Alastair Crooke, Glenn Diesen: Iran & Russia Give Up on Diplomacy & Go on the Offensive
by Glenn Diesen [8-13-2026] Alastair Crooke(bio).
Pepe Escobar: The New Great Game, revisited
by Pepe Escobar [8-13-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). It took only a few Yemeni missiles on Saudi refineries to wake up “leadership” vectors of the Ummah (an Arabic word meaning Muslim identity); not over 100,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza by the death cult. The Mecca Sunni NATO pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan remains a puzzle.…
Pravin Sawhney, Zulfiqar Ali:GULF DONE TRUSTING WASHINGTON; SAUDI BUILT A BACKUP ROAD; AMERICA OUT — NOW
by Transition Protocol [8-13-2026]. (RAD: This is another excellent discussion by Pravin Sawhney that helps us understand what is happening & where things are headed in Persian Gulf & wider region. – RAD) The Gulf wants America out – now. A new defense pact, a bypass trade route around the Strait of Hormuz, and a…
Pepe Escobar, Larry Johnson, Zulfiqar Ali: BREAKING- EXPOSES BESSENT’S DUMBEST CLAIM YET; Trump Says “Total Control”; Iran Says NO
by Transition Protocol [8-12-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio), Larry C. Johnson(bio). Strait of Hormuz irrelevant in two years? Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said so on Aug. 8, claiming pipelines will replace most Gulf oil flow – but existing bypass capacity covers less than a quarter of what actually crosses Hormuz. The same week, President Trump claimed “total…
Alex Krainer, Zulfiqa Ali:The Mecca Pact Is a Dollar Event; Saudi Arabia Is Buying Protection From Pakistan and Turkey; decline of PetroDollar
by Transition Protocol [8-11-2026]. (RAD: This is one of the most important discussions about world power structures and the position of the $petroDollar in the system that you will find. Take the time to listen carefully what is shared. Alex Krainer does an excellent job of describing the many parts of the system and the…
Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali: KHAMENEI PIVOTS; SECRET 6 HOUR MEETING With PEZESHKIAN; PAKISTAN’S MECCA PACT SHAKES EURASIA
by Transition Protocol [8-11-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). TEHRAN SHAKES THE CHESSBOARD: In this emergency briefing of Transition Protocol, geopolitical analysts Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali break down exclusive intelligence regarding a secret 6-hour face-to-face summit between Iranian President Pezeshkian and Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. Discover how Tehran is restructuring its national security apparatus under IRGC veteran Mohsen…
Christianity and the Kingdom of Truth, Peace, and Love
by The Frontier Man [8-4-2026]. More from The Frontier Man. (RAD: There is a lot to contemplate in this excellent article. – RAD) The Flame Within That Calls Us Home “The kingdom of God is within you.” – Luke 17:21, KJV I. The Faith That Became a Mask Christianity remains the West’s dominant religious inheritance…
Danny Haiphong, Zulfiqar Ali: Iran to US- Meet 6 DEMANDS or Hormuz Stays SHUT; What Happens If the US Says NO?
by Transition Protocol [8-10-2026]. Strait of Hormuz news today: Iran has published its conditions for reopening the waterway, and they are not a negotiating position – they are an invoice. On 8 August, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council set out what Washington must do before the strait reopens: lift the naval blockade,…
Larry Johnson, Zulfiqar Ali: BREAKING- Where Was Mojtaba Khamenei? Iran’s UNSEEN Leader Made 1st Move; Who Signed Iran’s Decree??
by Transition Protocol [8-10-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio). Iran replaced the secretary of its Supreme National Security Council last night – by decree of a Supreme Leader the world has not laid eyes on since the strike that killed his father in February. Every newsroom carried the decree. None of them could tell you who signed…
Larry Johnson, Zulfiqar Ali: CENTCOM Stands Down as Hormuz Deal Nears; Islamic NATO Signed & Iran Never Mentioned
by Transition Protocol [8-7-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio). BREAKING – Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed a NATO-style mutual defence pact in Mecca, and Iran’s terms for the Strait of Hormuz have not moved an inch. Larry Johnson says the American war machine has already stepped back: CENTCOM’s intelligence crisis cell has been deactivated, and…
Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali: EXPOSES MECCA PACT SIGNED; HORMUZ IS THE REAL STORY; What They’re Not Telling You
by Transition Protocol [8-7-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). BREAKING: Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement today, August 7, 2026 – a NATO-style mutual-defense pact – on the same day Iran and Oman entered the final approval stage of a deal that could hand Tehran control of the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint…
Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali: DEAL CLOSED; IRAN Will Charge World To Use Hormuz Now; 12 Days Until FREE PASSAGE
by Transition Protocol [8-4-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). Strait of Hormuz news today: Washington says a deal to reopen the strait could come within 48 hours – but the Islamabad Memorandum’s free-passage clause expires on 16 August, and the arrangement replacing it is being negotiated in Muscat. Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali on the US-Iran MOU deadline,…