Author Archives: Pepe Escobar

Bilderberg does China

When Davos and Bilderberg messenger boys look at The Grand Chessboard, they realize that their era of perpetual free lunch is over.

Discreetly, as under the radar as a looming virus, the 68th Bilderberg meeting was held earlier this month in Washington, D.C. Nothing to see here. No conspiracy theories about a “secret cabal”, please. This is just a docile, “diverse group of political leaders and experts” having a chat, a laugh, and a bubbly. Continue reading

Cutting through the fog masking ‘a new page in the art of war’

The non-government in Kiev is simply not allowed by the Empire to negotiate anything. Continue reading

Mr. Xi plays Davos Man

A collective West “led” by unspeakable mediocrities looks at the Russia-China strategic partnership as if it was something like a double-headed Anti-Christ. Xi, for his part, seems not to be impressed.

The virtual, special address by President Xi Jinping to the World Economic Forum’s 2022 Davos Agenda exhibits all the elements of a riddle inside an enigma. Continue reading

The Chinese miracle, revisited

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) centennial takes place this week at the heart of an incandescent geopolitical equation. Continue reading

How biosecurity is enabling digital neo-feudalism

Italian master thinker Giorgio Agamben has been on the—controversial—forefront examining what new paradigm may be emerging out of our current pandemic distress. Continue reading

Pentagon obsession: China, China, China

Chinese nuclear bombers. Chinese hypersonic missiles. Chinese carrier killer missiles. Chinese cyberattacks. Chinese anti-satellite weaponry. Chinese militarization of the South China Sea. Chinese Huawei spying. Continue reading

Venezuela: Let’s cut to the chase

Cold War 2.0 has hit South America with a bang—pitting the US and expected minions against the four key pillars of in-progress Eurasia integration: Russia, China, Iran and Turkey. Continue reading