STRATEGIC ALERT Service

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 […]

The State Council of China has just issued a White Paper on Global Governance, containing proposals on how to overcome the turbulence and conflict which has characterized the world over the most recent period. According to the Foreign Ministry, the initiative responds to countries’ common need for improving global governance and enriches the practice of building a community with a […]

The New Development Bank (NDB) as well as private and public industrial enterprises of the BRICS have been very active in financing and developing infrastructure in Africa. The NDB has recently approved a loan of up to $1 billion to South Africa, a founding member of the BRICS, for modernizing urban infrastructure. The funds will serve to support projects under […]

The world has welcomed the news of the agreement reached between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, announced by President Donald Trump on June 14. This was confirmed by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as well as the Iranian leadership, themselves, and a formal signing ceremony is planned to take place in Switzerland this Friday, June 19. […]