Why the New Silk Roads are a ‘threat’ to US bloc 4761 ViewsJanuary 26, 2020 11 Comments By Pepe Escobar posted with permission The Middle East is the key to wide-ranging, economic, interlinked integration, and peace Under the cascading roar of the 24/7 news cycle cum Twitter eruptions, it’s easy for most of the West, especially …
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This past Nov. 9th marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is a pivotal point in modern history, since it also marked the fall of the Iron Curtain. As is well known the Iron Curtain speech was made by then Prime Minister of Britain, Winston Churchill, on March 5th, 1946 at Westminster …
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May 7, 2019 © Photo: kremlin.ru The global trend in international relations is often difficult to discern. But one can be helped in this task by looking at two events, organized in Washington and Beijing, comparing the different themes, participants, objectives, and broached for discussion. After all, we are talking about the two largest economies in the …
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We’re all actors in the New Silk Road play By Pepe Escobar –https://thesaker.is/were-all-actors-in-the-new-silk-road-play/ posted with permission Scores of nations across the Global South have adopted the Chinese development model over financing from the US or EU for very simple reasons It’s the same old story: The dogs of demonization bark while the New Silk Road …
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Kei Pritsker & Sheng Zhang 4. Februar 2019 Aus dem Englischen: Einar Schlereth Meng Wanzhou, der Finanzchefin des chinesischen Telekommunikations-Titanen Huawei, erschien am Dienstag vor dem kanadischem Gericht, um ihre Auslieferung an die Vereinigten Staaten zu bekämpfen. Wenn sie ausgeliefert wird, wird sie mit neuen Anklagen des U.S. Justizministeriums (DoJ) konfrontiert, in denen Meng und Huawei …
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Russia is keen to push economic integration with parts of Asia and this fits in with China’s Belt and Road Initiative (cross-posted with The Asia Times by special agreement with the author) The concept of Greater Eurasia has been discussed at the highest levels of Russian academia and policy-making for some time. This week the policy …
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Back in the (Great) Game: The Revenge of Eurasian Land Powers 1111 ViewsAugust 30, 2018 7 Comments by Pepe Escobar (cross-posted with Consortium News by special agreement with the author) Get ready for a major geopolitical chessboard rumble: from now on, every butterfly fluttering its wings and setting off a tornado directly connects to the battle between Eurasia integration …
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FEDERICO PIERACCINI | 09.01.2018 | FEATURED STORY An interesting theme concerning Syria is the involvement of the People’s Republic of China in the conflict. While China’s diplomatic and economic assistance has been constant, its military contribution to Syria is less known. It is important for China and Russia to contain and defeat the terrorist phenomenon in the Middle East, …
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Ein friedenspolitischer Rück- und Ausblick auf das Jahrhundertjahr des „Roten Oktober“ von Irene Eckert 1917 friedlicher Auftakt – beginnende Unterwanderung Am 7. November 1917 begann mit der Russischen Oktober-Revolution ein Epochenwechsel, dessen Geburtswehen noch andauern. Mit der Parole „Brot und Frieden“ zog sich die junge Sowjetmacht einseitig aus dem Gemetzel des Ersten Weltkrieges zurück. Das …
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Neu-Delhi besorgt © AP Photo/ 16:45 18.12.2017Zum Kurzlink China hat vor wenigen Tagen einen weiteren ausländischen Hafen bekommen. Sri Lanka verpachtet den Hafen Hambantota im Süden des Landes für 99 Jahre an China. Die Chinesen haben damit zwar ein verlustbringendes, jedoch strategisch sehr wichtiges Objekt bekommen. Neu-Delhi zufolge will Peking damit verdeckt einen Militärstützpunkt nahe Indien …
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