Larry Johnson, Glenn Diesen: Russian vs NATO Military Capabilities – A Warning Before a Direct War
by Glenn Diesen [11-1-2025] Larry C. Johnson(bio). (RAD: This is an important discussion that you don’t want to miss. Larry provides realistic information about the strength of Russia & their military vs NATO & Ukraine, based upon important metrics, instead of propaganda fantasies. – RAD) Larry Johnson is a former intelligence analyst at the CIA…
Pepe Escobar – Trump, Xi and that G-2 in South Korea
by Pepe Escobar [10-31-2025] Pepe Escobar(bio). China is not worried; the tech expectation is that they won’t need anything from the US in the spectrum of 2 to 3 years. So the latest incarnation of the much-hyped G-2 came and went. It did feel like a switch from Trump Tariff Temper Tantrum to Temporary Truce.…
Burevestnik Nuclear Cruise Missile: Russia’s Absolute Deterrence Trump Card
by Sputnik [10-26-2025]. (RAD: This is an amazing technological development that no one in the West considered possible!!! The nuclear engine for the new Burevstnik missile is 1000 times smaller than one of equivalent power in a submarine & it can start up in only a few seconds, instead of days. The equivalent nuclear engine…
Pepe Escobar, Judge Napolitano: Venezuela, Columbia, Brazil, Cuba; Can China Handle Trump’s Tariffs?
by Judge Napolitano, Judging Freedom [10-30-2025] Pepe Escobar(bio).
The World Financial and Geopolitical Framework at a time of Imminent Disorder
by Alastair Crooke [10-31-2025] Alastair Crooke(bio). Putin remains focussed on achieving a new Europe-wide security architecture, writes Alastair Crooke. Trump’s attempt to build a ‘Budapest scenario’ (i.e. a Putin-Trump summit grounded on the earlier Alaska ‘understanding’) was unilaterally cancelled (by the U.S.) amid acrimony. Putin had initiated the 2.5 hr Monday call. It reportedly contained…
Alexander Dugin: How Russia Plans to Shock the West
by Alexander Dugin [10-31-2025]. Fear becomes diplomacy and escalation becomes art. Alexander Dugin warns that only a campaign of shock and awe can shatter Western arrogance and restore Russia’s power. Conversation with Alexander Dugin on the Sputnik TV program Escalation. Host: I’d like to begin with a truly major topic, whose importance is obvious to…
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…