Author: Christine Schier

Russian economist Sergey Glazyev has been familiar with the economic work of Lyndon LaRouche for decades now, and shares his view of the need to develop the real economy and social wealth, as opposed to financial speculation and unbridled deregulation. After serving as an advisor to President Putin on regional economic integration from 2012 to 2019, Glazyev is now Minister […]

Western sanctions have prompted Russia to give top priority to key transportation infrastructure projects that it has in the past postponed. In May, President Putin gave the directive that Russian transportation should be reorientated away from Europe and to the East and South. A crucial component of this is the completion of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) going from […]

The following appeal was issued by the international Schiller Institute on June 24, 2022. It can be signed at https://schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com/call_for_an_ad-hoc_committee_for_a_new_bretton_woods_system. A preliminary list of signers is available at the same address. The neoliberal system is hopelessly bankrupt. But Western governments, rather than drawing the consequences of this fact, and fundamentally reorganizing the system, have escalated the confrontation with their alleged […]

A flurry of summit meetings have taken place last week and this, which point to a fundamental difference in outlook between the so-called developed western countries and the majority of all others. To begin with the latter, the BRICS held their annual meeting of heads of state and government of the five member countries (Brazil Russia, India, China, Russia) on […]

The blustering about defeating Russia and humiliating President Putin vaunted by the G7 leaders has been repeatedly countered by military and intelligence experts in the United States and Europe. In addition to Colonel Richard Black (ret.), Colonel Douglas MacGregor stated outright on June 21 that “Ukraine has lost this war. I would argue it lost it some time ago.” Scott […]

It suddenly seems to have dawned on the geniuses in the City of London that it helps to have an industrial economy if you wish to wage a proxy war against Russia. The transatlantic governments have either not yet realized it, or prefer to continue churning out empty promises. Thus, the current frontman for the war hawks, Prime Minister Boris […]

The rejection of the West’s idea of a “unipolar world” was made clear at the annual summit of the heads of state and governement of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) in Beijing on June 23-24. As stated in the “Beijing Declaration” adopted there, they intend to ensure that all nations, including those least developed, have a greater […]

At the G7 meeting in Elmau, Bavaria, the launching of the Partnership on Global Infrastructure and Investment was announced, as a plan to compete with the BRI in developing countries, financed with $600 billion. Judging from past experience, that money will never materialize. After all, developing countries are still waiting for the $100 billion per year to compensate for “climate […]

Just a few days before NATO was to convene in great pomp in Madrid, Jacques Cheminade put out a statement once again calling on France to leave its integrated command. Jens Stoltenberg had just reiterated clearly, during a visit to Paris, that the leaders planned to come up with a new strategic concept against Russia and China, which would imply […]

Faced with economic hardship and runaway inflation, the European population is taking to the streets to protest. On June 20, some 80,000 unionists representing Belgium’s largest trade unions marched through Brussels to protest againsts the rising cost of living and demand better wages. In the city where NATO is headquartered, some participants also chanted “Spend money on salaries, not on […]