Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali: Saudi Arabia Is Boxed In; The Yemen Intel They Won’t Reveal; Yemen Put Saudi on Back Foot
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [9-15-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio)(opens in new tab). Iran holds the Strait of Hormuz. Yemen’s forces now hold the Bab al-Mandab. Saudi Arabia is boxed in on both coasts – and Transition Protocol says it knows why Yemen went all-in. Recorded after midnight in Moscow, Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali (Mr.…
John Mearsheimer: There’s no diplomatic way out of the Ukraine war
by Fyodor Lukyanov, RT(opens in new tab) [9-16-2026]. Fyodor Lukyanov(opens in new tab) is one of the most prominent Russian experts in the field of international relations and foreign policy. He has worked in journalism since 1990 and is the author of numerous publications on modern international relations and Russian foreign policy. Since 2002, he…
Larry Johnson: Dispatch from Moscow – The Collapse Narrative Keeps Missing the Real Russia
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [9-16-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). I am back in Moscow for the first time in ten months, and the first thing that strikes you is the distance between the city in front of you and the city as it is described five thousand miles away. Moscow and…
Pepe Escobar: Yemen Rocks the Gate of Tears
by Pepe Escobar(opens in new tab) [9-11-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio)(opens in new tab). Ansarallah now has the luxury of installing a toll gate, arguably multi-layered, in the Bab al-Mandab, if they want it. No less than 25 years after 9/11, the Angel of History once again delivers a powerful kick. Five years ago, we had the…
Pepe Escobar: History on a Roll – BRICS, Yemen, Hormuz, China
by Pepe Escobar(opens in new tab) [9-14-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio)(opens in new tab). In less than 72 hours, history accelerated through a convergence of events that would normally unfold over several years. Yemen’s Ansarallah, after a lightning offensive, now holds the entire Red Sea coast from the port of Hodeidah to the Bab al-Mandab, including Mayyun…
Larry Johnson, Zulfiqar Ali: DIESEL Just HIT $9.999; Trump Is Blaming Wrong WAR; Trump Has 3 Days to Reverse on Iran
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [9-14-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). American diesel just set an all-time record – $6.05 a gallon nationally, $7.87 in California, and six pumps in the state stuck at $9.999 because the hardware cannot display a fourth digit. On Sunday the President said the cause was Ukraine. Larry…
Peter Hanseler: “Human Dignity Is Intangible” – Really?
by Peter Hanseler(opens in new tab) [9-11-2026]. (RAD: This is a very important article that helps us understand how The West has lost its way by forgetting how “Human Dignity” should govern our individual lives & how we treat others. We need to understand the difference between good & evil, which is ethics. “The subject…
Larry Johnson: Merciless Kindness – Britain’s Economic War on America and the Long Shadow Over the Iran Sanctions
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [9-13-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). A chokepoint is not a wall. It is a tollbooth – expensive, annoying, survivable – and the traffic always finds another way around. That is the single lesson I would press on anyone in Washington who believes the dollar can be made…
BRICS achievements and West’s attempts to regain leadership: Putin’s statements
by TASS(opens in new tab) [9-11-2026]. The Russian leader noted that strong and reliable business ties within BRICS form the basis of international relations, making them more resilient. NEW DELHI, September 11. /TASS/. The West is attempting to regain its lost leadership by any means, including unsavory methods, Russian President Vladimir Putin said while speaking…
Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali: MbS Called Trump Twice; Trump Said No; Saudi Oil Is Trapped; Saudi Has Nowhere To Run
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [9-13-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio)(opens in new tab). Pepe Escobar, past midnight in Moscow, on the week the map flipped. Saudi Arabia’s Hormuz-bypass pipeline is shut after drone strikes. Yemen’s Ansarallah took the entire west coast and the Bab al-Mandeb island of Mayun. MBS called Trump twice asking for strikes on…
Larry Johnson: Day One in New Delhi – BRICS Steps Off the Dollar, With Iran Pressing Hardest
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [9-12-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). NEW DELHI – The 18th BRICS summit opened on September 12 with the bloc taking its most concrete step yet toward loosening the grip of the US dollar, adopting a 45-page New Delhi Declaration on the first day and endorsing a payments…
China’s Xi Jinping unveils five-point initiative to boost BRICS trade, investment and technology cooperation
by The New Indian Express(opens in new tab) [9-13-2026]. The Chinese president also called for reform of the international financial architecture to increase the representation of developing countries. Summary: Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged China’s support to help BRICS nations master AI open-source large language models and construct advanced smart manufacturing factories, reports Xinhua.…