It’s a Nikolai Patrushev-Yang Jiechi world — Pepe Escobar

Cold War 2.0 and arms race on track.

We don’t need a weatherman to see which way the wind is blowin’ when it comes to the top three “existential threats” to the declining hegemon – Russia, China and Iran. What’s clear is that none of the good old methods deployed to maintain the subjugation of the vassals is working – at least when confronted by real sovereign powers....

The Vineyard of the Saker
It’s a Nikolai Patrushev-Yang Jiechi world
Pepe Escobar