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Escobar: Vladimir Putin Takes Spotlight As Eurasia Connector

By silveristhenew | Published December 20, 2017

Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, At his trademark annual year-end press conference in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin once again let drop selected foreign-policy nuggets essential to understanding what lies ahead on the turbulent Eurasian geopolitical chessboard. By now it’s well known that Putin will run again in the presidential elections scheduled […]

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Xi’s Roadmap To The Chinese Dream

By silveristhenew | Published October 21, 2017

Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Asia Times, China's Belt and Road Initiative – the New Silk Road – will spark the country's development and turn the dream into reality… It all starts with Hong Kong as a major BRI financing hub. Now that President Xi Jinping has been duly elevated to the Chinese Communist […]

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A Failing Empire, Part 3: China & Russia Are Transforming Enemies Into Friends

By silveristhenew | Published October 18, 2017

Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation, In the previous articles, the military and economic means by which the United States initially aimed for global hegemony were addressed, detailing how the US became the (declining) superpower it is today. In both analyses I highlighted how the threat of US military power is no longer credible, and how […]

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Turkey Faces Threats For Inking Landmark Arms Deal With Russia

By silveristhenew | Published September 19, 2017

Authored by Alex Gorka via The Strategic Culture Foundation, The long awaited deal has taken place. A deposit has already been paid. Turkey has finally signed the $2.5bn (£1.9bn) contract with Russia to buy S-400 advanced missile defense system. With a range of 400 kilometers (248 miles), the system can shoot down up to 80 […]

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Korea, Afghanistan, And The Never-Ending War Trap

By silveristhenew | Published August 25, 2017

Authored by Pepe Escobar via Asia Times, While the US-backed 'Hunger Games' in South Korea plow on, a 'new strategy' for Afghanistan is really all about business. But China is already there… There are more parallels between an unfinished 1950s war in Northeast Asia and an ongoing 16-year-old war in the crossroads between Central and […]

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Why Bother?

By silveristhenew | Published May 26, 2017

Authored by Robert Gore via Straight Line Logic blog, The best strategy for dealing with crazies is to keep your distance. You try to ignore the ravings of the paranoid lunatic on a street corner, but if he’s waving a gun, you can’t.  He may kill himself, but he may kill you. Protecting yourself is […]

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China’s Plan To Subvert The Global Dollar Standard

By silveristhenew | Published May 4, 2017

Authored by Alasdair Macleod via The Mises Institute, If nothing else, the Chinese have a sense of history and destiny. They have had a glorious past, stretching back millennia, and once controlled most of the Asian heartland in the days of Genghis and Kublai Khan. But even then, China was essentially inward-looking, protecting her own […]

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Here’s Who NATO Will Probably Be Fighting If There’s A World War III

By silveristhenew | Published April 28, 2017

Authored by Darius Shahtahmasebi via TheAntiMedia.org, Russia recently said it would support Iran’s bid to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, an emerging economic and political alliance led by China. This Shanghai Bloc was originally formed in 1996 before it was rebranded in 2001. Its membership includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Last year, India […]

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Did A Blonde Blogger Inspire Trump’s Air Strikes on Syria?

By silveristhenew | Published April 10, 2017

Interested in precious metals investing or storage? Contact us HERE          Did A Blonde Blogger Inspire Trump’s Air Strikes on Syria? Written by Peter Diekmeyer (CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL)     Donald Trump’s order of US air strikes on Syria last week provides investors with a sobering taste of what the coming […]

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Iran’s President Rouhani Visited Russia: Another Step To A Multipolar World

By silveristhenew | Published March 29, 2017

Authored by Peter Korzun via The Strategic Culture Foundation, The significance of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Russia on March 27-28 goes far beyond the bilateral relationship. Iran is one of the main actors in Syria and Iraq. It has an importance place in the geopolitical plans of US President Donald Trump. Its relationship […]

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