires concerted efforts of all external players who can influence this situation. The attempts to exclude Russia, China, and Iran from the process of providing external support for Syrian settlement are hardly driven by good intentions, but, instead, reveal the West’s plans to push its competitors to less meaningful secondary positions.

Read in full

Pepe Escobar

07 Feb, 08:22


Nothing to see here, just the Reuters news agency getting paid over $9 million by the US Department of Defence for “active social engineering defense large scale social deception”.

Pepe Escobar

07 Feb, 08:04


https://x.com/RealPepeEscobar/status/1887774300314210486?t=Oy_hoRUdA6AkSgLqsvXo9w&s=35

Pepe Escobar

07 Feb, 07:28


https://youtu.be/jlh9rwlYM14?si=KD35LCy3ypO9fc8L

Jeffrey ripping - side by side with Prof. Zhang Weiwei.

Pepe Escobar

07 Feb, 06:58


https://youtu.be/bPK19p9pA_4?si=XLCDp3Vq61qde3qx

Excellent conversation with Larry - as usual.

Pepe Escobar

07 Feb, 06:34


CHINA EATS THE WORLD

Literally. That comes from a detailed Deutsche Bank report.

Pepe Escobar

06 Feb, 17:33


🚨🇺🇸💣 Trump’s MADMAN Strategy

The Orange Man wants you to be afraid of him, but should you?

Prof. Marandi and Alastair Crooke join #NewRulesPodcast to examine what’s really happening behind all the bluster.

(2:09) Is Trump serious about Gaza?
(4:50) Trump and American imperial retreat
(18:55) Did Trump trap Netanyahu?
(35:04) Trump and multipolarity

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Pepe Escobar

06 Feb, 17:31


🚨🇺🇸💣 Trump’s MADMAN Strategy

The Orange Man wants you to be afraid of him, but should you?

Prof. Marandi and Alastair Crooke join #NewRulesPodcast to examine what’s really happening behind all the bluster.

(2:09) Is Trump serious about Gaza?
(4:50) Trump and American imperial retreat
(18:55) Did Trump trap Netanyahu?
(35:04) Trump and multipolarity

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Pepe Escobar

06 Feb, 15:42


Saudi Arabia: The philosophy, the views, the future – Global South
https://globalsouth.co/2025/02/06/saudi-arabia-the-philosophy-the-views-the-future/

To understand where Saudi Arabia is going, listen to the Prince. NOT to official Riyadh.

Especially to understand where Saudi Arabia is NOT going with BRICS.

Pepe Escobar

22 Jan, 09:49


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBW3A3GrVTA&t=12s

Talkin' to The Judge about the Golden Days ahead.

Pepe Escobar

22 Jan, 09:11


Davos: nearly nobody gives a damn about the Liver Sausage Chancellor.

Pepe Escobar

22 Jan, 09:02


Foreign Affairs: Конфронтация — самый вероятный сценарий во взаимоотношениях России и США

Сотрудник рокфеллеровского Совета по международным отношениям Гидеон Роуз на страницах влиятельного Foreign Affairs поразмышлял о том, соответствует ли "мир по Трампу" на Украине и в Израиле интересам США и Запада в целом.

Сосредоточимся на Украине. По мнению Роуза, у США есть три основных интереса в европейской борьбе — "спасение Украины, защита Европы и сдерживание России". Урегулирование же на Украине "может привести к достижению прочных, хотя и ограниченных результатов во всех трёх областях". Главный вопрос — как именно урегулировать украинский конфликт. Автор FA видит три возможных исхода:

1. Неравный раздел Украины.
2. Относительный контроль РФ над всей Украиной.
3. Продолжение войны.

▪️ Первый исход, то есть остановка войны "по ЛБС", по мысли американского аналитика, равносилен поражению России. В этом случае все её жертвы оказались бы напрасными, и "история будет считать это не триумфом, а катастрофой".

Второй исход — контроль Москвы над всей Украиной — стал бы, напротив, поражением Запада, полагает автор:

"Во время переговоров по урегулированию [Москва] может потребовать не только прямого контроля над пятой частью украинской территории, которую она завоевала, но и косвенного контроля над остальной частью. Если она это сделает, то США и Европе придётся выбирать между принятием этих условий — по сути, поражением — и продолжением поддержки Украины в противостоянии атакам России".

Поэтому, считает Роуз, наиболее вероятен третий вариант — продолжение войны:

"Если Россия будет непреклонна, а администрация Трампа не захочет терпеть унижения, то Белый дом может оказаться приверженным политике администрации Байдена в отношении Украины гораздо дольше, чем он ожидает".

Так или иначе, простая передышка вместо прочного урегулирования однозначно выгодна Западу, а не России, следует из статьи в FA:

"[Это] дало бы время недавно расширенному и энергичному НАТО перевооружиться и подготовиться к длительным действиям. Москва страдает больше, чем показывает, и какое-то время будет не в состоянии атаковать другие цели. А к тому времени, когда она восстановит свою мощь, НАТО легко может стать значительно сильнее, гарантируя сохранение сдерживания".

▪️ Именно об этом буквально вчера ещё раз предупредил президент Путин. Украина важна, но это лишь часть мозаики. Стратегически Москву интересует новая архитектура безопасности в Евразии. Поэтому по Украине России нужно "не краткое перемирие, не какая-то передышка для перегруппировки сил и перевооружения с целью последующего продолжения конфликта, а долгосрочный мир на основе уважения законных интересов всех людей, всех народов, которые проживают в этом регионе".

Действительно, Запад умеет стратегически перестраиваться и в мирное время, тогда как для России невнятное перемирие, с недостижением целей СВО, означало бы повторение сирийского варианта с крайне негативными последствиями. Включая слом тенденции на внутреннее обновление, чреватый нашим стратегическим поражением уже через несколько лет.

Как видим, это прекрасно понимают и в американских фабриках мысли.

Pepe Escobar

22 Jan, 08:26


ALLA VIGILIA DI TRUMP, IRAN E RUSSIA VARANO UN ACCORDO STORICO

Il tempismo è tutto nella geopolitica. Venerdì scorso a Mosca, solo tre giorni prima dell'insediamento del Presidente degli Stati Uniti Donald Trump a Washington, i massimi leader dei membri dei BRICS, il Presidente russo Vladimir Putin e il Presidente iraniano Masoud Pezeshkian, hanno firmato un accordo di partenariato strategico globale, dettagliato in 47 articoli, il doppio rispetto al recente accordo russo-nordcoreano.
(di Pepe Escobar)

#ideeazione
https://telegra.ph/Alla-vigilia-di-Trump-Iran-e-Russia-varano-un-accordo-storico-01-22

Pepe Escobar

21 Jan, 19:51


La mentalità delle Guerre Eterne che ha devastato vaste aree dell'Afghanistan, dell'Iraq, della Libia, della Siria, di Gaza, dell'Ucraina e di altri paesi viene ora leggermente modificata. Tuttavia, i neocons e i neoliberali in servizio permanente che hanno controllato la politica estera degli Stati Uniti per decenni non scompariranno. La differenza è che ora Russia-Iran, in stretta collaborazione, sfidano direttamente l'Impero del Caos, Ricaricato.

L
'ULTIMO, IMPERDIBILE, ARTICOLO DI PEPE ESCOBAR

https://www.lantidiplomatico.it/dettnews-pepe_escobar__la_sfida_lanciata_da_russia_e_iran_allimpero_del_caos/39602_58782/

Pepe Escobar

21 Jan, 15:28


https://www.youtube.com/live/NbIR9tn-LV8


This is gonna be hot.

Pepe Escobar

21 Jan, 09:31


https://thecradle.co/articles/on-the-eve-of-trump-iran-and-russia-launch-historical-deal


Let's get down to the real nitty-gritty.

Column out on Trump Day.

It will be fascinating to watch how Trump 2.0 will react to the Russia-Iran strategic partnership. Not a word so far.

Pepe Escobar

20 Jan, 23:26


Interplanetray Exceptionalism in da house.

Pepe Escobar

20 Jan, 16:31


JUST IMAGINE...

...what Trump and Crash Test Dummy might have talked about as The Beast was cruising Pennsylvannia Avenue on the way to The Capitol.

Pepe Escobar

20 Jan, 16:30


I was just live on RT during the inauguration - talking about ppossible Trump moves in the chessboard. Well, not as fun as The Don dancing to the sound of 'YMCA'.

Pepe Escobar

20 Jan, 14:03


How to commit mass murder and get away with it.

Pepe Escobar

20 Jan, 12:59


Today at noon EST the nuclear football will be under Trump's control.

Pepe Escobar

20 Jan, 12:54


https://www.globalresearch.ca/wef-davos-2025-more-grotesque-than-ever/5877695

Davos starts today. Peter concisely unpacks the horror.

Pepe Escobar

20 Jan, 12:43


https://www.unz.com/article/the-cursed-nation-and-the-temple-of-satan/

Absolute Must Read.

Pepe Escobar

20 Jan, 11:43


All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Sun Tzu, The Art of War

✍️ Pepe Escobar @rocknrollgeopolitics

🌐 Empire of Chaos, Reloaded

Pepe Escobar

20 Jan, 10:17


The Spokesman of Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obaidah, was VERY specific in his special thanks to only FOUR nations:
1. Ansarallah in Yemen, and "the blessed people of Yemen, who possess the strongest wisdom and faith."
2. Our comrades in arms, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, Hezbollah. And the Lebanese people."
3. Our brothers in the Islamic Republic of Iran."
4. The heroic brothers of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. The heroes of the drones.”
THE AXIS OF RESISTANCE IS BACK.

Pepe Escobar

20 Jan, 09:53


Coming back home.

And home WILL be rebuilt.

Pepe Escobar

20 Jan, 09:15


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHkNxQVRj5U

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.

Pepe Escobar

19 Jan, 19:54


An excerpt from my latest itvw to RIA Novosti.

Pepe Escobar

19 Jan, 19:53


https://1prime.ru/amp/20250118/evropa-854297794.html

Pepe Escobar

19 Jan, 19:03


Attends que je te «MAGAtise», baby

C'est le plus grand show de la terre - un double programme du Nouveau Paradigme et de la Destinée Manifeste sous crack.

Nous sommes les meilleurs. Nous allons vous faire vibrer - dans tous les sens du terme. Nous vous écraserons. Nous prendrons tout ce que nous voulons parce que nous le pouvons.

#ÉtatsUnis #DonaldTrump

https://reseauinternational.net/attends-que-je-te-magatise-baby/

Pepe Escobar

19 Jan, 19:01


🇧🇫 Two years of Ibrahim Traore, President of Burkina Faso

1. Burkina Faso's GDP grew from approximately $18.8 billion to $22.1 billion.

2. He rejected loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. He said: “Africa does not need the World Bank, the IMF, Europe or America.”

3. He reduced the salaries of ministers and MPs by 30%, and increased the salaries of civil servants by 50%.

4. He paid off Burkina Faso's local debts.

5. He founded two tomato processing factories, the first in Burkina Faso.

6. In 2023, he opened a state-of-the-art gold mine to improve local processing capabilities.

7. He stopped the export of unrefined gold from Burkina Faso to Europe.

8. He built a second cotton processing factory in Burkina Faso. Previously, the country had only one.

9. He opened the first National Artisanal Cotton Processing Support Center to help local cotton farmers.

10. He banned the wearing of British legal wigs and gowns in local courts and introduced traditional Burkinabe clothing.

11. He prioritized agriculture by distributing over 400 tractors, 239 tillers, 710 motor pumps and 714 motorcycles to boost production and support rural stakeholders.

12. It provided access to improved seeds and other agricultural inputs to maximize agricultural production.

13. Tomato production in Burkina Faso increased from 315,000 metric tons in 2022 to 360,000 metric tons in 2024.

14. Millet production increased from 907,000 metric tons in 2022 to 1.1 million metric tons in 2024.

15. Rice production increased from 280,000 metric tons in 2022 to 326,000 metric tons in 2024.

16. He banned French military operations in Burkina Faso.

17. He banned French media in Burkina Faso.

18. He expelled French troops from Burkina Faso.

19. His government is building new roads, widening existing ones, and upgrading dirt roads to paved surfaces.

20. He is building a new airport, Ouagadougou-Donsin Airport, which is expected to be completed in 2025 with a capacity for 1 million passengers per year.

@ Источни фронт


Follow: t.me/RussianBaZa

Pepe Escobar

19 Jan, 12:51


The good ol' days.

The Achaemenid Empire under Darius.

Pepe Escobar

19 Jan, 12:46


The Walking Dead. Season finale.

The walking dead Biden, now consigned to oblivion, is a telling example of how an experienced and overall smart politician (and he is experienced, having held top government jobs back in the Soviet period) gradually turned into a senile old dude divorced from reality.

When I had meetings with him, he didn’t yet have dementia. What did catch my attention was his unhealthy interest in Ukraine, even though he explained it to me by acting on Obama’s instructions. 

Over time, those instructions turned into an obsession – the transformation facilitated by political mistakes, plain corruption, and poor judgement stemming from historical ignorance and failure to appreciate the nature of “Ukraineness.” At some point, the old man went off the rails and essentially unleashed a war between the collective West and Russia, which almost led to a nuclear exchange with NATO.

He's been clearly out of it lately. While it’s true that this war benefits the US economically, political costs and the real danger of a fatal conflict are far more important. It is something the old dude was not prepared for. This is a case where the head of a major world power lost control of the situation completely, resulting in a crushing electoral defeat for the Democrats. While Biden’s problem was his confused state of mind, the fault of his Administration was deliberately leaving a terrible legacy of crisis on the Russian track to their successors. The time bombs of Biden-era decisions will keep ticking for a very long time, which is why communication will be extremely difficult. The normalization of Russian-American relations will take decades. 

As things stand, I think it is fundamentally impossible. And frankly speaking, it’s unclear whether we actually need it.

Pepe Escobar

19 Jan, 09:10


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idyQKdc8G8M

MASTER AT WORK.

Pepe Escobar

18 Jan, 12:17


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shw0jCyDQNI&t=3962s

A LOT to digest.

Pepe Escobar

18 Jan, 08:57


📰 Presidential Aide Nikolay Patrushev gave an interview to Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper (January 14, 2025)

Key points:

#USA

The US establishment has been divided and lacks a common policy vision for the world and domestically.

• Trump’s core message is that he supposedly has a plan to revive pragmatic politics in the United States, which is expected to benefit both the state and its people. It has yet to be seen how this compares with the interests of other countries and nations.

• If Trump’s first term as president is any guide, the infamous deep state has a lot of clout in the USA. It can prevent Trump from pursuing his agenda.

Trump will not view Ukraine as a priority. China is a much bigger concern for him.

• Trump has outlined his interests regarding Greenland, the Panama Canal, Mexico and Canada. There is an American tradition that consists of reshaping the world map to suit the US interests and interfering in the affairs of other countries across various continents.

• It seems unlikely that Trump sends the army to invade new states for the United States, as some have been saying. What is clear, however, is that the new administration will be proactive in asserting its interests in its dealings with all these countries.

#ChinaUS

• I believe that disagreements between Washington and Beijing will escalate, and it will be the United States that will intentionally fan these flames.

#RussiaChina

For Russia, China has been and will remain a key partner as part of our privileged strategic cooperation. These relations are immune to momentary consideration and will endure regardless of who gets into the Oval Office.

#Ukraine

Talks on Ukraine must take place between Russia and the United States without any other Western countries.

• The people of Ukraine remain a kindred, brotherly nation with our ties reaching back centuries, no matter what the Kiev propaganda mouthpieces say in their Ukrainisation frenzy. We do care about what is happening in Ukraine.

#Moldova

Chisinau must be honest with itself and stop deceiving its people. The Moldovan authorities must recognise their mistakes and get down to mending fences instead of searching for enemies inside the country and in Transnistria.

#Europe

We have nothing to discuss with either London or Brussels. For example, EU leadership has long lost the right to speak on behalf of many members including Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Romania and several other countries which are interested in ensuring stability in Europe and have adopted a balanced position towards Russia.

Read in full

Pepe Escobar

18 Jan, 08:56


COME TWIN PEAKS SVELA IL NOSTRO MONDO

Quando l'umanità, specie in evoluzione, è diventata anche Distruttore di Mondi scindendo l'atomo, pochi sapevano che si trattava di un punto di non ritorno.
(di Pepe Escobar)

#ideeazione
https://telegra.ph/Come-Twin-Peaks-svela-il-nostro-mondo-01-17

Pepe Escobar

14 Jan, 18:06


https://x.com/Judgenap/status/1879177260399485150

Jeffrey Sachs with Judge Nap.

MUST WATCH.

Pepe Escobar

14 Jan, 12:31


Former UK Ambassador: How The West Destroyed Syria | ZeroHedge
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/former-uk-ambassador-how-west-destroyed-syria

Pepe Escobar

14 Jan, 09:00


L’Empire du Chaos, Rechargé

L'Empire du chaos est implacable. Guerre juridique, déstabilisations, sanctions, enlèvements, révolutions de couleur, faux drapeaux, annexions : 2025 sera l'année des BRICS - et leurs partenaires - comme cibles de choix sous attaque.

#Chine #guerreenSyrie
#Syrie #ÉtatsUnis #OTAN

https://reseauinternational.net/lempire-du-chaos-recharge/

Pepe Escobar

13 Jan, 18:35


http://youtube.com/post/UgkxNzq-K78diCjPDWzhU6SCjz5bjBa_bKIJ?si=EA5tuR9k_j7mfnb7

Pepe Escobar

13 Jan, 18:28


Russia's Geoeconomic Shift from Greater Europe to Greater Eurasia
https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/the-balance-of-dependence-and-collapse

Pepe Escobar

13 Jan, 17:17


https://globalsouth.co/2025/01/13/brics-under-attack-in-brazil/

MUST READ.

You have all been warned.

Pepe Escobar

13 Jan, 16:41


I have the enormous pleasure to announce that my latest book, Eurasia v NATOstan, published early last year in the US, will have its Italian edition published later this month.

The book comes with an outstanding preface by Alberto Bradanini, former Italian ambassador in Iran and China.

Well, I can tell you this is cooler than hangin' out with Marsilio Ficino in Tuscany in the late Quattrocento.

To everyone in Italy, the global Italian diaspora, and lovers of Italian language everywhere, buon viaggio geopolitico!

Pepe Escobar

13 Jan, 16:32


‼️IL NUOVO LIBRO DI PEPE ESCOBAR FINALMENTE IN ITALIA‼️

🔽🔽🔽

EURASIA VS NATOSTAN. VERSO LA BATTAGLIA FINALE
di Pepe Escobar


Un viaggio appassionante nella comprensione dei meccanismi di un mondo in forte cambiamento, in cui viene raccontata in maniera avventurosa, brillante, ed energica quella delicatissima e densissima fase di transizione che ci ha introdotti nella battaglia fra l’Occidente collettivo e l’Eurasia. Il primo è al capolino di una lunga fase di ascesa e dominio globale, che ora vede la degenerazione più autodistruttiva, mentre tramonta inesorabilmente; la seconda è iniziatrice di una transizione globale, anzi di una trasformazione vera e propria, verso un mondo multipolare, nel quale l’egemone occidentale non è più contemplato come unico dominatore. Arrivando al termine di questo accattivante percorso, il lettore si troverà davanti ad una scelta: da quale parte della Storia porsi?

Prefazione di Alberto Bradanini
Traduzione e curatela di Lorenzo Maria Pacini

Ordinalo su Anteo Edizioni 👇🏻
https://www.anteoedizioni.eu/negozio/continenti/eurasia-vs-natostan-verso-la-battaglia-finale/

Pepe Escobar

13 Jan, 10:51


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5777QaCsTzc&t=53s

Well, this segment is still getting A LOT of traction.

The difference is that Trump is already moving to plan B: Looting the Allies.

Pepe Escobar

11 Jan, 17:30


https://youtu.be/MnEMo4QM4NM?si=uxKfHcpwLQFWIsyy

Pepe Escobar

11 Jan, 17:21


https://youtu.be/3sO_o2TwyM4?si=Rl1L1GoLlRg3QoGX

Pearl was released TODAY - in 1971.

Pepe Escobar

11 Jan, 16:38


Escobar: Empire Of Chaos, Reloaded | ZeroHedge
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-empire-chaos-reloaded

Pepe Escobar

11 Jan, 16:33


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAiv7BImZHc&t=1074s

The first podcast of the year for the Lusophone matrix.

Empire of Chaos switches to Looting the Allies mode + Chaos reloaded.

Pepe Escobar

11 Jan, 09:52


VANISHING SYRIA

The way it was - a quarter of a century ago.

Screen shot from The Roving Eye Video Files.

Aleppo, at the souk.

Pepe Escobar

11 Jan, 09:52


VANISHING SYRIA

The way it was - a quarter of a century ago.

Screen shot from The Roving Eye Video Files.

Coming to Aramaic-speaking Maaloula.

Pepe Escobar

11 Jan, 09:51


VANISHING SYRIA

The way it was - a quarter of a century ago.

Screen shot from The Roving Eye Video Files.

Palmyra.

Pepe Escobar

11 Jan, 09:51


VANISHING SYRIA

The way it was - a quarter of a century ago.

Screen shot from The Roving Eye Video Files.

On the road in the eastern desert.

Pepe Escobar

11 Jan, 09:50


VANISHING SYRIA

The way it was - a quarter of a century ago.

Screen shot from The Roving Eye Video Files.

Damascus, at the souk.

Pepe Escobar

11 Jan, 09:50


VANISHING SYRIA

The way it was - a quarter of a century ago.

Screen shot from The Roving Eye Video Files.

Sayyida Zainab shrine, outside of Damascus.

Pepe Escobar

11 Jan, 09:39


The Great American Land Grab - reloaded. Actually, the Looting the Allies plan.

Pepe Escobar

11 Jan, 09:37


The US wants to invade Greenland in order to loot natural resources, admits Trump National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.

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Pepe Escobar

11 Jan, 08:40


L'IMPERO DEL CAOS, SEMPLICEMENTE RICARICATO

Tutta la guerra si basa sull'inganno. Perciò, quando siamo in grado di attaccare, dobbiamo sembrare incapaci; quando usiamo le nostre forze, dobbiamo sembrare inattivi; quando siamo vicini, dobbiamo far credere al nemico che siamo lontani; quando siamo lontani, dobbiamo fargli credere che siamo vicini. Sun Tzu, L'arte della guerra
(di Pepe Escobar)

#ideeazione
https://telegra.ph/LImpero-del-Caos-semplicemente-ricaricato-01-10

Pepe Escobar

10 Jan, 17:08


Pepe Escobar: BRICS sollten sich 2025 auf neue Sanktionen, False-Flag-Operationen und Farbige Revolutionen durch das "Imperium des Chaos" einstellen

🌏 „Ohne eine langfristige strategische Vision und angesichts der fortschreitenden imperialen Vertreibung aus Eurasien bleibt dem Hegemon nichts anderes übrig, als Chaos von Westasien bis Europa und Teilen Lateinamerikas zu entfesseln“, schreibt der Sputnik-Kolumnist Pepe Escobar in seinem neuesten Artikel.

Dies laufe auf einen „gezielten Versuch hinaus, die BRICS zu spalten und ihren kollektiven Vorstoß zur Bestätigung von Souveränität und der Vorrangstellung nationaler Interessen zu vereiteln“, so der Beobachter.

Escobar weist darauf hin, dass es kein Zufall sei, dass das neueste Schlagwort der US-Denkfabriken – die Idee von globalen „Swing States“ – ausschließlich auf BRICS-Mitglieder oder -Partner abzielt (Brasilien, Indien, Südafrika, Indonesien, Saudi-Arabien und die Türkei).

💬 „Der Code für ‚Swing States‘ war unverkennbar: Alle diese Staaten sind Zielscheiben für Destabilisierung – nach dem Motto: Wenn ihr euch nicht an die ‚regelbasierte internationale Ordnung‘ haltet, werdet ihr zu Fall gebracht“, argumentiert der Beobachter.

💬 Escobar beschreibt die Vision einer multipolaren Welt: „Stellen Sie sich China, Indien, Russland, Iran, Indonesien, Südafrika, Brasilien, Ägypten und Saudi-Arabien als transkontinentale Perlen der aufstrebenden multi-nodalen Welt vor. Große Bevölkerungen; massive natürliche Ressourcen und industrielle Kapazitäten; unzählige Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten.“

Die herrschenden Eliten des „Imperiums des Chaos“ hätten dem nichts entgegenzusetzen, meint Escobar. „Dieses wachsende geopolitische Kraftzentrum verfügt über eine eigene Entwicklungsbank (die freilich noch viel Arbeit benötigt); ein volles Engagement für die Entwicklung und Erprobung alternativer Zahlungssysteme; und eine ausgedehnte transkontinentale Handelsallianz, die darauf abzielt, den US-Dollar schrittweise zu umgehen.“

Während eine neue multipolare Ordnung weiter Gestalt annimmt, verspricht das kommende Jahr laut Escobar weitere Konflikte, insbesondere in Lateinamerika.

💬 „Das Imperium des Chaos unter Trump 2.0 könnte zur vollständigen Monroe-Doktrin übergehen – zusätzlich zu den absurden Bestrebungen, Kanada, Grönland, den Panamakanal und weitere ahnungslose Regionen zu annektieren. Insgesamt wird es eine harte Zeit für ausgewählte Knotenpunkte im ‚Hinterhof‘ – abgesehen von der verwüsteten Neo-Kolonie Argentinien“, prognostiziert Escobar.

Pepe Escobar

10 Jan, 16:12


Toda guerra se basa en el engaño. Por lo tanto, cuando podamos atacar, debemos parecer incapaces; cuando utilicemos nuestras fuerzas, debemos parecer inactivos; cuando estemos cerca, debemos hacer creer al enemigo que estamos lejos; cuando estemos lejos, debemos hacerle creer que estamos cerca. Sun Tzu, El arte de la guerra

✍️   Pepe Escobar  @rocknrollgeopolitics

🗣 El imperio del caos, recargado

Pepe Escobar

10 Jan, 16:10


❗️Trump to ANNEX Panama Canal? Not a BIG DEAL

As US President-elect Donald Trump threatens to annex the Panama Canal, one of the most well-known waterways in the world, we present to you the TOP 5 most ambitious canals in a new age of canal building around the world.

1. Nicaragua Canal (🇳🇮Nicaragua)

An ambitious proposal to rival the Panama Canal by creating a passage through Nicaragua, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is expected to accommodate larger ships than the Panama Canal. The project is anticipated to be financed primarily by a private Chinese company.

2. Kra Canal (🇹🇭Thailand)

A proposed canal in southern Thailand to connect the Andaman Sea to the Gulf of Thailand. It would bypass the Strait of Malacca, one of the busiest and most congested shipping routes, potentially shifting the balance of power in the region.

3. Istanbul Canal (🇹🇷Turkey)

The Istanbul Canal is proposed to create a new artificial waterway parallel to the Bosporus Strait, which is governed by the Montreux Convention (1936).

This convention restricts Turkey's ability to charge tolls for its use and limits the passage of military ships. The new canal, not subject to these rules, would enhance Turkey's influence on global trade and international politics.

4. Artificial River Project (🇪🇬Egypt)

Egypt is working on a project to construct a 114-kilometre canal aimed at turning 1.2 million acres of arid desert west of the Nile Delta into arable land.

The project seeks to carry agricultural wastewater from the Nile Delta to the New Delta Agricultural Wastewater Treatment Recycling and Reuse Plant in the Hamam District of western Egypt.

5. Indian Rivers Interlinking Project (🇮🇳India)

This extensive initiative seeks to connect India's rivers through a network of canals and reservoirs to address water scarcity and flooding. The project encompasses 30 links and 3,000 storage structures, aiming to facilitate the transfer of water from surplus regions to those facing deficits.

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Pepe Escobar

10 Jan, 12:25


https://sputnikglobe.com/20250109/pepe-escobar-empire-of-chaos-reloaded-1121393521.html

My first big column of 2025. Quite comprehensive. It's all in the title. Be prepared - for anything.

Pepe Escobar

10 Jan, 10:36


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNCrZpK2bE

My dear friends Elias is back in Brazil after a stint at the NDB in Shanghai and is absolutely RIPPIN' in his itvws, explaining in detail the articulation of the anti-BRICS lobby inside the Foreign Ministry, driven by clueless Atlanticists: a key issue especially because of this year's Brazilian presidency of BRICS.

I'll be back to it soon, after talking to Elias, and plan to visit the NDB in Shanghai this coming spring.

Pepe Escobar

10 Jan, 10:09


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdnMzWi0VWM

GREAT conversation on MOATS with Diego; George was busy elsewhere.

Pepe Escobar

09 Jan, 17:10


So Captain America's house burned down while he was shipping bombs for the genocide of Gaza.

Pepe Escobar

09 Jan, 16:58


The New Great - Resource - Game will be played here.

Pepe Escobar

09 Jan, 16:31


https://www.youtube.com/live/Ay3NOoMPHpM?si=ffdTJv669osfVd-o

A tour of early 2025 incandescence.

Pepe Escobar

09 Jan, 09:57


We’ve got no way of knowing how much Trump will accomplish in his second term, but he is off to a really fun start.
His reasoning seems clear enough. There is not going to be a quick solution to the conflict in Ukraine; the US economy will waddle on at a leisurely pace; even the fight against migrants is unlikely to end up in a resounding victory.
So instead, Trump has decided to 'reshape' the world. That's right – he wants to redraw the political map in his own style. A new, vibrant and colorful globe to replace the dull and gray old one. All of his plans are over the top and eccentric – and totally unworkable. This is what he’s got in mind:

1. First, the 'super-sizing' of America: we start by taking the backwater countryside called Canada (why not? It will make for a nice and big US state, plus the whole continent would belong to the Yankees now); then seize Greenland from Denmark (don't exactly know what it is, but they've got plenty of land).

2. Renaming the Gulf of Mexico (for no particular reason; just because the US is the biggest kid on the block; also, the current name makes people think about the Latino population).

3. Weaponizing Elon Musk and using him to take down ‘rapist Starmer’ and ‘fool Scholz’ on X. A simple plan, and at zero cost: “Just show them who is the boss of this house”. Better yet, why not add the UK itself to America's potpourri list of territorial claims?
This way, before he is even sworn in as the new president of the United States, Donald Trump has scored several major victories online. And, most importantly, he has formulated his own agenda on a cosmic scale. And, to quote one of Mikhail Bulgakov's characters, of ‘’quite cosmic stupidity’’. But this is only a surface level analysis because eventually, as we all know, stupidity always triumphs. So it’s irrelevant that none of the designs outlined above can actually be realized. Not now, not ever. It is irrelevant that the silly nicknames given by the Americans to their inept European lackeys will fade from memory within a week. What matters is that the last few days of the dementia-riddled old man's stay in the Oval Office are following the script conjured up by the orange wizard, Donald Trump.

Anyway, the newly formed Trump, Musk and Sci-fi Brothers LLC, has its operations up and running.

Pepe Escobar

08 Jan, 18:40


MAKE
AMERICA
MEXICO
AGAIN

Pepe Escobar

08 Jan, 18:38


From Fallout to Reality: Imperial Psyops and the Erosion of Sovereignty

In the Fallout universe, Canada’s annexation by the US is a footnote in the imperial march toward global catastrophe. A resource-strapped America absorbs its northern neighbor to secure the Alaskan pipeline and prepare for war with China, ultimately leading to a nuclear apocalypse. At first glance, it’s dystopian fiction, but peel back, and it becomes something far more sinister. The game’s narrative operates like a psyop, conditioning audiences to see the erasure of borders and the subjugation of sovereignty as inevitable when resources are at stake. It’s imperial hubris wrapped in pixels, teaching players that empire-building, even at the cost of "allies", is just the way of the world.

Now step out of the game and into reality. Trump’s musings about Canada becoming the 51st state, purchasing Greenland, or retaking the Panama Canal are dismissed as “jokes.” But are they? These offhand remarks are the kind of subtle ideological work a psyop thrives on; normalizing the idea that sovereignty is expendable in the pursuit of power. In Fallout, the annexation of Canada was framed as a patriotic necessity, a way to secure North American stability. Today, Trump frames it as a win-win for Canadians who could enjoy “lower taxes” and “better military protection.” Same logic, different delivery. The underlying message remains: sovereignty is optional when America decides it is.

Greenland is the more chilling example. To the untrained ear, Trump’s talk of “buying” Greenland sounds like the ramblings of a man who doesn’t understand sovereignty. But dig deeper, and it becomes clear that Greenland, rich in untapped natural resources and strategically placed in the Arctic, is the crown jewel of the polar frontier. Trump’s quiet implication of using military means to secure it echoes the logic of Fallout: if you can’t buy it, take it. Greenland isn’t for sale, as Denmark firmly stated, but the mere suggestion softens resistance to the idea that territory can still be acquired in the 21st century, if not through negotiations, then by extortion (tarrifs) and lastly by force.

And then we have the Panama Canal, a vital artery of global trade and a symbol of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. Trump’s remarks about “reclaiming” the canal underscore a nostalgia for the days when DC's word was law in the Global South. For the U.S., the canal isn’t just infrastructure, it’s power. The treaties transferring control to Panama were supposed to mark a shift toward respecting Latin American sovereignty. But to the empire, agreements are tools of convenience, not principles. The Monroe Doctrine isn’t dead, it’s just been rebranded.

This is the brilliance of a psyop. By embedding these imperial ambitions in entertainment, the empire conditions the public mind to see them as natural, even inevitable. The annexation of Canada in Fallout and Trump’s flippant remarks about sovereignty share a common purpose: to normalize imperial overreach. Laugh it off, and the idea slips past the defenses of outrage. By the time the rhetoric turns into policy, the groundwork has already been laid. This is how empires have always worked, not with a frontal assault, but with a steady erosion of resistance until compliance feels like relief.

The irony is thick, Trump self proclaime champion of anti-globalism, couldn't be more aligned with globalism when it comes to his expansionist wet dream.

But the world is no longer buying it. The multipolar world, led by Russia, China, and an awakening Global South, is rewriting the script. They see the empire’s play for what it is: desperation. Sovereignty isn’t for sale, and the empire’s psyops, whether in video games or in Trump’s soundbites, are losing their grip. If Fallout was a story of inevitability, the rising multipolar world is one of resistance, a declaration that sovereignty is sacred and empire’s time is up.

Now the question isn’t whether the empire will fall, it’s when and how loudly the world will cheer when it does.

- Gerry Nolan

Pepe Escobar

03 Jan, 17:31


Going down, down, down.

Soon at parity with the dollar.

Pepe Escobar

03 Jan, 16:51


THE ASSASSINATION OF GEN SOLEIMANI

5 YEARS ON

This is my column, 5 years ago, written in Sicily.

You may all want to check out what changed - and what hasn't, as the rabid dogs of war are barking all over again.

https://asiatimes.com/2020/01/us-starts-the-raging-twenties-declaring-war-on-iran/

Pepe Escobar

03 Jan, 16:39


CHINA-JAPAN

Dr Quan Le totally nails it. MUST READ.

https://globalsouth.co/2025/01/03/china-and-japan-careful-de-icing-of-relationships-rapproachement/

"It starts when Japan lost the 2ndWW and surrendered to the US. Dr Le explains that with the surrender, Japanese historical civilizational understanding and societal bedrock was that they accepted a new Lord and Master and were ready to pay fealty as it exists in their own tradition. There is a long and deep history in the region and within the peoples that inhabit the region, to pay fealty to the winners, the new Emperor so to speak, and to recognize the stronger by the principle of fealty, with or without war. There is however another part to this civilizational understanding.
The expectation is that the new leader or emperor will rule in a manner that is benevolent. Therein lies the rub!
Dr Le explains that Japan is beginning to accept that their Lord and Master and Emperor, does not possess a smidgeon of benevolence."

Pepe Escobar

02 Jan, 18:03


https://www.unz.com/pescobar/025-a-second-renaissance-or-chaos/?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily

Pepe Escobar

02 Jan, 17:43


Desde la Florencia renacentista, una de las -pocas- cumbres de la humanidad, que ahora vive en la memoria, pisa con cuidado este 2025 lleno de llamas.

✍️   Pepe Escobar  @rocknrollgeopolitics

🗣 2025: ¿Un segundo Renacimiento o el caos?

Pepe Escobar

02 Jan, 16:10


From Renaissance Florence, one of the – few – peaks of humanity, now living in memory, tread carefully across this flame-filled 2025.

FLORENCE – It’s a dazzling Tuscan winter morning, and I am inside the legendary Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella, founded in the early 13th century and finally consecrated in 1420, in a very special place in History of Art: right in front of one of the monochrome frescos painted in 1447-1448 by master of perspective Paolo Uccello, depicting the Universal Deluge.

It’s as if Paolo Uccello was depicting us – in our current times of trouble. So inspired by neoplatonic superstar Marsilio Ficino – immortalized in a chic red robe by Ghirlandaio at the Cappella Tornabuoni – I tried to pull off a back to the future and ideally imagine who and what Paolo Uccello would feature in his depiction of our current deluge.

Let’s start with the positives. 2024 was the Year of the BRICS – with the merit for all the accomplishments going for the tireless work of the Russian presidency.

2024 was also the Year of the Axis of Resistance – until the serial blows suffered during the past few months, a serious challenge which will propel its rejuvenation.

And 2024 was the year that defined the lineaments of the endgame in the proxy war in Ukraine: what remains to be seen is how deep the “rules-based international order” will be buried in the black soil of Novorossiya.

✍️ Pepe Escobar @rocknrollgeopolitics

🌐 2025: A second Renaissance, or chaos?

Pepe Escobar

02 Jan, 16:10


2025 : Une seconde Renaissance ou le chaos ?

D'un côté, l'anarchie et la Guerre contre le Terrorisme ; de l'autre, un réalisme froid et coordonné. Soyez prêts à tout.

Depuis la Florence de la Renaissance, l'un des rares sommets de l'humanité, aujourd'hui vivant dans les mémoires, avancez prudemment dans cette année 2025 remplie de flammes.

#Russie #Ukraine #OTAN
#BRICS #Chine

https://reseauinternational.net/2025-une-seconde-renaissance-ou-le-chaos/

Pepe Escobar

02 Jan, 16:06


Arguably the most stylish press room anywhere.

Pepe Escobar

02 Jan, 12:15


Il 2025 sarà l'anno in cui la battaglia decisiva del XXI secolo – Eurasia contro NATOstan – si affilerà in una serie di vettori imprevedibili.

L'ultimo, imperdibile, articolo di Pepe Escobar

https://www.lantidiplomatico.it/dettnews-2025_un_secondo_rinascimento_o_il_caos/39602_58468/

Pepe Escobar

02 Jan, 12:13


https://comedonchisciotte.org/rivoluzione-il-film-documentario-qasem-soleimani-luomo-della-resistenza/

Here is the trailer.

MUST WATCH.

Full doc - in English, Italian, Farsi - will be out soon.

Pepe Escobar

01 Jan, 17:11


Firenze.

At the Salvemini bookshop.

Just a pilgrim at home in his element.

Pepe Escobar

01 Jan, 16:54


https://globalsouth.co/2024/12/31/falling-off-the-escalation-ladder/

Exceptional, concise essay by Amarynth. Must Read.

Pepe Escobar

01 Jan, 10:18


🎊 2025: A second Renaissance, or chaos?

From Renaissance Florence, one of the – few – peaks of humanity, now living in memory, tread carefully across this flame-filled 2025.

💬 Read a new piece by Pepe Escobar @rocknrollgeopolitics

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Pepe Escobar

31 Dec, 18:02


Firenze.

At the Pallazzo Vecchio.

Hall of Geographic Maps.

Built by Vasari in 1561.

PALESTINA.

Pepe Escobar

31 Dec, 15:59


https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/12/31/2025-second-renaissance-or-chaos/

My final column of 2024.

From Florence.

I wish you an appropriately humanist 2025.

Pepe Escobar

27 Dec, 20:13


FLOWER POWER

Tiziano: Flora (detail).

Firenze salutes you all.

Pepe Escobar

27 Dec, 19:58


https://youtu.be/8suAvlWyJow?si=HpWRClP7FRUlANxU


For the whole Lusophone diaspora.

Recorded in NATOstan earlier this week.

Greetings from Firenze, everyone.

Pepe Escobar

26 Dec, 12:30


The walls of Rome.

Pepe Escobar

25 Dec, 22:20


Giorgio Agamben, Popoli che hanno perduto la lingua - Quodlibet
https://www.quodlibet.it/giorgio-agamben-popoli-che-hanno-perduto-la-lingua

Pepe Escobar

25 Dec, 18:36


Roma.

Santa Maria sopra Minerva.

Filippino Lippi: Il trionfo della fede (1480).

Il teologo domenicano Tommaso d'Aquino sembra avere l'ultima parola:

Sapientiam Sapientum Perdam ("Distruggerò la saggezza dei sapienti").

Beh, non proprio.

Al suo fianco siedono Filosofia, Teologia, Grammatica e Dialettica.

Io sto con la Filosofia, la Signora in Rosso.

Si noti la statua dell'imperatore stoico Marco Aurelio sullo sfondo a sinistra (nel XV secolo si pensava fosse Costantino).

Dal cuore della Roma precristiana, dietro il Pantheon, un buon Natale pre e post cristiano a tutti voi.


Pepe Escobar


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Pepe Escobar

25 Dec, 18:23


Roma.

Santa Maria sopra Minerva.

Filippino Lippi: The Triumph of Faith (1480s).

Dominican theologian Thomas Aquinas seems to have the Last Word:

Sapientiam Sapientum Perdam (“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise.”)

Well, not really.

Sitting alongside him are Philosophy, Theology, Grammar and Dialectic.

I stand with Philosophy, the Lady in Red.

Note the statue of - Stoic - emperor Marcus Aurelius deep in the background to the left (in the 15th century they thought it was Constantine).

From the heart of pre-Christian Rome, behind the Pantheon, a Merry pre and post Christian Christmas to all of you.

Pepe Escobar

24 Dec, 09:14


Ottoman Resurgence Versus Zionist Imperialism
https://karlof1.substack.com/p/ottoman-resurgence-versus-zionist

Pepe Escobar

24 Dec, 08:09


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRLYUwMM1sA&t=268s

Talkin' Russia, Syria and West Asia with Judge Nap.

Pepe Escobar

23 Dec, 11:57


Pepe Escobar: Escobar: Putins Frage und Antwort und das Rätsel der ewigen Kriege

Von Pepe Escobar

Er sprach viereinhalb Stunden lang, praktisch ohne Unterbrechung, und ließ die Ergebnisse von 2024 Revue passieren, wobei er alle Fakten beherrschte.

Sein Direct Line erhielt über 2 Millionen Fragen aus Russland und der ganzen Welt. Und er musste die Leistung mit einem Paukenschlag krönen, ganz im Sinne…

https://uncutnews.ch/pepe-escobar-escobar-putins-frage-und-antwort-und-das-raetsel-der-ewigen-kriege/

Pepe Escobar

23 Dec, 10:39


2007.

On the road in Iraq during the American surge.

I actually flew in from Damascus - on Iraq Air.

Pepe Escobar

22 Dec, 19:00


Escobar: Putin's Q&A And Thee Forever Wars Riddle | ZeroHedge
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-putins-qa-and-thee-forever-wars-riddle

Pepe Escobar

22 Dec, 18:46


"L'intero enigma delle Guerre Eterne si collega direttamente ai BRICS"

L'ultimo, fondamentale, articolo di Pepe Escobar

https://www.lantidiplomatico.it/dettnews-pepe_escobar__il_futuro_dei_brics_e_lenigma_delle_guerre_eterne_secondo_putin/39602_58385/

Pepe Escobar

22 Dec, 18:46


🚨🇸🇾🏴SYRIA NO LONGER EXISTS’: Former British diplomat and MI6 Alastair Crooke joins #NewRulesPodcast to examine why Assad fell so quickly and what comes next for Syria.

(0:31) How US sanctions destroyed Syria’s economy
(5:01) Assad’s big diplomatic mistake
(13:06) Why did Assad ignore Russia and Iran’s warnings?
(16:09) Was Assad’s fall inevitable?
(21:33) How Western media whitewashes HTS
(29:13) What comes next?

Pepe Escobar

22 Dec, 13:07


VANISHING SYRIA

The way it was, a quarter of a century ago.

Screen shot from The Roving Eye Video Archives.

On the road in the desert - near the Syria-Iraq border.

Pepe Escobar

22 Dec, 13:06


VANISHING SYRIA

The way it was, a quarter of a century ago.

Screen shot from The Roving Eye Video Archives.

In Christian, Aramaic-speaking Maaloula.

Pepe Escobar

22 Dec, 13:04


VANISHING SYRIA

The way it was, a quarter of a century ago.

Screen shot from The Roving Eye Video Archives.

At the Umayyad mosque, Damascus.

Pepe Escobar

22 Dec, 13:04


VANISHING SYRIA

The way it was, a quarter of a century ago.

Screen shot from The Roving Eye Video Archives.

The tomb of Saladin, adjacent to the Umayyad mosque in Damascus.

Pepe Escobar

22 Dec, 13:03


VANISHING SYRIA

The way it was, a quarter of a century ago.

Screen shot from The Roving Eye Video Archives.

Exiting the al-Madina souk towards the Citadel.

Pepe Escobar

21 Nov, 15:42


Russia has already transported over 100 tons of food, medicine and humanitarian aid for people in need in Lebanon.

Guess how much help came from Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

ZERO.

Pepe Escobar

21 Nov, 12:50


Collective West rats scurryin' all across the spectrum after the RS-26 "conventional warheads package" demo.

Pepe Escobar

21 Nov, 12:34


África necesita ahora esencialmente voluntad política para luchar contra los problemas de infraestructuras, el déficit de capital humano y el déficit institucional.

JOHANNESBURGO - En la cumbre anual de la APEC celebrada en Lima, el camarada Xi Jinping fue prácticamente coronado como Rey de Perú, mientras un animado banquete móvil celebraba la flamante Ruta Marítima de la Seda Chancay-Shanghai, de 1.300 millones de dólares, a través del Pacífico.

✍️   Pepe Escobar  @rocknrollgeopolitics

🗣 El espíritu BRICS: vivo y coleando en Sudáfrica

Pepe Escobar

21 Nov, 10:49


BRICS Corridor: China Eyes Pacific-Atlantic Rail Project via Bolivia and Brazil
https://sputnikglobe.com/20241120/brics-corridor-china-eyes-pacific-atlantic-rail-project-via-bolivia-and-brazil-1120940377.html

That will inevitably happen. Chancay-Shanghai is just the first step. The Holy Grail is mega exports to China from the Brazilian Center/West. China built a state of the art railway crossing the Tibetan plateau. Just do the math.

South American Silk Road in effect.

Pepe Escobar

21 Nov, 10:41


The Lula administration seems to be playing a very clever game. A de facto partner of the New Silk Roads, establishing "synergies", but without adopting Silk Road terminology. That's how you deflect massive Hegemon pressure.

Pepe Escobar

21 Nov, 10:30


https://youtu.be/eF1UZy5u-xE?si=06OKP6pyvnnIhfkj

Pepe Escobar

21 Nov, 10:28


https://youtu.be/AC04LdtIZcw?si=KJTwf8gAT-KOUzPf

Pepe Escobar

21 Nov, 10:18


"Our values."

Pepe Escobar

21 Nov, 08:49


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oglfE3We048&t=389s

G20, uncontrolled Western dementia in 404 and most of all - auspicious Africa.

Being back in NATOstan is a drag.

Pepe Escobar

20 Nov, 18:06


https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/11/20/the-brics-spirit-alive-and-well-in-south-africa/

What happened in a series of debates last week in BRICS member South Africa - before the G20 and in many aspects much more relevant than the G20.

Pepe Escobar

20 Nov, 15:24


Xi-Lula.

High-level, long term strategic partnership in effect.

Key bilateral today.

Without Brazil formally joining the New Silk Roads.

Because of - what else? - Hegemon pressure.

Pepe Escobar

20 Nov, 11:32


In Rio, on the sidelines of the G20.

Pepe Escobar

20 Nov, 11:27


Oliver Stone: World War III may be inevitable | Responsible Statecraft
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/oliver-stone-platoon/

Pepe Escobar

20 Nov, 11:10


🇩🇪 Germany at the Crossroads: It’s the System, Stupid

Germany, once Europe’s industrial juggernaut, now stumbles in a state of managed decline. With elections looming, the theatre is set. But let’s be clear: this isn’t about who wins, but whether Germans can reject the system that’s strangling their sovereignty. Because unless they do, these elections are nothing more than a distraction, a masterclass in divide-and-conquer.

Scenario 1: Banning AfD, A Gamble with Fire
Banning AfD wouldn’t be a show of strength but a desperate move to silence over a quarter of the electorate, especially in the former DDR where resentment still burns over decades of economic neglect. Friedrich Merz, obedient globalist and former BlackRock operative, would become Chancellor. The result? More war, deindustrialization, and blind subservience to the U.S.. But silencing AfD won’t kill populism, it’ll fuel it. BSW would emerge as the strongest opposition, carrying the banner for those abandoned by the establishment.

Scenario 2: AfD Grows, But the System Holds
AfD and CDU dominate the elections, but the anti-AfD cordon sanitaire holds. Merz scrambles to cobble together a coalition with Greens and SPD, a circus of contradictions. Meanwhile, AfD becomes the largest opposition party, and with BSW rising in tandem, Germany’s parliament turns into a warzone of populist resistance.

But the cracks widen as Germany faces 3 brutal realities: NATO’s inevitable defeat in Ukraine, an economic crisis fueled by sanctions and energy dependency, and mounting unrest from a population tired of being sacrificed on the altar of vassalage.

Scenario 3: AfD Triumphs – The System Strikes Back
An AfD victory would trigger nothing short of institutional war. Mockingbird media, and globalist puppeteers would unleash chaos: mass protests, endless scandals, “mystery” corruption charges, and lawfare targeting AfD leaders. Color revolution tactics, international condemnation, and Soros-funded street movements would all be in play.

It’s the System, Stupid
These scenarios expose a single rigged system. This election isn’t about who governs, it’s about maintaining control while gaslighting the public into thinking change is possible. Divide and conquer, with AfD voters demonized as extremists and BSW supporters dismissed as utopian dreamers, all while the establishment engineers the decline..

Here’s the uncomfortable reality: Germany’s democracy is theatre, scripted to ensure one outcome, continued vassalage to Washington. The Nord Stream sabotage was a declaration of U.S. dominance over Europe. Germany’s leaders didn’t even flinch. Their silence was an endorsement of their own country’s humiliation.

If Germans want real change, it’s not about winning elections within a rigged system, it’s about rejecting the system itself. Imagine a post-SMO world where Germany reclaims sovereignty, realigns with Russia and China, and embraces BRICS. Imagine restoring its industrial base, securing cheap energy, and forging a just peace in Europe. This isn’t a fantasy, it’s a choice. But to make it, Germans must first wake up to the fact that their political elite serves Washington, not Berlin.

“Yankee, Go Home” The Cry of Sovereignty
The 80’s saw mass protests demanding the removal of U.S. missiles and troops. It’s time for Germans to rediscover that spirit, to say "Yankee, go home" and reclaim their sovereignty. NATO has turned Europe into an American buffer, draining its resources, compromising its security, and hijacking its future.

A sovereign Germany could help lead Europe in a multipolar world, standing with the Global Majority rather than kneeling before DC. The alternative? Continued decline, economic ruin, and an electorate manipulated into fighting itself while the true oppressors profit from the chaos.

The real question isn’t about CDU, AfD, or BSW, but whether Germans can see through the charade. The rigged script won’t save them; only rejecting NATO servitude and imagining a future aligned with the Global Majority can.

- Gerry Nolan

🎙 Subscribe @TheIslanderNews

Pepe Escobar

19 Nov, 19:56


Strategic Culture Foundation apre finalmente la versione ufficiale in lingua italiana!

Il rinomato sito di analisi strategica e geopolitica Strategic Culture ha inaugurato la edizione italiana del sito, dove compariranno traduzioni ufficiali delle penne più seguite del panorama internazionale e verranno pubblicati nuovi autori italiani di alto livello.

Segui Strategic Culture Foundation

@SCF_Italiano

Pepe Escobar

19 Nov, 18:20


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C051SaMbl3s&t=171s

Talkin' to the Judge about BRICS, my trip to South Africa, and Western dementia.

Pepe Escobar

19 Nov, 18:13


🇷🇺 Небольшое наблюдение странствующего потребителя.

Путешествуя в Бразилию с 2016 года, каждый раз подмечаю, что уровень цен в Москве и Рио-де-Жанейро абсолютно одинаковый. Продукты, одежда, такси, кафе и рестораны — жизнь в наших городах стоит неизменно одних и тех же денег.

Даже цена обеда в моём любимом буфете на Копакабане с едой на развес растёт пропорционально средней стоимости бизнес-ланча в московских ресторанах.

Таким образом в расходы можно закладывать только стоимость перелета, жилья, ну и разъездов внутри Бразилии по рабочим встречам. Очень удобно.

PS да, местный Uber стал такой же дорогой как московский Яндекс



🇧🇷 Uma pequena observação de um consumidor itinerante.

Viajando para o Brasil desde 2016, sempre noto que o nível de preços em Moscou e no Rio de Janeiro é absolutamente igual. Alimentos, roupas, táxis, cafés e restaurantes: viver em nossas cidades custa praticamente o mesmo.

Até mesmo o preço do almoço no meu bufê favorito em Copacabana, com comida a quilo, aumenta proporcionalmente ao custo médio de um Business lunch em restaurantes moscovitas.

Assim, ao planejar os gastos, só é necessário incluir o custo do voo, da hospedagem e dos deslocamentos internos no Brasil para reuniões de trabalho. Muito prático.



🇬🇧 A small observation from a wandering consumer.

Traveling to Brazil since 2016, I’ve consistently noticed that the cost of living in Moscow and Rio de Janeiro is almost identical. Groceries, clothing, taxis, cafes, and restaurants — life in our cities costs essentially the same.

Even the price of lunch at my favorite pay-by-weight buffet in Copacabana grows proportionally to the average cost of a business lunch in Moscow restaurants.

Thus, when budgeting, you only need to account for the cost of flights, accommodation, and travel within Brazil for business meetings. Very convenient.

Pepe Escobar

19 Nov, 18:10


A top Dutch government official has admitted that the Covid was a “military operation” and revealed that her nation was taking orders from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the pandemic.
Dutch Health Minister Fleur Agema has revealed that the “military operation” was led by NATO and the Netherlands’ National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism (NCTV).

https://slaynews.com/news/dutch-government-official-admits-covid-pandemic-military-operation-ministry-health-obeys-nato/

Visit the GreatReject store 👉 livefree.be

#genocide

Pepe Escobar

18 Nov, 12:20


What long-range missiles may hit.

Pepe Escobar

18 Nov, 10:52


The vassalization of the EU. An easy tactical victory for the Hegemon. Breaking up the pan-Eurasia space, or Greater Eurasia Partnership. For now.

Pepe Escobar

17 Nov, 22:28


Zombie poses in rainforest stage - complete with teleprompters - pledging to save the Amazon while handlers send ATACMS to country 404.

Can't make this stuff up.

Pepe Escobar

17 Nov, 19:53


Johannesburg - this past Wednesday.

At the discussion table 'African Unity in a Multipolar world' chaired by Russian plenipotentiary ambassador to South Africa, Roman Ambarov.

The level of analysis by BRICS fellow South African scholars, diplomats and entrepreneurs, plus insights from Mali and Senegal, was extraordinary.

I have spent a fabulous week in Johannesburg, away from NATOstan progressive dementia. From Africa, it was a a Global South joy to see the coronation of Xi as King of Peru and the whole Chancay-Shanghai moveable feast.

Now back to Hell, as Crash Test Dummy poses as savior of the Amazon rain forest just as his handlers "authorize" ATACMS on Kursk.

With Africa on my mind, I'm back in action just in time for the pathetic G20. But Africa column, impala-style, will come first.

Pepe Escobar

17 Nov, 18:55


Only negative IQ psychos "authorize" country 404 to use ATACMS in Kursk believing blowback won't be a b***h.

Pepe Escobar

17 Nov, 18:45


The full list of the 54 nations who voted at the UN against condemning racism and in favour of glorification of Nazism:

United States, Canada, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, Australia, Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Japan, Andorra, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Fiji, Georgia, Hungary, New Zealand, Iceland, Ireland, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Montenegro, Norway, San Marino, North Macedonia, Monaco, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Republic of Korea, Palau, Tonga.

NEVER FORGET.

Pepe Escobar

17 Nov, 12:35


Priceless: an IRGC spokesman "accidentally" reveals that Iran is using S-400s.

Pepe Escobar

17 Nov, 09:40


https://youtu.be/idu2D6_u7Kw?si=pM4LLkPtMLLHymB1

Pepe Escobar

17 Nov, 09:30


The Big Macs.

Pepe Escobar

17 Nov, 09:27


Toxic Medusa logic.

Pepe Escobar

17 Nov, 09:11


Just a Silk Road nomad deeply impressed with the quality of South African analysis during one of our working sessions earlier this week in Joburg.

Pepe Escobar

17 Nov, 09:01


🇬🇧 Greetings from the glorious city of Rio de Janeiro!

As the years go by, everything changes. On my tenth and, God willing, longest journey to Brazil, I didn’t pack a single samba costume. However, my luggage now includes even more business attire and, for the first time, a road bike.

Although I no longer belong to the legendary Portela samba school, where I performed for five carnivals, that doesn't mean the era of samba is over—far from it! This year, I’ll be dedicating a lot of time to individual lessons with various fascinating instructors, further refining my already established style. And for 2026-2027, my plans are absolutely grandiose 😏

So, now, at 5 a.m., I won’t be coming back from samba school rehearsal, but instead will be starting my cycling workout along the ocean.

Life is like a movie; its script must have its development :)

Now, regarding the development of the "script" of Russia-Brazil relations and cooperation between our countries, particularly within the BRICS framework.

This time, I flew Ethiopian Airlines along the route Moscow - Addis Ababa - São Paulo - Rio de Janeiro. This 30-hour "experience" cost a hefty 1,700 US dollars and was the best deal on the market. Emirates, with a single stop in Dubai, now charges over 3,500 US dollars. All of this is for economy class, by the way :)

With such routes and prices, only the truly adventurous, like myself, will be flying to Brazil from Russia. My clients are a small group of entrepreneurs who have identified significant opportunities for profit in the Brazilian market and are willing to endure such challenges in order to realize those opportunities.

In the broader sense, there can be no significant strengthening of economic (or any other) relations between our countries as long as there are no direct flights!

Brazil is the largest economy in Latin America, and our strategic partner in this region. Yet, there are no direct flights between Moscow and Rio or São Paulo.

Meanwhile, Aeroflot’s hefty Boeing planes land in Cuba three times a week. A direct Moscow - Caracas flight is operated by Venezuelan airlines every two weeks. But when it comes to Brazil, it seems there is no real demand for Russians to fly there.

One of my friends, the owner of a small travel agency in Rio de Janeiro that works exclusively with Russian-speaking tourists, has her schedule booked 2-3 months in advance! And she’s not the only one. Despite the inconveniences, distances, and costs, Russians are still flying to Brazil.

Just imagine the flood of tourists when direct air links are established! For this to happen, all that’s needed is political will. I can’t understand why this hasn’t been done yet.

Despite my strong resistance to the strains of long-haul flights, I "recovered" after the journey for an entire day 🤕

Right now, I'm dining in Ipanema and writing this post in the hope that, in the coming years, there will be more Russian entrepreneurs and tourists frequenting the local restaurants.

Pepe Escobar

17 Nov, 08:48


"Questo sarebbe in definitiva il vero Colpo di Stato". Il più famoso articolo di Pasolini compie 50 anni

https://www.lantidiplomatico.it/dettnews-questo_sarebbe_in_definitiva_il_vero_colpo_di_stato_il_pi_famoso_articolo_di_pasolini_compie_oggi_50_anni/46096_57709/

Pepe Escobar

16 Nov, 13:39


https://youtu.be/3qToF6Xqfec?si=1v78VuCWEJwIgh6f

Pepe Escobar

16 Nov, 13:29


The only Russian Orthodox church - built by master architects, craftsmen and painters - south of the Sahara. Nearly halfway between Joburg and Pretoria.

Pepe Escobar

16 Nov, 13:25


Out of Africa.

Pepe Escobar

16 Nov, 13:01


https://youtu.be/ugqufgoqHL8?si=TPPahablAvVm4VpC

Chancay-Shanghai. Southern Hemisphere New Silk Road in effect.

Pepe Escobar

16 Nov, 12:20


Nothing to see here: just a bunch of Russian agents in BRICS Joburg.

Pepe Escobar

16 Nov, 12:14


Oggi a Nanchino, nella Cina sudorientale, è stata fondata un'alleanza volta a formare, promuovere una più profonda cooperazione Sud-Sud e a far progredire la governance globale, con il coinvolgimento di oltre 200 think tank dei paesi del Sud del mondo e un raggruppamento di mercati emergenti e paesi in via di sviluppo.

https://www.lantidiplomatico.it/dettnews-cooperazione_sudsud_istituita_lalleanza_global_south_think_tanks/82_57741/

Pepe Escobar

16 Nov, 12:11


Шольц всё-таки позвонил Путину

Собирался два месяца и позвонил. Вероятно, ранние вбросы про звонок были рассчитаны на то, что Москва, узнав о готовности канцлера ФРГ к звонку, сама проявит инициативу. Но Кремль перешёл в режим ожидания: тебе надо, ты и звони.

▪️ Очевидно, что Шольц решал две задачи. Первую — разведывательную. На фоне шквала "мирных планов" по Украине и предстоящей смены президента США было желательно из первых уст, от Владимира Путина, услышать позицию России на складывающуюся ситуацию.

Ясно, что Шольц разочарован. Окончательное урегулирование на Украине Москва по-прежнему видит в рамках плана, изложенного Путиным 14 июня в ходе выступления перед руководством МИД РФ. При этом данное урегулирование касается формирования и новой системы безопасности на Европейском континенте с учётом национальных интересов России.

Понятное дело, что Шольц — не тот игрок, который может повлиять на данные вопросы. Он — просто руководитель американской колониальной администрации ФРГ.

▪️ Вторая цель звонка — внутригерманская. В преддверии выборов в ФРГ желательно обозначить избирателям стремление нынешних властей страны к миру. Но это мир лишь на словах, т. к. дальнейшая немецкая поддержка Киева лишь продлевает войну.

Кстати, для немецких избирателей Шольц мог бы сделать реально хорошее дело — возобновить поставки российского газа, ведь одна из веток "Северного потока" работоспособна. Путин неспроста подчеркнул в телефонном разговоре, что Россия всегда чётко выполняла свои договорные и контрактные обязательства в сфере энергетики и готова к взаимовыгодному сотрудничеству, если к этому будет проявлен интерес с германской стороны.

Но увы, это решение тоже может быть принято только в Вашингтоне. В общем, позвонил Шольц и позвонил. Как дела? Как настроение? Как погода в Москве? Что-то вроде этого.

Pepe Escobar

15 Nov, 14:02


❗️Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand become BRICS partner countries – Russian MFA

#BRICS

Pepe Escobar

15 Nov, 06:12


If you have a Russian MIR card you can now use it in Iran.

Strategic partnership/de-dollarization BRICS-style.

Pepe Escobar

13 Nov, 20:57


Welcome to Johannesburg. Full report coming in the next few days.

Pepe Escobar

13 Nov, 20:55


Welcome to Johannesburg.

My bros Joe and Amadou.

South Africa and Mali superstsrs.

Spent the whole day on absolutely amazing three sessions debating racism, fascism and all forms of discrimination - combined with the future of Africa and Africa as THE future. Round table follow-up tomorrow with some of the best brains in South Africa and beyond.

Pepe Escobar

12 Nov, 10:33


No comments.

Pepe Escobar

12 Nov, 10:33


The UN General Asssembly committee has adopted the Russian Federation's resolution on combating neo-Nazism.

116 countries voted in favor of the document, 54 countries voted against it, including the USA, Canada, Ukraine, the UK, Germany and France.

Representatives of 11 countries abstained from voting.

@Slavyangrad

Pepe Escobar

11 Nov, 18:46


It does not look good. Utterly mediocre/incompetent armchair hawks.

Brace for impact.

Pepe Escobar

11 Nov, 15:25


GERMANY

WHAT IS REALLY GOIN' ON

From one of my top sources in Berlin, ultra well-informed:

"Calling for new elections that will bring BlackRock man Merz into the Chancellery looks to me like a British Hail Mary plot to drag Germany deeper into the Russia war.

See also the last minute attempts of Rothschildhausen (Britain/France) to get ‘Biden’ to agree to using Scalp missiles in the Russian interior.

The objective of bringing Merz prematurely into power is also to terminally destroy all bridges between Germany and Russia. He is a thorough ideologue, internationally inexperienced and corrupt, so the right man for that job.

Scholz, a truly mediocre lackey, at least stopped the Taurus missile direct involvement in the war and kept indirect dialogues via third parties with Russia open. If he would stay in ‘power’ until the end of 2025 this would reduce Britain’s escalatory options against Russia.

My friends and colleagues here are divided, since the traffic light coalition has done so much additional economic damage to Germany.

BTW I disagree with the widespread interpretation that Merkel arranged Minsk just to buy time for arming Ukraine. Read what she exactly says. She blames the West for this result.

And it is the Russians who waited too long after the coup in 2014, just as the Chinese are now waiting too long over Taiwan.

Both do this for the same reason – trying to rescue trade relations that should since long have been re-routed, for political reasons and because the same exporters finance them through credit that will be repudiated by the West."

Pepe Escobar

11 Nov, 14:28


DA CHANCAY A SHANGAI, UNA RIVELAZIONE DEI TEMPI

Questa settimana, durante il 31° incontro dei leader economici dell'APEC a Lima, in Perù, sarà raggiunta una pietra miliare: il porto di Chancay, controllato e investito da imprese cinesi, sarà inaugurato. Si tratta di un nuovo progetto faro nell'ambito della Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) attraverso l'Oceano Pacifico, che non solo contribuirà ad approfondire le relazioni tra Cina e Perù, ma aprirà anche una nuova “superstrada marittima” per l'integrazione dell'economia dell'Asia-Pacifico. Vale la pena ricordare che, mentre le economie dei membri dell'APEC rappresentano oltre il 60% del PIL mondiale, il porto di Chancay, in quanto bene pubblico che avvicina le due sponde del Pacifico, segnerà un nuovo apice del contributo della cooperazione Sud-Sud all'economia della regione.
(di Redazione di Global Times)

#ideeazione
https://telegra.ph/Da-Chancay-a-Shanghai-una-rivelazione-dei-tempi-11-10

Pepe Escobar

11 Nov, 14:25


Пентагон при Трампе ждут "антироссийские инновации"

Было бы ошибочным считать, что при Трампе армия США станет менее опасной для России. Мало кто, пишет Defense One, лучше осведомлён о планах старого-нового президента США в отношении Пентагона, чем Кристофер Миллер, последний и. о. министра обороны в первый срок Трампа и автор главы об обороне в нашумевшем документе "Проект 2025".

Некоторые аналитики считают, что именно Миллер имеет все шансы играть ключевую роль в аппарате нацбезопасности следующего Белого дома. Так что его тезисы в интервью Defense One стоит иметь в виду.

▪️ В основе новой армии США, по Миллеру, должно лежать продвижение инноваций. "В каждом подразделении размером с батальон во всех родах войск должен быть инновационный фонд", — утверждает он. Это должно обеспечить быструю апробацию идей и, в случае успеха, их продвижение "наверх".

Миллер хочет, чтобы "нерегулярные боевые действия" играли более важную, даже доминирующую роль в реализации политики США в ряде регионов. "Пусть они соревнуются с теми, кто там есть. Пусть службы сосредоточатся на Индо-Тихоокеанском командовании и на Русском медведе", — делится соображениями он.

То есть стоит ожидать фокусировки США на множестве очагов конфликта с использованием самых разных прокси и производных, а также участия сил спецназа.

▪️ Миллер намерен также добиваться активного вовлечения средств ИИ в разведку и качественного роста её возможностей. По его словам, "мы даже не прикоснулись к возможностям искусственного интеллекта". Стоит ожидать максимального усиления компонента анализа данных, а значит все системы передачи и хранения данных, так или иначе интересующие Вашингтон, будут подвергаться повышенному давлению.

Ещё одним тезисом "Проекта 2025", который подтвердил Миллер, стал призыв к новому руководству США "разработать ядерный арсенал такого размера, сложности и конфигурации, включая новые возможности на театрах военных действий, чтобы ни при каких обстоятельствах Америка не подвергалась серьёзному ядерному принуждению". В том числе и за счёт расширения арсеналов тактического ядерного оружия.

По Миллеру, разрыв в качестве и возможностях между американской Нацгвардией и регулярной армией должен сокращаться, а применение Нацгвардии в военных целях будет более простым. То есть у США возникает достаточно подготовленный военный "второй эшелон", который может быть задействован при необходимости.

Миллер опроверг предположения о том, что Трамп готовится выйти из НАТО. По его словам, реформа альянса, по Трампу, — это "более эффективное распределение бремени" и поиск новых стран-партнёров, вроде Южной Кореи. Не исключает Миллер и того, что США, испытывающие недостаток собственных судостроительных мощностей, будут использовать для этих целей Японию, Южную Корею и Филиппины.

▪️ Если судить по интервью Миллера, то нет никаких оснований думать, будто США при Трампе внезапно станут "хорошими" и "мирными".
Вашингтон лишь перегруппировывает силы, чтобы максимально эффективно использовать свои и чужие ресурсы, исходя из новых приоритетов.

Россию из списка угроз для интересов США никто убирать не планирует.

Pepe Escobar

11 Nov, 13:27


JOKE OF THE WEEK

(and the week has barely started)

German cancellor candidate Friedrich Merz - another liver sausage, bought and paid for Atlanticist - will "deliver an ulltimatum to Russia".

Pepe Escobar

11 Nov, 11:18


Germany – A Country Without Sovereignty In A Comatose State | ZeroHedge
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/germany-country-without-sovereignty-comatose-state

MUST READ

Pepe Escobar

11 Nov, 09:42


First Trump-Putin Call Since Election Focuses On The Quick 'Resolution Of Ukraine War' | ZeroHedge
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/first-trump-putin-call-election-focuses-resolution-ukraines-war-soon

The only problem is that according to the Kremlin, this call NEVER happened.

Pepe Escobar

10 Nov, 17:16


El flanco este / oriental, preparación de un escenario de guerra híbrida & kinetica
Como se mencionó anteriormente, los medios occidentales solo presentan la "verdad" de Occidente. Para entender mejor los escombros de la guerra ucraniana, necesitamos ver la "verdad" como Rusia la ve.

Pepe Escobar

10 Nov, 16:46


⛔️ Netanyahu, Smotrich and Ben Gvir are waiting for the hostages to die to ‘justify Gaza land grab’ - Ynet

The issue of the hostages in Gaza will be solved 'naturally and tragically,’ according to the Israeli leadership.

The right-wing ministers will then use these deaths as further pretext to permanently occupy and ‘establish Jewish settlements’ in Gaza, Ynet added.

It has never been about the hostages.

@RiseGS

Pepe Escobar

10 Nov, 13:10


Escobar: Putin Outlines The 'Moment Of Truth' | ZeroHedge
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-putin-outlines-moment-truth

Pepe Escobar

10 Nov, 13:06


Genocide's collaborators, from Cairo to Berlin
https://thecradle.co/articles/genocides-collaborators-from-cairo-to-berlin

Pepe Escobar

10 Nov, 10:30


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay3MXbr5ONw

Well, that was fun.

Pepe Escobar

09 Nov, 17:52


'Fasten Your Seatbelts' - Pepe Escobar Explores The 'Trumpquake' | ZeroHedge
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/fasten-your-seatbelts-pepe-escobar-explores-trumpquake

Pepe Escobar

09 Nov, 17:32


Putin ha iniziato il suo discorso facendo riferimento alla rivoluzione dell'ottobre 1917, tracciando un parallelo diretto con i nostri tempi turbolenti: “Il momento della verità sta arrivando.”

Segue l'ultimo, fondamentale, articolo di Pepe Escobar:

https://www.lantidiplomatico.it/dettnews-pepe_escobar__putin_delinea_il_momento_della_verit_con_un_parallelo_al_1917/39602_57620/

Pepe Escobar

09 Nov, 17:31


La distruzione della sfera politica, nutrita e alimentata per decenni dal “pilota automatico dell’economia”, è arrivata al capolinea, producendo una nuova forma di tribalismo naturalistico, di “razzismo universale polimorfo”, che non conosce più nessuna alternativa all’esclusione dell’altro, eventualmente al suo annichilimento.

L'ultimo, straordinario, articolo del Prof. Andrea Zhok

(Lettura obbligatoria del mese!)


https://www.lantidiplomatico.it/dettnews-andrea_zhok__lepoca_dellodio_deideologizzato/39602_57615/

Pepe Escobar

09 Nov, 13:46


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvzjk1dOyYQ&t=32s

FOR THE WHOLE LUSOPHONE DIASPORA

Trumpquake - a first approach.

Pepe Escobar

09 Nov, 13:42


Pepe Escobar: Trump-Beben

Von Pepe Escobar

Schnallen Sie sich an: Was auch immer passiert, das Trumpbeben wird eine holprige Angelegenheit.

Auf der politischen Richterskala war das ein Killer – im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Was als liberale totalitäre Show gedacht war, wurde brutal und ohne Umschweife aus dem Park gefegt – aus jedem…

https://uncutnews.ch/pepe-escobar-trump-beben/

Pepe Escobar

09 Nov, 08:12


PUTIN DELINEA IL "MOMENTO DELLA VERITA'"

La performance del Presidente Putin in sessione plenaria (discorso + domande e risposte) all'incontro annuale del Valdai Club a Sochi è sembrata un treno ad alta velocità con il cruise control.
(di Pepe Escobar)

#ideeazione
https://telegra.ph/Putin-delinea-il-momento-della-verit%C3%A0-11-09

Pepe Escobar

08 Nov, 18:17


The Kosher Candidate, by Wyatt Peterson - The Unz Review
https://www.unz.com/article/the-kosher-candidate/

Killer piece. Naming names. Bleak prospects ahead.

Pepe Escobar

08 Nov, 17:55


Toxic Medusa feeling at ease in Kamala territory.

Pepe Escobar

08 Nov, 17:55


⚠️ " The European Union is forced to buy Russian oil in order to prevent Putin from earning more elsewhere," said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.

-One can't make this up 🙃

Follow: http://t.me/RussianBaZa

Pepe Escobar

08 Nov, 16:47


https://sputnikglobe.com/20241108/pepe-escobar-putin-outlines-the-moment-of-truth-1120820957.html

"Totally cool, calm, comfortable, in full command of a Himalaya of facts, no political leader anywhere – recent past and present - would even come close to delivering what amounts to an extensive, detailed world view deeply matured over a quarter of a century at the highest geopolitical level."

Pepe Escobar

08 Nov, 16:42


Allacciate le cinture di sicurezza: comunque vada, il Sisma Trump sarà un percorso accidentato...

L'ultimo, imperdibile, articolo di Pepe Escobar

https://www.lantidiplomatico.it/dettnews-pepe_escobar__sisma_trump_il_nuovo_ordine_in_eurasia_e_lombra_di_pompeo/39602_57604/

Pepe Escobar

08 Nov, 14:19


Our first impressions of Taiwan Province, China since moving here two weeks ago. China Rising Radio Sinoland 241107 – CHINA RISING RADIO SINOLAND
https://chinarising.puntopress.com/2024/11/07/our-first-impressions-of-taiwan-province-china-since-moving-here-two-weeks-ago-china-rising-radio-sinoland-241107/

This is SO absorbing. My dear friend Jeff and his lovely French wife Eveline having a cross-cultural ball in the middle of Taiwan.

MEGA MUST READ.

Pepe Escobar

08 Nov, 12:48


Report: Trump Plans UK-Style Attack on Israel Criticism – Consortium News
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/11/04/report-trump-plans-uk-style-attack-on-israel-criticism/

Pepe Escobar

08 Nov, 12:29


Trumpquake

Sur l'échelle de Richter politique, cela a été une tuerie - littéralement. Ce qui était censé être un spectacle totalitaire libéral a été brutalement, sans cérémonie, balayé du parc - de n'importe quel parc.

Même avant le jour du scrutin, la pensée critique était consciente des enjeux. En cas de fraude, Kamala gagne. Sans fraude, Trump gagne. Il y a eu, au mieux, des tentatives de fraude (ratées).

La question clé demeure : que veut vraiment l'État profond américain ?

#DonaldTrump #BRICS #dédollarisation
#Ukraine #MikePompeo

https://reseauinternational.net/trumpquake/

Pepe Escobar

08 Nov, 09:23


TRUMPQUAKE, TERREMOTO TRUMP

Sulla scala Richter della politica, questo è stato un assassinio - letteralmente. Quello che doveva essere uno spettacolo totalitario liberale è stato brutalmente, senza cerimonie, spazzato via dal parco - qualsiasi parco. Anche prima del giorno delle elezioni, il pensiero critico era consapevole della posta in gioco. Con i brogli, Kamala vince. Senza brogli, vince Trump. Nella migliore delle ipotesi, ci sono stati tentativi (falliti) di frode. La domanda chiave rimane ancora: cosa vuole davvero lo Stato profondo degli Stati Uniti?
(di Pepe Escobar)

#ideeazione
https://telegra.ph/Trumpquake-terremoto-Trump-11-08

Pepe Escobar

08 Nov, 09:23


🎙 Excerpts from President of Russia Vladimir Putin's speech in the plenary session of the 21st annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club (November 7, 2024)

💬 Vladimir Putin: The moment of truth is fast approaching.

The former world arrangement is irreversibly passing away, actually it has already passed away, and a serious, irreconcilable struggle is unfolding for the development of a new world order. It is irreconcilable, above all, because this is not even a fight for power or geopolitical influence.

It is a clash of the very principles that will underlie the relations of countries and peoples at the next historical stage. Its outcome will determine whether we will be able, through joint efforts, to build a world that will allow all nations to develop and resolve emerging contradictions based on mutual respect for cultures and civilisations, without coercion and use of force. And finally, whether the human society will be able to retain its ethical humanistic principles, and whether an individual will be able to remain human.

At first glance, it might appear that there is no alternative. Yet, regrettably, there is. It is the dive of humanity into the depths of aggressive anarchy, internal and external splits, the erosion of traditional values, the emergence of new forms of tyranny, and the actual renunciation of the classical principles of democracy, along with fundamental rights and freedoms.

Increasingly often, democracy is being interpreted not as the rule of majority but of minority. Traditional democracy and the rule of the people are being set against an abstract notion of freedom, for the sake of which, as some argue, democratic procedures, elections, majority opinion, freedom of speech, and an unbiased media can be disregarded or sacrificed.

The peril lies in the imposition of totalitarian ideologies and making them the norm, as exemplified by the current state of Western liberalism. This modern Western liberalism, in my view, has degenerated into extreme intolerance and aggression towards any alternative or sovereign and independent thought. Today, it even seeks to justify neo-Nazism, terrorism, racism, and even the mass genocide of civilians.

Moreover, there are international conflicts and confrontations fraught with the danger of mutual destruction. Weapons that can cause this do exist and are being constantly improved, taking new forms as the technologies advance. The number of nations possessing such weapons is growing, and no one can guarantee that these weapons will not be used, especially if threats incrementally multiply and legal and moral norms are ultimately shattered.

❗️We have come close to the dangerous point.

The West’s calls to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, a nation with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, reveal the reckless adventurism of certain Western politicians.

Such blind faith in their own impunity and exceptionalism could lead to a global catastrophe.

Efforts to cling to their diminishing power through force result only in widespread instability and more tensions, leading to casualties and destruction. However, these efforts fail to achieve the desired outcome of maintaining absolute, unchallenged power.

For the march of history cannot be halted.

Pepe Escobar

08 Nov, 09:21


🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s address to faculty and students of Astana universities, Astana (November 7, 2024)

Key talking points

• The process for forming a multipolar international order will remain the key trend of global development for many years to come. It has long been impossible to pay no heed to the ongoing strengthening of the new centres of economic growth that lie outside the borders of the collective West.

• The role of multilateral associations is growing. The continued development and expansion of these regional and sub-regional integration entities, as well as the establishment of horizontal ties between them, is certainly in the best interests of the participating countries and fully fits into the logic of multipolarity.

• Russia advocates for equal interstate cooperation grounded in international law and the central role of the UN. We continue to expand and strengthen mutually beneficial partnerships with all countries and associations that show a reciprocal commitment to cooperation.

❗️ Reinforcing a comprehensive partnership and fostering cooperation with our Central Asian friends, allies, and like-minded partners stands as one of the paramount objectives of Russian diplomacy.

• We are neither imposing our will nor engaging in condescending explanations. Our approach is consistently rooted in the necessity of respecting the cultural and civilisational uniqueness of peoples and their right to chart their own future.

• This marks a fundamental distinction from the West, which, for centuries, has pursued a policy of divide and conquer, perceiving Central Asia as a geopolitical battleground reminiscent of the archaic Great Game.

• It is no secret that the West is linking its investments in the region and increased access for Central Asian goods to its markets with compliance requirements to illegal restrictions imposed on Russia, all the while threatening secondary sanctions. This is nothing short of a neo-colonial policy.

• Russia and the Central Asian countries are close neighbours, sharing common objectives that necessitate joint efforts to ensure our mutual security, rather than forming alliances against other states. Together, we stand against the threats of terrorism, drug trafficking, organised crime, and illegal migration.

The strategic partnership and alliance between Russia and Kazakhstan yield tangible benefits. Numerous mutually beneficial projects are underway, and a wealth of experience has been accumulated in supporting each other during critical junctures in modern history, as evidenced in January 2020.

• Preparations for the state visit [of Russia's President Vladimir Putin to Kazakhstan] are underway. <...> The two Leaders are to release an extended political statement and sign several dozen of joint documents regarding trade, economic, investment, cultural, humanitarian, and educational cooperation. It will be a solid package of documents that will provide substantive content for the summit.

• We hope Kazakhstan will become a partner state of BRICS. This will enhance opportunities for coordinating our efforts on the international arena which we highly appreciate.

• The Eurasian continent started getting a sense of its identity and the natural competitive advantages that this single geopolitical and geoeconomic space provides to the countries of that continent quite a long time ago.

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Pepe Escobar

07 Nov, 22:16


Putin:

In the world today, there is only one bloc left, a bloc held together by so-called compulsion, rigid ideological dogmas and clichés. This is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. You know, even before all the acute conflicts of today, many European leaders said to me: "Why are they scaring us with you? We are not afraid, we don't see any threats". This is a direct speech, you know. I think that the United States understands this very well. They felt it!
They themselves have already treated NATO as a secondary organization. Believe me, I know what I'm saying. But still, the experts there understood that NATO is necessary. And how to preserve its value, its attractiveness? You have to scare. We need to tear Russia and Europe apart, especially Russia and Germany, France. Conflict. So they brought us to the coup d'état in Ukraine and to the fighting in the southeast in Donbass. Just forced us to retaliate.

@Slavyangrad

Pepe Escobar

07 Nov, 21:17


Putin:

Right now, the most important problem on our Eurasian continent, the main problem between Russia and European countries, is the trust deficit. You can berate Russia all you want, and we probably make a lot of mistakes too, but when they tell us that "we signed the Minsk agreements on Ukraine only to give Ukraine an opportunity to rearm, and we had no intention of resolving this conflict peacefully," what kind of trust can we talk about?
What are you guys? What trust? You have directly publicly stated that you have cheated us! Lied to us and deceived us! What kind of trust is that? But we need to get back to that system of mutual trust.

@Slavyangrad

Pepe Escobar

07 Nov, 17:41


"The scale of sanctions and punitive measures applied against our country is unprecedented in history. Our opponents assumed they would deliver a crushing, knockout blow to Russia, one from which it would not recover, ceasing to be a key player on the global stage... The world needs Russia- and no decisions by leaders in Washington or Brussels can alter that."

Pepe Escobar

07 Nov, 17:37


"Modern neoliberalism has degenerated into a totalitarian ideology."

Pepe Escobar

04 Nov, 18:39


🔴 The Enemy Goals in Lebanon
None achieved
Why it matters?  

@ZSaffar

Pepe Escobar

04 Nov, 10:38


🤍 La cumbre de los BRICS en la ciudad rusa de Kazán representa una oportunidad de "reorganizar las relaciones internacionales", aseguró Pepe Escobar, periodista y politólogo brasileño.

Además, según indicó el experto a nuestra agencia, el evento puede culminar con la expansión ideológica de la asociación.

Vídeo: Antón Vilchinski/TASS

👉 TEXTO COMPLETO AQUÍ 👈

Suscríbase gratuitamente al Servicio de noticias de TASS en Español

Pepe Escobar

04 Nov, 10:32


LAVROV STRAIGHT TO THE POINT

"As a fallback option in case the regime of Zelensky fails, they [the US] are preparing continental Europe to embark on a suicidal adventure and enter into a direct armed conflict with Russia."

Translation: it's already on. NATO dates: 2027, 2029, or 2030.

Pepe Escobar

04 Nov, 10:20


🧱 We will need weeks, months, years to fully grasp the enormity of what took place in Kazan during the annual BRICS summit under the Russian presidency.

For the moment let’s cherish arguably the most appropriate definition of BRICS as a laboratory of the future: this lab, against nearly insurmountable odds, is actively engaged in creating a Sovereign Harmonious Multi-Nodal World.

Of course the challenges are immense. In his post-BRICS assessment, when addressing the sustainability of supply chains, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov – the top Russian sherpa throughout the year, performing impeccably – stressed the “unacceptability of illegitimate unilateral sanctions applied by the Western group against many members of BRICS, linking sanctions with the climate agenda and human rights.”

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Pepe Escobar

04 Nov, 09:20


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXwD-SGRmj8&ab_channel=DannyHaiphong

Don't miss it. Coming later today.

Pepe Escobar

04 Nov, 08:43


Valdai in effect. Karaganov in da house - this should be fun. "We are living in Biblical times."

I decided not to go this year - following it from NATOstan, which also adds to the fun.

Pepe Escobar

03 Nov, 19:30


👹Ukraine as seen from the US.

The total net global wealth, according to the Boston Consulting Group, is estimated at $477 trillion.

The total value of Ukraine's mineral wealth alone, according to Forbes Ukraine, is $14.8 trillion. This is 3.1% of the world's total wealth.

And you, dear Ukrainians, thought that Europe and America were personally concerned about you?

Pepe Escobar

03 Nov, 12:52


Viktor Orbán - on the upcoming EU summit in Budapest:

We are in for a strong week in terms of the history of the entire Western world. A week ago there was the Eastern world summit, there was the world summit in Kazan. We have to say that these countries account for more of the world's economic activity than the western world economy. So the people of the East got together and decided what to do. And the people of the West will gather in Hungary next week. We will take 41 European leaders.

The balance of power in the Western world will be very different by the end of the year. I think after the American elections, there will be a majority there in favor of peace. And today, also in terms of gender, in terms of the destruction of the traditional family and the spread of these new forms of union, there is a pro-gender world in the Western Hemisphere today. This is going to change in the next two weeks, and the patriots and Donald Trump in America are going to work together to implement traditional family defense policies. So, the Western world is facing a big change.

So, if what we expect happens and America becomes a supporter of peace, Europe cannot remain a supporter of war.

@Slavyangrad

Pepe Escobar

03 Nov, 12:52


Beware of a wounded Hegemon bearing gifts.

Pepe Escobar

03 Nov, 10:30


https://globalsouth.co/2024/11/02/brics-summit-declaration-comments-conspiracies-and-the-imf/

Immensely important summary by Amarynth. Including Mozhin's IMF revelations. I plan to talk to him when I'm back in Moscow.

MEGA MUST READ

Pepe Escobar

03 Nov, 10:19


https://globalsouth.co/2024/10/31/the-roadblocks-ahead-for-the-sovereign-harmonious-multi-nodal-world/

Lab at work.

Wonderful illustrations.

Pepe Escobar

03 Nov, 09:56


🇷🇺🇮🇩 Ships of the Russian Pacific Fleet made a friendly call at the port of the Indonesian city of Surabaya ahead of the first-ever bilateral exercises between Russia and Indonesia

Pepe Escobar

03 Nov, 09:53


"Il laboratorio di Kazan ha delineato diverse road map geoeconomiche e sta prendendo seriamente in considerazione gli inevitabili ostacoli. Ciò che conta è che il treno ad alta velocità ha già lasciato la stazione di Kazan; ora si tratta solo di prendere una velocità inesorabile e irreversibile."

L'ultimo imperdibile articolo di Pepe Escobar

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