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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.
It’s not just about oil – there’s a complex interconnection of geopolitics and geoeconomics between the two countries Pay very close attention to what India’s External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj, said after meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister…
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 The minute you set foot…
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New Silk Road infrastructure projects could bring back a peaceful and prosperous Eurasia The geopolitical focus of the still young 21st century spans the Indian Ocean from the Persian Gulf all the way to the…
Beijing is turbo-charging its infrastructure connectivity across the region and the Caribbean A sharp, geoeconomic shift took place last month in Santiago, Chile at the second ministerial meeting of a forum grouping China and the…
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 For billions of people, the Groucho Marx rule applies when…
Under the Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing aims to connect western China to the eastern Mediterranean China’s “Go West” strategy was brought into sharp focus at a forum in Shanghai last weekend. Billed as the Belt…
The new relationship between the president and the Saudi crown prince might be showing signs of wear and tear Whether or not he is a purveyor of “alternative facts”, Michael Wolff in Fire and Fury…