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‘Fragmented world’ sleepwalks into World War III

January 19, 2023

‘Fragmented world’ sleepwalks into World War III The self-appointed Davos “elites” are afraid. So afraid. At this week’s World Economic Forum meetings, mastermind Klaus Schwab – displaying his trademark Bond villain act – carped over and over again about a categorical imperative: we need “Cooperation in a Fragmented World”. While his diagnosis of “the most critical fragmentation” the […]

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Why BRI is back with a bang in 2023

January 9, 2023

Why BRI is back with a bang in 2023 As Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative enters its 10th year, a strong Sino-Russian geostrategic partnership has revitalized the BRI across the Global South. Photo Credit: The Cradle The year 2022 ended with a Zoom call to end all Zoom calls: Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping […]

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Escobar: Bye Bye 1991-2022

January 8, 2023

Escobar: Bye Bye 1991-2022 The hard work starts now. Welcome to the New Great Game on crack… 2023 starts with collective NATO in Absolutely Freak Out Mode as Russian Defense Minister Shoigu announces that Russian Navy frigate Admiral Gorshkov is now on tour – complete with a set of Mr. Zircon’s hypersonic business cards. The business tour […]

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Escobar: Electric Wars

November 26, 2022

Escobar: Electric Wars Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did not take Towards the door we never opened Into the rose-garden. My words echo Thus, in your mind. But to what purpose Disturbing the dust on a bowl of rose-leaves I do not know. T.S. Eliot, Burnt Norton Spare a thought to […]

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Escobar: Berlin Goes To Beijing – The Real Deal

November 6, 2022

Escobar: Berlin Goes To Beijing – The Real Deal The Scholz caravan went to Beijing to lay down the preparatory steps for working out a peace deal with Russia, with China as privileged messenger… With his inimitable flair for economic analysis steeped in historical depth, Professor Michael Hudson’s latest essay, originally written for a German audience, presents […]

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The ‘War of Terror’ may be about to hit Europe

October 26, 2022

The ‘War of Terror’ may be about to hit Europe Never underestimate a wounded and decaying Empire collapsing in real time. Imperial functionaries, even in a “diplomatic” capacity, continue to brazenly declare that their exceptionalist control over the world is mandatory. If that’s not the case, competitors may emerge and steal the limelight – monopolized […]

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Escobar: Nord Stream 2 Offers Germany A Date With Destiny

October 9, 2022

Escobar: Nord Stream 2 Offers Germany A Date With Destiny The twists and turns of the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) saga have yielded yet another stunning game-changer… It started with Gazprom revealing that the Line B string of NS2 is intact; not only it escaped Pipeline Terror but may “potentially” be used to pump gas […]

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Pipeline Terror is the 9/11 of the Raging Twenties

October 6, 2022

Pipeline Terror is the 9/11 of the Raging Twenties There’s no question that future unbiased historians will rank Russian President Vladimir Putin’s address on the Return of the Baby Bears – Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia – on September 30 as a landmark inflection point of the Raging Twenties. The underlying honesty and clarity mirror his speech […]

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Who profits from Pipeline Terror?

October 3, 2022

Who profits from Pipeline Terror? Secret talks between Russia and Germany to resolve their Nord Stream 1 and 2 issues had to be averted at any cost The War of Economic Corridors has entered incandescent, uncharted territory: Pipeline Terror. A sophisticated military operation – that required exhaustive planning, possibly involving several actors – blew up […]

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Escobar: Nord Stream Sabotage Propels ‘Disaster Capitalism’ To New, Toxic Level

September 30, 2022

Escobar: Nord Stream Sabotage Propels ‘Disaster Capitalism’ To New, Toxic Level The sabotage of the Nord Stream (NS) and Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipelines in the Baltic Sea has ominously propelled ‘Disaster Capitalism’ to a whole new, toxic level. This episode of Hybrid Industrial/Commercial War, in the form of a terror attack against energy infrastructure in […]

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‘Samarkand Spirit’ to be driven by ‘responsible powers’ Russia and China

September 18, 2022

‘Samarkand Spirit’ to be driven by ‘responsible powers’ Russia and China The SCO summit of Asian power players delineated a road map for strengthening the multipolar world Amidst serious tremors in the world of geopolitics, it is so fitting that this year’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) heads of state summit should have taken place in […]

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Germany’s energy suicide: an autopsy

September 10, 2022

Germany’s energy suicide: an autopsy When Green fanatic Robert Habeck, posing as Germany’s Economy Minister, said earlier this week “we should expect the worst” in terms of energy security, he conveniently forgot to spell out how the whole farce is a Made in Germany cum Made in Brussels crisis. Flickers of intelligence at least still […]

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Six months into Ukraine’s collapse, the world has changed forever

August 26, 2022

Six months into Ukraine’s collapse, the world has changed forever The inevitable transfer of power away from the west is leading to a surge in state-sponsored terrorism, but this will do little to reverse the trend Photo Credit: The Cradle Six months after the start of the Special Military Operation (SMO) by Russia in Ukraine, […]

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Going to Samarkan

Going to Samarkan The meeting of the SCO Ministerial Council in Tashkent this past Friday involved some very serious business. That was the key preparatory reunion previous to the SCO summit in mid-September in fabled Samarkand, where the SCO will release a much-awaited “Declaration of Samarkand”. What happened in Tashkent was predictably unreported across the collective West […]

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Will the Global South break free from dollarized debt?

Will the Global South break free from dollarized debt? In his latest book, economist Michael Hudson pits socialism against finance capitalism and tears apart the ‘dream civilization’ imposed by the 1 percent. Michael Hudson’s new book on the world’s urgent global economic re-set is sure to ruffle some Atlanticist feathers. Photo Credit: The Cradle With The […]

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