STRATEGIC ALERT Service

New opinion polls in Germany show the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) either scoring 25%, putting it on a par with the CDU-CSU, or bypassing the latter by 1-2%. This has triggered a heated discussion about what the main governing party should do: attempt to ban the AfD by a Constitutional Cout ruling, or change some policies to boost the […]

On Oct. 17, the second suspect in the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines was released in Poland, after a court ruling denying his extradition to Germany. This followed a similar decision by the Italian Court of Cassation regarding the first suspect, who was arrested in a resort near Rimini at the end of September (cf. SAS 35/25). The two […]

Despite the progress made on an end to the war and genocide in Gaza since the ceasefire agreement was signed on Oct. 13 (cf. SAS 42/25), many hurdles remain, largely due to the resistance from the Netanyahu regime. On Oct. 18, the Prime Minister’s office announced that the gate to Rafah would not be opened as scheduled on Oct. 20 to […]

The Ambassador of the Palestinian Authority to Denmark, H.E. Prof. Dr. Manuel Hassassian, was interviewed for EIR on Oct. 14 by Helga Zepp-LaRouche. The ambassador has endorsed the Schiller Institute’s Oasis Plan, which he has carefully studied, on several occasions. In answer to the first question about the ceasefire agreement for Gaza, Ambassador Hassassian said it was a “breakthrough” and […]

Monday Oct. 13 may turn out to have been an historic day in South-West Asia. Mediators signed a ceasefire deal for Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh, Hamas released all 20 of the remaining living Israeli hostages, and Israel released 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, some of whom had not been seen for decades, to shouts of joy and celebration. Much-needed humanitarian aid, medicine, […]

To avoid a return to the same cycle of violence in Israel and Palestine, a transcendental change is required, wrote former Speaker of the Knesset Avrum Burg in an insightful piece on Oct. 12 which we quote. “There are moments in history when not only states change but entire nations. It is not borders that are redrawn but consciousness itself; […]

Now that Donald Trump feels he has been successful in bringing about an end to the war in Gaza, perhaps he will devote more time to his oft-stated goal of establishing good relations with Russia, and ending what is actually a NATO’s war in Ukraine. If so, he could begin by making clear that he will not authorize delivery of […]

The announcement by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Oct. 9 of export control measures on rare earth exports sent a message to the United States and to the world, that whoever is looking to wage a real trade war with Beijing is drawing the short straw. Without rare earths from China, Western industry will come to a stillstand. More […]

While it has been taboo until now for mainstream media and economists in Germany to discuss just how alarming the economic situation is, Clemens Fuest, president of the Munich-based IfO Econometric Institute, did just admit in an FAZ interview that “we are indeed seeing an economic downfall”. The IfO is one of the six institutes comprising the official advisory economic […]

Following his poorly-received rant on Sept. 26 before a nearly-empty auditorium at the UN General Assembly session seeking an end to Israeli genocide against Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retreated to a more friendly venue. Speaking to pro-Israel “influencers” at Israel’s New York City consulate, aware of their concerns over the dramatic loss of support for Israel among Americans, he […]