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'''Pepe Escobar''' (born 1954) is a Brazilian journalist and an independent geopolitical analyst focused on Eurasia.<ref name="MNews2013">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/10/08/obamas-asia-summit-no-show-how-it-looks-from-over-there|title=Obama’s Asia summit no-show: How it looks from over there|work=Mercury News|quote=Most colorfully, Brazilian analyst Pepe Escobar compared China’s 'offensive' in Southeast Asia to 'an accelerating Lamborghini Aventador,' in contrast to America’s 'creaking Chevrolet.'|date=October 8, 2013|access-date=August 30, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Jacobin2019">{{Cite web |url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/10/bernie-sanders-democrats-lula-da-silva-arrest|title=Bernie Has Called to Free Lula. Why Won’t the Rest of the Democratic Field?|work=Jacobin|quote=The fact remains that, in the words of journalist and international relations analyst Pepe Escobar, 'Lula is Brazil’s only possible factor of stability.'|date=October 22, 2019|access-date=August 30, 2021}}</ref> His column "The Roving Eye" for ''[[Asia Times Online]]''<ref name="Filmmaker2004">{{Cite web |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/1602-basic-bollywood-instinct/#.YS1X6NNKhPs|title=Basic Bollywood Instinct|last= Macaulay|first=Scott|work=Filmmaker Magazine|quote=The Asia Times' Pepe Escobar is always a good read when it comes to the Mid East and the War on Terror|date=June 20, 2004|access-date=August 30, 2021}}</ref> regularly discusses the multi-national "competition for dominance over the Middle East and Central Asia."<ref name="SJR2010">{{cite journal |author=Rosenthal, Steven J. |date=2010 |title=The US Foreign Policy and the Middle East |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42909249 |journal= Policy Perspectives|volume=7 |issue= 1|pages= 11–14|quote=Brazilian journalist Pepe Escobar, who writes regularly for 'Asia Times Online,' has published highly informative articles and books on the global battles over what he has described as 'Pipelinestan.' With a wry and cynical sense of humor, his 'Roving Eye' has described the competition for dominance over the Middle East and Central Asia.|access-date=August 29, 2021}}</ref> |
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'''Pepe Escobar''' (born 1954) is a Brazilian journalist works who writes a column, The Roving Eye, for ''[[Asia Times Online]]'' and is a commentator on Russia's [[RT (TV network)|RT]] and Iran's [[Press TV]]. He writes regularly for Russia's [[Sputnik News]], and previously wrote many opinion pieces for [[Al Jazeera]].<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/pepe-escobar.html Al Jazeera bio and articles of Pepe Escobar]</ref> |
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Escobar is also a commentator on Russia's [[RT (TV network)|RT]] and [[Sputnik News]], telling ''[[The New Republic]]'' in 2012 that he was not troubled by its Russian sponsorship:<ref name="NR2012">{{Cite web |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/101703/russia-tv-rtv-cohen-alyona|title=Pravda Lite|last=Zwick|first=Jesse|work=New Republic|quote=Pepe Escobar, a left-wing writer for Asia Times and frequent guest on RT, was happy to pile on, making the case that, in the United States, 'we had a stolen election in 2000 [and] we had a semi-stolen election in 2004.'|date=March 14, 2012|access-date=August 30, 2021}}</ref> He previously wrote many opinion pieces for [[Al Jazeera]].<ref name="Atlantic2012">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/the-unlikely-rise-of-al-jazeera/251112/ |
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|title=The Unlikely Rise of Al Jazeera|last= Bakshian|first=Aram Jr.|work=The Atlantic|quote=A look at the list of Al Jazeera correspondents, commentators and anchors offers dramatic proof of its cosmopolitan breadth. You are not likely to find names like Nick Clark, Dan Hind, Richard Falk, Ronnie Vernooy, Pepe Escobar, Corey Robin, David Zirin, Amanda Robb and Danny Schechter on any list of Muslim extremists. |
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Escobar has focused on [[Central Asia]], [[Russia]] the [[Middle East]], and [[Iran]] since the late 1990s.<ref>Sharma, Dinesh and Gielen, Uwe, "About the Contributors", ''The Global Obama: Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century'', Routledge 2013</ref> |
Escobar has focused on [[Central Asia]], [[Russia]] the [[Middle East]], and [[Iran]] since the late 1990s.<ref>Sharma, Dinesh and Gielen, Uwe, "About the Contributors", ''The Global Obama: Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century'', Routledge 2013</ref> |
Revision as of 18:11, 21 January 2022
Pepe Escobar (born 1954) is a Brazilian journalist and an independent geopolitical analyst focused on Eurasia.[1][2] His column "The Roving Eye" for Asia Times Online[3] regularly discusses the multi-national "competition for dominance over the Middle East and Central Asia."[4]
Escobar is also a commentator on Russia's RT and Sputnik News, telling The New Republic in 2012 that he was not troubled by its Russian sponsorship:[5] He previously wrote many opinion pieces for Al Jazeera.[6][7]
Escobar has focused on Central Asia, Russia the Middle East, and Iran since the late 1990s.[8]
Escobar has reported extensively from Afghanistan.[9] In August 2000, Escobar and two other journalists were arrested by the Taliban, and accused of photographing a soccer match.[10]
Bibliography
- Escobar, P. (2007), Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2007), Red Zone Blues: A Snapshot of Baghdad During the Surge, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2009), Obama Does Globalistan, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2014), Empire of Chaos, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2015), 2030, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2016), 2030, suivi de Dialogues inactuels (Jorge Luis Borges), Éditions du Cercle.
References
- ^ "Obama's Asia summit no-show: How it looks from over there". Mercury News. October 8, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
Most colorfully, Brazilian analyst Pepe Escobar compared China's 'offensive' in Southeast Asia to 'an accelerating Lamborghini Aventador,' in contrast to America's 'creaking Chevrolet.'
- ^ "Bernie Has Called to Free Lula. Why Won't the Rest of the Democratic Field?". Jacobin. October 22, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
The fact remains that, in the words of journalist and international relations analyst Pepe Escobar, 'Lula is Brazil's only possible factor of stability.'
- ^ Macaulay, Scott (June 20, 2004). "Basic Bollywood Instinct". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
The Asia Times' Pepe Escobar is always a good read when it comes to the Mid East and the War on Terror
- ^ Rosenthal, Steven J. (2010). "The US Foreign Policy and the Middle East". Policy Perspectives. 7 (1): 11–14. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
Brazilian journalist Pepe Escobar, who writes regularly for 'Asia Times Online,' has published highly informative articles and books on the global battles over what he has described as 'Pipelinestan.' With a wry and cynical sense of humor, his 'Roving Eye' has described the competition for dominance over the Middle East and Central Asia.
- ^ Zwick, Jesse (March 14, 2012). "Pravda Lite". New Republic. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
Pepe Escobar, a left-wing writer for Asia Times and frequent guest on RT, was happy to pile on, making the case that, in the United States, 'we had a stolen election in 2000 [and] we had a semi-stolen election in 2004.'
- ^ Bakshian, Aram Jr. (January 10, 2012). "The Unlikely Rise of Al Jazeera". The Atlantic. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
A look at the list of Al Jazeera correspondents, commentators and anchors offers dramatic proof of its cosmopolitan breadth. You are not likely to find names like Nick Clark, Dan Hind, Richard Falk, Ronnie Vernooy, Pepe Escobar, Corey Robin, David Zirin, Amanda Robb and Danny Schechter on any list of Muslim extremists.
- ^ Al Jazeera bio and articles of Pepe Escobar
- ^ Sharma, Dinesh and Gielen, Uwe, "About the Contributors", The Global Obama: Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century, Routledge 2013
- ^ "Pepe Escobar about Afghanistan". KBOO FM. March 16, 2009. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
He was in Afghanistan and interviewed the military leader of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Masoud, a couple of weeks before his assassination (Masoud: From warrior to statesman, Sept 11, 2001). Two weeks before September 11, while Pepe was in the tribal areas of Pakistan, 'The Asia Times' published his prophetic piece, Get Osama! Now! Or else. (Aug 30, 2001). Pepe was one of the first journalists to reach Kabul after the Taliban's retreat
- ^ Dartnell, Michael York, Insurgency Online: Web Activism and Global Conflict, University of Toronto Press, 2006, p. 56
External links
- Manning, D. & Cotton, M. 2007, 'Embedded with Power: An interview with Pepe Escobar' (part 1, part 2), Mediabite, no date.
- Articles at Asia Times