Say hello to Russian gold and Chinese petroyuan
The Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union and China just agreed to design the mechanism for an independent financial and monetary system
Julian Assange, Prometheus Bound
Authored by: Pepe Escobar, a veteran Brazilian journalist, is the correspondent-at-large for Hong Kong-based Asia Times Julian Assange (Prometheus) is being punished not for stealing fire – but for exposing power under the light of truth and provoking the “God” of Exceptionalism (Anglo-America). This is the tale of an Ancient Greek tragedy reenacted in Anglo-America. Amid thundering…
Why the New Silk Roads are a ‘threat’ to US bloc
The Middle East is the key to wide-ranging, economic, interlinked integration, and peace by Pepe Escobar January 24, 2020 Under the cascading roar of the 24/7 news cycle cum Twitter eruptions, it’s easy for most of the West, especially the US, to forget the basics about the interaction of Eurasia with its western peninsula, Europe….