Month: June 2024

On June 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented a comprehensive initiative for a new Eurasian security architecture, including a negotiated peace to stop the escalating war in Ukraine, for the world’s consideration. He explicitly mentioned that his proposal was designed to ensure the security of all nations, including those of Europe and NATO. The proposal on Ukraine was rejected out […]

After provoking conniptions in Western capitals with his call for a Eurasian security alliance, open to all European nations, the Russian President again took the West by surprise by traveling to Pyongyang June 18 for a two-day visit, where he announced Russia’s new strategic partnership with North Korea. That includes the commitment to come to each other’s aid in the […]

The June 21 online meeting of the International Peace Coalition (IPC) heard a report from Joachim Bonatz, the Vice President of the East German OKV, an umbrella organization of different social and cultural associations in eastern Germany, on their support for the peace initiative announced on June 14 by Vladimir Putin. The OKV statement, which was overwhelmingly supported by the […]

With legislative elections scheduled for next Sunday, after only two weeks of campaign, France seems headed for severe instability (cf. SAS 24, 25/24). The polls still give a comfortable lead to the Rassemblement national, followed by the popular front of the left, with Emmanuel Macron’s party a distant third. But how the second round of the elections on July 7 […]

On July 16, the new European Parliament will convene its first plenary session, at which time it is supposed to elect its own President and the President of the new European Commission. But the latter choice will not be sovereign, as the candidate for Commission head will have already been decided by the European Council. The European Parliament can only […]

During the visit of Economy Minister Robert Habeck to China on June 22-23, his Chinese interlocutors would have liked to hear a clear German “no” on two main issues: the EU’s special tariffs on e-cars manufactured in China, and on the EU’s “de-risking” strategy for deals with China. That view had been expressed shortly before the delegation’s arrival by the […]

Voters in the 16th Congressional District of New York State (to the immediate north of New York City) are stunned when informed that the Democratic primary election for that seat has attracted nearly $25 million in contributions — mostly for George Latimer, who is challenging the incumbent, Jamaal Bowman. Latimer is the beneficiary of funds coming from the leading organization […]

The Israeli Defense Forces continue their rampage in the Gaza Strip. On June 23, at least eight people were killed in an air attack near an aid center that is the main headquarters of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of people were sheltering inside UNWRA’s facility, after being displaced by the Israeli […]

Day two of the Schiller Institute’s June 15-16 online conference, titled “The World on the Brink: For a New Peace of Westphalia!”, took up some exciting opportunities in the field of science today, as well as the role of classical culture in resolving the crises the world is facing. Panel III featured four speakers: Prof. Mark McMenamin, geologist, paleontologist, and […]

An emergency press conference was held at the National Press Club in Washington on June 12, organized by the Schiller Institute, featuring four very knowledgeable speakers: Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector and U.S. Marine intelligence officer; Col. Richard H. Black (ret.), former head of the U.S. Army’s Criminal Law Division at the Pentagon and a former Virginia State Senator; […]