by Scott | Nov 21, 2011 | Interviews
Globetrotting journalist Pepe Escobar discusses his article “China and the US: The roadmaps;” how the ever-expanding “arc of instability” could get the US into a trade war (or hot war) with China; how South American economies are gathering steam while Goldman Sachs...
by Scott | Oct 19, 2011 | Interviews
Pepe Escobar, journalist and author of Obama Does Globalistan, discusses his article “Obama, the king of Africa” about the US military commitment in Uganda and surrounding countries, supposedly to fight the Lord’s Resistance Army; the terrible human rights record of...
by Scott | Oct 3, 2011 | Interviews
Pepe Escobar, journalist and author of Obama Does Globalistan, discusses the Syrian rebellion’s near-triumph in Damascus and Aleppo; the large presence of Gulf Cooperation Council members eager to help a like-minded regime come to power should Assad be deposed; what...
by Scott | Sep 19, 2011 | Interviews
Pepe Escobar, journalist and author of Obama Does Globalistan, discusses his article “Libya: to King Sarkozy, the spoils” about how France helped instigate the uprising in Libya and stands ready to profit from regime change; the lack of a “plan B” for Libya’s...
by Scott | Aug 26, 2011 | Interviews
This interview was broadcast on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles on August 26th. Pepe Escobar, journalist and author of Obama Does Globalistan, discusses his article “R2P is now Right 2 Plunder” about the great fortunes to be made rebuilding Libya and extracting its natural...
by Scott | Aug 24, 2011 | Interviews
Pepe Escobar, journalist and author of Obama Does Globalistan, discusses his article “Welcome to Libya’s ‘democracy’” and whether Gadhafi’s apparent defeat is instead a strategic retreat – presaging a guerrilla war; how NATO filters all information from Libya’s...
by Scott | Aug 15, 2011 | Interviews
Pepe Escobar, journalist and author of Obama Does Globalistan, discusses why his article “Why the Syrian regime won’t fall” could prove false if major demonstrations break out in the largest urban areas, including Damascus and Aleppo; whether Turkey’s mediation can...
by Scott | Jul 12, 2011 | Interviews
Pepe Escobar, journalist and author of Obama Does Globalistan, discusses his article “What’s really at stake in Libya” at the Asia Times; the underlying “war of acronyms” in Libya (NATO and AFRICOM vs BRIC and EU); the Taliban’s resurgent strength and ability to...
by Scott | Apr 13, 2011 | Interviews
Pepe Escobar, Asia Times columnist and author of the article “If the US Doesn’t Pull Every Soldier from Iraq by Midnight, Dec. 31, 2011, Expect Serious Trouble,” discusses the endgame in Iraq, where the US can either acquiesce to the people’s will, or restart the war...
by Scott | Mar 14, 2011 | Interviews
Asia Times columnist Pepe Escobar discusses the Mideast uprisings in terms of rebellion against neoliberal economic policy; Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on Bahrain protesters and steadfast support for the minority Sunni monarchy; why Turkey stands to win considerably more...
by Scott | Feb 11, 2011 | Interviews
This interview is excerpted from the KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles broadcast of February 11th. The original is available here. Asia Times columnist Pepe Escobar discusses the Egyptian moment, a mash-up of the French Revolution and the Berlin Wall’s destruction; the Arab...
by Scott | Oct 21, 2010 | Interviews
Asia Times columnist Pepe Escobar discusses his article ‘And the winner is ”¦ Muqtada,’ whether an Iraqi civil war will commence if and when a coalition government excluding Sunnis is formed, hopes that national identity can trump factional and religious...
by Scott | May 7, 2010 | Interviews
Asia Times columnist Pepe Escobar discusses Brazil’s possible role as mediator (replacing hostile EU nations and the US) between Iran and the UN, the interplay of oil politics and full-spectrum dominance in US foreign policy, why the 1953 CIA-orchestrated...
by Scott | Jul 28, 2009 | Interviews
Pepe Escobar, writer for the Asia Times, discusses the Pentagon’s ‘arc of instability’ that follows the same path as a potential Western-dominated oil pipeline, how U.S. aggression abroad has united Russia, China and Iran, the internal economic-fueled...
by Scott | Mar 27, 2009 | Podcast, Stress Blog
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by Scott | Mar 27, 2009 | Interviews
Pepe Escobar, writer for the Asia Times, discusses the importance of home-field advantage in the fossil fuel Great Game, how the U.S. empire of bases is used to dominate access to critical energy resources, the IPI (Iran, Pakistan, India) pipeline proposal that defies...
by Scott | Mar 26, 2018
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by Scott | Jul 27, 2017 | Interviews
Veteran war correspondent Elijah Magnier joins Scott to discuss his recent article, “First ‘Islamic State’ and then the US breaches Sykes-Picot with one objective: the Partition of Syria and Iraq.” Magnier explains how the U.S. is aiming to partition Syria and Iraq by...
by Scott | Jan 11, 2013 | Stress Blog
That’s “us” backing them against the other guys. Pepe Escobar’s got a great rundown of the madness here. And see this Reuters piece about how the “rebels” have already worn out their welcome in Aleppo. Update: Syria’s Rebels...
by Scott | Nov 13, 2012 | Stress Blog
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