Pepe Escobar: What the SCO is really up against
by Pepe Escobar(opens in new tab) [9-3-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio)(opens in new tab). The 25th annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, may not have been as flashy as last year’s show in Tianjin, China, but it was still remarkable in several key aspects. The final Bishkek Declaration(opens in new tab) may have been ultra-diplomatic.…
Larry Johnson: Sanctioning a Ghost – Europe’s Empty Gesture Against Iran
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [9-3-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced today that the European Union has “officially joined” the American sanctions campaign against Iran – Operation Economic Outcast – and framed Tehran’s choice in the usual absolutes: complete global isolation and a subsistence economy, or a…
Vijay Prashad, Zulfiqar Ali: Why Nuclear Ambiguity Is Tying America’s Hands; Nuclear Bluff Is Working; US Gulf Bases Are Paralyzed
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [9-4-2026]. Iran secretly rejected two U.S. offers to de-escalate – a 10-day pause, and a staged ‘fake attack’ Washington proposed so it could claim a win. In this episode, Zulfiqar Ali and Vijay Prashad break down the fullest on-camera account yet of the Iran-U.S. standoff: the first direct strike…
President of Russia Vladimir Putin’s Presentation: Plenary meeting of the 11th Eastern Economic Forum
by Kremlin(opens in new tab) [9-3-2026] Vladivostok, Russky Island Key points: • Russia is an active participant in investment and trade cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. We engage with our partners and the region’s leading integration associations on an equal footing. • Our strategic objective is to ensure that the Far East remains a region of…
Pravin Sawhney, Zulfiqar Ali: INSIDER- Trump Begged Iran For “FAKE STRIKE”; Tehran Said NO; Iran’s Hypersonic Missiles Hit US Bases
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [9-3-2026, recorded 9-2-2026]. INSIDER: Trump asked Iran to accept a “fake strike” – and Tehran said no. In this 2 September 2026 episode, Zulfiqar Ali shares what he says he heard from inside the room about Trump’s messages to Tehran and to Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir, and defence…
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Glenn Diesen: NATO & the EU are Dead – A New World Emerges
by Glenn Diesen(opens in new tab) [9-2-2026] Lawrence Wilkerson(bio)(opens in new tab). (RAD: You do NOT want to miss this discussion. It is the best explaination of how & why NATO expanded after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 after Russia was assured by leaders in the West that NATO would not expand…
Larry Johnson, Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali: Iran Told Trump “GET LOST”; 10-Day Ceasefire REJECTED; Trump Begged Iran
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [9-2-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab), Pepe Escobar(bio)(opens in new tab). Iran told Trump “get lost.” Sources with direct contact to Islamabad and Tehran tell Transition Protocol that Trump offered Iran a 10-day cessation of hostilities this week – and was refused. Then, through Qatar, the White House…
Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali: Iran Gave TRUMP a Way Out of WAR; Return to the MOU or Hormuz Stays SHUT; Why He Said NO
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [9-1-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio)(opens in new tab). Trump called Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir repeatedly – “find me an off-ramp” – according to a source close to Munir cited by Zulfiqar Ali. Munir went to Tehran and, Zulfiqar reports, persuaded a reluctant Iran to offer Washington a way out; Trump…
Larry Johnson, Zulfiqar Ali: BREAKING- Trump’s Hormuz WAR Cost $500M in One Night; Hormuz Is NOT Open; “No DEAL Now”
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [8-31-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). Larry Johnson: the United States fired between 80 and 90 PAC-3 interceptors in a single night over the Strait of Hormuz – close to half a billion dollars of missiles – and lost two more MQ-9 Reaper drones at roughly $60 million…
Larry Johnson: America’s Diesel Paradox – A Shortage It Is Supplying, Not Suffering
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [9-1-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). (RAD: The issues surrounding the price of diesel fuel & availability in the US are not what we are being told. Study his article to better understand what is happening & why the price we pay for diesel is governed by the…
Scott Ritter: The CIA never comes to Russia in peace
by Scott Ritter(opens in new tab) [9-1-2026] Scott Ritter(bio)(opens in new tab). (RAD: If you really want to better understand how the CIA no longer understands the Russians, Russian culture & Russian history, carefully study this article by Scott Ritter. If you aren’t already familiar with his credentials, read the Scott Ritter bio(opens in new…
Larry Johnson: Ukraine’s Maritime Jugular – The Black Sea Ports and the Cost of Severing Them
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [8-31-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). Let me explain why Russia’s blockade is a lethal blow to Ukraine. Ukraine is, in economic terms, a country that lives or dies by roughly two hundred nautical miles of contested water off its southern coast. Strip away the front-line maps and…