Guest Analyses

By Aram Mirzaei for the Saker blog We live in one of the most important moments in history. Perhaps this moment is even more important than the end of the

Note by Andrei: FYI, at the bottom of the homepage I posted the following, rather unoriginal, note “The views expressed are solely those of the authors and may or may

by Jo Red for the Saker blog The Drama of Italian Politics Frodo is indeed the most tragic character in the Lord of the Rings. He belongs to the shire

by Fred Reed for the Saker blog Pleasurable excitement ripples through the usual boredom of Washington, and the resident curiosities enjoy exquisite frissons, over the possibility of nuclear war over

by Ramin Mazaheri for the Saker blog There’s no more obvious failure of Europe’s politicians to protect their own citizens than the drop in the euro and the pound to

by Pepe Escobar, first published at The Cradle and posted with the author’s permission Xi Jinping just offered the Global South a stark alternative to decades of western diktats, war,

by Dragan Filipovic for the Saker blog In all history, there is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare – Sun Tzu, ‘The Art of War’ Putin’s

by Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely cross-posted President Xi Jinping’s 1h45min speech at the opening of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC)

by Eric Arthur Blair for the Saker blog (note: the author is not Russian, knows no Russians and has never been to Russia) Further to my last “Motive, Means and

By Batiushka for The Saker blog It is now dawning, even on self-deluded Western politicians and their presstitute media, that the situation just cannot go on like this. Let us