STRATEGIC ALERT Service

At a signing ceremony on June 26 in Washington, the Israeli and Lebanese governments, through their respective ambassadors to the United States, affirmed a ceasefire between their two countries. However, in his comments afterwards, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio made clear that the agreement clears the way for Israel to launch a civil war in Lebanon. While he said this […]

Burkina Faso has severed diplomatic relations with France, in asserting its national sovereignty. In January 2023, the Burkinabe government had ordered France to remove its military presence in the country. An official communiqué signed by Minister Pingdwendé Gilbert Ouedraogo declares that as of June 26, 2026 official relations had been severed, after assessing that conditions for mutual respect, trust, and […]

One week before the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the United States, Presidential candidate Diane Sare spoke of the urgency of creating a Renaissance if the nation is to survive, in an exclusive interview with EIR News. The very holding of a “wrestling match” on June 14 to celebrate President Trump’s birthday—and, implicitly the […]

The first round of U.S.-Iran negotiations in Switzerland, mediated by Qatar and Pakistan, with the U.S. and Iran not yet speaking directly, ended June 21 with an agreement on a roadmap to a final deal within 60 days. Very importantly, a “de-confliction cell” was set up to ensure the end of military operations in Lebanon, which Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi […]

Whatever the outcome of the ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran turns out to be in the short term, this war has irreversibly hastened the demise of the old world order, dominated by the Collective West (including Israel) and its institutions. Now, rather than considering all the intricacies of the deals being discussed, or the motivations of the […]

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s strategy, he claims, is to increase the sustainability of government debt and thereby prolong the life of the dollar based financial system. His strategy is based on an artificial demand for U.S. bonds generated by so-called “stablecoins”, i.e., privately-issued pseudo-currencies backed by Treasuries 1:1. To a certain extent, this has worked, but at a high […]

It came as no surprise that the G7 Summit in Evian (France) of last week assured the Ukrainian government of its solidarity and support against Russia, nor that the European Union extended its anti-Russia sanctions by 12 months instead of the usual six months, nor that the EU still insists that only increased pressure will force Vladimir Putin to come […]

What was described as “inevitable” since the Epstein-Mandelson scandal broke in the U.K. on Feb. 9, came to pass on June 22, as Sir Keir Starmer announced his resignation as Prime Minister. The attempt to cover up the truth was part of the Mandelson story: Did Starmer know about the Jeffrey Epstein connection when he appointed Peter Mandelson as Ambassador […]

On June 12, the European Union’s new “Migration and Asylum Pact”, adopted in 2024, came into force. This is yet another brutal set of repressive measures that does nothing to resolve the actual causes of the problem. Basically, the Pact provides for screening refugees and asylum-seekers for up to seven days while holding them in “detention centers” at the EU […]

To the G7 leaders gathered in Évian (France) on June 17, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivered a much-needed lesson in economic policy. Instead of complaining about Chinese “competition”, join China in developing the Global South, he said in sum, it will be beneficial for you, for us, and for the world. He began by saying that the […]