Guest Analyses

by Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely cross-posted After careful evaluation, the Kremlin is rearranging the geopolitical chessboard to end the unipolar hegemony of the “indispensable nation”.

A St George’s Day Contribution by Batiushka for The Saker Blog Introduction: War I am not a technical-military man, but I have very strong military connections and a keen interest

By Francis Lee for the Saker Blog. Here is a typical political offering from the British centre-left. As follows: ‘’Putin’s war on Ukraine has led to thousands of deaths, upended

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A Baloch suicide bombing targeting Chinese workers in Karachi comes a mere month after the US-backed ousting of PM Imran Khan. Pakistan is a critical BRI hub in Beijing’s vast

by Thorsten J Pattberg for the Saker Blog [Transcript] Hello, Dr. Pattberg here at the German Embassy in Tokyo. In this presentation, I would like to pertain to the brutal

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By Batiushka for The Saker Blog On 28 April 2022 President Lukashenko of Belarus spoke of a possible coming together of various independent countries, former Soviet republics, to join the

by Jorge Vilches for the Saker Blog UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss recently experienced her 15 minutes of glory with a blatant hissy-fit rant policy speech at a London´s Mansion

By Višeslav Simić for the Saker Blog Dear X[1], Although a quarter of a century your junior, and much less intellectual and scholarly than you, I dare send you a