Author: Christine Schier

  The following statement was presented at the March 22, 2024 meeting of the International Peace Coalition, where its immediate distribution internationally was a central topic of discussion. “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a […]

On March 24, the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, an organization of former U.S. military and intelligence officers, sent an urgent warning to President Biden urging him to avoid the path to nuclear conflict proposed by French President Macron. The memo begins: “France is reportedly preparing to dispatch a force of some 2,000 troops — roughly a reinforced brigade built […]

At the March 22 International Peace Coalition meeting, Jacques Cheminade explained that a major cause of the increasingly insane proposals made by Emmanuel Macron is the fact that the French economy is on the edge of collapse. In addition, the Elysée very much fears that France will be downgraded by the ratings agencies, such as Moody’s, before the European elections. […]

In the context of the heated debate on whether or not Germany should deliver Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, three interviews with senior German military experts in the past two weeks are worth noting. Renowned security expert Colonel (ret.) Wolfgang Richter warned in the March 12 Berliner Zeitung that deploying the Taurus for “the destruction of strategic targets such as […]

For the first time, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) latest report does not warn of the onset of famine, but confirms that it has already arrived in northern Gaza, affecting some 300,000 Palestinians living there. According to a new report released March 18 by the UN monitoring team, over 70% of the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza face […]

In the context of the increasing instability and unfairness of the transatlantic-dominated financial system, the Valdai Discussion Club of Moscow held a discussion on March 18 on the subject of new mechanisms for financial settlements that the BRICS could implement. One of the speakers was Brazilian economist Paulo Nogueira Batista, who was Vice President of the BRICS New Development Bank […]

Both Egypt and Ethiopia, two new members of the BRICS Plus, have been targeted by International Monetary Fund loan agreements with brutal conditions attached. For the last decade, both countries have been carrying out ambitious economic development policies and been active participants in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. However, a series of external circumstances, including the Covid 19 pandemic, the […]

On March 20, worldwide media were warning that the world is on the brink of destruction. Had the reality of the danger of nuclear war finally broken through the propaganda? No, the threat is man-made climate change, ultimately eliminating the human species, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) presented the day before. Even UN Secretary General […]

The re-election of Vladimir Putin for six more years was met in the West with the same hackneyed comments that could have been written weeks or months ago (autocrat, undemocratic, election fraud, etc.) Nonetheless, those who are in contact with Russian society must admit, however reluctantly, that President Putin enjoys a high rate of popularity. The election was also a […]

Since his initial suggestion on Feb. 26, French President Emmanuel Macron has repeatedly proposed that NATO troops be sent to Ukraine to directly do battle with Russia (cf. SAS 10/24). Fortunately, his proposal has so far been rejected by most other leaders, but that hasn’t stopped him. He boasted in an interview with TF1 on March 14 that France is […]