Pepe Escobar

The Americans may have assassinated Soleimani, but the illegal aggression has not thwarted the Quds Force general’s plans for West Asia one bit, and may have even accelerated them. By

Military superpower Russia, having had enough of U.S./NATO bullying, is now dictating the terms of a new arrangement. By Pepe Escobar posted with permission and widely cross-posted Coming straight from

Between the complex internal dynamics of the Taliban and the western trick of conditional aid, it is the Muslim world that must act to save Afghanistan By Pepe Escobar, posted

By Pepe Escobar, posted with permission and cross-posted with The Cradle Vladimir Putin got straight to the point. At the opening of his one hour and fourteen minute video conversation

Washington hawks float expelling Russia from SWIFT but Moscow’s budding geo-economic alliance with Beijing will keep the money flowing By Pepe Escobar posted with permission and cross-posted with AsiaTimes Xi

An Algerian Jewish ‘demonizer’ of Arabs and Islam is the new political protagonist electrifying France’s 2022 presidential elections By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and cross-posted with The

In the annals of diplomacy, the White House official confirmation of a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing might qualify at best as a disc thrower being

By Pepe Escobar, posted with permission and first posted at Asia Times. So Russian President Vladimir Putin, all by himself, and US President Joe Biden, surrounded by aides, finally had

Russia is the one state with the necessary clout, tools, sweeteners and relationships to nudge the Persian Gulf into a new security paradigm.  Russia is teeing up a re-launch of

The charade has come to a point that – diplomatically – is quite unprecedented: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov lost his Taoist patience. By Pepe Escobar, posted with permission and widely