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Pepe Escobar

Pepe Escobar

Pepe Escobar 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. 

The Trump-Putin Summit 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

July 05th, 2018

By Pepe Escobar

The Trump-Putin Summit and the Syria Tug-of-War

Ahead of the Eagle-meets-Bear Trump-Putin summit on July 16 in Helsinki, Syria-centered spin has gone into overdrive. Unknown sources have leaked what is billed as President Trump’s alleged Syria deal discussed with Jordan’s King Abdullah.

Trump would “allow” Damascus, supported by Russian air power, to regain its

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Trump’s North Korea Play: a Ploy to Secure Vast Deposits of Rare Earth Elements?

It’s not far-fetched to consider ‘The Art of the Deal’ applied to North Korea’s allegedly vast rare earth resources.

June 21st, 2018

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Trump’s North Korea Play: a Ploy to Secure Vast Deposits of Rare Earth Elements?

This may not be about condos on North Korean beaches after all. Arguably, the heart of the matter in the Trump administration’s embrace of Kim Jong-un has everything to do with one of the largest deposits of rare earth elements

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While Trump Derailed G7, Russia and China Lay Groundwork for a New World Order

East vs. West: the contrast between the “dueling summits” this weekend was something for the history books.

June 11th, 2018

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While Trump Derailed G7, Russia and China Lay Groundwork for a New World Order

All hell broke loose at the G6+1, otherwise known as G7, in La Malbaie, Canada, while all focused on divine Eurasian integration at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in China’s Qingdao in Shandong, the home province of Confucius. US President Donald Trump was the predictable star of the show in Canada. He came late. He left early. He

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New Eurasian Cooperation Spells the End of Western Dominance

Key economic forums in cities across Eurasia point the way to new power structures rising to challenge Western dominance.

June 08th, 2018

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New Eurasian Cooperation Spells the End of Western Dominance

Ahead of the crucial Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Qingdao this coming weekend, three other recent events have offered clues on how the new world order is coming about. The Astana Economic Forum in Kazakhstan centered

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Iranians Are Bracing Themselves for an 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

May 29th, 2018

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Iranians Are Bracing Themselves for an All-Out Economic War

The minute you set foot in the streets of Mashhad, the air smelling of saffron, a fine breeze oozing from the mountains, it hits you; you’re in the heart of the Ancient Silk Road and the New Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). To the east, the Afghan border is only three hours away on an excellent highway. To the north, the Turkmenistan border is

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Beware What You Wish For: Russia IS Ready for War

Predictably all Cold War 2.0 hell broke loose, all over again.

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Beware What You Wish For: Russia IS Ready for War

So foreign ministers from the 28 NATO member-nations met in Brussels for a two-day summit, while mighty military power Montenegro was inducted as a new member. Global Robocop NATO predictably discussed Afghanistan (a war NATO ignominiously lost); Iraq

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