Author: Christine Schier

In issuing the first round of sanctions against Russia last February, the European Commission and EU governments assured us that it would force Russia to its knees and make war-financing impossible. We are now at the ninth round of sanctions, and the opposite has occurred: the Russian economy has expanded and EU economies are shrinking. A brief and partial overview: […]

As we pointed out from the beginning, the EU’s “Global Gateway Initiative” (GGI), designed to compete with China’s Belt and Road policy, was an empty shell doomed to fail (cf. SAS 38/21, 7, 48/22). It has since been exposed as a failure even within the Commission. On Nov. 30, 2022, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament held […]

The ongoing release of the Twitter Files, as chronicled by investigative reporter Matt Taibbi, has provided an in-depth picture of the role played by U.S. intelligence agencies in a profoundly disturbing censorship regime. The Hunter Biden laptop was not the only story covered up, nor was the illicit activity limited to the FBI. The most recent tranches make a mockery […]

As the year 2022 drew to a close, some Chinese media turned to the Schiller Institute’s Helga Zepp-LaRouche for her assessment of what China has accomplished so far and what needs to be done in the coming year. On New Year’s Eve, CGTN YouTube posted an 8.5 minute video by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, titled, “China and the EU — What To […]

On Jan. 1, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was inaugurated for the third time as President of Brazil, having previously served for two terms from 2003-2010. Since his disgraced predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had fled the country on Dec. 30 for Florida, Lula and his Vice President Geraldo Alckmin were sworn in by the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and the […]

Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) posted once again on Dec. 20 a list of Western figures it charges with promoting “Russian propaganda”. Number one on the list is Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder and head of the international Schiller Institute. The people named are accused of such alleged “crimes” as publicly advocating a peaceful settlement to the conflict, pointing to NATO’s role […]

A group of political and social leaders from around the world issued an open letter to Pope Francis on Dec. 19, supporting his offer to use the venue of the Vatican for immediate negotiations between Russia and Ukraine for a diplomatic settlement of the war. Coming off an organizing process among current and former legislators that was initiated two months […]

FLASH: The news has just come in that Ukrainian President Zelensky is making a visit to Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 21. It remains to be seen what effect discussions there will have on the course of the war in Ukraine. From the United States, there have been two significant interventions worth noting in favor of negotiations on Ukraine. One is […]

Last week, the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank each raised their rates by half a point. The Fed increase is the seventh in a row, bringing the two main rates to 4.25% and 4.50%, while the ECB is at its fourth increase in a row, up to 2.50% and 2.75%. The Bank of England is also in on […]

Radical geopolitics has put Germany into a precarious situation in terms of energy supplies. Replacing the gas flows from Russia by alternatives is turning out to be extremely difficult in the medium term, and impossible in the near future. All the “alternatives” touted by the German government in its hectic push for diversification of sources, will first of all not […]