Home » Posts tagged 'pepe escobar' (Page 5)

Tag Archives: pepe escobar

PEPE ESCOBAR: Empire of Chaos in Hybrid War Overdrive

PEPE ESCOBAR: Empire of Chaos in Hybrid War Overdrive The Trump administration’s foreign policy may be easily deconstructed as a crossover between The Sopranos and late-night comedy, writes Pepe Escobar. Is this the Age of Anxiety? The Age of Stupidity? The Age of Hybrid War? Or all of the above? As right populism learns to […]

Continue Reading →

Putin rattles sabre as nuclear pact collapses

February 25, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his state of the nation address in Moscow on Wednesday. Photo: AFP / Alexander Nemenov Putin rattles sabre as nuclear pact collapses Russian President warns West that deploying missile launchers in Europe could ignite ‘tit for tat’ response President Putin’s state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow this […]

Continue Reading →

On The Road to a Post-G20 World

December 5, 2018

On The Road to a Post-G20 World The trade war launched by the Trump administration against China may not have been solved by a 2½-hour dinner between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump at the G20 in Buenos Aires on Saturday. But it may have opened a path towards a drastic realignment. Way beyond […]

Continue Reading →

Drama in the Kerch Strait: teasing the Russian bear

November 28, 2018

Drama in the Kerch Strait: teasing the Russian bear The West is complaining about Russian ‘aggression’ but the incident looks more like a cheap ploy by a desperate Ukrainian president and US conservatives keen to undermine Trump’s next pow-wow with Putin Ukrainian nationalists hold flares during a rally outside parliament on Monday to demand that […]

Continue Reading →

Who profits from the end of the mid-range nuclear treaty?

October 27, 2018

Who profits from the end of the mid-range nuclear treaty? The US move to shelve the Intermediate-range Nuclear-Forces treaty could accelerate the demise of the whole post-WWII Western alliance, and herald a bad remix of the 1930s A large Russian missile is seen in a rehearsal for a military parade in Red Square, Moscow, on […]

Continue Reading →

What sanctions on Russia and China really mean

October 20, 2018

What sanctions on Russia and China really mean The Pentagon may not be advocating total war against both Russia and China – as it has been interpreted in some quarters The Trump administration has taken a hard line against China and Russia. Photo: IStock A crucial Pentagon report on the US defense industrial base and […]

Continue Reading →

Welcome to the G-20 from Hell

October 17, 2018

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, left, chats with Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He during ‘trade dispute’ talks in Beijing earlier this year. Some sort of agreement could be reached at the G20 summit. Photo: AFP / Andy Wong Welcome to the G-20 from Hell World leaders wrestle with a maelstrom of complex, burning issues as they […]

Continue Reading →

EU finally stands up to US ‘bullying’ over Iran sanctions

October 1, 2018

From left, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Britain’s former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson after a meeting in Brussels, on May 15, 2018. Photo: AFP EU finally stands up to US ‘bullying’ over Iran sanctions […]

Continue Reading →

Here comes the 30-year trade war

September 24, 2018

Here comes the 30-year trade war Trade tensions between the US and China could drag on for decades but China’s focus on its Belt and Road Initiative could provide relief We might be at the start of a decades-long trade war between China and the US. Photo: iStock Alibaba’s Jack Ma has warned that the […]

Continue Reading →

The West Against the Rest or The West Against Itself?

September 19, 2018

The West Against the Rest or The West Against Itself? The West’s illiberal-bashing frenzy has reduced what should be a crucial debate about a fearful West Against the Rest, to the more pressing issue of The West Against Itself, writes Pepe Escobar. What is the bigger story? The West Against the Rest or The West […]

Continue Reading →

‘Resistance’ runs amok in the US Deep Throat War

September 11, 2018

‘Resistance’ runs amok in the US Deep Throat War Bob Woodward’s book and the ‘resistance’ op-ed look increasingly like a sophisticated psy-ops scheme and a prelude for a ‘Deep State’ coup The New York Times front page, dated August 9, 1974, on President Richard Nixon’s resignation. Photo: iStock We now live in a psy-ops world. […]

Continue Reading →

Crashing currency chaos spreads across the Global South

September 2, 2018

Crashing currency chaos spreads across the Global South Cryptocurrencies show promise as economies stumble under sanctions and other pressures Iran oil exports will likely drop to just over 2 million barrels a day pushing the rial lower. Photo: iStock The Iranian rial: crash. The Turkish lira: crash. The Argentine peso: crash. The Brazilian real: crash. […]

Continue Reading →

Back in the (Great) Game: The Revenge of Eurasian Land Powers

August 31, 2018

Back in the (Great) Game: The Revenge of Eurasian Land Powers What is left roaming our wilderness of mirrors depends on the mood swings of the Goddess of the Market. No wonder an effect of Eurasia integration will be a death blow to Bretton Woods and “democratic” neoliberalism, says Pepe Escobar. Get ready for a major […]

Continue Reading →

Back in the (Great) Game: The Revenge of Eurasian Land Powers

August 30, 2018

Back in the (Great) Game: The Revenge of Eurasian Land Powers What is left roaming our wilderness of mirrors depends on the mood swings of the Goddess of the Market. No wonder an effect of Eurasia integration will be a death blow to Bretton Woods and “democratic” neoliberalism, says Pepe Escobar. Get ready for a major […]

Continue Reading →

Iran and the Doomsday Machine

August 19, 2018

Iran and the Doomsday Machine In Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece, “Dr. Strangelove”, any mention of the Doomsday Machine was verboten. However, back in May 2018 the intrepid Pepe Escobar, who tends to ignore verboten warnings, presented some raw reality: It’s also no secret among Persian Gulf traders that in the – hopefully unlikely – event of […]

Continue Reading →