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L’Iran confirme : Ali Khamenei, Guide suprême de la République islamique et homme choisi par Rouhollah Khomeiny, chef de la
L’article L’Iran confirme la mort de Khamenei. L’heure de vérité a sonné pour la République islamique. est apparu en premier sur STRATPOL.
Quoi que préparent les Barbares, l’important est que la Chine soit déjà entrée dans la phase suivante… Par Pepe Escobar
L’article Pepe Escobar – La véritable “rupture” sanctionnée à Davos est apparu en premier sur STRATPOL.
Sans financement américain et avec un déficit budgétaire annuel de 40 à 80 milliards d’euros, l’économie de guerre de Kiev
L’article Le budget ukrainien pour 2026 est une bombe à retardement. Et Zelensky gifle l’Europe. est apparu en premier sur STRATPOL.
NEW: China Makes Major Move In U.S. Backyardhttps://t.co/wrWmc7GCt3
— The Sirius Report (@thesiriusreport) December 19, 2025
The Sirius Report.
We’re talking dollar printing machines in the State Dept, and dollar printing at Weimar levels. Remember also the Catherine Austin Fitts and Mark Skidmore discussions on the missing trillions – now some years ago. London Paul and Ken do not finger the perps, but there is enough to understand the state of the US dollar.
It Appears U.S. Is Using Government Shutdown To Hide Bankruptcy
Le Burevestnik, missile nucléaire russe que le président Vladimir Poutine a fièrement qualifié d’« arme sans égale au monde »
L’article Que savons-nous du Burevestnik, le missile nucléaire russe encensé par Vladimir Poutine ? est apparu en premier sur STRATPOL.
So my email is exploding with this new Rand Report, as if it is different from the others. There are differences and the main one here, is that it is not a Rand Report. But as you can see from the image, it was not commissioned by any US government agency. It is not a position report, but a commentary.
Let’s hear Nuri Vittachi:
Yep. The whole problem is that while US peaceniks write pro-peace papers — the US war hawks are LITERALLY spending 100s of billions of dollars building warship docks right now: you can literally fly to Palau or Batanes and see them!
Vittachi nevertheless summarizes the report:
THE U.S. SHOULD STOP using Taiwan to provoke Beijing, a new Rand report says.
– The US can force Taipei politicians to work towards peace instead of polarization.
– Leadership over the South China Sea can be shared between the US and China.
– The US should have dialogue with China’s officials instead of antagonizing them. .
DOVES VS HAWKS
The new Rand study contains an unusual level of honesty about the US’s prime role in creating trouble in East Asia – but its conclusions go diametrically against active plans by the US Department of War.
The US’s war ministry is continuing to build warship harbors in numerous locations in the region, and spending tens of billions of dollars to use on weapons in a regularly updated plan for war on China. What this new Rand publication really shows is the widening gulf between Washington DC’s hyperactive, cash-splurging war hawks, and the growing call for restraint by academics and researchers. .
PREPARING FOR WAR
While the China doves release papers, the China hawks are actually getting things done—and spending vast amounts of money. As recently as July this year, Reuters released a report entitled: “Papering over strains, US and allies prepare for Taiwan war.” Also this summer, Deputy US war minister Elbridge Colby asked Japan and Australia to specifically define what roles they would play in an upcoming conflict between the US and China, the Financial Times reported.
The US in July siphoned off more than US$4 billion of public cash to spend on new underwater and amphibious landing craft designed for use in Chinese waters, enabled by clauses tucked into the text of Donald Trump’s “big beautiful” bill. These new generation weapons are currently under construction. .
HYSTERICAL MEDIA
So while this frenzy of war preparations continues, this new Rand report, issued on October 14, points out the obvious: a China war is completely unnecessary–and bad for all sides. The study echoes US research from the Journal of International Security, published in August, which poured scorn on hysterical claims by some western politicians and media that China was on the verge of invading Taiwan, Vietnam, Australia, and ultimately trying to take over the world. The Journal’s analysis of 12,000 Chinese documents showed no plans to invade any other territories or establish US-style leadership over the world. .
RAND ON TAIWAN
With regards to the island of Taiwan, recognized as a province of China by international law, the new Rand study says the United States should “avoid obvious provocations that would force Beijing’s hand” and “generate as many political reassurances as possible to leave Beijing comfortable with a patient approach”. This “suggestion” will be taken as rather rich from Asia’s point of view. For years, China has tried to maintain the status quo, while US politicians and media have been working to destroy it—the US landed troops on Taiwan soil in contravention of agreements, it tore up promises not to send US government officials (remember Nancy Pelosi’s 2022 visit?) to the island, and it escalated arms sales after promising to reduce them to zero. Furthermore, media and politicians have for at least four decades wrongly accused the Mainland Chinese of preparing to “imminently” launch an invasion of the Chinese-owned island, while Beijing has denied this, instead taking the approach of decades-long patience.
ONE NEW STEP
The Rand study recommends the taking of practical steps, which could include the issue of “U.S. statements that it does not support Taiwan independence, seek a permanent separation across the Straits, or oppose peaceful unification”. On China’s part, the study says “China could reaffirm that peaceful reunification is the preferred approach”. (Again, this is literally what Beijing has done for decades.)
But one interesting new strategy is raised by the report – the US could get touch with its allied politicians on the Chinese island and get them to reign in the troublemaking, it says. “The United States could balance its commitments to Taiwan with leveraging its influence to ensure that Taiwan’s actions do not escalate tensions with China and destabilize cross-Strait security,” the report says. This is a clear change in the US relationship with Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party, liberally used by the Biden Administration as a remote-controlled tool to stir up animosity with the mainland. .
SHARE THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
As for the South China Sea, the Rand report has a clear recommendation: “Strengthen mutual restraint between Beijing, Manila, and Washington over specific disputes around the Second Thomas Shoal, the Scarborough Shoal, and other features prone to incidents.” This new line would be a direct repudiation of the strategy of the Biden Administration, which set up a deal with Philippines President Bongbong Marcos to deliberately generate acts of friction in the waters, which were then blamed on the Chinese side. Vessels from the Philippines’ side have been moving into shared waters equipped with journalists and cameramen to ensure that narratives generated by interactions were shaped as “Chinese bullying”. There’s hope on both sides that the Trump administration’s less enthusiastic friendship with the generally disliked Marcos will be beneficial to all sides. .
HARD TO PORTRAY CHINA AS BAD GUY
Furthermore, it is getting harder to portray the Chinese as the bad guy in the area. Vietnam is set to overtake China in the work of expanding the most controversial islets in the South China Seas, the US Center for Strategic and International Studies admitted in a new report as recently as August. Once Hanoi becomes the biggest player in disputed parts of the South China Sea, the mainstream media and western politicians will lose interest in disputes in the area—and a major tool to cultivate negativity against China could be lost.
Beletic slots in, and he made it his work to analyze these types of reports specifically to see where they touch on reality. He says:
100%. That is how one sorts through policy papers – seeing what is written in them that matches with what is happening in reality. Otherwise anyone can say anything and find a paper somewhere “confirming” their desired fantasy. It is a very dangerous, reckless, even irresponsible practice.
And then we have StarBoy, telling us what the report really says:
Remember how the U.S. armed Ukraine to bleed Russia? Same script, different theater.
The shocking truth about the alt media:
Apply this to the channels you listen to and the guests they have on. Then you will come to realise who the charlatans and entertainers are.
Beware of those who craft intricate plots which people believe to be truth tellers. Their evidence doesn’t actually exist, it is just a work of fiction which can’t be proved but more importantly can’t be disproved.
The shocking truth about the alt media:
Apply this to the channels you listen to and the guests they have on. Then you will come to realise who the charlatans and entertainers are.
Beware of those who craft intricate plots which people believe to be truth tellers. Their… pic.twitter.com/pJgd5FLSE1
— The Sirius Report (@thesiriusreport) October 3, 2025
From Sputnik
The Gaza genocide report gives the UN the right to intervene militarily to stop Israel – former UN official
A UN inquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session60/advance-version/a-hrc-60-crp-3.pdf
Ex-UN rapporteur Dr. Alfred de Zayas explains why that’s hugely important.
Key findings
Israel’s actions (killing, maiming, causing mental harm to Palestinians, deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction, taking measures to prevent births) check four of five of the 1948 Genocide Convention’s criteria for genocide.
Intent proven
Crucially, de Zayas says, the inquiry shows “how the statements of Israeli political & military leaders prove the ‘intent’ (required in Art. II of the Convention) to destroy in whole or part the Palestinian population.”
West’s complicity
“Governments that have provided military, economic, political, diplomatic & propagandistic support” are also accountable, de Zayas says. The US, UK, France & Germany “are all complicit in the genocide under Article III (e) of the Genocide Convention.”
UN’s response options
recognition of Palestinian statehood (which alas, “will not save the lives of Palestinians”)
Israel’s expulsion from the UN pursuant to Article 6 of the UN Charter (improbable given the need for Security Council & hence US approval)
stripping Israeli diplomats of UN accreditation, as was done against South Africa in the 1970s during Apartheid. Crucially, this measure would not require Security Council backing
the UN has the legal framework to intervene using the 2005 ‘Responsibility to Protect’ doctrine
the General Assembly could adopt a ‘Uniting for Peace’ resolution authorizing nations “to take military action” to stop the genocide, bypassing the Security Council veto
UN’s last chance to save its credibility
“If the United Nations fails” to take action, “it will lose the little authority & credibility it still has,” de Zayas warns.
This is a different take on the US – China trade negotiations in Madrid. With this, take a note of Lin Jian’s Press Conference for a practical illustration of the issues discussed.
While Russia has declared that there are no talks ongoing with the US or Ukraine, by definition there is no progress anywhere and Russia is just fine with that, and NATO is de facto at war with Russia, China follows the same method. Yes, talk to us, but we beat the drum.
London Paul analysis: Paul discusses why the US is begging Russia to end the war and why this is an immensely complex issue. He further discusses the ongoing new Russian offensive now underway.
Paul and Ken discuss the real reasons why the Trump administration caved in with respect to global tariff policies.
@realDonaldTrump
Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately. At some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that the days of ripping off the U.S.A., and other Countries, is no longer sustainable or acceptable. Conversely, and based on the fact that more than 75 Countries have called Representatives of the United States, including the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and the USTR, to negotiate a solution to the subjects being discussed relative to Trade, Trade Barriers, Tariffs, Currency Manipulation, and Non Monetary Tariffs, and that these Countries have not, at my strong suggestion, retaliated in any way, shape, or form against the United States, I have authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
In the press conference following: Trump blames his ‘STUPID, incompetent’ predecessors for not taking trade war to China
‘I don’t blame China for what happened’ he adds.
A few random comments from reliable China commentators:
Clown show on steroids: So it comes to pass. Trump had no choice. China won’t care, it knew this was coming since Trump was elected.
Idiotically, everyone now knows that this is a personal US vendetta against China.
Deliberately tank the market, does insider trading – Art of the Deal.
He is warmongering and trying to destabilize East Asia.
Jesus—Trump just said that he will be looking at exempting certain US companies from tariffs. Reporter asks: “How will you determine that?” Trump: “Instinctively”. Sounds like whoever will bend the knee and kiss the ring.
Ken and Paul discuss recent developments with regards to Greenland and how, not only has the US been humiliated, but Nuuk has now reached out to China.
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