By F. William Engdahl On April 26 Russia’s main national TV station, Rossiya 1, featured President Vladimir Putin in a documentary to the Russian people on the events of the recent period including the annexation of Crimea, the US coup d’etat in Ukraine, and the general state of relations with the United States and the EU. … Continue reading
Beijing and Moscow have increasingly found common basis in challenging the U.S. and Western dominated order in Europe and Asia. China and Russia are striking a number of deals to strengthen their military, financial and political ties in recent times. Beijing and Moscow have increasingly found common basis in challenging the U.S. and Western dominated order in Europe and Asia. … Continue reading
By Pepe Escobar, Asia Times Move over, Cold War 2.0. The real story, now and for the foreseeable future, in its myriad declinations, and of course, ruling out too many bumps in the road, is a new, integrated Eurasia forging ahead. China’s immensely ambitious New Silk Road project will keep intersecting with the Russia-led Eurasia … Continue reading
China is set to finalize investment deals worth $46 billion with its old ally of Pakistan during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s rare visit to the nation on Monday. The visit by Xi is aimed at ending Pakistan’s chronic energy crisis and to transform the nation into a regional economic hub. The two nations are looking to establish a Pakistan-China … Continue reading
By Pepe Escobar Over past decades, the pre-fabricated myth of an elusive “Iranian bomb” was never the real issue between the US and Iran; the issue was how to subdue – or “isolate” – a powerful, independent nation that refused to toe the exceptionalist line. Now that the “rehabilitation” of Iran – at least for some … Continue reading
By Dr. Mohssen Massarrat With last fall’s U.S. Congressional elections, the Barack Obama ‘era’ has entered its final phase. Shortly before coming to power, the new U.S. president had sparked a massive uproar when he proclaimed a new ‘Pacific century.’ Since then, roughly two years before the end of his term in office, we can see more … Continue reading
By Caleb Maupin The Nigerian elections, in which current president Goodluck Jonathan has lost to former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari, were highly contested. Violence broke out across Nigeria between supporters of the two candidates. Jonathan’s base of support is the Christian communities of the southern regions. Buhari’s base of support has been the Islamic regions. After … Continue reading
By Nader Habibi The framework nuclear agreement that was announced earlier this month by Iran and the so-called P5+1 calls for a substantial rollback in the country’s nuclear program in return for a lifting of sanctions. While no specific time table was mentioned, the preliminary agreement calls for the suspension and then lifting of international sanctions … Continue reading
As Greece seeks a financial lifeline from Moscow with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, U.S. investor and businessman Jim Rogers warns that country would still “never ever” be able to pay off its debt to the IMF, adding that Athens is only trying to delay it. Greece “is desperate … Continue reading
By BNE IntelliNews Russia has threatened a nuclear strike over NATO’s buildup in the Baltic states, as well as to deter any threat to its control of Crimea, according to unsubstantiated reports in the UK press. Moscow has threatened all-out war with the West, including the use of its nuclear arsenal, should NATO continue to strengthen its … Continue reading