Larry Johnson: Merciless Kindness – Britain’s Economic War on America and the Long Shadow Over the Iran Sanctions
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [9-13-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). A chokepoint is not a wall. It is a tollbooth – expensive, annoying, survivable – and the traffic always finds another way around. That is the single lesson I would press on anyone in Washington who believes the dollar can be made…
BRICS achievements and West’s attempts to regain leadership: Putin’s statements
by TASS(opens in new tab) [9-11-2026]. The Russian leader noted that strong and reliable business ties within BRICS form the basis of international relations, making them more resilient. NEW DELHI, September 11. /TASS/. The West is attempting to regain its lost leadership by any means, including unsavory methods, Russian President Vladimir Putin said while speaking…
Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali: MbS Called Trump Twice; Trump Said No; Saudi Oil Is Trapped; Saudi Has Nowhere To Run
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [9-13-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio)(opens in new tab). Pepe Escobar, past midnight in Moscow, on the week the map flipped. Saudi Arabia’s Hormuz-bypass pipeline is shut after drone strikes. Yemen’s Ansarallah took the entire west coast and the Bab al-Mandeb island of Mayun. MBS called Trump twice asking for strikes on…
Larry Johnson: Day One in New Delhi – BRICS Steps Off the Dollar, With Iran Pressing Hardest
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [9-12-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). NEW DELHI – The 18th BRICS summit opened on September 12 with the bloc taking its most concrete step yet toward loosening the grip of the US dollar, adopting a 45-page New Delhi Declaration on the first day and endorsing a payments…
China’s Xi Jinping unveils five-point initiative to boost BRICS trade, investment and technology cooperation
by The New Indian Express(opens in new tab) [9-13-2026]. The Chinese president also called for reform of the international financial architecture to increase the representation of developing countries. Summary: Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged China’s support to help BRICS nations master AI open-source large language models and construct advanced smart manufacturing factories, reports Xinhua.…
Pepe Escobar, Zulfiqar Ali: 25 Years of War on Terror; Both OIL Chokepoints Are Gone; 9/11 WAR Ends in IRAN
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [9-12-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio)(opens in new tab). Twenty-five years to the day after 9/11, both of the world’s great oil chokepoints are outside Western control – and one of them fell this week. Pepe Escobar joins Transition Protocol from Moscow to trace the whole arc: what the world looked like…
Scott Ritter: Reflections of a Hypocrite, Part One: Defining the Problem
by Scott Ritter(opens in new tab) [9-10-2026] Scott Ritter(bio)(opens in new tab). A gathering dedicated to promoting the concepts of “Living with Dignity” exposed the author’s own hypocrisy when it comes to waging war. Four the past five years, there has been an intersection between myself, the first week of September, and the Swiss-based Mut…
President of Russia Vladimir Putin addressed a meeting of the BRICS Business Forum
by Kremlin(opens in new tab) [9-11-2026]. President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Friends, Prime Minister Modi, colleagues – heads of state, our friends in the audience, and members of our countries’ business community. As per tradition, this event takes place before the BRICS Summit. Its high-profile attendance underscores growing interest in strengthening contacts throughout the territory of our association. It is clear that strong economic partnerships and reliable business ties…
Scott Ritter, Daniel Davis: Trump & Putin Are Playing for Something Much Bigger – Ukraine Isn’t the Prize
by Daniel Davis, Deep Dive(opens in new tab) [9-9-2026] Scott Ritter(bio)(opens in new tab). (RAD: I usually don’t like listening to videos that go on for an hour. Because I have known the seriousness of past discussions by Daniel Davis & Scott Ritter, I decided to listen to just a short segment to get a…
Pravin Sawhney, Zulfiqar Ali: Iran Says It Seized a US Underwater Drone; Iran Pounded a US Base in Jordan; Trump Didn’t Hit Back
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [9-10-2026, recorded 9-9-2026 | 44:12]. Iran says its forces recovered a U.S.-operated underwater drone at the Strait of Hormuz. The United States says the Anduril Dive-LD malfunctioned during a survey mission. In this episode, defence analyst Pravin Sawhney joins Zulfiqar Ali to explain what the vehicle can do, why…
Larry Johnson: The Long Road In, and the Short Way Out – How the West Built Ukraine into a Weapon Against Russia
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [9-10-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). (RAD: This excellent analysis confirms what I’ve been saying for years, although this is more detailed about Ukraine. Actually, it goes back to the end of WW2 where the British & Americans were concerned about how advanced the Soviet Union had become…
Larry Johnson: Hanging Out in Russia
by Larry Johnson(opens in new tab) [9-9-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). My apologies for not being able to post the last couple of days. Pretty intense schedule and fortunate to be hanging out with John Mearsheimer, Judge Napolitano and Alastair Crooke. Monday was devoted to a heavily attended seminar at the the Higher School…
‘Dead’ US drone sub IRGC just got will give Iran a crash course in Anduril’s underwater secrets
by Geopolitics Prime(opens in new tab) [9-10-2026]. A CENTCOM spox did his best to downplay the significance of the Anduril Dive-LD (opens in new tab)surveillance, mine detection, seabed mapping and inspection drone’s capture by Iran, stressing that it was “older,” “defective,” “malfunctioning” and “essentially dead in the water” before the IRGC seized it. Leaving aside…
Larry Johnson, Zulfiqar Ali: US BASES IN JORDAN SUFFER SUSTAINED IRAN MISSILE ATTACK; US Power Just Cracked
by Transition Protocol(opens in new tab) [9-9-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio)(opens in new tab). Washington said it would answer tanker for tanker. Iran struck US bases in Jordan and hit ships in the Gulf. By the time this conversation was recorded in St Petersburg, the American answer still had not come. Zulfiqar Ali speaks with military…
Pepe Escobar: From Bishkek to New Delhi – Building a new Eurasia
by Pepe Escobar(opens in new tab) [9-7-2026] Pepe Escobar(bio)(opens in new tab). Imagine a Brave New World with up-and-running new global routes that circumvent all western chokepoints. Now imagine that all business on these routes is paid for in local currencies, through regional transaction platforms, with Eurasian-only investments. Asia is all about face-to-face meetings or…
Larry Johnson, Zulfiqar Ali: EXCLUSIVE- Iran Just Received Underwater Drones Built To Kill Carriers From North Korea
by Transition Protocol [9-8-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio(opens in new tab)). Iran’s leadership has concluded that this war cannot be settled at a negotiating table. In this episode, recorded 8 September 2026, Larry Johnson and Zulfiqar Ali lay out how every diplomatic off-ramp brokered by Pakistan collapsed, why Tehran has shifted from a defensive to an…