Author: Christine Schier

In a press conference prior to the NATO Foreign Minister meeting in Brussels on Nov. 28-29, Jens Stoltenberg had to recognize that “even with this substantial significant military support from NATO Allies, [Ukraine has] not, over the last year, been able to move the front line. And that just reflects the fact that we should never underestimate Russia.” He reiterated […]

In the discussions on options for the future of a Palestinian state, the name of Marwan Barghouti as a possible leader has been raised, in particular in France. Dubbed the “Nelson Mandela of Palestine”, he has been imprisoned in Israel since 2002, serving five life sentences for murdering civilians in the framework of the second Intifada launched in 2000, in […]

Any rational person analyzing the economic program initially announced by Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei, the self-professed “anarcho-capitalist” who will take office on Dec. 10, would be appropriately horrified. To resolve the country’s profound economic problems — 140% inflation, 133% interest rate and 40% poverty — he vowed to impose the fascist austerity policies championed by Friedrich von Hayek of the […]

The temporary four-day truce agreed upon last week by Israel and Hamas and then extended for 48 hours, afforded a desperately-needed respite from the bombing in Gaza, together with the release of some of the hostages against that of Palestinian women and children held in Israeli prisons and, most importantly, the delivery of humanitarian aid, food and fuel to the […]

Egypt, together with Qatar and the United States, brokered the current agreement on the four-day truce in Gaza, according to Egyptian President El Sisi, who hopes it will be extended to a permanent ceasefire. On Nov. 24, he met with the Prime Ministers of Spain and Belgium in Cairo, after the two had carried out a mission “on behalf of […]

The United Nations Security Council held a three-hour special session on Nov. 20 on the theme “Promote Sustaining Peace through Common Development”. It was convened by China, as the most important event of the rotating presidency it holds in November. The discussion there reflects the growing acceptance of the basic principle at the center of Lyndon LaRouche’s science of physical […]

Immediately after the signing of the Oslo Accord in the White House by Israeli and Palestinian leaders in 1993, Lyndon LaRouche and his associates urged the different parties and the international community to implement economic development projects to sustain the peace process. LaRouche and Executive Intelligence Review (EIR) journalists had already developed the “Oasis Plan”, which included both certain economic […]

The EU’s insane anti-pesticide and decarbonization policies are being defeated, which is a good thing. However, as the next UN climate conference is about to open in Dubai, the myth of man-made climate change has not yet been challenged as it should be. Two pillars of Ursula von der Leyen’s Green Transition, the pesticide and packaging waste bills, were killed […]

The statement made on Oct. 29 by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius that “Germany must be war-ready” with regards to Russia has caused quite an uproar ever since. Although he attempted to backtrack a bit, by claiming he only meant “defense-ready”, it would be naive not to consider this as another phase change in Germany in the direction of a […]

There is widespread recognition by now, in the United States in particular, that the war in Ukraine has been lost. The latest budget passed by the Congress has not allocated any new funds to the war effort, due to the opposition to funding a losing propsition and also to fears in the White House as the next presidential election draws […]