Pepe Escobar

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What Can Washington Do About Iran?

The current U.S. strategy is not exactly a raging success—perhaps detente rather than military power is how we might breach that Wall of Mistrust with Iran.

Thu Dec. 6, 2012 12:39 PM PST

The Rise of the BRIC Countries

Is the emergence of BRICS a signal that we have truly entered a new multipolar world?

Thu Apr. 26, 2012 7:40 PM PDT

To Understand Tensions Between the US and Iran, Follow the Money

The new US sanctions against Iran aren't about nuclear weapons as much as they're about money.

Tue Jan. 17, 2012 11:56 AM PST

The Decline of the West

Washington's moment as the globe's sole superpower barely outlasted Andy Warhol's notorious 15 minutes of fame. What went wrong?

Mon Sep. 26, 2011 11:57 AM PDT

Is Egypt the Future IndoTurkeZil?

Arab nations don't have to look far to find examples of healthy democracies in the Islamic world.

Mon Mar. 14, 2011 2:34 PM PDT

China's Pipelineistan "War"

The sleeping giant enters the new Great Game.

Tue Oct. 12, 2010 12:32 PM PDT

Jumpin' Jack Verdi: It's a Gas, Gas, Gas

Iran and the Pipelineistan opera.

Thu Oct. 1, 2009 1:21 PM PDT

Why We're Fighting in Pipelineistan

An immense energy battlefield extends from Iran to the Pacific Ocean. It's there that the Liquid War for the control of Eurasia takes place.

Tue May. 12, 2009 1:01 PM PDT

Welcome to Pipelineistan

The bloodstream of the global energy war is the pipelines that crisscross the planet's potential imperial battlefields.

Tue Mar. 24, 2009 1:04 PM PDT