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Economic war on Iran is war on Eurasia integration

August 16, 2018

Economic war on Iran is war on Eurasia integration US sanctions on Iran should be interpreted as a piece in a much larger chessboard Life carries on in Tehran despite the threat of US sanctions. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Fatemeh Bahrami Hysteria reigned supreme after the first round of US sanctions were reinstated against Iran over the […]

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‘Tweet of Mass Destruction’ ratchets up tension on Iran

‘Tweet of Mass Destruction’ ratchets up tension on Iran The Trump administration’s ultimate goal is regime change in Tehran, but was this just a distraction from the ‘treason’ in Helsinki as US Mid-Term elections loom? Or did he just want to destabilize the Eurasian giants and their New Silk Roads? Iranians burn an image of […]

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A walk on the wild side as Trump meets Putin at Finland station

A walk on the wild side as Trump meets Putin at Finland station US President stirs up a hornet’s nest with his press conference alongside his Russian counterpart, but it seems that no ‘grand bargain’ was struck on Syria, and on Iran they appear to strongly disagree Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, offers a ball […]

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Eagle-meets-Bear and the Syria tug-of-war

Eagle-meets-Bear and the Syria tug-of-war Trump and Putin are likely to discuss the tricky situation in southern Syria when they meet; while the US president says he wants US forces back home, the CIA, Pentagon and Israel may be happier to see them stay so the war-torn state remains unstable Syrian government tanks and soldiers […]

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How the Iran sanctions drama intersects with OPEC-plus

How the Iran sanctions drama intersects with OPEC-plus Major states buying oil from Iran are unlikely to heed the US call to drop imports; key allies want a waiver to avoid sanctions; OPEC, meanwhile, will have trouble boosting output in the short-term; the puzzle is not solved, but there are dark clouds A file photo […]

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Pepe Escobar Covers The World: From ‘New York Aristocracy’ To The End Of America’s Hegemony

Pepe Escobar Covers The World: From ‘New York Aristocracy’ To The End Of America’s Hegemony Brazilian-born journalist Pepe Escobar, who is perhaps best known for predicting the War on Terror in a column he published for the Asia Times just weeks before 9/11, sat down for an interview with Balkan info earlier this month,m during […]

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Iran diary: bracing for all-out economic war

Iran diary: bracing for all-out economic war While the dogs of war bark, the Ancient – and New – Silk Road goes on forever and a civilization with a long and proud history gets on with life Dawn comes to Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad. Photo: Asia Times/Pepe Escobar The minute you set foot in […]

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Syria, Iran and ‘chaos in international relations’

Syria, Iran and ‘chaos in international relations’ Any meaningful political resolution to the turmoil in the Middle East now seems more elusive than ever Syrian boys walk along a destroyed street in Douma on the outskirts of Damascus on April 16. Photo: AFP/Louai Beshara Even in the context of a post-truth geopolitical environment run amok, […]

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“There’s Anger Building Out There” – One Man’s Message To Davos Elites

January 29, 2018

“There’s Anger Building Out There” – One Man’s Message To Davos Elites One man went to Davos and dared to say what Pepe Escobar thought no one would – that “it’s the inequality, stupid.” Amid all the back-slapping exuberance of record high global stock markets and record high global net worth, John McDonnell, the U.K. […]

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When it comes to Davos, it’s inequality, stupid

January 27, 2018

When it comes to Davos, it’s inequality, stupid This is what ‘the great and the good’ in the business world will not be discussing during the annual talk-fest at the Swiss luxury resort The curtain has gone up on the annual World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos. Photo: Reuters / Denis Balibouse […]

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Rome: A Eulogy

January 19, 2018

Rome: A Eulogy When we find ourselves in times of trouble, we could do worse than plunge into The Academy of Western Civilization. So let me take you down on a stroll around the ultimate theo-geopolitical space: the Eternal City, a.k.a. Caput Mundi (“wonder of the world”). In Adonais, Shelley urged “Go thou to Rome” […]

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The Spanish Civil War, revisited

October 14, 2017

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont signs a declaration of independence at the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona, on October Photo: Reuters/Albert Gea The Spanish Civil War, revisited Puigdemont’s political twist could invoke a lethal response from Madrid: suspension of Catalonia’s government Call it theatre of the absurd – with a lethal subtext. Under pressure from all […]

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The future of the EU at stake in Catalonia

October 3, 2017

People react as they gather at Plaza Catalunya after voting ended for the banned independence referendum, in Barcelona, Spain October 1, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Susana Vera EUROPECATALONIA INDEPENDENCE The future of the EU at stake in Catalonia A new paradigm has been coined right inside the lofty European Union: ‘In the name of democracy, refrain from […]

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The real BRICS bombshell

September 7, 2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the group photo session during the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, southeastern China’s Fujian province, on September 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Pool The real BRICS bombshell Putin reveals ‘fair multipolar world’ concept in which oil contracts could […]

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Empire of Chaos preparing for more fireworks in 2016

December 27, 2015

Empire of Chaos preparing for more fireworks in 2016 A F18 Super Hornet © Mark Wilson / Reuters In his seminal ‘Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization,’ Bryan Ward-Perkins writes, “Romans before the fall were as certain as we are today that their world would continue forever… They were wrong. We would be […]

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