China’s SWIFT Alternative is Now LIVE: The Renminbi Digital System Processed Over $90B
by New Rules [10-31-2025]. China has quietly launched its SWIFT alternative, “Renminbi Digital.” While not a direct 1:1 replacement, this is a strategic masterstroke for de-dollarization. THE CORE MECHANISM 🔸What it is: A tokenized digital yuan on a state-controlled blockchain. 🔸Issuer: The People’s Bank of China (full control). 🔸Access: Via commercial banks & licensed operators.…
Pepe Escobar, Nima Alkhorshid: Iran Arms Up, Russia Warns, China Makes Its MOVE, and Trump doesn’t understand!
by Dialogue Works [10-29-2025] Pepe Escobar(bio), Nima R. Alkhorshid(bio). (RAD: Trump still thinks that China is a military threat to the US, which it isn’t!!! He & his administration don’t understand the modern China. Unfortunately, Trump wants to destroy BRICS & SCO, so he is trying to intimidate the smaller countries. This is creating very…
Pepe Escobar, Carl Zha – We Just Came Back From Xinjiang… And The Truth Will Shock You
by UK Column News [10-29-2025] Pepe Escobar(bio). (RAD: To really enjoy this recap between Pepe Escobar & Carl Zha, review the following posts first for the background: Pepe Escobar – Two foreign guys walk into a barber shop in Xinjiang China [10-16-2025] Pepe Escobar – Art, Trade and State power at the Heart of China’s…
Latin America is China’s laboratory in Washington’s ‘backyard’
by Ladislav Zemánek [10-29-2025]. 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…
Pepe Escobar: How ASEAN Keeps Its Centrality Between China & US
by Pepe Escobar [10-30-2025] Pepe Escobar(bio). ASEAN is quite a delicate geopolitical entity: gracious, polite and consensual but at the same time, always privileging its “centrality”. The collective 11 Southeast Asians (East Timor is the new member) are very serious global players – with a GDP of $3.8 trillion, and constantly rising. On a personal…
Key Statements in Duma on Russian Economy by Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina
by TASS [10-30-2025]. According to the regulator, the Russian government will be able to contain rising gasoline prices without accelerating inflation, and will also ensure the availability of market mortgages while maintaining a steady decline in inflation. MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. The Bank of Russia’s monetary policy is aimed at preventing the Russian economy from…
Glenn Diesen – Russia’s Pivot to the East: From Greater Europe to Greater Eurasia
by Glenn Diesen [10-30-2025]. (RAD: Professor Diesen does an excellent job of reviewing the important historical & geopolitical changes that have evolved over the past few centuries that now explain the importance of Russia, China, Iran, India, and others working together in greater Eurasia. He helps us understand why we are seeing the evolving power…
Larry Johnson – The US Can’t Break Russia
by Larry Johnson [10-30-2025] Larry C. Johnson(bio). (RAD: Trump & many in the West keep falsely complaining that Putin is not willing to ‘negotiate’, but their ideas of ‘negotiating’ never take into account Putin’s need to resolve the root causes that were responsible for this conflict in the first place. Russia has always made it…
Scott Ritter, Nima Alkhorshid: Russia’s Last Warning to NATO — Catastrophe Awaits!
by Dialogue Works [10-29-2025] Scott Ritter(bio), Nima R. Alkhorshid(bio). (RAD: This video discussion is definitely worth listening to. Scott Ritter cuts through a lot of the false narratives about the EU, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, China, Iran, India, and the US. Trump is starting to pull military troops out of Europe. NATO has no real strength…
Decoding Russia’s Poseidon – A Strategic Game-Changer in Undersea Warfare
by New Rules [10-30-2025]. Putin’s announcement of successful Poseidon tests isn’t just a new weapon; it’s a paradigm shift in nuclear deterrence. Our breakdown: 1. The Stealth Enigma: Why Detection is Nearly Impossible 🔸Poseidon isn’t a fast-moving missile; it’s a slow, deep, intelligent penetrator. 🔸Its combination of ultra-quiet nuclear propulsion, non-cavitating water-jet thrust, and acoustic-dampening…
Russian new nuclear-powered underwater Poseidon drone
by The Islander [10-29-2025]. While NATO draws maps and fantasizes about Russian regime change, Russia just tested an unstoppable 100-ton nuclear drone, Poseidon, that can level entire coastlines… and the West has no way to stop it. No pressers. No meaningful response. Just silence. President Vladimir Putin just confirmed the successful test of Poseidon, a…
The ‘Golden Fleet’ sounds great – if the US still knew how to build it
by Ilya Kramnik [10-27-2025]. (RAD: I’m beginning to sound like a ‘broken record’ by pointing out the various issues facing the US. On the other hand, it is important to face reality and map out what is really important & develop achievable plans that are relevant in today’s world. Unfortunately, the US is still focused…