Pepe Escobar, Nima Alkhorshid: TRUMP’S NEW EMPIRE PLAN CRUSHED — The Heartland Strategy No One Saw Coming!
by Dialogue Works [11-12-2025] Pepe Escobar(bio), Nima R. Alkhorshid(bio).
This map helps visualize the location of different countries Pepe discusses
(RAD: This is another excellent discussion where Pepe Escobar helps us understand the attempts of Trump to gain a foothold in the Central Asia region that won't work. Be sure to read Pepe Escobar: Timur Trump sets out to reconquer the Heartland. Really? and Pepe Escobar: Tech Sinica – China’s Relentless Innovation Drive for additional analysis about what was covered in the above video. There are additional Related references shared below. I've also included the above map of the region to help visualize where these countries are located relative to Russia & China.
The US is desperate. Trump is trying to establish some influence in these 5 countries, yet even Dick Cheney didn't make progress. These countries are aligned with Russia & China. The US is trying to recolonize parts of the world, instead of building equitable cooperating relations. The US is still stuck in the "control" mindset, instead of learning to cooperate.
We now know that the "war on terror" was ALWAYS about protecting the Zionists & was invented by Dick Cheney.
Pepe also discusses how people like al-Julani (Ahmed al-Sharaa), who was knows as the "head chopper", was transformed into a "politician" that even Trump likes & is now the president of Syria. al-Qaeda was created by the Americans and later morphed into ISIS & other branches. Although Pepe understood what was going on when he was following these issues for years, he is upset by how many people were needlessly killed & how dishonest the West has been about what really happened.
The discussion turns to the incredible advances in China as a result of their "5-year plans" & focus on meritocracy, which is benefiting all Chinese citizens. He discusses how China has developed their own ability using EUV (Extreme Ultra Violet) lithography to print 3-nanometer high performance computer chips. The US blocked China's access to equivalent 3-nanometer technology by ASML. China has now come up with better & lower cost ways to accomplish the same thing & these systems will go into production in 2026. Again, the US sanctions incentivized China & have backfired on the US. When will the US ever learn that these sanctions never work in the long run?
There are no beggars in China today. Meritocracy is important for achieving their 5-year plans. If someone can't deliver, they are replaced.
"There is no Chinese 'miracle': it’s all about planning and hard work. And now to the next stage: no holds barred innovation." The US financialized system isn't designed to compete with China's approach. — RAD)
Related
Pepe Escobar: Timur Trump sets out to reconquer the Heartland. Really? [11-10-2025] This is Pepe's article referenced in the above video.
Pepe Escobar: Tech Sinica – China’s Relentless Innovation Drive [11-13-2025] Notice the Huawei development of 3 nanometer EUV (Extreme Ultra Violet) lithography printing that has been developed in China to get around the ASML systems that the West has blocked from being imported into China. This means that China can now build the highest performance computer chips without needing Western technology. Another sanction that has backfired on the West. There is no Chinese "miracle": it’s all about planning and hard work. And now to the next stage: no holds barred innovation. Be sure to read the whole article.
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