Pepe Escobar

President Xi receives President Trump in Beijing. Less than a week later, he receives President Putin: they both sign a strategic joint declaration pointing to a de facto restructuring of the system of international relations. Earlier this week, President Xi receives a high-level Pakistani delegation, including Field Marshal Asim Munir, the top mediator between Iran and the US.

All that is deeply interconnected. Apart from deals related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the flagship project of the New Silk Roads, and Islamabad striking deals with Alibaba, the fact is the silent guarantor of the feverish Pakistani. . .

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