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Dec 10 2024 
Lessons from Syria: Assad and Putin
Why do the Brutalists Lose?
by Marat Khairullin on Substack.
Syria is important. No matter how bitter it is to realize this. But there is such a maxim, “no matter how hard the failure is, if you have learned from it, then it is no longer a failure, but the next step up the mountain.” In other… Continue reading
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Oct 18 2024 
The Geoeconomic Drivers of SCO-BRICS Synergy
Expanding on the SCO summit earlier this week in Pakistan – and focusing on the interconnection of connectivity corridors, a key vector developed right before the BRICS summit.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
One week before the absolutely crucial BRICS summit in Kazan, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held a summit in Islamabad.
This convergence is important in… Continue reading
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Jun 18 2024 
Hegemon orders Europe: bet on war and steal Russia’s money
The Swiss “peace” kabuki came and went – and the winner was Vladimir Putin. He didn’t even have to show up.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
The Swiss “peace” kabuki came and went – and the winner was Vladimir Putin. He didn’t even have to show up.
None of the Big Players did. Or in… Continue reading
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Apr 24 2024 
Persian Patience, Flexibility & Encirclement Pushed to Direct Deterrence
Why does Iran behave the way it does? What geopolitical strategy drives her? What are the secret origins of how the Iranian leadership sees the world? Parables of mountain climbing, wrestling and highways in Persian history..
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Jan 07 2024 
General Soleimani: “The Defeat Lies Within Enemy’s Devilish Nature”
By Bobana M. Andjelkovic at Geopolitica.ru
In Memory of Hajj Qassem: “Enemy’s defeat is absolute. I want to tell the enemy that all the factors of defeat are within you and you can never retreat from your devilish mindset and issues causing your defeat.”
General Qassem Soleimani, February 28th, 2019During Iran-Iraqi war, Hafez al-Assad was asked: “Why… Continue reading
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Dec 29 2023 
How Yemen changed everything
In a single move, Yemen’s Ansarallah has checkmated the west and its rules-based order.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle.
Whether invented in northern India, eastern China or Central Asia – from Persia to Turkestan – chess is an Asian game. In chess, there always comes a time when a simple pawn is able… Continue reading
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Mar 07 2023 
Discussion: The problem of the pigeon
“Never play chess with a pigeon.
The pigeon just knocks all the pieces over.
Then shits all over the board.
Then struts around like it won.”
It seems as if the majority of the world finds itself with the problem of the pigeon at the moment. The collective west is embracing a policy of creating chaos because they cannot… Continue reading
