STRATEGIC ALERT Service

The media storm which led to the resignation of the head of the German Navy, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach, on Jan. 23 is puzzling in many respects. After all, the remarks he made at a confidential meeting on Jan. 21 with Indian diplomats at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) in New Delhi, contained nothing that […]

The upcoming presidential elections in France, to be held on April 10, followed by a run-off between the top two candidates on April 24, are crucial for the future of not only France, but all of Europe and beyond. Emmanuel Macron is still the front-runner by a long shot, but in these tumultuous times and among growing social unrest, nothing […]

Some European car producers, who have realized that the European Commission’s “Green Deal” will seal their fate and that of their clients, have begun to speak out. That is the case of Carlos Tavares, the CEO of Stellantis, an automaking cartel founded one year ago that produces 15 brands including Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, Fiat, Opel, and Peugeot. In a joint […]

Half a Million Jobs at Risk in Italy. According to the Italian Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (CGIA), half a million jobs will be lost in Italy in the first half of 2022, as energy-intensive industries are forced to shut down production due to high energy costs. That figure represents some 30% of all the jobs in sectors such […]

Over the course of Jan-10-14, Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held separate meetings in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province with his visiting counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, as well as with the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), followed by two other meetings with the foreign ministers of Turkey and Iran. In reviewing the results […]

At the heart of the growing tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine is the demand by President Putin that the U.S. and NATO sign legally binding treaties which guarantee Russia’s security. This is not a new issue, but goes back to talks in February 1990, when then U.S. Secretary of State Baker promised there would be no eastward […]

The leader of the German Social Democrats in the Bundestag Rolf Mützenich has called for “a European peace order including Russia, even if this seems illusory at the moment.” He said he hoped for a “pan-European peace order that, as a ‘pluralistic security community,’ excludes war between its members and ultimately overcomes the military alliances.” Mützenich is a close ally […]

Ray McGovern, who served for 27 years as a CIA analyst on Russia, was a co-founder in 2003 of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). At a webinar of the The LaRouche Organization held on Jan. 15, he gave his assessment of the state of U.S.-Russia and NATO-Russia relations following the recent spate of talks – an assessment which one […]

On Jan. 17, the Schiller Institute organized an emergency webinar on the unspeakably tragic situation in Afghanistan, where 23 million people are threatened with starvation, while the Western powers, beginning with the United States, continue to block effective aid and reconstruction. The event was opened by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, who presented her initiative for saving lives, called “Operation Ibn Sina”. Other […]

It has now come out that what likely caused the near-meltdown of the financial system in September 2019, avoided only by the Fed “nationalization” of the repo market, was the blowout of a $2.7 billion credit derivative contract owned by insolvent tour operator Thomas Cook. The latter filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 16, triggering a general panic […]