{"id":64948,"date":"2023-02-04T09:32:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T14:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64948"},"modified":"2023-02-04T09:32:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T14:32:16","slug":"pepe-escobar-ukraine-war-is-desperate-move-by-u-s-to-preserve-hegemony-and-prevent-multipolar-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64948","title":{"rendered":"Pepe Escobar: Ukraine War is Desperate Move by U.S. to Preserve Hegemony and Prevent Multipolar World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dk-topic dk-topic_size_m dk-article__topic i-bem dk-topic_js_inited\" data-bem=\"{&quot;dk-topic&quot;:{}}\">\n<div class=\"dk-topic__body\">\n<div class=\"dk-topic__content\">\n<div class=\"dk-topic__footer\">\n<h3 class=\"dk-topic__footer-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/strategic-culture.org\/news\/2023\/02\/02\/pepe-escobar-ukraine-war-desperate-move-by-us-preserve-hegemony-and-prevent-multipolar-world\/\">Pepe Escobar: Ukraine War is Desperate Move by U.S. to Preserve Hegemony and Prevent Multipolar World<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dk-article__section\">\n<p><strong><em>The war in Ukraine is not just about Ukraine and Russia with the U.S. and NATO acting as seemingly benevolent supporters of Ukraine, as the Western media portray.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pepe Escobar: Ukraine War is Desperate Bid by US to Preserve Hegemony and Prevent Multipolar World\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_54C2HkE3d4?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The war in Ukraine is not just about Ukraine and Russia with the U.S. and NATO acting as seemingly benevolent supporters of Ukraine, as the Western media portray.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and its NATO allies are deeply involved in the conflict. The military withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 \u2013 after 20 years of futile occupation \u2013 was a calculated \u201creorganization of firepower\u201d against Russia, says Pepe Escobar.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine is merely a proxy and ultimately cannon fodder for American imperial planners.<\/p>\n<p>This war is part of a bigger geopolitical confrontation between the U.S. and Russia, China and other nations that are pushing for the emergence of a multipolar world. That is a multipolar world no longer under the hegemony of U.S.-dominated Western capitalism.<\/p>\n<p>Pepe Escobar assesses the bigger picture and outlines how the U.S. imperial state is in \u201cpanic mode\u201d to shore up the collapsing American-controlled global capitalist system, and in particular the privileged position of the U.S. dollar.<\/p>\n<p>Going to war with Russia presently and in the longer term against China is part of the desperate dynamic to prolong the dominant position of Washington that was established after the Second World War. That postwar imperial order \u2013 euphemistically called the \u201crules-based order\u201d \u2013 is increasingly falling into disrepute from unbridled imperialist wars and abuse of financial controls.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of the planet wants liberation from the U.S.\/Western warmongering system that underpins capitalist exploitation that only enriches a global elite. The war in Ukraine is but the manifestation of the breakdown in U.S. global power and the desperation to preserve the systematic inequality that defines capitalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pepe Escobar: Ukraine War is Desperate Move by U.S. to Preserve Hegemony and Prevent Multipolar World The war in Ukraine is not just about Ukraine and Russia with the U.S. and NATO acting as seemingly benevolent supporters of Ukraine, as the Western media portray. 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