Selected articles (June 30, 2023)
1a)
America has Just Destroyed a Great Empire
By Michael Hudson
June 28, 2023
[…] What has occurred is a change in consciousness. We are seeing the Global Majority trying to create an independent and peacefully negotiated choice as to just what kind of an international order they want. Their aim is not merely to create alternatives to the use of dollars, but an entire new set of institutional alternatives to the IMF and World Bank, the SWIFT bank clearing system, the International Criminal Court and the entire array of institutions that U.S. diplomats have hijacked from the United Nations. […]
http://globalsouth.co/2023/06/28/scoop-michael-hudson-america–has-just-destroyed–a-great-empire/
1b)
The Greater Eurasia project: Building bridges and breaking barriers
If you’re counting on Asia’s many new power centers to compete and clash – don’t. The Greater Eurasia Partnership is set to integrate them all – from the SCO, EAEU, and BRICS, to emerging new currencies – in order to replace the ‚rules-based order.‘
By Pepe Escobar
June 22, 2023
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Ukraine’s Human Organ and Child Prostitution Trafficking Industries: Does Only Russia’s Maria Zakharova Still Care?
By Declan Hayes
June 23, 2023
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3)
News and analysis about Iran
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4a)
The rise and fall of a Russian oligarch
The Kremlin leadership has acted decisively to meet the threat of an armed insurrection by the Russian oligarch and self-styled ‘founder’ of Wagner Group of military contractors, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
By M. K. Bhadrakumar
June 24, 2023
https://www.indianpunchline.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-a-russian-oligarch/
4b)
FSB spooked the CIA on Prigozhin coup
By M. K. Bhadrakumar
June 26, 2023
The CNN, followed by the New York Times, broke the story on Sunday that the US and western intelligence were indeed aware of the failed coup attempt on Friday night by Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group of Russian military contractors, “for quite some time and making preparations for such a move, including by massing weapons and ammunition.”
https://www.indianpunchline.com/fsb-spooked-the-cia-on-prigozhin-coup/
4c)
Prigozhin goes into exile but left behind a can of worms
By M. K. Bhadrakumar
June 28, 2023
On Monday night, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the nation for the second time with the intention to bring the curtain down on the coup attempt by Wagner “founder” Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 23-24. It was quintessentially a self-congratulatory speech — well-deserved, perhaps.
https://www.indianpunchline.com/prigozhin-goes-into-exile-but-left-behind-a-can-of-worms/
4d)
What happens in Russia after The Longest Day?
Following Wagner’s ‘rebellion’ – which was nothing more than a blatant coup attempt, and a PR stunt demonstrated by Prighozin’s top-notch theatrics – NATO and the Collective West’s excitement over the possibility of Russia descending into chaos and civil war were quickly turned into utter disappointment.
By Pepe Escobar
June 27, 2023
https://thecradle.co/article-view/26461/what-happens-in-russia-after-the-longest-day
4e)
A Matryoshka of Psyops: And Why General Armageddon Is Not Going Anywhere
The main problem faced by Russia is not the Hegemon and NATO: it’s domestic.
By Pepe Escobar
June 30, 2023
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Amir Mortasawi (alias Afsane Bahar) (امیر مرتضوی (افسانه بهار 