Isolation, diversity, future: Putin speaks at culture forum
by TASS [9-12-2025]. The president described Russia’s national and cultural diversity as a “priceless gift,” stressing the need to maintain a balance between innovation and timeless values, and declaring that efforts to abolish cultures are unacceptable. ST. PETERSBURG, September 12. /TASS/. National culture can only thrive through interaction with others; any attempt at self-isolation inevitably…
Russia’s slowing economic growth, lower inflation — Central Bank highlights by Elvira Nabiullina
by TASS [9-12-2025]. The current economic situation sets the general direction for reducing the key rate, Elvira Nabiullina said. MOSCOW, September 12. /TASS/. The slowdown of the Russian economy is in line with the Central Bank’s expectations, but closer to their lower boundary, Central Bank chief Elvira Nabiullina said at the press conference after the…
How China Wins the Economic Long Game
by New Rules [9-11-2025]. (RAD: It keeps becoming more & more clear that the Trump administration really doesn’t understand China, which leads to mistakes that are hurting the US economy & living conditions. – RAD) In an era of increasing economic warfare, China has developed a sophisticated and effective system to deter economic coercion from…
BRICS gold revolution crushes dollar hegemony as Trump’s failed sanctions spark global financial revolt
by Finn Heartley [9-9-2025]. Dollar’s Decline Accelerates – Over 80 nations, led by BRICS (China, Russia), are abandoning the dollar for gold-backed alternatives and blockchain settlements, rejecting U.S. sanctions and tariffs as ineffective. Two Catastrophic U.S. Miscalculations – Biden’s seizure of Russian reserves and Trump’s tariff wars backfired, pushing allies toward local currencies and gold,…
Sergey Karaganov: Europe is fading. We must embrace a new elite for a new Russia
by Professor Sergey Karaganov [9-10-2025]. Professor Sergey Karaganov is honorary chairman of Russia’s Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and academic supervisor at the School of International Economics and Foreign Affairs Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow. North-South corridors will anchor Greater Eurasia. The acute phase of Russia’s confrontation with the West in Ukraine…
Pepe Escobar, Mohammad Marandi, Nima Alkhorshid – Iran Warns Ready to CRUSH Any Israel Strike; BRICS Takes on Trump; China SCO
by Dialogue Works [9-9-2025] Pepe Escobar(bio), Mohammad Marandi(bio), Nima R. Alkhorshid(bio). (RAD: This discussion starts by observing that the US can’t be trusted in negotiations. There are many examples. In the 12-Day War, while the US was negotiating with Iran about nuclear issues, they had already given Israel the green light to attack Iran and…
President Xi Jinping’s keynote speech at 25th SCO Council of Heads of State meeting (full text)
by CGTN [9-1-2025]. Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held in northern Chinese port city of Tianjin on Monday 9-1-2025. Here is the full text of his speech. Staying true to SCO founding mission and ushering…
China’s 2025 V-Day Military Parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on 9-3-2025 (full video)
by CGTN Europe [9-4-2025]. (RAD: China fought Japan’s invasion for 14 years in WW2 and lost up to 35 million people. Honoring and remembering history is very important to the Chinese. It is absolutely amazing to watch the precision of the military marching, even when they are showing the military equipment. No matter what angle…
The Xi Jinping You’ve Never Heard Of—Revealed by Former Goldman Sachs President
by Global Insight Hub [9-5-2025 published]. (RAD: This video shares insights about China and Chinese President Xi Jinping that are very important for us to understand. China was the world’s largest economy during 18 of the last 20 centuries. They are now #1 when GDP is measured in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). They have lifted…
Michael Hudson: Eurasian World Order – New Global Governance
by Glenn Diesen [9-2-2025 published]. Prof. Michael Hudson, a world-renowned classical economist, discusses the Eurasian giants China, Russia and India meeting at the SCO Summit to construct a new international economic system. This is really very good. Michael spells it out once again. The what, where and how and rules of an alternative is now…
Ben Norton, Danny Haiphong – Trump JUST LOST; Putin & China Dump Dollar, New BRICS War ERUPTS
by Danny Haiphong [9-6-2025 published]. (RAD: WOW, this is the most wide ranging & insightful history lesson you will ever get in such a short time & it helps us understand the many complex divisive issues in the world. Ben Norton has an in-depth understanding & knowledge of the US foreign policy as it applies…
How does China’s system really work? Renowned scholar Zhang Weiwei explains the ‘China model’
by Ben Norton [8-25-2025 published]. (RAD: This is an excellent discussion that helps us better understand China’s system and how it interacts with the systems of the West, especially the US. Major changes are happening throughout the world. China has spent decades building supply chains to support their many different manufacturing sectors. To think that…