STRATEGIC ALERT Service

Power blackouts, albeit on relatively small and local or regional scales, have become a daily pattern in many European countries over the past years. They were caused, to a large extent, by so-called “repercussion disturbances” triggered by problems in coordinating calculable flows of electricity or gas between the hundreds of different operators in the grid. Before the European Commission’s first […]

Could it be just a coincidence that a little over one week before the beginning of a crucial round of strategic talks between Russia and the West, starting Jan. 10, violent protests broke out in Kazakhstan? That is hard to believe, especially given the strategic importance of this Central Asian nation. The events began with boisterous but peaceful demonstrations, most […]

George Soros and the National Endowment for Democracy. The NED, which was originally created as a “private” arm of the CIA, has been involved for decades in regime change operations throughout the world. In Kazakhstan, it has recently poured over $1 million/year into various activities. In 2020 alone, it funded some 20 programs, to the tune of $30,000 to $114,000 […]

Dr. Andrey Kortunov, the Director General of the influential Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), gave an interview to the weekly online Executive Intelligence Review on Jan. 6, in which he offered insights into Russian strategic thinking that one rarely hears from Western geopoliticians and media, that deny there is any validity to the security concerns raised by President Putin over […]

A dramatic 30-second video was issued Jan. 5 by the World Food Program (WFP), showing both hungry children and food delivery, with the text: “The situation in Afghanistan may have faded from the front page, but don’t let Afghan families fade from your mind. 8.7 million people are on the brink of starvation. Read that again: 8.7 million people are […]

The following statement was made by Schiller Institute Chairwoman Helga Zepp-LaRouche in opening her international webcast on Dec. 31. “This coming year is going to be one in which a lot of very crucial strategic issues will come to a head, where humanity is being confronted with choosing a path; a path to either solutions which will bring mankind into […]

The idea proposed by Helga Zepp-LaRouche to make 2022 the “Year of LaRouche” is not an honorific request, shaped simply by a desire to see that an intellectual giant, the late Lyndon LaRouche (1922–2019), is given the recognition he richly deserves. It is, instead, a necessary intervention to provide both world leaders and honorable citizens the profound, in-depth insight required […]

On Jan. 3, 2022, the heads of state and government of five nuclear weapons states, which are also the permanent members of the UN Security Council, issued a declaration stating, for the first time, that “nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought”. It further declares that nuclear weapons should only “serve defensive purposes, deter aggression, and prevent […]

The Schiller Institute issued on Dec. 31 a lengthy memorandum with the above title, which gives an overview over the last 30 years of the buildup of NATO forces against Russia. Today, it notes, Ukraine is being used by geopolitical forces in the West “as the flashpoint to trigger a strategic showdown with Russia,” which could well end up in […]

The year 2022 opens under the full impact of the hyperinflation of energy prices. As natural gas prices have increased sixfold on the future markets, authorities in many member states of the European Union have already allowed consumer price increases of over 50% for electricity. But growing energy costs have started to drive consumer prices up across the board, and […]