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Empire of Chaos: The Roving Eye Collection Kindle Edition
From Syria and Iraq to Ukraine, from AfPak to Libya, from Iran to Russia, and from the Persian Gulf to China, foreign correspondent Pepe Escobar, author of The Roving Eye column for Asia Times/Hong Kong, crisscrosses what the Pentagon calls the "arc of instability."
As Escobar tells it in the introduction, "the columns selected for this volume follow the period 2009-2014 – the Obama years so far. A continuum with previous volumes published by Nimble Books does apply. Globalistan, from 2007, was an extended reportage/warped travel book across the Bush years, where I argued the world was being plunged into Liquid War – alluding to energy flows but also to the liquid modernity character of post-modern war. Red Zone Blues, also from 2007, was a vignette – an extended reportage centering on the Baghdad surge. And Obama does Globalistan, from 2009, examined how the hyperpower could embark on a “change we can believe in”. The outcome, as these columns arguably reflect, is Empire of Chaos – where a plutocracy progressively projects its own internal disintegration upon the whole world."
"You will find some key overlapping nations/themes/expressions/acronyms in these columns; Iran, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, China, Russia, Ukraine, Pipelineistan, BRICS, EU, NATO, GCC, the Global South, GWOT (the global war on terror), The New Great Game, Full Spectrum Dominance. You will also find a progressive drift towards not conventional war, but above all economic war – manifestations of Liquid War."
"Incrementally, I have been arguing that Washington's number one objective now is to prevent a full economic integration of Eurasia that would leave the U.S. as a non-hegemon, or worse still, an outsider. Thus the three-pronged strategy of “pivoting to Asia” (containment of China); Ukraine (containment of Russia); and beefing up NATO (subjugation of Europe, and NATO as Global Robocop)."
Book the ultimate trip to the Empire of Chaos, and see how the U.S. - and the West - are tackling the emergence of a multipolar world.
Pepe Escobar is an independent geopolitical analyst. He writes for RT, Sputnik, TomDispatch, Strategic Culture Foundation, and is a frequent contributor to websites and radio and TV shows ranging from the US to East Asia. He is the former roving correspondent for Asia Times Online, where he also wrote the column The Roving Eye from 2000 to 2014. Born in Brazil, he's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, and has lived in London, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles, Washington, Bangkok and Hong Kong. He is the author of "Globalistan" (2007), "Red Zone Blues" (2007), "Obama does Globalistan" (2009) and "Empire of Chaos" (2014), all published by Nimble Books. Follow him on https://www.facebook.com/pepe.escobar.77377 Facebook
As Escobar tells it in the introduction, "the columns selected for this volume follow the period 2009-2014 – the Obama years so far. A continuum with previous volumes published by Nimble Books does apply. Globalistan, from 2007, was an extended reportage/warped travel book across the Bush years, where I argued the world was being plunged into Liquid War – alluding to energy flows but also to the liquid modernity character of post-modern war. Red Zone Blues, also from 2007, was a vignette – an extended reportage centering on the Baghdad surge. And Obama does Globalistan, from 2009, examined how the hyperpower could embark on a “change we can believe in”. The outcome, as these columns arguably reflect, is Empire of Chaos – where a plutocracy progressively projects its own internal disintegration upon the whole world."
"You will find some key overlapping nations/themes/expressions/acronyms in these columns; Iran, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, China, Russia, Ukraine, Pipelineistan, BRICS, EU, NATO, GCC, the Global South, GWOT (the global war on terror), The New Great Game, Full Spectrum Dominance. You will also find a progressive drift towards not conventional war, but above all economic war – manifestations of Liquid War."
"Incrementally, I have been arguing that Washington's number one objective now is to prevent a full economic integration of Eurasia that would leave the U.S. as a non-hegemon, or worse still, an outsider. Thus the three-pronged strategy of “pivoting to Asia” (containment of China); Ukraine (containment of Russia); and beefing up NATO (subjugation of Europe, and NATO as Global Robocop)."
Book the ultimate trip to the Empire of Chaos, and see how the U.S. - and the West - are tackling the emergence of a multipolar world.
Pepe Escobar is an independent geopolitical analyst. He writes for RT, Sputnik, TomDispatch, Strategic Culture Foundation, and is a frequent contributor to websites and radio and TV shows ranging from the US to East Asia. He is the former roving correspondent for Asia Times Online, where he also wrote the column The Roving Eye from 2000 to 2014. Born in Brazil, he's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, and has lived in London, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles, Washington, Bangkok and Hong Kong. He is the author of "Globalistan" (2007), "Red Zone Blues" (2007), "Obama does Globalistan" (2009) and "Empire of Chaos" (2014), all published by Nimble Books. Follow him on https://www.facebook.com/pepe.escobar.77377 Facebook
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- Publication dateNovember 11, 2014
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Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2023
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This book is a must for all the stupids out there, that don't have a clue about what really goes on in their own land and in other areas they have never read nor known, like nations close to the USA and far away from it and what the silk road means to the decomposing, rotting, putrescent, moldy USA-UK-EU-Australia,, even Japan.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2015
MIND-BLOWER!
'Think you've got so much as an inkling of WHAT'S GOING ON in The Middle East? -- Iraq?, Afghanistan?, Syria? Or WHAT'S UP with Iran?, or Ukraine? Or Libya?, Nigeria?, Mali?, even Egypt? HERE is "Alternative Perspective" in each instance, dating to (at least) the inauguration of the Obama Administration. Those who prefer the psychological comfort "crutch" of ignoring evident if not also documented fact over state-directed propaganda (via corporate-controlled mass-media organs) will find herein only further fuel for mindless ignorant hatred. Thinking human beings seeking comprehension and understanding of current on-going "Great States Games" will be as appalled (by what is "hidden") as enlightened (by what is "revealed") within these pages. To the latter, also seek out the online work of Paul Craig Roberts, David Stockman, James Rickards, and Ron Paul (to name but a few actual American Patriots). Personally, I was "clueless" (albeit gravely "uneasy") about a whole host of apparently mis-directed "Foreign"-centric mal-adventures by the USA here, there, everywhere. FAR less so, now! If "ignorance is bliss", DO NOT PROCEED! Otherwise, "connecting-the-dots" is hereby made a whole lot easier -- and clearer... from a what? -- oh, GLOBAL perspective! [To the foregoing "educators", I'd definitely be remiss to not add Marin Katusa, author of The Colder War, which I also highly recommend. Between Escobar and Katusa, you'll achieve your "AH-HAH!" moment -- then proceed to get sorely PO-d, in your own personalized way, over NO-END of (ah) USA "Foreign Policy" stuff. And once you achieve PO, you'll subside into that same sense of What-The-F___!? displaced/disconnected "soul"-wracking DISGUST and REVULSION I'm presently experiencing over what EXACTLY is being actively prosecuted World-Wide by your USA government -- and IN YOUR NAME! This nation has achieved the EXACT OPPOSITE of what our Founding Fathers hoped and envisioned -- and expended their wealth, and bled their lives. GET A CLUE, AMERICA! And this is as good a place to START as any,
'Think you've got so much as an inkling of WHAT'S GOING ON in The Middle East? -- Iraq?, Afghanistan?, Syria? Or WHAT'S UP with Iran?, or Ukraine? Or Libya?, Nigeria?, Mali?, even Egypt? HERE is "Alternative Perspective" in each instance, dating to (at least) the inauguration of the Obama Administration. Those who prefer the psychological comfort "crutch" of ignoring evident if not also documented fact over state-directed propaganda (via corporate-controlled mass-media organs) will find herein only further fuel for mindless ignorant hatred. Thinking human beings seeking comprehension and understanding of current on-going "Great States Games" will be as appalled (by what is "hidden") as enlightened (by what is "revealed") within these pages. To the latter, also seek out the online work of Paul Craig Roberts, David Stockman, James Rickards, and Ron Paul (to name but a few actual American Patriots). Personally, I was "clueless" (albeit gravely "uneasy") about a whole host of apparently mis-directed "Foreign"-centric mal-adventures by the USA here, there, everywhere. FAR less so, now! If "ignorance is bliss", DO NOT PROCEED! Otherwise, "connecting-the-dots" is hereby made a whole lot easier -- and clearer... from a what? -- oh, GLOBAL perspective! [To the foregoing "educators", I'd definitely be remiss to not add Marin Katusa, author of The Colder War, which I also highly recommend. Between Escobar and Katusa, you'll achieve your "AH-HAH!" moment -- then proceed to get sorely PO-d, in your own personalized way, over NO-END of (ah) USA "Foreign Policy" stuff. And once you achieve PO, you'll subside into that same sense of What-The-F___!? displaced/disconnected "soul"-wracking DISGUST and REVULSION I'm presently experiencing over what EXACTLY is being actively prosecuted World-Wide by your USA government -- and IN YOUR NAME! This nation has achieved the EXACT OPPOSITE of what our Founding Fathers hoped and envisioned -- and expended their wealth, and bled their lives. GET A CLUE, AMERICA! And this is as good a place to START as any,
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2016
This is a sequence of articles that span roughly the last 5 years and primarily explores the geopolitics of the last 20+ years within the context of current events. Written from an external perspective it is a scathing rebuke of the hypocrisy of U.S. foreign policy: demonstrating the dismantling of the remaining vestiges of American exceptionalism by the U.S. government in the name of American exceptionalism.
From the poetic, to the stylistic, to the academic the articles are written in various styles. Often repetitive it would have been better read in the original medium rather than as a single book. As an observer of current events it is extremely sad that the author was forced to repeat himself so often.
From the poetic, to the stylistic, to the academic the articles are written in various styles. Often repetitive it would have been better read in the original medium rather than as a single book. As an observer of current events it is extremely sad that the author was forced to repeat himself so often.
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2015
Escobar makes sense of what is so often baffling about America's foreign policy. Apparent contradictions can be explained by examining them within the context of a New Great Game for hegemony in Eurasia. Competition for control over the flow of energy is what Escobar terms the Liquid War; the theater of war is Pipelineistan.
The US promotes "democracy" by overthrowing elected regimes in military coups. It promotes "women's rights" by replacing secular governments with feudal theocracies. Basic to the hegemonic strategy is driving a wedge between China and Russia, preventing an entente cordiale based upon a mutual desire to escape from domination by American military and financial might. A Brazilian journalist (thus a nominal BRIC), Escobar gives chapter and verse to support his theoretical framework, plus a colorful vocabulary for analyzing the New Great Game. Highly recommended for students of geo-strategies in the Obama era.
The US promotes "democracy" by overthrowing elected regimes in military coups. It promotes "women's rights" by replacing secular governments with feudal theocracies. Basic to the hegemonic strategy is driving a wedge between China and Russia, preventing an entente cordiale based upon a mutual desire to escape from domination by American military and financial might. A Brazilian journalist (thus a nominal BRIC), Escobar gives chapter and verse to support his theoretical framework, plus a colorful vocabulary for analyzing the New Great Game. Highly recommended for students of geo-strategies in the Obama era.
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2022
Pepe is far more informed and forthright than 99% of journalists today.
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2015
Here's great collection of columns from "the roving eye". This past year (2014) has been a dynamic year for geopolitics, so much so that as things develop a good understanding of past events are needed to see the big picture. Pepe provides this with a great analysis of the moves made, and the strategic issues involved. Love his humor as well.
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2015
There is too much repetition of the regions confrontations and of the reasons why they happen.
Besides at the beginnign is complaining about imperialism and domination on the part of western
countries, that gave birth to reactions of the arab, and asian countries, who beside terrorism are
looking for a greater piece of the cake in the explotaition and control of energy, in which the
aliances between Rusia or China with Middle East countries leave out United States and NATO.
In the end the autor look out for solutions the western countries should implement to maintain
their control and influence in the world.In between is the caos due to wars and the destruction ot
the environment, as well as the poverty it generates in less developed countries.
Besides at the beginnign is complaining about imperialism and domination on the part of western
countries, that gave birth to reactions of the arab, and asian countries, who beside terrorism are
looking for a greater piece of the cake in the explotaition and control of energy, in which the
aliances between Rusia or China with Middle East countries leave out United States and NATO.
In the end the autor look out for solutions the western countries should implement to maintain
their control and influence in the world.In between is the caos due to wars and the destruction ot
the environment, as well as the poverty it generates in less developed countries.
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2015
Escobar has some interesting things to say, but his message is obscured by his overwhelming desire to sell himself as the quintessential itinerant journalist. He is really into 'pipelines' and the book ought to be titled "Pipelines of Chaos." Too bad as there is some good journalism lurking there amongst the self-gratification.
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Insightful commentary on recent political developments that doesn't just focus on a US-centric viewpoint.
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Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2014
An intelligent, well written and informative alternative to the propaganda we are exposed to daily in the western media.
Essential reading for anyone who is trying to understand what is happening in the world today.
Essential reading for anyone who is trying to understand what is happening in the world today.
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David Watkinson
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There are two sides to every story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2015
Our UK media gives a coherent view of world events. For example, an aeroplane crashes and within hours we all know Putin did it. However, if you were to follow up one of these stories a few months later you would wonder how we knew so quickly. Where the evidence was or at least the black box. This book gives you an insight into how the east views the west. Particularly big events like wars. Especially US UK and NATO humanitarian bombing of countries who don't do what is in the U.S. govt best interest regarding oil, gas and finance. It makes for very uncomfortable reading. Very uncomfortable. Until I read this book my world view made no real sense. Not because I am thick but because I think too much. Now I do understand. I appreciate the 'other sides point of view'. The U.S. govt not only uses its media and military to coerce middle east countries. They also try against China, Europe and the UK. (TTIP and TTP.) One example, genetically modified food. In the supposed land of the free, U.S., you are supposed to eat and accept genetically modified food. Should we accept TTP, then so will we. So, who is my enemy? Monsanto, who exert undue influence over the U.S. govt or Putin? Should a UK government sign the U.S. trade deal and expose me to what was previously illegal. Would that make the UK government my enemy? The book has opened my eyes. The world now makes sense but I don't feel as secure as I did. Consider it a book for adults contrasted against the BBC news a pretend adult news show for older children. Read this book if you think there are two sides to every story and you would like to read about the alternative.
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Edward De Sutter
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one and only
Reviewed in France on March 9, 2015
The one and only amazing Pepe Escobar, not as the totally biased Tom Friedman and his cracked Mac Donald theory.
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