The Trump Golden Dome dreams of invincibility. The China Dragon Dome already works.
by The Islander [11-11-2025]. (RAD: I pointed out from the very beginning that Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ could never live up to his glorious promises. The US military has absolutely NO defense against Russia’s hypersonic missiles that can change directions as they approach the target. The US has no defense against Russia’s new nuclear powered Burevstnik…
China-Iran Rail Corridor Officially Launched – A Direct Challenge to Western Maritime Dominance
by New Rules [11-10-2025]. A new 7,500-mile steel artery is now OPERATIONAL, connecting Xi’an, China, to Tehran, Iran. This isn’t just a railway; it’s a geopolitical game-changer. KEY FACTS 🔸The Route: Traverses SIX nations: China, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Turkey. 🔸The Advantage: Cuts transit time to 15 days – HALF the 30 days required…
China’s superfast EV charging taking over European car markets
by Inside China Business [11-7-2025]. (RAD: Keep in mind that China deliberately builds an overcapacity of low cost electricity. This also benefits buyer’s of electric cars in China. – RAD) China’s BYD has already surged past Tesla in most markets where Chinese cars are allowed to be sold. The company’s new models take aim at…
China is running out of garbage. Now they want to burn their neighbors.
by Inside China Business [11-6-2025]. A decade ago, China had the world’s biggest garbage problem. Trash was piled 50-stories high in Jiangcugou, the country’s largest landfill, and forced its closure 20 years ahead of schedule. The country turned to incinerators, which burn household and some industrial waste to generate electricity. Today, 78% of Chinese trash…
Iran’s new statue of a defeated and captured Roman emperor Kneeling before victorious Persian emperor
by Pepe Escobar [11-8-2025] Pepe Escobar(bio). (RAD: Think about the symbolism that could be implied about Israel if they try to invade Iran again. – RAD) NEW: Iran has revealed a new statue in the capital Tehran, depicting the defeated Roman emperor Valerian kneeling before Shapur I, the Shahanshah (King of Kings) of the Sassanian…
Willgert meets Russian Ambassador Sergey Belyaev to explore the path to peace in Ukraine
by SWEBBTV [11-8-2025]. What were the real results of the Alaska meeting between Presidents Putin and Trump in August 2025 – and why was the planned follow-up meeting in Budapest cancelled so suddenly? Why were the Alaska talks ended prematurely, without the planned lunch? From Moscow’s perspective, how should the frozen Russian assets in Europe…
Max Blumenthal, Glenn Diesen: Venezuela Invasion – A Predictable Trump Disaster
by Glenn Diesen [11-5-2025]. Max Blumenthal discusses why the invasion of Venezuela will predictably result in catastrophe. Blumenthal is the editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including best-selling Republican Gomorrah, Goliath, The Fifty One Day War, and The Management of Savagery. He has produced print…
Pepe Escobar: Taming the sound and fury of the Empire of Chaos
by Pepe Escobar [11-5-2025] Pepe Escobar(bio). Are China-Russia – and a great deal of the Global Majority – really ready? Call it an auspicious vow. Close the door, put out the light You know they won’t be home tonight The snow falls hard and don’t you know The winds of Thor are blowing cold Led…
Trump-Xi meeting shows why China is winning the long game with the US
by Atul Aneja [11-5-2025]. Like two boxers pitted in the ring, US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping met in Busan, South Korea, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. But whatever neatly choreographed optics or writeups by masters of spin might say, to an objective observer one thing…
Alastair Crooke – U.S. foreign policy in contention: Is Trump allowed to agree a deal with China (but not Russia or Iran)?
by Alastair Crooke [11-6-2025] Alastair Crooke(bio). U.S. foreign policy, drenched in the hubris that the U.S. won the Cold War militarily (in Afghanistan); won it economically (liberal markets); and culturally too, (Hollywood) – and therefore rightly deserves, as Trump puts it, the “fun” of “running both the country the world”. Well, that policy is now…
China’s Strategic Conquest of the Global Aviation Market
by New Rules [117-2025]. (RAD: It should be obvious to anyone following China’s manufacturing capabilities, that since they have developed all of the components internally for manufacturing these planes, the US & Europe have no way of competing on price. With their advanced designs, it is obvious that many countries will line up to purchase…
PATRIOT’S NIGHTMARE: How Russia’s Iskander Missile Is Outmaneuvering Western Tech
by New Rules [11-6-2025]. The paradigm of aerial defense in Ukraine is shifting dramatically. Western-supplied air defense efficacy has plummeted from 34% to a mere 6% or lower since September. The primary catalyst is the formidable and modernized 9K720 Iskander-M ballistic missile. 🔸The Game-Changer: Upgraded Iskander-M missiles now employ a quasi-ballistic trajectory, abandoning predictable arcs…
Peter Hanseler: Will Evil Prevail?
by Peter Hanseler via Forumgeopolitica.com [11-1-2025]. (RAD: This is an excellent analysis of “evil” that should be carefully studied. It helps understand many of the conflicts in the world. Be sure to listen to the full video of Max Blumenthal being interviewed by Judge Napolitano & then follow up with the links I provided in…
Stanislav Krapivnik, The Duran – Final push to the Ukraine Dniepr river
by The Duran [11-5-2025]. (RAD: Listen to this if you really want to understand how bad of a military position Ukraine is along the entire line of conflict. Stanislav was brought to the US by his parents when he was a young boy. He served in the US military & has now moved back to…
China wants custody of the world’s gold: great news for gold bulls, bad news for the US dollar
by Inside China Business [11-4-2025]. China’s central bank is opening gold vaults in Hong Kong and in friendly countries, and is courting other central banks and major institutions to custody their gold holdings outside Europe and the United States. This is another major push to de-dollarize the new BRICS economic system, outside Western regulations and…
Russia Unveils Nuclear-Powered Khabarovsk ‘Mothership’ for Doomsday Poseidon Drone
by New Rules [11-5-2025]. Russia’s Sevmash shipyard has launched the Khabarovsk, a 10,000-ton nuclear-powered submarine representing a new class of strategic weapon. This is a dedicated carrier for the 2M39 Poseidon-a nuclear-armed underwater drone. Key Points 🔸Stealth & Capability: The Khabarovsk class is far more advanced and stealthier than the current stopgap carrier, the Belgorod.…