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…
Defying Western pressure: Russia and China deepen economic partnership
by RT [5-20-2026]. Moscow and Beijing have expanded cooperation across trade, energy, finance, and infrastructure. Russia and China have built an expansive economic partnership while deepening coordination within BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the G20 and the UN Security Council. Both governments say their growing network of bilateral projects and multilateral cooperation is aimed at…
Power of Siberia deal: What is the key energy link between Russia and China?
by RT [9-2-2025, updated 5-20-2026]. Russia is redirecting energy flows that have run to the West for fifty years. The EU’s cheap-gas lifeline is being diverted to Beijing instead. Last September, Russia, China and Mongolia rerouted half a century of energy history eastward. The three countries signed a legally binding memorandum for the Power of…
Key takeaways from the joint statement by Russia and China
by Eurasia & Multipolarity [5-20-2026]. Moscow and Beijing ◾️warned against a return to the “law of the jungle” in global affairs ◾️stated that there are no “first-class” countries or nations and that hegemony in any form is unacceptable ◾️opposed forcing sovereign states to abandon neutrality ◾️stated that all sovereign states have an equal right to…
End of US dominance: China & Russia push for a polycentric world
by Grandmasters of Geopolitics [5-20-2026]. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin used their latest summit in Beijing to champion a new global order aimed at reducing US influence and accelerating a “polycentric” world built around multiple centres of power. China has rolled out the red carpet for Putin’s 25th visit, underscoring a…
Pepe Escobar: Trump pays tribute to the Temple of Heaven
by Pepe Escobar [5-15-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). If all of us are magnanimous enough, we might infer that Xi and Trump agreed on a three-year stability framework. SHANGHAI – The headline on the front page of China Daily this past Thursday was a thunder and lightning “Red-carpet welcome for Trump in Beijing”. Well, complete with electric…
Pepe Escobar, Danny Haiphong: Trump in PANIC! Iran & China just WIPED OUT His WW3 Strategy
by Danny Haiphong [5-16-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio). (RAD: This 1hr discussion is filled with insights about how real diplomacy is conducted & the various implications. China, Russia, Iran, N. Korea are all working together, yet Trump doesn’t comprehend & appreciate what is happening. Pepe consistently explains how to interpret the various dynamics among the US &…