Selected articles (September 7, 2023)
1a)
Boiling Frogs Towards Nuclear Armageddon?
Editorial
Strategic Culture Foundation
September 1, 2023
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2023/09/01/boiling-frogs-towards-nuclear-armageddon/
1b)
Col. Macgregor: ‘Ukraine Is Being Annihilated‘
Colonel Douglas Macgregor gives a Ukraine Russia War News update with Stephen Gardner.
September 1, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KePbmgOLoA&t=6s
1c)
‘Give War a Chance’ – A ‘War That Even Pacifists Can Get Behind’
The West is now waking up to the reality of the emerging, polycentric and fluid global order, Alastair Crooke writes.
By Alastair Crooke
June 5, 2023
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2a)
Geopolitics Update [i]
Prigozhin, Offensives and Geopolitics
By Aleks
(Black Mountain Analysis)
August 31, 2023
Many events have taken place since my last operational update. This article has become a little longer than usual because we need to discuss a variety of topics. Nevertheless, please forgive me if I don’t go into too much detail, in order to manage the size of this article.
We have the death of Prigozhin, BRICS, the Ukrainian offensive, and many more topics. And all of them are somehow connected to each other.
https://bmanalysis.substack.com/p/geopolitics-update-i
2b)
Russia inherits Prigozhin’s African odyssey
By M. K. Bhadrakumar
September 1, 2023
Africa, especially west Africa, has a strong sense of collective identity. Trends in one country have a way of spreading across the continent. Therefore, It might or might not be a coincidence that the military takeover in Gabon on Wednesday came just a day after French President Emmanuel Macron took a tough stance vis-a-vis the generals in power in Niger.
https://www.indianpunchline.com/russia-inherits-prigozhins-african-odyssey/
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3)
Danny Haiphong: Pepe Escobar and Michael Hudson Join on BRICS Plus Six, Ukraine, and the Multipolar World Economy!
By Yves Smith
August 28, 2023
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4a)
Iran’s energy renaissance: The final phase of the world’s largest gas field
By Mohammad Salami
September 5, 2023
The final steps in the development of Iran’s South Pars Gas Field, without foreign involvement and in the face of aggressive US sanctions, represents a monumental achievement for President Ebrahim Raisi, enhancing domestic gas production, exports, and economic prospects while addressing longstanding challenges in the country’s energy sector.
4b)
Iran’s entry into BRICS: The end of economic and political isolation?
By Zafar Mehdi
August 31, 2023
Tehran’s diplomatic persistence has yielded a second major breakthrough this year: Securing full BRICS membership to dismantle isolation, navigate sanctions, and bolster political and economic influence with Eurasian power centers.
https://new.thecradle.co/articles/irans-entry-into-brics-the-end-of-economic-and-political-isolation
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Amir Mortasawi (alias Afsane Bahar) (امیر مرتضوی (افسانه بهار 