Alastair MacLeod
In the war between the western alliance and the Asian axis, the media focus is on the Ukrainian battlefield. The real war is in currencies, with Russia capable of destroying the dollar.
Posts Tagged ‘Russian diplomacy’
A Tale of Two Worlds
Posted by seumasach on February 3, 2023
Posted in Currency Wars | Tagged: dollar collapse, End of empire, Eurasian system Gold standard, financial collapse, Russian diplomacy | Leave a Comment »
NATO expansion risks tearing Europe apart once again
Posted by seumasach on June 22, 2021
22nd June, 2021
Putin reiterated that “Russia is in favor of restoring a comprehensive partnership with the rest of Europe” and again proposed the idea of a “common space for cooperation and security from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.”
In April, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov extended an invitation to EU nations to sign up to a Moscow-backed plan to form a ‘Great Eurasian Partnership’ that would be open to all states across the two continents. This would be driven by the values of unification and inclusivity, he said.
Posted in Battle for Europe, Global peace process | Tagged: EU-Russian relations, Great Eurasian Partnership, Russian diplomacy | Leave a Comment »
US can avoid Afghan quagmire with Russia’s help
Posted by seumasach on November 19, 2018
M.K.Bhadrakumar
15th November, 2018
The most significant remark made by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the second meeting of the Moscow format consultations on Afghanistan held in the Russian capital on November 9 was when he said, “We must not think in terms of geopolitical games, which can only make Afghanistan an area of international rivalry with grave consequences for the people of Afghanistan and their neighbours.”
Posted in Afghanistan, Global peace process | Tagged: Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), End of empire, Northern Distribution Network (NDN, retreat from empire, Russian diplomacy, trump agenda, Zalmay Khalilzad US special representative on Afghanistan | Leave a Comment »
Afghanistan takes center stage in the New Great Game
Posted by seumasach on November 19, 2018
Pepe Escobar
16th November, 2018
In the “graveyard of empires,” Afghanistan never ceases to deliver geopolitical and historical twists. Last week in Moscow, another crucial chapter in this epic story was written when Russia pledged to use its diplomatic muscle to spur peace efforts in the war-torn country.
Posted in Afghanistan, Global peace process | Tagged: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC, Russian diplomacy, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) | Leave a Comment »
Turkey’s crisis and the dollar’s future
Posted by seumasach on August 27, 2018
Alastair MacLeod
22nd August, 2018
Last week’s collapse of the Turkish lira has dominated the headlines, and it is widely reported that this and other emerging market currencies are in trouble because of the withdrawal of dollar liquidity. There are huge quantities of footloose dollars betting against these weak currencies, as well as commodities and gold, on the basis the long-expected squeeze on dollar liquidity is finally upon us.
Posted in Currency Wars | Tagged: Chinese soft power, de-dollarisation, demise of dollar, dollar, End of empire, Russian diplomacy | Leave a Comment »
Putin’s wedding trip seals marriage of convenience with Merkel
Posted by seumasach on August 25, 2018
Pepe Escobar
25th August, 2018
It was supposed to be a low-key, traditional Austrian wedding until Vladimir Putin pulled up in a black limo. The bride was Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl, a top energy analystand former professor at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna and the European Business School in Frankfurt.
Posted in Battle for Europe, Currency Wars | Tagged: independent Europe, North Stream, Russian diplomacy | Leave a Comment »
One day after historic Saudi-Russian summit, US suspends military exercises with “Arab allies”
Posted by seumasach on October 7, 2017
6th October, 2017
Russia no longer even has to lift a finger (or buy a few thousands dollars worth of Facebook ads) to steal influence from the US in key geopolitical hotspots: the US can do so on its own.
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Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: End of empire, Middle East looks east, Russian diplomacy, saudi russia rapprochement, US-Saudi rift | Leave a Comment »
Turkey faces threats for inking landmark arms deal with Russia
Posted by seumasach on September 19, 2017
“Obviously, there is one result the Western sanctions produce – the targeted countries come together to create alternative poles of power. Threats and restrictive measures spur the process. This policy has failed to keep Turkey away from military cooperation with Russia. In the multipolar world there is always an alternative to turn to.”
18th September, 2017
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 targets simultaneously, aiming two missiles at each one, at an altitude of up to 30 km.
Posted in Disband NATO!, Multipolar world | Tagged: NATO v. SCO, Russian diplomacy, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Turkey-Syria-Russia-Iran alliance | Leave a Comment »
The Russia-China plan for North Korea: stability, connectivity
Posted by seumasach on September 17, 2017
“Largely unreported by Western corporate media, what happened in Vladivostok is really ground-breaking. Moscow and Seoul agreed on a trilateral trade platform, crucially involving Pyongyang, to ultimately invest in connectivity between the whole Korean peninsula and the Russian Far East.”
13th September, 2017
Moscow has been busy building agreements that would extend Eurasian connectivity eastward. The question is how to convince the DPRK to play along…
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Chinese soft power, One Belt One Road, Russian diplomacy, Trans-Korean Railway | Leave a Comment »
Turkey pivots from NATO
Posted by seumasach on September 14, 2017
13th September, 2017
Turkey pivots from NATO and signs Russia missile deal confirming, and sending the clearest sign of his previously discussed pivot toward Russia and away from NATO and the West, on Tuesday President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey had signed a deal to purchase a Russian surface-to-air missile system, and paid the first installment. The deal cements Turkey’s recent rapprochement with Russia, despite differences over the war in Syria, the downing of a Russian fighter jet over Turkey in late 2015 and the assassination of a Russian ambassador earlier this year, and comes as Turkey’s ties with the United States and European Union have become strained to the point of breaking.
Posted in Disband NATO!, Multipolar world | Tagged: Russian diplomacy | Leave a Comment »
Qatar turns its back on USA
Posted by seumasach on August 30, 2017
25th August, 2017
Qatar is interested in purchasing the same Russian missile defence system recently sold to Iran and Turkey, Qatar’s defence minister revealed on Wednesday.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: End of empire, global realignment, Russian diplomacy | Leave a Comment »
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