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Libya's then President Muammar Gaddafi (left) greets his then French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy at Bab Azizia Palace in Tripoli, on July 25, 2007. Photo: Reuters / Pascal Rossignol

China, France, Middle East, Russia, World

Gaddafi’s ghost haunts walking-dead King Sarko

by Pepe Escobar March 22, 2018February 18, 2020

A file photo taken in March 2014 shows an Iraqi Kurd man walking in a graveyard for the victims of a gas attack by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the Kurdish town of Halabja, 300km northeast of Baghdad. Some 2.4 million people are said to have been killed or died since the US invasion in 2003. Photo: AFP / Safin Hamed

Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Shock and Awe revisited, as fighting drags on in Syria’s Ghouta

by Pepe Escobar March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Vladimir Putin fires a sport gun at a sports complex outside Sochi on March 9, 2012. Photo: AFP/Ria Novosti/Alexey Druzhinin

Beijing, China, European Union, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

It’s all Putin’s fault… but still he wins

by Pepe Escobar March 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Roundtable Summit Phase One Sessions of the Belt and Road Forum. Photo: Reuters, Lintao Zhang

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Turkey, World

The myth of a neo-imperial China

by Pepe Escobar March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Italian engineers plan an offshore facility to take cargo from large ships from China for relay to an onshore facility and transported to destinations around Europe. Photo: Venice Offshore Port website

AT Finance, Beijing, Chengdu, China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Asia, Tianjin, World, Wuhan

Marco Polo in reverse: how Italy fits in the New Silk Roads

by Pepe Escobar March 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Five Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio. Photo: Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi

European Union, Germany, Italy, World

The Italian Job: ‘unlikely’ alliance could become reality

by Pepe Escobar March 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Souvenir necklaces with a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping are displayed for sale at a stall in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on February 26, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, World

The Xi Silk Road is here to stay

by Pepe Escobar March 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Workers stand by a gas pipe near the town of Serhetabat, Turkmenistan, on February 23, during a launch ceremony for construction work on TAPI, a natural gas pipeline that will link Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India. Photo: Reuters / Marat Gurt

Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

Afghanistan ready to play connector role in Eurasian integration

by Pepe Escobar February 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is currently in Washington for talks. Photo: AAP via Reuters / Lukas Coch

Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, World

‘Quad’ version of Belt and Road feels like a South China Sea Watch

by Pepe Escobar February 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger addresses the Munich Security Conference last week. Photo: AFP/Andreas Gebert/DPA

China, European Union, Germany, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, World

Munich did nothing to appease Cold War 2.0 fears

by Pepe Escobar February 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

Beijing, China, European Union, India, Mexico, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, World

China’s ‘New Silk Roads’ reach Latin America

by Pepe Escobar February 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

China will not fall into the ‘Thucydides Trap’ with India

by Pepe Escobar February 12, 2018February 18, 2020

The rugged Wakhan Corridor of Badakhshan province in northern Afghanistan. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, World

China’s latest move in the graveyard of empires

by Pepe Escobar February 9, 2018February 18, 2020

China's digital economy is racing ahead. Illustration: iStock

Beijing, China, France, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

The long profitable march of digital China

by Pepe Escobar January 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish army tanks stationed near the Syrian border in operation "Olive Branch". Photo: AFP / Ozan Kose

AT Finance, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey plays its latest card in the New Great Game

by Pepe Escobar January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

In search of answers, the writer looked back in time and set off to the Forum in a walking conversation with the ruins of Rome. Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Italy, Middle East, World

Rome and the decline of the West: rich assortment of ills

by Pepe Escobar January 27, 2018February 18, 2020

位于中国江苏省南通市洋口港的液化天然气站。相片：法新社

China, Middle East, World

中国在中东的「只交易不开战」策略

by Pepe Escobar January 26, 2018February 18, 2020

The curtain has gone up on the annual World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos. Photo: Reuters / Denis Balibouse

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, Vietnam, World

When it comes to Davos, it’s inequality, stupid

by Pepe Escobar January 24, 2018February 18, 2020

An LNG terminal in Yangkou Port in Nantong city, which is in China's Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, Syria, Turkey, World

‘Make Trade, Not War’ is China’s daring plan in the Middle East

by Pepe Escobar January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: Mark Wilson / dpa for AFP

China, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Turkey, World

Don’t expect Trump to send in the cavalry if MBS has to circle wagons

by Pepe Escobar January 11, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in 2016. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Finding the answer to a riddle shrouded in a mystery

by Pepe Escobar January 9, 2018February 18, 2020

An Iranian woman raises her fist through the smoke of tear gas at the University of Tehran. Photo: AFP

China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Middle East, World

Why there won’t be a revolution in Iran

by Pepe Escobar January 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Sartre (left) and Jean-Luc Godard, one of the leaders of French "nouvelle vague" cinema movement, address journalists in February 1971, in Paris. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, European Union, France, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, World

In an age of Hollow Men and existential angst, re-read Sartre

by Pepe Escobar December 23, 2017February 18, 2020

China's yuan-based system for oil futures is finally on its way. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, Turkey, World

China plans to break petrodollar stranglehold

by Pepe Escobar December 21, 2017February 18, 2020

China hopes to solve its traffic and pollution problems by turning to green vehicles. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, France, World

China shows its green roots on road to contradictions

by Pepe Escobar December 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow on December 14, 2017. Photo: Sputnik via Reuters / Alexei Nikolsky

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Vladimir Putin takes spotlight as Eurasia connector

by Pepe Escobar December 16, 2017February 18, 2020

An oil worker at twilight in Siberia. Photo: Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin

Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Tianjin, World

Silk Road fever grips the Russian Far East and boosts economy

by Pepe Escobar December 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, Greater Bay Area, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

China and India sail into choppy waters in New Great Game

by Pepe Escobar December 12, 2017February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, World

The New Great Game moves from Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific

by Pepe Escobar December 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Pedestrians cross a footbridge in central Tbilisi, Georgia, on November 28, 2017. Photo: Reuters / David Mdzinarishvili

Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

From the Caucasus to the Balkans, China’s Silk Roads are rising

by Pepe Escobar November 30, 2017February 18, 2020