Author: Christine Schier

Given the tremendous influence of neo-Nazi forces in Ukraine, Germany’s support for Kiev is all the more shocking, as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pointed out in a March 2 interview with Al Jazeera. “My colleague Annalena Baerbock says that in view of its historical responsibility, Germany feels obliged to supply Ukraine with weapons, How is this to be understood? […]

China’s two legislative sessions opened on March 5 on the backdrop of a very chaotic and uncertain international environment. Nonetheless, Premier Li Keqiang expressed confidence in opening the discussions, that China would remain on a course of stable development. The Government Work Report he presented sets the growth target for the coming year at 5.5 %, a modest figure compared […]

On March 3, the heads of state and government of the “Quad” grouping — Australia, India, Japan, United States – held an emergency video meeting. While Washington expected a united front to be formed and a statement to be issued condemning Russia and its invasion of Ukraine, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to go along. He called instead for […]

Although we are bombarded here in Europe with reports that Russia has been completely isolated on a global scale, for violating the sovereignty of and “invading” another nation, that argument does not sound quite as credible to nations that have been subject to, of witnesses of, repeated such actions by NATO countries, and the United States in particular. Take the […]

The following international call was issued on Feb. 23 by the Schiller Institute. We strongly urge our readers to sign it and circulate it as much as possible through social media, among political and social organizations as well as all concerned citizens. The text is available in ten languages at the link below. In light of the escalating Ukraine crisis, […]

Western elites are ruthlessly using the Russia-Ukraine crisis to implement what they call the “mother” of all bailouts of the financial system. Since the collapse of that system has been proceeded apace over the past months (cf. SAS 2-6/22), central banks, despite hyperinflation on the march, were only looking for a pretext to justify a new, massive bailout. As if […]

By freezing assets associated with Russia’s central bank under their jurisdiction, EU countries, along with the UK, the U.S. and Canada, left Moscow in charge of only about one third of its $630 billion worth of reserves, through domestic gold and Chinese yuan. While this gives Russia a certain maneuvering room, such sanctions undeniably amount to an act of war. […]

Helga Zepp-LaRouche, chairwoman of the Schiller Institute, made a special 24 minute video statement on Feb. 28, 2022, reviewing the build-up of the crisis in Ukraine, which can be viewed here. She opened as follows: “I’m speaking to you because I want to give you an extremely important message. As you know, since a few days, Russian troops are in […]

While there can be no doubt that the main decision-makers behind the the package of economic and military measures taken last weekend against Russia were Anglo-American geopolitical circles, they also involved a shocking turnaround in Berlin and the announcement of a huge rearmament program. Helga Zepp-LaRouche called this policy shift “an earthquake” and an “absolute catastrophe”, because Chancellor Scholz turned […]

Many voices have emerged in NATO countries calling on their respective governments to take into account Russia’s legitimate demands for security guarantees, which have been cavalierly rejected up to now. * From the United States, Tulsi Gabbard, a former Congresswoman from Hawaii and former Democratic Party presidential candidate who served in Iraq, has come under severe fire for her outspoken […]