Alastair Crooke, Glenn Diesen: Iran Will Emerge Stronger After the War & Reshape the Global Economy
by Glenn Diesen [4-7-2026] Alastair Crooke(bio). (RAD: Although I’m publishing this on the 12th, what Alastair said on the 7th is still very relevant after J.D. Vance walked out of the negotiations in Pakistan with Iran today. Alastair makes a very insightful observation that the US has been trying to break up both Russia &…
“The West has completely lost its soul, but the Iranians are searching for theirs” — Interview with Alastair Crooke (Part-3)
by Think BRICS [4-9-2026] Alastair Crooke(bio). According to the former MI6 officer, this war could trigger a global economic crisis and a period of “creative destruction” that gives rise to something new and positive. In the third part of his exclusive interview with Brasil de Fato, Alastair Crooke – a former MI6 agent and former…
Iran-US Talks End in Islamabad, US’s Excessive Demands Prevent Common Framework
by TTasnim News Agency [4-12-2026]. ISLAMABAD (Tasnim) – The talks between Iran and the US in Islamabad, Pakistan ended without any agreement due to the excessive demands made by the US side. According to Tasnim correspondent dispatched to Islamabad, the talks between the Iranian and American teams ended a few minutes ago and the two…
For those who think that Iran’s Strait of Hormuz is “international waters,” you’re flatly wrong.
by Health Ranger [4-11-2026]. The United States claims territorial waters extending 12 nautical miles off the coast of Continental US. Beyond that, it claims a “Contiguous Zone” of 24 nautical miles from shore, where the U.S. government can enforce customs, immigration and sanitation laws. In addition, the U.S. also claims an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)…
Max Blumenthal, Glenn Diesen: ‘Israel First’ in Iran War Sparks MAGA Civil War & the Grooming of Trump for Israel +++
by Glenn Diesen [4-11-2026]. (RAD: I’m admitting right up front that I have been fooled by Trump! I already knew this by 2025, yet listening to Max Blumenthal’s analysis, it becomes even more obvious. Looking back to his campaign in 2020 when we lived in Albuquerque, I bought into his MAGA message & even got…
Post-American era begins: Asian nations reject war against Iran
by Grandmasters of Geopolitics [4-11-2026]. Asia and Europe are quietly preparing for a world without the US at the centre. The ceasefire between the US and Iran was supposed to buy time for diplomacy. Instead, it has become a window of opportunity for everyone except the US. While the US scrambles to hold together a…
Lorenzo Maria Pacini: Trump, the worlds’ eater
by Lorenzo Maria Pacini [4-9-2026]. Lorenzo Maria Pacini: Associate Professor in Political Philosophy and Geopolitica, UniDolomiti of Belluno. Consultant in Strategic Analysis, Intelligence and International Relations. What happened on the morning of April 8 is a true miracle. Or perhaps not. Madness-on-Earth “A whole civilization will die tonight.” – Donald J. Trump This article could…
Pepe Escobar: Barbaria strategically surrenders. Civilization wins. For now.
by Pepe Escobar [4-8-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). This was always about Civilization. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” History will register it with a gaze as pitiless as the Sun. An astonishing barbarian imprimatur, courtesy of the President of the United States, via a social media post. In a nutshell,…
Pepe Escobar, Nima Alkhorshid: How Iran Just DESTROYED 50 Years of US DOMINANCE in the Middle East
by Dialogue Works [4-9-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio), Nima Rostami Alkhorshid(bio). (RAD: Pepe has a way of explaining the critical interactions. Iran, Pakistan & China are negotiating against the US, while Israel is trying to derail any negotiations. No matter how you slice this, the US has lost its dominance in the Middle East. – RAD)
Scott Ritter, Nima Alkhorshid: The US War on Iran Just COLLAPSED – Ceasefire Does the Impossible
by Dialogue Works [4-8-2026] Scott Ritter(bio), Nima Rostami Alkhorshid(bio). (RAD: This is an excellent discussion where Scott sounds more like a diplomat where he points out the implications for Trump. If Trump doesn’t find a way to ‘resolve’ this fiasco in Iran & spin it to his advantage, his presidency will be finished. He has…
The Pakistan General Who Picked Up the Phone & Paused a War in Iran
by New Rules [4-8-2026]. He holds no elected office. But on the night of April 6-7, he was arguably the most consequential person in the world. Field Marshal Asim Munir – Pakistan’s army chief since November 2022 – was simultaneously on the phone with US Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and Iranian…
Larry Johnson: Statement of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on the Two-Week Ceasefire and Negotiation Conditions
by Larry Johnson [4-7-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio). If you think the war is over, think again. Iran has not agreed to a ceasefire. They have agreed to stop retaliating as long as Israel and the US stop their attacks. So that ball is in the West’s corner. Despite the White House claim that the Strait…