Author: Christine Schier

Pope Francis set off a storm of protest by suggesting in an interview to Corriere della Sera published May 3 that NATO might share responsibility for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. While clearly denouncing the “atrocities” of the war, he noted that NATO had been “barking at Russia’s gate”, in other words engaging in hostile provocations of Moscow. However, outside […]

The European Union announced the sixth round of sanctions against Russia last week which, like the previous five, is supposed to “destroy” the Russian capacity to finance the war in Ukraine. But, if approved, it will help destroy the European economies. The new sanctions are imposed on 58 individuals, among whom alleged Bucha criminals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov’s family and […]

An online petition against Western escalation of the war in Ukraine, that quickly gathered over a quarter of a million signatures last week, has helped shift the balance in the public debate in Germany against the war party. Signed by 28 senior intellectuals and artists, the open letter to Chancellor Scholz warns an uncontrolled spiral toward nuclear war. The main […]

If Sweden and Finland decide to join NATO and give up their policy of non alignment, it would dramatically transform the Baltic Sea region, where tensions were low even during the Cold War, into a zone of high tension. For most to two centuries, it has been a common understanding among the coastal nations, that the Baltic Sea should remain […]

Despite the tremendous hype about NATO being the only rampart against autocracies and totalitarianism, only 14% of Austrians polled are in favor of their country joining the military alliance, while 75% are against, according to the results of a poll commissioned by the Austrian Press Agency that were announced last week. The respondents are thus very much in favor of […]

On May 7, SAS co-editor Claudio Celani was invited to give a presentation for the “Bürger für Bürger” (Citizens for the Citizens) organization in the vicinity of Zürich, Switzerland, on the connections between the economy, climate policies and war. At the well-attended event, Celani was introduced by BfB chairman Dr. Markus Erb, who spoke of the war in Ukraine and […]

During the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to London on May 5, he and his British counterpart Boris Johnson agreed to establish a new military cooperation agreement. The Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), when signed, will “enable faster deployment of their troops and allow them to engage in joint training and disaster relief efforts,” according to Nikkei. In January, […]

An enthusiastic appeal for bringing Africa into the 21st Century was presented at the April 9 Schiller Institute conference by Princy Mthombeni, a young woman from the “beautiful country called South Africa”. Ms. Mthombeni is Nuclear Communication Specialist and Founder of Africa4Nuclear, an advocacy campaign that promotes nuclear to contribute to transforming the continent “into a global powerhouse of the […]

In an article dated April 30, Schiller Institute chairwoman Helga Zepp-LaRouche wrote: “The irresponsible and highly dangerous decision of the German government and Bundestag to give in to the pressure from the U.S. government, NATO, and the warmongers in their own ranks, and agree to deliver heavy weapons to Ukraine, must immediately be reversed! It represents an acute danger for […]

In a signal piece published April 27 in the Wall Street Journal, “The U.S. Should Show It Can Win a Nuclear War,” former Undersecretary of the American Navy Seth Cropsey argues that the U.S. should prepare to win a nuclear war if it does not want to lose it. For that, U.S. warships should be armed with nuclear weapons, and […]