Larry Johnson & Dmitry Suslov – Trump’s Big Mistake: How Sanctions Fuel Russian War Machine
by Larry Johnson, Counter Currents [10-24-2025] Larry C. Johnson(bio). (RAD: This is an excellent discussion. Notice that Russia has a very good understanding of Trump’s negotiating style and the different players in his administration as well as the Europeans. They believe that Trump doesn’t think that Russia is a natural threat to the US, but…
Scott Ritter, Glenn Diesen: Russia “Fed Up” With NATO Escalations – Retaliation is Coming
by Glenn Diesen [10-24-2025] Scott Ritter(bio). (RAD: Scott Ritter keeps having to explain what a “war of attrition” is that Russia is waging in Ukraine and why this is so hard for our government & others in the West to understand. Although the Russians keep moving against the Ukraine military along the entire line of…
Here is why Russia is the only main battle tank superpower
by RT [10-23-2025]. As Western sanctions target Russia’s defense exports, the global race for tanks reveals a simple truth: no one builds them like Moscow does. Who can replace Russia in the global tank market? As Western sanctions tighten around Moscow’s defense industry, that question has become more than theoretical. For decades, Russia has supplied…
America’s farmers and first responders love Chinese drones. And that’s about to be a big problem.
by Inside China Business [10-24-2025]. (RAD: When is the US government going to stop imposing stupid restrictions on Chinese products, just because they don’t like China’s massive manufacturing abilities that the US can’t compete with? The drones issue is another example where there are NO competitive US versions in either price or capabilities. Farm tractors…
Einar Tangen, Glenn Diesen: How China Won the Economic War
by Glenn Diesen [10-23-2025]. Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute and a Senior Fellow at CIGI. Tangen discusses how China made its supply chains immune to economic coercions and, at the same time, has powerful economic weapons at its own disposal. China’s restrictions on rare earth minerals are a powerful instrument, yet…
Larry Johnson: Continuing to Getting to Know the Russian Perspective — Six Podcasts
by Larry Johnson [10-22-2025] Larry C. Johnson(bio). My sojourn with the International Unity Club is simply amazing in terms of the variety of people I am meeting and the opportunity to have extensive, uncensored chats. Once the podcasts are translated into english, I will begin posting them on this blog and at my Bitchute account.…
Larry Johnson – The Russian Soul at War
by Scott Ritter [10-22-2025] Scott Ritter(bio). There are numerous books derived from the personal stories told by men who have experienced the horrors of war. They have mainly been authored by Americans. This book is written by a Russian. Read it. I have read numerous books that are derived from the personal stories told by…
Jeffrey Sachs, Glenn Diesen: Last Chance for Peace in Ukraine Sabotaged by Europe
by Glenn Diesen [10-22-2025]. (RAD: This is an excellent discussion that tries to make sense out of the insane rejection of peace initiatives in Ukraine. There is NO rational explanation as to why Europe & the US are hell bent on continuing the war in Ukraine, which they simply can’t win. Continuing this war only…
China vows to step up tech ‘self-reliance’ drive
by RT [10-23-2025]. (RAD: This is another example of Trump’s wrong headed push to ‘punish’ China with yet more sanctions. In the long run this will only HURT the US, since future sanctions on China will have no effect and the cost of China’s products in the US will go UP, which also means that…
US Chip Ban Backfires: China’s AI Chip Breakthrough in 18 Months Stuns Market
by New Rules [10-22-2025]. (RAD: This was predictable, except for myopic anti-China bureaucrats who never took the time to understand the rapid transformation of China!!! We have witnessed a similar advance in Russia after the West placed massive sanctions on Russia, which motivated them to develop needed technologies internally that they had previously purchased from…
General Flynn – Inside Xi’s China
by General Michael T. Flynn, LTG USA (Ret) [10-20-2025]. (RAD: General Flynn brings up some important recent changes in China’s governance. We must keep in mind that their government structure is entirely different that the USA. Scholar Zhang Weiwei explains the ‘China model‘. The one thing we don’t have at the moment is the detailed…
Russia: A Parallel Universe as seen by a visiting German
by Karl Richter [10-20-2025]. Karl Richter visits Moscow and challenges Western narratives about wartime Russia. AfD Bundestag[1] member Markus Frohnmaier is being accused of “treason” by circles within the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He is planning a trip to Moscow and intends to seek a “dialogue” there – a long-overdue and eminently sensible initiative. But:…