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The Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) brought together leading actors in the economic and political sectors from many countries in the world to discuss not only trade and investment opportunites, but also fundamental questions related to international relations and to the reorganization of the international financial system to promote cooperation. As Russia currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the […]

The purpose of the never-ending series of sanctions the West has imposed on Russia, we are told repeatedly, is to weaken the Russian economy, and to force Moscow to accept the “rules-based order”. They have certainly weakened the European economies due to soaring energy prices and the restriction of trade, but what happened in Russia? That question was answered indirectly […]

In an obscene travesty of history, the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of D-day, the landing of the Allied Forces on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, was turned into a love fest for war, revenge, and the militarization of society. It coincided with the visit of U.S. President Biden and of special guest President Zelenskyy, both of […]

Citizens of the world were again shocked and horrified to hear of the killing of over 270 Palestinian refugees on June 8 in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, conducted in order to rescue four hostages held by Hamas. Some 700 civilians were injured and the camp was completely destroyed by the bombing and shelling, […]

On on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 7, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Russia’s state owned nuclear power engineering firm Rosatom and the Republic of Guinea on developing floating nuclear power units (FPUs) for this West African nation. The agreement, according to Vladimir Aptekarev, Deputy Head of Rosatom’s Mechanical Engineering Division, ”involves […]

Schiller Institute Conference, June 15-16, 2024 (on line) The World on the Brink: For a New Peace of Westphalia! Preliminary Program SATURDAY, June 15 Panel I: Europe after the European Elections (14:00-17:00 CET; 8 am ET) Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Schiller Institute founder (Germany) Chas Freeman, U.S.-China scholar, and diplomat (ret.) U.S. Foreign Service (United States) Prof. Georgy Toloraya, Director, Director, Center […]

The Schiller Institute will hold an international conference on June 15-16, just one week after the results of the European Parliament elections, to discuss the need of “A New Peace of Westphalia”. The invitation to the event is included at the end of our newsletter. Registration is open (and required for simultaneous translation into English, French, German and Spanish) here.

After the Ukrainian armed forces launched several incredibly dangerous drone attacks against Russia’s early warning radar system for nuclear weapons (cf. SAS 22/24 and below), one might have expected leaders in the West to recognize the danger of provoking a real-life nuclear war and to opt for restraint. But no, NATO leaders chose to brazenly escalate the conflict, dismissing Vladimir […]

The International Peace Coalition marked its first anniversary, or 52nd consecutive online weekly meeting, on May 31, which focused on the war in Ukraine, due to the extreme danger represented by the three attacks on early warning radar installations in Russia, launched by Ukrainian forces but with the support of NATO member states. These installations are unrelated to the war […]

Following “in-depth” discussions in Beijing on May 23 between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the Chief Adviser to the President of Brazil, Celso Amorim, the two countries put on the table a six-point proposal on the principles and steps required to promote peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and called on other nations to endorse it as well. Viewed […]