Over the past weeks, there has been a growing drumbeat around Washington urging the Trump administration to use the recent U.S. air strikes against the Houthis in Yemen as a prelude and practice run for delivering a knock-out punch to Iran. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz threatened on March 23 that Tehran had to change its foreign policy and “walk […]
Read moreIn remarks to NBC News on March 29, President Trump said he had no intention of firing National Security Adviser Mike Waltz or anybody else over the Signalgate scandal, which had broken a few days before. “I do not fire people because of fake news and because of witch hunts,” he stated, adding in vintage Trump style: “I have no […]
Read moreDespite their blatant failures until now, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have kept up the pretense of forming a “coalition of the willing” to continue to support Ukraine’s war effort without the United States. After the latest meeting in Paris on March 27, Emmanuel Macron conceded that the potential volunteers were not willing to support […]
Read moreIn an interview with Russia’s Channel One on March 25, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had blistering words for European leaders, which put in perspective the latter’s self-inflated claims. He noted that while the Trump administration seeks dialogue and is receptive to Moscow’s need for “clear-cut guarantees”, “Europe went down a completely different path. Like in the times of Napoleon […]
Read moreThe EU “RearmEurope” plan and the German rearmament plan are officially motivated by two emergencies: the Russian military threat and Donald Trump’s intention to deprive Europe of the American nuclear umbrella. Don’t believe it. In reality, the current drive for a war economy is the latest phase of a permanent bailout of the international financial system, the most recent stage […]
Read moreIn a much-awaited verdict, a Paris court ruled on March 31 that Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s National Rally (RN), was guilty of embezzlement of public funds, and banned her from running for public office for a period of five years – with immediate effect. Marine Le Pen immediately announced she would file an appeal against the « politically […]
Read moreCaught in the political gray zone between an outgoing government and a yet-to be-formed new one, Germany has engaged in an adventurist march into confrontation with Russia, which can only have catastrophic consequences. Burying the era of detente, expected new Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) and the current and likely new Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD), as well as the Inspector […]
Read moreThe first guest speaker at the March 27 International Peace Coalition meeting was former Iranian Ambassador to Germany Seyed Hossein Mousavian, who gave a very competent overview of the policy orientations of the current government in Tehran. As for President Trump’s policy, he said that the policy statements he made before taking office were quite supportive of a new agreement […]
Read moreChina is prepared to build the world’s first Xinghuo fusion-fission hybrid power plant, with the goal of generating 100 MW of continuous electricity and connecting it to the grid by the end of the decade. After first announcing the project in 2022, the facility is now to be built on Yaohu Science Island, in the high-tech zone of Nanchang, Jiangxi […]
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