Alexander Mercouris | Russia Massive Missile Strike; All Missiles Hit Targets; China India Reject US Sanctions; Lyman Fail | Sep. 17, 2026

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Russia unleashed one of its most powerful missile and drone strikes yet on Ukraine overnight, hitting Kiev, Odessa and Zaporizhzhia while wiping out key bridges and leaving Ukraine's air defense in near total collapse. 

Alexander Mercouris on why China and India are openly defying the new US sanctions bill, why Volodymyr Zelensky just sanctioned his own former spokeswoman for suggesting peace talks, and what the stalled Ukrainian offensive near Lyman really means for the war.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Massive Russian Missile And Drone Strike Overnight
00:01:37 Kiev Zaporizhzhia Odessa And Black Sea Ports Hit
00:03:09 Ships Smuggling Weapons Into Odessa Attacked
00:05:56 Zatoka And Mayaki Bridges Knocked Out
00:09:14 Warehouses Data Center And Drone Storage Destroyed
00:10:24 Energy Grid Still Spared Bigger Campaign Coming
00:11:40 Rasvet Satellite System Speculation
00:15:24 Russian Strike Tempo Accelerating Every Few Days
00:17:40 Ukrainian Air Defense In Total Collapse
00:22:10 Greece Refuses To Hand Over Air Defense Missiles
00:26:48 Did Diplomacy Delay Russias Offensive
00:37:07 Ukraine Strikes Rostov Air Base
00:41:18 Yaroslavl Refinery Hit Trump Blames Ukraine For Diesel Crisis
00:47:07 Russian Strikes Gut Ukraine Warehouses And Locomotives
00:53:12 Ukraine Demands Another 50 Billion Euros
00:55:44 Zelensky Sanctions Critic Julia Mendel
01:05:55 Sanctions Bill Passes China And India Defy It
01:15:28 Front Line Update Dorop Kharkov Lyman And Russian Elections

Yanis Varoufakis | EU Is Finished & China Can Now Pull the Plug on the U.S. Economy | Sept. 17, 2026

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Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, the former Finance Minister of Greece, and the author of numerous bestselling books. Varoufakis discusses how the EU is a cartel designed by the U.S. that is no longer fit for purpose. 

The German economic locomotive has broken down; the EU no longer has an economic model, its foreign policy is consumed by war, and it has already become a technological colony. Varoufakis also argues that China can now pull the plug on the U.S. economy if it chooses to do so.

Pepe Escobar | Saudi Arabia Is Boxed In.The Yemen Intel They Won't Reveal.Yemen Put Saudi on Back Foot | Sept. 17, 2026

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Iran holds the Strait of Hormuz. Yemen’s forces now hold the Bab al-Mandab. Saudi Arabia is boxed in on both coasts — and Transition Protocol says it knows why Yemen went all-in.

Recorded after midnight in Moscow, Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali (Mr. Z) break down five interlocking developments: the quiet understanding between Ansarallah and the White House behind Trump’s “the Houthis called us”; CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper’s meeting with MBS in Jeddah; the postponed Iran–Gulf Hormuz talks that Iran blames on Riyadh; the UAE’s surprise BRICS sit-down with President Pezeshkian; and Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi’s talks with Wang Yi in Beijing.

The hosts also say they hold information — which they say was confirmed at senior levels in Tehran and Islamabad — explaining the ferocity of Yemen’s offensive. They explain on air why they are not releasing the details yet.

Also: diesel at the $9.99 pump limit in California, who turned down MBS’s requests for help, Yemen’s next moves on Taiz and Marib, and Pepe Escobar’s scenarios for Saudi Arabia.

Guest statements about sources, intelligence and future events are the speakers’ own reporting and analysis and are labelled as such on screen.

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Prof. Jeffrey Sachs | BRICS Builds a New World - Without the West | Sept. 17, 2026

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Prof. Jeffrey Sachs discusses the rise and fall of Western dominance, and how BRICS is building a new world.

The Duran | Putin, Xi and Modi Unite Against US Sanctions | Sept. 16, 2026

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The BRICS summit in India just delivered its biggest breakthrough in years, with BRICS Pay set to challenge the dollar and reshape global trade. In this episode we break down how Modi brought Putin, Xi Jinping and the rest of BRICS together after a stalled year, why frozen Russian assets and Western sanctions are pushing the Global South toward de dollarization, and how Iran and Brazil fit into the new picture.

The Duran: Episode 2624
00:00:00 Introduction to the BRICS summit results
00:00:31 Massive BRICS declaration and BRICS Pay announced
00:01:30 Recap of the stalled BRICS momentum since Kazan 2024
00:03:02 Brazil's wobbling and a lost year for BRICS
00:03:49 Modi's skillful chairing brings all leaders together
00:04:51 Digital currencies and payment systems progress quietly
00:06:16 China to take BRICS presidency next year
00:07:19 Trump could have ended dollar weaponization instead
00:08:03 Iran's shifting commitment to BRICS
00:09:22 Why US sanctions on Russia and Iran will never be lifted 

Chas Freeman | U.S. Alliances Collapse & Israel Commits Suicide | Sept. 14, 2026

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Ambassador Chas Freeman was a former Assistant Secretary of Defense, earning the highest public service awards of the Department of Defense for his roles in designing a NATO-centred post-Cold War European security system and in reestablishing defence and military relations with China. He served as U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar | Yemeni Missile Hit on Sharorah Airport; Gulf States Brace for Fallout | Sept. 15, 2026

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Dialogue Works discusses: Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar: Yemeni Missile Hit on Sharorah Airport; Gulf States Brace for Fallout. 

The Duran | Diesel Crisis Worsens as Houthis Tighten Grip on al-Mandeb Strait | Sep. 12, 2026

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Diesel and gasoline prices are hitting historic highs as Donald Trump admits the United States is at war with Iran, a war he now says will not end until after the midterms. The Duran on the energy shock, a Houthi offensive against Saudi Arabia, and Scott Bessent's plan to use that shock against China.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Diesel and gas prices hit historic highs
00:00:31 Trump admits the US is now in a war
00:01:00 Why the entire economy runs on diesel
00:01:59 Rising diesel prices threaten higher inflation and rates
00:03:21 Europe faces dangerously low natural gas reserves
00:05:28 Strait of Hormuz remains closed with no end in sight
00:06:04 Houthis reopen the war with Saudi Arabia
00:07:04 Trump moves the goalposts and offers a 5000 dollar bribe
00:08:48 How Trump squandered a real deal with Iran
00:14:34 Bessent bets on financial engineering to outmaneuver China

Sean Foo | U.S. Allies Dumping Bonds — Is the Dollar Next? | Sep. 10, 2026

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Sean Foo with Glenn Diesen on U.S. allies dumping bonds and whether the dollar is next.

Foo is a financial analyst and China expert; he discusses the intensifying crisis in the US bond market.

Larry C. Johnson | US Bases in Jordan Suffer Sustained Iran Missile Attack — U.S. Power Just Cracked | Transition Protocol | Sept. 9, 2026

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Washington said it would answer tanker for tanker. Iran struck US bases in Jordan and hit ships in the Gulf. By the time this conversation was recorded in St Petersburg, the American answer still had not come.

Zulfiqar Ali speaks with military analyst Larry Johnson about the Gulf confrontation, the diesel shortage that matters more than the crude price, Iran's exit from the dollar system through Chinese banking channels, Pakistan's emergence as Tehran's financial back door, and what the missile-versus-interceptor exchange over Jordan revealed about American air defence. Johnson also recounts a private dinner with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, and gives a blunt assessment of where Ukraine ends.

Larry Johnson is a former CIA analyst and former deputy director of the State Department's Office of Counterterrorism, speaking from St Petersburg. Transition Protocol is an independent, source-driven geopolitical and economic analysis channel.

This episode contains analysis, forecasts and claims attributed to the speakers and to their unnamed contacts. Several are single-source and have not been independently verified. Where accounts differ from official statements — including the scale of the Jordan strike — we have said so on screen. Consequential claims should be independently verified.

The Duran | Secret Plan to Destroy BRICS and Crash China with Ryan Perkins | Sept. 9, 2026

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Is the crisis in Iran actually a financial weapon aimed at China? Alex and Alexander sit down with geopolitics analyst Ryan Perkins to unpack how Scott Bessent's energy and fertilizer shock strategy may be designed to trigger a currency crisis and industrial recession inside China, fracture BRICS, and warn the Global South away from de dollarization. From the Strait of Hormuz to a possible new Plaza Accord, could this be the most consequential economic trap of the decade?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction, Ryan Perkins joins from Beijing
00:02:35 Researching the Iran war strategy since March
00:05:11 Was closing the Strait of Hormuz the real goal
00:07:42 The pro Yuan hypothesis explained
00:09:12 Scott Bessent and his history of market manipulation
00:10:18 Oil price predictions toward 150 dollars a barrel
00:11:39 The three targets, China, BRICS and the Global South
00:12:32 India's triple exposure to the crisis
00:14:11 China's industrial value added vulnerability
00:18:15 The offshore Yuan and dollar system asymmetry
00:24:29 The trap, engineering a Chinese industrial recession
00:26:23 How China has been preparing for years
00:31:37 Reassessing the tariff war as a pressure test
00:35:46 Bessent and Soros, a pattern of currency attacks
00:37:34 The real goal, a new Plaza Accord with China
00:41:26 India and Brazil pivoting back toward the US
00:43:02 Why the BRICS payment system stalled
00:48:04 Impressions from the Vladivostok forum
00:51:55 Power of Siberia 2 and the Mongolia route dispute
00:54:53 Why Chinese taxi drivers say it's all about China

Pepe Escobar | North Korea Just Delivered Carrier-Killer Drones to Iran | Sep. 8, 2026

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Pepe Escobar, reporting from Seoul, and Zulfiqar Ali on Iran's shift from defense to offense, a reported North Korean underwater-drone delivery, and the US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's leadership has concluded that this war cannot be settled at a negotiating table. Recorded 8 September 2026, they lay out how diplomatic off-ramps brokered by Pakistan collapsed and what that means for the wider Iran war. 

Zulfiqar Ali reports, from sources inside Iran's power structures, that North Korea has delivered stealth underwater attack drones to Iran through a corridor involving China and Pakistan, and that the decision to go on the offensive was cleared by Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, President Pezeshkian, Speaker Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Araghchi. The channel marks this as source-based reporting, not independently verified. 

Escobar assesses a possible American counter-response and what a strategic defeat in West Asia and Ukraine at the same time would mean for US power.

Prof. David Gibbs | Iran & Russia CHECKMATE: Israel's TAKEOVER of US Empire Collapsing FAST | Sept. 7, 2026

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Prof. David Gibbs discusses how the US empire is falling on the sword of endless war as it loses massively to Iran and Russia, and Israel's insidious role.

Brian Berletic | Iran Hits US Navy Hard, Trump Readies Massive Counter Strike! | Sep. 6, 2026

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Brian Berletic of The New Atlas with Danny Haiphong on Iran hitting the US Navy, Trump preparing a counterstrike, and China and Russia preparing for a wider war.

Seyed M. Marandi | Trump's Iran War Is Backfiring — Iran Will Not Surrender | Judge Napolitano | Sep. 4, 2026

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Prof. Mohammad Marandi: Trump's Iran War Is Backfiring — Iran Will Not Surrender. What Happens Next? 

The Duran | Modi, Erdogan and Tokayev Gang Up on Putin | Sept. 4, 2026

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At the SCO summit in Bishkek, Russia faced an unexpected wave of pressure as Modi, Erdogan and Tokayev all pushed Putin toward a ceasefire with Ukraine, while Xi Jinping and China quietly stood firmly behind Moscow. 

In this episode we break down why this moment exposed real cracks inside BRICS and what it means for Russia, India, Turkey and Kazakhstan as the war in Ukraine heads toward its next phase. Was this a diplomatic win for Putin or a warning sign for Russia's alliances.

Timeline:
00:00:00 SCO summit overview, Eurasian leaders pressure Russia
00:01:13 Modi publicly calls on Putin for peace with Ukraine
00:03:23 Xi stays silent as Putin defends Russia at press conference
00:05:35 Is this genuine concern or US pressure on Modi, Tokayev and Lula
00:07:26 BRICS officials fear of American sanctions
00:10:24 China and Russia axis solidifies
00:13:39 Russia's leverage over India and Kazakhstan
00:17:36 Putin's past restraint and Bishkek as a wake up call
00:21:00 Nervousness for Turkey, Kazakhstan and Georgia as Russia grows stronger
00:23:55 India's view on a Russian victory and closing thoughts

Prof. Robert Pape | Iran AMBUSHES US Bases! Why America Has NO WAY OUT of 'Escalation Trap' | Sept. 3, 2026

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Professor Robert Pape joins to discuss Trump's nightmare scenario unfolding as the Iran War escalation trap squeezes US hegemony to the breaking point. Iran has just launched a devastating preemptive strike and the trap isn't just set, it's igniting a global fire storm unseen in the history of geopolitics.

Pepe Escobar | The Sco Just Hammered Home a New Reality: What the Summit Really Decided | Sep. 3, 2026

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Pepe Escobar: The SCO Just Hammered Home a New Reality: What the Summit Really Decided

Larry Johnson & Pepe Escobar | Iran Told Trump "GET LOST" 10-Day Ceasefire REJECTED Trump Begged Iran | Transition Protocol | Sept. 2, 2026

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Iran told Trump "get lost." Sources with direct contact to Islamabad and Tehran tell Transition Protocol that Trump offered Iran a 10-day cessation of hostilities this week — and was refused. Then, through Qatar, the White House asked Iran to allow "performative strikes" with no retaliation. Iran refused again. 

Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir has stopped returning Trump's calls after being sent to Tehran twice and reneged on twice. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed despite official claims it is "wide open," CENTCOM has re-stood up a 24/7 battle staff, and Iran's retaliation doctrine is now 2-to-1, 3-to-1, 5-to-1 with a war plan built to run through the US midterms.

Larry Johnson explains why the bond market — not the Pentagon — is forcing Trump to back down: Treasury yields are rising and, in his words, "nobody's buying." Pepe Escobar breaks down the tanker-for-tanker gamble that could detonate global shipping insurance, Ghalibaf's warning that "if we cannot export oil, nobody will," and the SCO development bank being built outside the US dollar at Bishkek and Vladivostok ahead of the BRICS summit in India. Zulfiqar Ali reports Tehran's final position: diplomacy only through the Islamabad MOU — no more negotiations.

Guests: Larry Johnson, former CIA analyst and State Department counter-terrorism official; Pepe Escobar, veteran geopolitical correspondent covering BRICS, SCO and Eurasia from the ground; hosted by Zulfiqar Ali. Inside-source claims in this episode are attributed and identified on screen as developing; nothing unverified is presented as settled fact. Transition Protocol is a serious, source-driven geopolitical and economic analysis channel — evidence-based reporting on global power shifts and their financial consequences. Subscribe and join us on Substack for twice-weekly briefings 

Dr. Warwick Powell | US IS LOSING THE MIDDLE EAST — China & Iran Build a New Order | Sept. 2, 2026

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In this episode of Silk and Steel, Carl Zha speaks with Dr. Warwick Powell about Trump's renewed campaign of maximum economic pressure against Iran, the threat of secondary sanctions against countries doing business with Tehran, and why China may be the critical factor that determines whether the strategy succeeds or fails.

Powell argues that decades of sanctions and the latest military campaign have failed to achieve Washington's stated objectives. Now, with the US facing economic and political pressures at home, the Trump administration may be trying to create the appearance of action while avoiding an escalation that could produce even greater economic pain.

The discussion goes far beyond sanctions.

China's growing economic relationship with Iran, Russia's position, the Strait of Hormuz, and the emergence of new regional partnerships may be pointing toward something much larger: the beginnings of a post-US Persian Gulf security and economic architecture.

The conversation examines whether Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Iran could become part of a new regional configuration — and what role China and Russia could play as economic and strategic backstops.

The episode also explores the deeper problem facing Washington: what happens when a declining hegemon tries to prevent the emergence of a new international order?

And with a potential Xi Jinping–Trump summit approaching and the US midterm elections looming, Powell explains why escalating rhetoric against China may be driven as much by American domestic politics as by foreign policy.

Topics Covered
Trump's new “economic D-Day” against Iran
Why decades of sanctions have failed to force regime change
The limits of US secondary sanctions
Why China is central to Iran's economy
China's response to US sanctions
Russia's potential role
The strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz
The changing Persian Gulf security architecture
Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Iran
China's rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia
China's expanding role across Eurasia
The emergence of a possible post-US regional order
Why Washington may be accelerating the changes it wants to stop
American exceptionalism and the struggle to accept a multipolar world
The US military-industrial complex
Trump, Xi and the next phase of US-China relations
US sanctions and tariffs ahead of the midterm elections
America's increasingly fragile economic picture
The AI investment boom and the US economy