Comeuppance of a Superpower: Neoliberal Capitalism and the Decline of the West Comeuppance of a Superpower: Neoliberal Capitalism and the Decline of the West
The proverbial bogeymen of our world—Osama, Saddam, Gaddafi, Ahmadinejad—are clearly meant to act like so many mini-black holes absorbing all our fears. But they won’t save t...
Sep 26, 2011 / Pepe Escobar
Mummies and Models in the New Middle East Mummies and Models in the New Middle East
What will be the fate of Egypt and the millions of Egyptians who took to the streets in a staggering show of aggressive nonviolence in January and February?
Mar 14, 2011 / Pepe Escobar
China’s Pipelineistan ‘War’ China’s Pipelineistan ‘War’
China is slowly winning control of the Greater Middle East and Central Asia's energy supplies with deals, strategy and lots of pipe.
Oct 12, 2010 / Pepe Escobar
Iran and the Pipelineistan Opera Iran and the Pipelineistan Opera
The story under the Iranian nuclear story: how Iranian natural gas will reach Europe.
Oct 1, 2009 / Feature / Pepe Escobar