Author: Christine Schier

Leading the drumbeat for “permanent war” with Russia is the United Kingdom, which was made abundantly clear over the past ten days, even for the most skeptical. To begin with, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss stated openly what has long been policy, in a speech delivered on April 27 under the brazen title “The Return of Geopolitics”. In it, she laid […]

The financial earthquake that hit financial markets on April 21-22 could be precursor to a real tsunami if the Federal Reserve, as hinted at the time by its chairman Jerome Powell, actually does raise rates by 50 points this week. He made the statements in a panel discussion hosted by CNBC, with co-participants ECB president Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director […]

On April 29, the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) issued its much awaited report on whether or not the current pricing mechanism for energy should be redesigned. France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece have rightly charged that mechanism with driving prices well over a real market price. The report, on the other hand, defends the mechanism […]

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen used her opening speech at India’s Raisina Dialogue April 25 to deliver the standard narrative on the “rules-based” order, telling her international audience that Russia and China are the enemies. To India, she offered the (unasked for) advice that it should rather stick with the European Union and economic, trade, and military deals […]

The White House announced last week the establishment of a “Disinformation Governance Board” in the Department of Homeland Security, a decision defended by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as necessary to protect the right to free speech. Yes, you heard that right — to uphold the cherished First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees Americans the right to free […]

In an interview given to EIR on April 26, Col. (ret.) Richard Black dramatically refuted the recurring claim by the war party that the Russians are committing horrendous war crimes in Ukraine today, similar to what they allegedly did in Syria, in Aleppo a few years ago. Col. Black, a former Chief of the Army Criminal Law Division at the […]

On April 28, NASA and JPL announced that the alignment of the James Webb Space Telescope is now complete, and it has been confirmed that each of its powerful onboard science instruments is capable of capturing crisp, well-focused images, which were proudly posted by NASA on the website. The team has decided to move forward with the next and final […]

Less than two weeks after the international Schiller Institute conference took place on the theme of “A New Security and Development Architecture for All Nations” (cf. SAS 15-16/22), Chinese President Xi Jinping presented a remarkably similar proposal for a “Global Security Initiative”, in opening the annual Boao Forum for Asia on April 21. The concept, as laid out by SI […]

The first trip to Kyiv of high-level American officials since the conflict began took place on April 24, after which Secretary of State Tony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced yet another package of military aid for Ukraine (which was certainly welcomed by the arms industry). But rather than pressing for negotiations, they indicated that Ukraine could defeat Russia […]

If one’s view of present world politics is limited to the psychological war machine known as the “mainstream media”, one would likely conclude that 1.) Putin is evil and Russia is isolated; 2.) Russia is losing the “hybrid” or information war, as well as the military conflict; and 3.) Most of the world knows this and is acting accordingly. That line was pushed […]