The U.S. phase of the “universal civilization” project has utterly destroyed the state structures of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Yemen, writes Pepe Escobar.
This journey into the past also reaches the heart of 21st century China’s New Silk Roads strategy, says Pepe Escobar in this photo and text reportage from Central Asia.
The eagle has conveniently forgotten that the original, Ancient Silk Road linked the dragon with the Roman empire for centuries – with no interlopers outside of Eurasia, muses Pepe Escobar.