Author: Christine Schier

With automobile producers, particularly in Germany, sinking deeper into the worst crisis of the sector in nearly 70 years, new ideas are urgently needed to find a way out, preventing plant shutdowns with the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs. Instead of that, the management of the leading car makers and of their suppliers resort to the usual measures: […]

Since the terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched its surprise offensive against the Syrian government on Nov. 27, occupying Aleppo and advancing toward Damascus, intense diplomatic efforts have been deployed, together with an apparently effective military counter-offensive by the Syrian army of President Assad, with crucial air support from Russia. Although the weakening of the Assad government is welcomed […]

A sigh of relief was heard around the world when Presidents Biden and Macron announced, on Nov. 26, that a ceasefire agreement had been signed between Israel and Lebanon. The temporary 60-day agreement is, however, precarious, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu indicated in initial remarks, in which he claimed that “with the full understanding with the US, we are maintaining […]

It is well known that Ukraine’s “Black Earth” is among the most productive soil in the world, and has been bought up at bargain prices by the profit-hungry cartels and funds, mainly U.S.-based. That scandal was raised on Nov. 13 by Belgium Member of the European Parliament Barbara Bonte (Patriots for Europe, PfE). She wrote a “Question for written answer” […]

The 8th annual Maritime Silk Road Conference was held in Guangdong Province in Southern China on Nov. 22-24, under the aegis of the Guangdong Institute for International Strategies (GIIS).The theme of the conference was: “New Quality Productive Forces and High-Quality Development for the Belt and Road Initiative”. Guangdong province is a flourishing example of China’s economic development policy, of using […]

Schiller Institute International Online Conference December 7-8, 2024  In the Spirit of Schiller and Beethoven: All Men Become Brethren! Preliminary Program Saturday, Dec. 7 (all times are Central European Time) Panel 1 (15.00-18.00): “The Strategic Crisis: New and Final World War, or a New Paradigm of the One Humanity?” Moderator: Dennis Speed (U.S.), Schiller Institute: Welcome and Introduction Keynote: Helga Zepp-LaRouche […]

The headline above is the title of a new report just released by the Schiller Institute. The full 25-page text in English, with graphics and a color cover, can be downloaded here and will soon be made available, with some additions and adaptations, in several languages. It makes the case that a solution to the current showdown, between the NATO […]

The time between now and the inauguration of Donald Trump as United States President on Jan. 20 is one of the most dangerous periods in modern history. Those who are actually running the Biden Administration have launched a hair-raising escalation of the conflict with Russia, which they apparently plan to present to the incoming Trump Administration as an irreversible fait […]

Russian President Putin delivered a stark assessment of the strategic situation on Nov. 21 in a video address to the nation, following the attacks launched on military facilities inside Russian territory with the use of six U.S. ATACMS missiles on Nov. 19, and of British Storm Shadow and U.S. HIMARS systems on Nov. 21. In response, the Russian armed forces […]

The rapid escalation of tensions with Russia was the main topic on the Zoom call of the International Peace Coalition (IPC), on Nov. 22. The session was addressed by several prominent experts in military and intelligence affairs, including VIPS members Larry Johnson and Ray McGovern, nuclear arms specialist Steven Starr, and former UN weapons inspector and anti-war activist Scott Ritter, […]