Jeff J. Brown about Trump’s “kinder-gentler-NOT” NSS (National Security Strategy 2025) vs. China.
Jeff J. Brown writing for Sputnik https://sputnikglobe.com/20251209/chinas-near-peer-status-in-us-strategy-hides-looming-hot-war-threat—analyst-1123263642.html Svetlana Ekimenko The 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) may look softer on paper, recasting China from a “threat” into a “near-peer competitor” with seeming potential to “reshape” US-China relations, Dr. John Gong, economics professor at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, tells Sputnik. The wording...
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Jeff J. Brown writing for Sputnik https://sputnikglobe.com/20251209/chinas-near-peer-status-in-us-strategy-hides-looming-hot-war-threat—analyst-1123263642.html Svetlana Ekimenko The 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) may look softer on paper, recasting China from a “threat” into a “near-peer competitor” with seeming potential to “reshape” US-China relations, Dr. John Gong, economics professor at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, tells Sputnik. The wording...
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Pepe Escobar: Are Europe’s Leaders in Total Denial? The Panic No One Wants to Admit
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Gringo Piracy in the Caribbean
PressTV Interview with Peter Koenig Background Venezuela has strongly condemned the US seizure of an oil tanker off the country’s coast in the Caribbean, calling the move an act of international piracy. Diosdado Cabello Rondón, Venezuelan Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, said the real reasons behind the prolonged aggression against Caracas have now been...
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PressTV Interview with Peter Koenig Background Venezuela has strongly condemned the US seizure of an oil tanker off the country’s coast in the Caribbean, calling the move an act of international piracy. Diosdado Cabello Rondón, Venezuelan Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, said the real reasons behind the prolonged aggression against Caracas have now been...
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The Beauty and the Beast: Pepe Escobar on the US National Security Strategy
Pepe Escobar FLORENCE, Italy - The new US National Security Strategy, the December 2025 version, is an intriguing, quirky, Bosch-style hybrid beast. It does not exactly look as it seems. A tsunami of headlines across the discombobulated West focused on an apparent drive towards normalization between Washington and Moscow. But that’s far from the main...
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Pepe Escobar FLORENCE, Italy - The new US National Security Strategy, the December 2025 version, is an intriguing, quirky, Bosch-style hybrid beast. It does not exactly look as it seems. A tsunami of headlines across the discombobulated West focused on an apparent drive towards normalization between Washington and Moscow. But that’s far from the main...
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Brian Berletic: Thai-Cambodian Conflict
In 3 Sections: Just in is the news that Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has dissolved parliament after a Royal Decree was signed following a no-confidence vote. ➡️ Elections will take place within 60 days. ➡️ The caretaker government now lacks the authority to negotiate with Cambodia, effectively halting all peace efforts. Before this news...
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In 3 Sections: Just in is the news that Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has dissolved parliament after a Royal Decree was signed following a no-confidence vote. ➡️ Elections will take place within 60 days. ➡️ The caretaker government now lacks the authority to negotiate with Cambodia, effectively halting all peace efforts. Before this news...
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Marwa Osman: Yesterday in Gaza ...
... a crime was committed; one that should have brought the sky crashing down and split the heavens in two… but it passed. Terrorist Israeli Ocupation soldiers shot dead a ten-year-old boy, Zaher Nasser Shamiya. He fell to the ground. But wait, killing him wasn't enough. While his body was still warm, still trying to...
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... a crime was committed; one that should have brought the sky crashing down and split the heavens in two… but it passed. Terrorist Israeli Ocupation soldiers shot dead a ten-year-old boy, Zaher Nasser Shamiya. He fell to the ground. But wait, killing him wasn't enough. While his body was still warm, still trying to...
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Drowing in videos
The end of this year seems to be the end of the world for some. The number of videos, commentaries, and outright sorrow about Europe, for one, is unbelievable. I'll do a Trumper - We've never seen anything like this before. We are overwhelmed by commentary, sometimes just because all the talking heads nowadays believe...
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The end of this year seems to be the end of the world for some. The number of videos, commentaries, and outright sorrow about Europe, for one, is unbelievable. I'll do a Trumper - We've never seen anything like this before. We are overwhelmed by commentary, sometimes just because all the talking heads nowadays believe...
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Hemispheric Fault Lines: Venezuela's Resistance & LATAM Crossroads, Sovereignty vs Neocolonialism
Posted specifically for Diego Sequera's input. As Washington targets Latin America, with a Monroe Doctrine on steroids, LATAM Nations navigate coercion, alliances, and the quest for a possible yet increasingly difficult, post-hegemonic future. In this episode of Critical Perspectives, Vanessa and I discuss an on-the-ground report from journalist Diego Sequera, who reveals how Venezuelans, navigating...
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Posted specifically for Diego Sequera's input. As Washington targets Latin America, with a Monroe Doctrine on steroids, LATAM Nations navigate coercion, alliances, and the quest for a possible yet increasingly difficult, post-hegemonic future. In this episode of Critical Perspectives, Vanessa and I discuss an on-the-ground report from journalist Diego Sequera, who reveals how Venezuelans, navigating...
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End-of-year sherpa/sous-sherpa meeting of BRICS countries under the Brazilian chairmanship
Deputy Foreign Minister and Russia’s Sherpa for BRICS Sergey Ryabkov took part (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2065247/) in the end-of-year sherpa/sous-sherpa meeting of BRICS countries under the Brazilian chairmanship in Brasília on December 11-12. The participants reviewed this year’s cooperation outcomes. More than 260 political, economic, and humanitarian events, including the #BRICS Summit and nearly 20 ministerial meetings, took...
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Deputy Foreign Minister and Russia’s Sherpa for BRICS Sergey Ryabkov took part (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2065247/) in the end-of-year sherpa/sous-sherpa meeting of BRICS countries under the Brazilian chairmanship in Brasília on December 11-12. The participants reviewed this year’s cooperation outcomes. More than 260 political, economic, and humanitarian events, including the #BRICS Summit and nearly 20 ministerial meetings, took...
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Friends talking on Plan Asset Seizure Europe and Japan militarization
This is what fell on the radar of friends quietly talking: Financial implications of EU and UK emergency powers. https://theduran.com/uk-banks-warn-starmer-asset-seizure-plan-illegal-kiev-energy-close-to-collapse-siversk-huiliapole/ 11 Dec 2025. Mercouris. 1 hour, 9 mins. https://www.ft.com/content/7e90d3be-687c-4348-a663-132576f98086 11 Dec 2025. UK Bankers’ warning to UK government. [Behind a paywall.] https://tass.com/society/2057847 12 Dec 2025. Bank of Russia files a lawsuit against Euroclear...
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This is what fell on the radar of friends quietly talking: Financial implications of EU and UK emergency powers. https://theduran.com/uk-banks-warn-starmer-asset-seizure-plan-illegal-kiev-energy-close-to-collapse-siversk-huiliapole/ 11 Dec 2025. Mercouris. 1 hour, 9 mins. https://www.ft.com/content/7e90d3be-687c-4348-a663-132576f98086 11 Dec 2025. UK Bankers’ warning to UK government. [Behind a paywall.] https://tass.com/society/2057847 12 Dec 2025. Bank of Russia files a lawsuit against Euroclear...
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AI : a demonstration of how China is rewriting the rules of the game
This is partially based on a Pascal Coppens Book launch. His book is called China’s Next Miracle. He describes that the book launch (Europe) went far beyond his own expectations because the interest in China and its 'miracles' has become real. He explains that people are ready for a new narrative. They feel that something...
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This is partially based on a Pascal Coppens Book launch. His book is called China’s Next Miracle. He describes that the book launch (Europe) went far beyond his own expectations because the interest in China and its 'miracles' has become real. He explains that people are ready for a new narrative. They feel that something...
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Pepe Escobar: Fragments of civilization: on the road in Italy
If the current, fragmented collective West would ever have a chance to be rescued from the Centaur of oblivion, that task must be carried out by the definitive, Western civilization-state: Pallas Athena Italia. Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture In Botticelli’s masterpiece Pallas and the Centaur (1482-83), to be seen at the Galleria degli Uffizi in...
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If the current, fragmented collective West would ever have a chance to be rescued from the Centaur of oblivion, that task must be carried out by the definitive, Western civilization-state: Pallas Athena Italia. Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture In Botticelli’s masterpiece Pallas and the Centaur (1482-83), to be seen at the Galleria degli Uffizi in...
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FM Lavrov: Embassy roundtable discussion “Ukraine crisis. Diplomacy and settlement prospects”
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions during an embassy roundtable discussion noscriptd “Ukraine crisis. Diplomacy and settlement prospects,” Moscow, December 11, 2025 Good morning, colleagues. Your Excellencies, Thank you for taking a lively interest in discovering our position on the Ukraine topic and international affairs in general. However, we are focusing this...
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions during an embassy roundtable discussion noscriptd “Ukraine crisis. Diplomacy and settlement prospects,” Moscow, December 11, 2025 Good morning, colleagues. Your Excellencies, Thank you for taking a lively interest in discovering our position on the Ukraine topic and international affairs in general. However, we are focusing this...
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Alastair Crooke: NATO declared to be ‘not forever’ – A critical reading of the new U.S. National Security Strategy
The European ruling strata now stand isolated, widely unpopular and bereft. Alastair Crooke at Strategic CultureA National Security Strategy (NSS) is produced periodically by U.S. Administrations (Trump authored one during his first term). Mostly these documents lay out an idealised version of an Administration’s foreign and security policy, and do not have great practical import...
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The European ruling strata now stand isolated, widely unpopular and bereft. Alastair Crooke at Strategic CultureA National Security Strategy (NSS) is produced periodically by U.S. Administrations (Trump authored one during his first term). Mostly these documents lay out an idealised version of an Administration’s foreign and security policy, and do not have great practical import...
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China's Manufacturing Hubs
The complete supply chain for any part of a product is within 5 kilometers of the many assembly shops. That is why any one city in China can outcompete whole countries. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_nBC6mJ4Upg?feature=share
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The complete supply chain for any part of a product is within 5 kilometers of the many assembly shops. That is why any one city in China can outcompete whole countries. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_nBC6mJ4Upg?feature=share
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Mexico: People’s Mañanera December 11
Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference and Mexico Solidarity Media posts English language summaries, translated by Mexico Solidarity’s Pedro Gellert Frank. The bold section explains Mexico's Tariffs. No, Mexico is not in cahoots with Trump on Tariffs. LAC countries that stand with Palestine are of course attacked. Mexico is one...
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Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference and Mexico Solidarity Media posts English language summaries, translated by Mexico Solidarity’s Pedro Gellert Frank. The bold section explains Mexico's Tariffs. No, Mexico is not in cahoots with Trump on Tariffs. LAC countries that stand with Palestine are of course attacked. Mexico is one...
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Professor Marandi: Demystifying Iran | Iran Beyond the Myths
This will have some desperately running into brick walls, and others will say WTF, and others will ask: What has changed? Nevertheless, it is a good show. Professor Marandi has his own show now on ... tadaaa ... Al Jazeera. For over four decades, Iran has been one of the most discussed and most distorted...
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This will have some desperately running into brick walls, and others will say WTF, and others will ask: What has changed? Nevertheless, it is a good show. Professor Marandi has his own show now on ... tadaaa ... Al Jazeera. For over four decades, Iran has been one of the most discussed and most distorted...
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Development of hydrogen drones in China
Development of hydrogen drones in China 🔻 At the 7th Zhejiang International Intelligent Transportation Industry Exhibition on December 11, it was announced that the Chinese Tianmu Shan-1 drone has set a world record and entered the Guinness Book of Records. The UAV completed a non-stop flight of 188,605 km on November 16. The duration of...
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Development of hydrogen drones in China 🔻 At the 7th Zhejiang International Intelligent Transportation Industry Exhibition on December 11, it was announced that the Chinese Tianmu Shan-1 drone has set a world record and entered the Guinness Book of Records. The UAV completed a non-stop flight of 188,605 km on November 16. The duration of...
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Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
Russian MFA 65 years ago, on December 14, 1960, the 15th UN General Assembly adopted a landmark document: the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/dicc/dicc.html). This historic step was taken on the initiative of the Soviet Union. The Declaration, drafted and promoted largely through Soviet efforts, became a true...
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Russian MFA 65 years ago, on December 14, 1960, the 15th UN General Assembly adopted a landmark document: the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/dicc/dicc.html). This historic step was taken on the initiative of the Soviet Union. The Declaration, drafted and promoted largely through Soviet efforts, became a true...
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From exploding cigars to poisoned milkshakes: CIA’s 634 failed assassination attempts on Fidel Castro
These efforts began shortly after Castro’s 1959 revolution and persisted under US presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to Richard Nixon (who oversaw 184 attempts), often involving Cuban exiles with CIA support. Key failed plots include: Exploding cigars and toxins: A cigar rigged to explode during Castro’s UN visit in New York; another contaminated with botulinum toxin...
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These efforts began shortly after Castro’s 1959 revolution and persisted under US presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to Richard Nixon (who oversaw 184 attempts), often involving Cuban exiles with CIA support. Key failed plots include: Exploding cigars and toxins: A cigar rigged to explode during Castro’s UN visit in New York; another contaminated with botulinum toxin...
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China‘s Silence on Gaza is Strategic | Zhang Sheng
We've seen this, but now with a few words from one of our China Writers, Dr. Quan Le as we see zionist-israel weaponizing and politicising the shooting on Bondi Beach. We are also learning how powerful the zionist lobby is in Australia. Syrian Girl's Telegram Channel has some interesting information. https://news.1rj.ru/str/syriangirlpartisan/485 The Zionist Mossad had...
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We've seen this, but now with a few words from one of our China Writers, Dr. Quan Le as we see zionist-israel weaponizing and politicising the shooting on Bondi Beach. We are also learning how powerful the zionist lobby is in Australia. Syrian Girl's Telegram Channel has some interesting information. https://news.1rj.ru/str/syriangirlpartisan/485 The Zionist Mossad had...
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