The majority of the articles, essays and interviews selected for this two-part e-book were written in Afghanistan and in Iraq and/or before and after multiple visits to both countries. The 21st century, geopolitically, so far has…
Category: Pepe Escobar
Pepe Escobar (born 1954) is a Brazilian journalist. He writes a column – The Roving Eye – for Asia Times Online, and works as an analyst for RT, Sputnik News, and Press TV as well as formerly for Al Jazeera.
Perth in Australia will be a forward base for nuclear-powered and nuclear weapon-carrying American subs, Pepe Escobar writes. Pax Americana was always a minor character in a zombie apocalypse flick. Pax Americana is actually The…
As a rudderless West watched on, the 20th anniversary meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was laser-focused on two key deliverables: shaping up Afghanistan and kicking off a full-spectrum Eurasian integration. The two defining moments…
What happened in Afghanistan was not a mere change of government. A puppet state responsible for spreading subversion in the region was overthrown. After the Taliban named an interim government that was regarded as quite…
A Saigon Moment in the Hindu Kush – The US is on the verge of its own second Vietnam repeated as farce in a haphazard retreat from Afghanistan *** And it’s all over For the unknown…
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) centennial takes place this week at the heart of an incandescent geopolitical equation. China, the emerging superpower, is back to the global prominence it enjoyed throughout centuries of recorded history,…
Iran’s president-elect will ‘Look East’ while seeking to exit ‘strategic patience’ when dealing with the US In his first press conference as President-Elect with 62% of the votes, Ebrahim Raesi, facing a forest of microphones, came…
The upcoming G7 in Cornwall at first might be seen as the quirky encounter of “America is Back” with “Global Britain”. The Big Picture though is way more sensitive. Three Summits in a Row –…
The New Great Game 3.0 is just beginning with a hat tip to Tacitus and dancing to the Hindu Kush groove One cannot but feel mildly amused at the theatrical spectacle of the US troop…
Putin’s address to the Russian Federal Assembly – a de facto State of the Nation – was a judo move that left Atlanticist sphere hawks particularly stunned. The “West” was not even mentioned by name. Only indirectly,…