Russia

Pivots South

PEPE ESCOBAR:

The Unipolar Moment is Over

The Russia-China strategic partnership, consolidated last week in Russia, has thrown U.S. elites into Supreme Paranoia mode, which is holding the whole world hostage.

It was obvious this was slowly brewing for the past five to six years. Now the deal is in the open. The Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership is thriving; not as an allied treaty, but as a consistent road map towards Eurasia integration and the consolidation of the multipolar world. 

Unipolarism – via its demonization matrix – had first accelerated Russia’s pivot to Asia. Now, the U.S.-driven trade war has facilitated the consolidation of Russia as China’s top strategic partner. 

In 2014, Russia did not react to sanctions imposed by Washington. Then, it would have sufficed to merely brandish the threat of default on $700 billion in external debt. That would have killed the sanctions.

DYI QUICK COMMENT:  Russia is doing what is called in boxing “rope a dope” perfected by Muhammad Ali allowing the opposing fighter – while keeping his guard up – to punch himself out to the point of exhaustion. 

Beijing for its part seems to have finally absorbed that the current Trump administration offensive is not a mere trade war, but a full fledged attack on its economic miracle, including a concerted drive to cut China off from large swathes of the world economy.

 

DYI:  Russia has made the pivot to Asia now being the principal supplier oil and gas to China along with many of the other countries in the region.  Add on both countries now have massive gold reserves both are making the pivot away from the American dollar being the principal trading currency.   The U.S. will remain a powerful country however our days as a global dominating empire is now on the down hill slide.  The American dollar will move more into the realm of the British pound [still powerful despite their small size] with other competing currencies along with gold/silver being traded as well.  When the dollar becomes obvious its days as the reserve currency are over the U.S. will experience a spat of inflation very similar to the late 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s.

This is also the beginning of the end for NATO as Central Europe will become dependent upon Russian vacillations for the delivery of natural gas from Russian pipelines.  To say the least NATO is frowned upon by the Russian military so tired of multiple NATO forces at her borders.

           

Below is what America should embrace.  The picture and map I believe speak for themselves.             

DYI