STRATEGIC ALERT Service

Ambassador Prof. Dr. Manuel Hassassian, former Palestinian ambassador to the U.K., Hungary, and Denmark, wrote a lengthy analysis of the regional and international military, geopolitical and economic effects of the war in Iran, on AmmanNet.net on May 21. Ambassador Hassassian, who has endorsed the Oasis Plan during several Schiller Institute conferences and interviews, is now promoting it in other media, […]

After SpaceX successfully launched the third version of its giant Starship rocket on May 22, China launched its Shenzhou-23 to the Tiangong space station on May 24, which rendezvoused with the space station one day later. It’s clear that the new space race has begun. The United States intends to send a man to the Moon by 2028, the last […]

As our editorial board will be attending the Schiller Institute conference in Berlin on May 30-31, and subsequent discussions, the next issue of the Strategic Alert will be dated June 11. We invite our readers to attend that conference in person, if possible, or to view the videos once they are posted on schillerinstitute.com and on the SI pages on […]

On May 17, Schiller Institute chair Helga Zepp-LaRouche issued an open letter to all governments represented at the United Nations which is being circulated internationally, in view of the high-level open debate that China, as rotating president of the UN Security Council will convene on May 26, under the theme “Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter and […]

The outlines of a policy to resolve the Iran war and address the regional crisis were discussed and elaborated at the EIR Emergency Roundtable Dialogue (“The Iran War and the ‘Controlled Disintegration’ of the World Economy”) on May 15 (cf. above). Former Prime Minister of Türkiye Ahmet Davutoğlu posited that bilateral U.S.-Iran negotiations alone cannot resolve the regional crisis, arguing […]

The long-awaited summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14-15 ended with no spectacular breakthroughs announced, but hopefully with a gain in international stability. In welcoming his American counterpart, the Chinese President posed the fundamental question to be answered: “Can China and the United States transcend the so-called ‘Thucydides Trap’ and forge a new paradigm […]

Despite the growing number of warnings, European leaders, led by the so-called Coalition of the Willing, are still not looking to engage in diplomacy with Russia. On the contrary, the rearmament drive and a war economy are their stated priorities, sold to the public under the narrative that Russia is preparing to attack Europe as soon as possible. What remains […]

Germany and Ukraine will jointly develop long-range drones, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius proclaimed during an unannounced visit to Kyiv on May 11, where he signed a “Brave Germany” program along with Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. Berlin has emerged as Ukraine’s largest single military donor, after the U.S. switched from donating weapons directly to Ukraine to selling them to […]

The government crisis in Latvia must be seen in the context of the escalation of NATO’s war against Russia, with the use of NATO airspace by Ukrainian drones targeting Russian territory. On May 14, Prime Minister Evika Silina resigned, following the decision of the Progressive Party to pull out of the government coalition, in reaction to the firing of Defense […]

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on May 18 that he had canceled the attack announced for the following day, at the request of the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the President of the United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He […]