Pepe Escobar – Putin in China: The New U.S.–Russia–China Equation
by Pepe Escobar [5-20-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio).
Larry Johnson: Who is the Real Monster? Hezbollah or Israel… A Response to the Munk Debate
by Larry Johnson [5-23-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio). I plunked down $25 to watch the Wednesday night Munk debate between the team of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt vesus the team of Victoria Nuland and Mike Pompeo. The debate was titled, Foreign Wars Debate: Be it resolved, don’t go hunting monsters. The premise of the debate, in…
Here’s how Putin and Xi can save the West from itself
by Ladislav Zemánek [5-22-2026]. Ladislav Zemánek, PhD, is a non-resident research fellow at the China-CEE Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Budapest and an expert with the Valdai Discussion Club. He holds a doctorate in History from Charles University in Prague, where he also completed his BA and MA in East European Studies. Zemánek collaborated…
Joint Declaration of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the Formation of a Multipolar World and International Relations of a New Type
by Amarynth [5-20-2026]. The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Parties), as civilizations with ancient history, founding members of the United Nations (UN) and permanent members of its Security Council, and important centers of power in a multipolar world, play a constructive role in maintaining the global balance…
Pepe Escobar: The Russia-China spaceship rushes towards Planet Multipolar
by Pepe Escobar [5-21-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). The New Silk Roads/BRI and its derivations such as the Northern Sea Route/Arctic Silk Road remain alive and kicking. SHANGHAI – This is it. The Russia-China strategic partnership, the leaders in the process of Eurasia integration, the leaders of multipolar bodies BRICS and the SCO, have formally endorsed and…
Pepe Escobar, Judge Napolitano: What China’s Xi Told Russia’s Putin
by Judge Napolitano [5-21-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio).
Russia Deploys Mach 27 Avangard Maneuvering Hypersonic Missile NATO Can’t Stop
by New Rules [5-22-2026]. (RAD: I said from the beginning that Trump’s “Golden Dome” defense was a joke that wouldn’t be able to stop advnced incoming missiles & other devices. This is one of many examples illustrating the correctness of my observation. – RAD) Russia’s Avangard just made the NATO’s trillion-dollar missile shields look like…
Pepe Escobar, Nima Alkhorshid – The Eurasian Shift: Bypassing US Chokepoints; China, Russia, Iran, N Korea
by Dialogue Works Highlights [5-22-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio), Nima Rostami Alkhorshid(bio).
Agricultural Fortress: How Iran Achieved 85% Self-Sufficiency Despite Naval Blockade
by New Rules [5-21-2026]. While other nations grapple with shortages and price surges, Iran paints a contrasting picture. Agriculture Minister Gholamreza Nouri announced a key figure: 85% of basic food commodities are produced domestically. The achievement is striking against the backdrop of the American naval blockade. Despite military pressure, supermarket shelves remain stocked and the…
Putin, Xi Adopt Joint Statement on Deepening Russia-China Ties
by Sputnik [5-20-2026]. Russia-China Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation has laid the long-term foundation for modern relations, according to a joint statement by Russia and China. A joint statement by Russia and China on further strengthening comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation in deepening good-neighborly, friendly and cooperative ties has been published on the Kremlin’s…
China’s New AI Model Highlights Unique Ecosystem Built on Tech Sharing to Tackle Global Challenges
by Sputnik [5-19-2026]. In Beijing, an AI scientific agent has already identified more than 11 previously unknown particle decay modes – discoveries that would traditionally require research teams to spend years filtering through enormous volumes of high-background noise data. In the field of space science, another AI scientific agent in the same system has achieved…
Iran’s new leadership agrees on no nuclear weapons — senior Russian diplomat
by TASS [5-19-2026]. MOSCOW, May 20. /TASS/. Iran’s new leadership, like its predecessors, remains committed to the obligation not to possess nuclear weapons, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in an interview with TASS. “No one is arguing that the Islamic Republic of Iran should have nuclear weapons. This has always been accepted by…