Guest Analyses

by Pepe Escobar for the Asia Times and the Saker blog, posted by permission Balinese culture, a perpetual exercise in sophisticated subtlety, makes no distinction between the secular and the

By Pepe Escobar cross-posted on PressTV and the Saker blog and posted with the author’s permission Southeast Asia is right at the center of international relations for a whole week

Notes and reflections by Nora Hoppe for the Saker blog To retreat or not to retreat…   Preface: I have no idea about war… I have never experienced one. I

by Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan for the Saker blog Global Challenges • After the breakout of COVID-19, which has engulfed the whole world and even superpowers like the US

By Batiushka for the Saker blog Introduction When last week Allied troops quit the right (= western, or in this case northern (1)) bank of the Dnieper and so the

by F(unny)MAN for the Saker blog I have been so busy lately that I can keep writing sarcastic essays… I do need all my sarcasm to survive in the “environment”

by Pepe Escobar, first published at The Cradle and posted with the author’s permission The meeting this week between two Eurasian security bosses is a further step toward dusting away

by Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely cross-posted Deal or no deal, General Winter is coming to town – ready to entertain his guest of honor Sun

by Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely cross-posted Beijing’s ties with countries now in ASEAN tend to bend the bamboo way: soft, clever, persistent and enduring The

by Francis Lee for the Saker blog ‘’You can’t always get what you want.’’ Courtesy of the Rolling Stones This aptly sums up the Eurozone/East-Asian/US relationship: In short US hegemony.