The New Silk Road

Fascinating article by Pepe Escobar, incorpoarting China and Russia's economic visions:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-04-130913.html

We live in interesting times! The comments are interesting, too.

Here's another of Pepe's pieces, regarding the Anglo-French-American axis on Syria, amongst other topics:

 http://www.atimes.com/atimes/World/WOR-01-110913.html