Author: Christine Schier

During the visit of Economy Minister Robert Habeck to China on June 22-23, his Chinese interlocutors would have liked to hear a clear German “no” on two main issues: the EU’s special tariffs on e-cars manufactured in China, and on the EU’s “de-risking” strategy for deals with China. That view had been expressed shortly before the delegation’s arrival by the […]

Voters in the 16th Congressional District of New York State (to the immediate north of New York City) are stunned when informed that the Democratic primary election for that seat has attracted nearly $25 million in contributions — mostly for George Latimer, who is challenging the incumbent, Jamaal Bowman. Latimer is the beneficiary of funds coming from the leading organization […]

The Israeli Defense Forces continue their rampage in the Gaza Strip. On June 23, at least eight people were killed in an air attack near an aid center that is the main headquarters of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of people were sheltering inside UNWRA’s facility, after being displaced by the Israeli […]

Day two of the Schiller Institute’s June 15-16 online conference, titled “The World on the Brink: For a New Peace of Westphalia!”, took up some exciting opportunities in the field of science today, as well as the role of classical culture in resolving the crises the world is facing. Panel III featured four speakers: Prof. Mark McMenamin, geologist, paleontologist, and […]

An emergency press conference was held at the National Press Club in Washington on June 12, organized by the Schiller Institute, featuring four very knowledgeable speakers: Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector and U.S. Marine intelligence officer; Col. Richard H. Black (ret.), former head of the U.S. Army’s Criminal Law Division at the Pentagon and a former Virginia State Senator; […]

As the heads of state and government of what used to be the seven major industrialized countries of the world gathered in Italy June 13-15 for their annual summit, they had to face the fact that they can no longer lay down the law for the rest of the world. Even in their own nations, most of them are very […]

An important step on the road to a BRICS trade currency unit, which Russian President Putin referred to at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (see SAS 24/24), was a meeting between BRICS Bank (NDB) President Dilma Rousseff and prominent Russian economist Sergey Glazyev, on the sidelines of the forum. Although details of the discussion are not available, the fact […]

French President Macron’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly after the catastrophic showing of his majority in the European elections, and to hold elections three weeks later on June 30, created a huge shock in France (cf. SAS 24/24). While it is constitutional, it is a last ditch effort which has been used only a few times by governments seeking […]

The international Schiller Institute’s two-day conference, “The World on the Brink: For a New Peace of Westphalia!” opened June 15 at a time of extreme crisis, and served as a platform to not only review the nature of the causes of the emergency, but to discuss principles for solutions. A preliminary program was included in last week’s Strategic Alert, and […]

On June 3, the U.S. State Department prevented U.S. citizen Scott Ritter from boarding his flight to St. Petersburg, Russia, and seized his passport. Ritter, a former U.S. Marine officer and United Nations weapons inspector who has become a prominent opponent of the current war policy, was traveling to participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). He was […]