Pepe Escobar & Judge Napolitano: The Shanghai Spirit – China Will Take No Bullying
by Judge Napolitano, Judging Freedom [4-22-2025 published] Pepe Escobar(bio).
Pepe Escobar & Nima Alkhorshid – Massive Backfire: Trump’s Trade War Ends in Surrender to China
by Dialog Works [4-22-2025 published] Pepe Escobar(bio), Nima R. Alkhorshid(bio). (This is an outstanding discussion with Pepe Escobar & Nima Alkhorshid that you don’t want to miss. Not only are they discussing why Trump’s high tariffs on China have backfired massively, Pepe discusses how China began preparing for this even before Trump’s first term. Although…
Alastair Crooke: Trump axes a stricken world order – but there’s opportunity amidst the turmoil
by Alastair Crooke [4-22-2025 published] Alastair Crooke(bio). (This article takes multiple readings & considerable thought to begin understanding what Alastair Crooke is sharing & the possible opportunities. I’ve included this article since I’ve learned by listening to Crooke that he is a serious thinker who understands the geopolitical realities. A careful reading of this article…
Trump’s Unilateral Withdrawal from Ukraine
by Alexander Dugin [4-22-2025 published]. (It will be interesting to see how close Dugin’s predictions of Trump’s continued involvement in the Ukrainian ‘peace’ ends. Many other people who understand Russia’s root objectives & the dynamics of the many players who want Ukraine to continue fighting to the last Ukrainian don’t expect Trump to get a…
The EU’s illusion of relevance: No vision, no power, no future
by Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Clun [4-22-2025 published]. (For now, when thinking about geopolitical power relationships, it is best to keep the following in mind about Europe. It still wants to hold on to its glory days of the past without knowing where it is going while the major players outside of…
CHINA SAYS NO TO TRUMP – DRAGO BOSNIĆ & MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY
by Lux Media [4-19-2025 published]. (Michel Chossudovsky is an award-winning author, Professor of Economics (emeritus) at the University of Ottawa, Founder and Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Montreal, Editor of Global Research. He has traveled in & studied China since the 1980s and provides many insights about China’s history and especially…
Pepe Escobar: The Shanghai Spirit – China Will Take No Bullying
by Pepe Escobar [4-21-2025 published] Pepe Escobar(bio). SHANGHAI – There could not be a more strategic place to spend these past Trump Tariff Tizzy (TTT) heady days than in Shanghai – China’s trade, commercial and cultural capital. From the top of the Jin Mao tower in the world class Lujiazui financial district in Pudong, an…
Trump wants a deal. Putin wants victory. Ukraine will get what it deserves
by Sergey Poletaev [4-21-2025 published]. With Europe arming Ukraine and US elites pushing escalation, peace may be the one thing Washington can’t allow. The Easter ceasefire has come and gone, with Russia and Ukraine trading accusations over thousands of violations as fighting resumes across the front lines – yet another reminder of how difficult it…
Dollar nosedives to three-year lows
by RT [4-21-2025 published]. The US currency has been under pressure from President Trump’s tariff policy and his standoff with the Federal Reserve chairman. The US dollar tumbled to a three-year low on Monday as market jitters mounted over US President Donald Trump’s tariff war and his escalating disagreement with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.…
Peter Hanseler: Everything is possible – unfortunately
by Peter Hanseler [4-19-2025 published]. The situation in this world is becoming increasingly muddled and unpredictable. Trump has misjudged the Chinese, Putin is not backing down and Iran is too big a chunk for the Americans. In addition, there is historic instability in the financial markets. Introduction We sent greetings at the end of 2024…
Danny Haiphong, Carl Zha, KJ Noh, Warwick Powell – Trump Just SURRENDERED to China Nuclear Trade War BACKFIRES
by Danny Haiphong [4-20-2025 published]. (This is another analysis about the fallout of Trump’s tariff war as it affects the US, China & the rest of the world. The $dollar is at a 3 year low. For every $1 that China loses in this tariff war, the US will lose $7, which doesn’t sound like…
Sergey Lavrov: Incomprehensible how EU openly willing to resume Nazi ideology
by TASS [4-20-2025 published]. The European Union’s intention to establish a coalition on sending troops to Ukraine demonstrates a superiority intention, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. MOSCOW, April 20. /TASS/. The European Union is openly willing to resume the European Nazi ideology, Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov said commenting on threats to leaders of countries…