Pepe Escobar & Nima Alkhorshid: Russia, Iran, China Join Forces – US in the Crosshairs?
by Dialogue Works [4-10-2025 published] Pepe Escobar(bio), Nima R. Alkhorshid(bio). (I’m not going to try & summarize all of the key points, since there are so many. Trump’s team has a lot to learn about interactions with Russia, Iran, China & diplomacy, else there will be serious consequences. It is obvious that Russia, Iran &…
Trump Brags About Weapons No One Else Has. But Here’s a Twist: America Is Not the Only One
by SPUTNIK [4-10-2025 published]. (Maybe Trump should stop bragging, since the US doesn’t have demonstrated defenses against the following. Notice that Iran was able to penetrate the combined Israel & US defenses. Keep in mind that some of these missiles could sink any US aircraft carrier. – RAD) These weapons are sending CHILLS worldwide. 1.…
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to the media questions during his remarks at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum
by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation [4-12-2025 published]. (We can all learn a lot about real diplomacy from Sergey Lavrov. He speaks excellent English, so you can either listen to the above video, or read the following transcript. If you have never heard Lavrov speak, I would encourage you to at…
The Last Tariff: How China Ended the Empire’s Trade War With a Whisper
by TheIslanderNews [4-12-2025 published]. (It looks like Trump has no real cards to play. How is he going to handle this? China doesn’t really need our trade, yet we don’t have alternate sources for some critical products purchased from China. – RAD) It happened with no fanfare. No saber-rattling. No choreographed press conference. Just one quiet…
Lessons Trump could learn from the last Soviet leader
by Tarik Cyril Amar [4-10-2025 published]. (Many of us already understand that the US is facing serious challenges. Yet, many in the MAGA crowd expect that Trump will be able to restore our country back to a “golden age” with “tariffs” and other “magic” that ignores the fundamental world changes. Trump touts his huge military…
Larry Johnson – Iran Prepping for Negotiations with the US; Russia and China Have Iran’s Back
by Larry C. Johnson [4-8-2025 published] Larry C. Johnson(bio). While most of media and public attention in the West are fixated on Trump’s tariff attack on the global economy, the Chinese and Iranians flew to Moscow and met with senior Russian officials. The meeting is described as, “expert-level consultations on the Iranian nuclear program.” This…
Danny Haiphong, Larry Johnson, Ray McGovern, Glenn Diesen: Yemen, Tariffs, Trump Ignites WW3, Putin, Iran & China HIT BACK, N Korea
by Danny Haiphong [4-9-2025 published] Larry C. Johnson(bio). (This is an excellent discussion that helps us understand the history, conflicts & possible solutions. Trump’s erratic behavior is pushing more & more countries towards BRICS & away from the $dollar. The US military conflicts in Ukraine & Yemen are showing that the US military isn’t as…
Pepe Escobar: Russia–Iran–China: All for one, and one for all?
by Pepe Escobar [4-8-2025 published] Pepe Escobar(bio). Although perhaps not yet obvious to Washington, a US war on Iran will be viewed as one against Russia and China too. Both Putin and Xi know that Trump’s war is singularly directed at the transformational global ‘changes they are driving together.’ Russia and Iran are at the…
The Rare Earth Hammer Dropped — And It’s Made in China
by The Islander [4-9-2025 published]. (Many of us expected that this would happen if the US pissed China off too much. – RAD) While Washington blusters and tariffs itself into global isolation, Beijing is playing a masterstroke worthy of Sun Tzu: hit the West not with bullets, but with the minerals that power their war…
The US Empire Hesitates, the Chinese Dragon Accelerates
by The Islander [4-8-2025 published]. (I’ve worked many years in the hi-tech industry and continue to follow its development. The following analysis is correct. It is now unlikely that we can reverse China’s advantage. – RAD) As the U.S. dithers in bureaucratic red tape and Pentagon panels, China is already racing ahead in the tech…
Istanbul Crossroads between Russia & United States: The Last Exit Before Global Conflagration?
by The Islander [4-8-2025 published]. As the world teeters on the edge of a new inferno, all eyes now shift to Istanbul, where Russia and the United States will hold high-level talks on April 10, a date that may end up being remembered as the final offramp from a multipolar world war. This isn’t just…
Iran’s Iron Chessboard: The Empire Negotiates from the Backfoot While Tehran Tightens Its Trilateral Trap
by Gerry Nolan, Sonar21 [4-9-2025 published]. While the U.S. scrambles to project strength from a position of weakness, the Islamic Republic of Iran plays a far deeper, long-term geopolitical game, and the empire’s trembling at the edges shows it. It’s been confirmed indirect negotiations are set between Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Trump’s personal…