Month: February 2025

The dizzying pace of developments on the world stage since Donald Trump re-entered the White House has left most of the world, including many of the principal actors in these events, at a loss to explain what is happening, and decide what to do. Over the past five weeks, the entire “rules-based order” has suffered an irreversible blow. The U.S. […]

Russia’s leading news agency TASS asked Helga Zepp- LaRouche for her evaluation of the Feb. 18 discussions in Riyadh between high-level diplomats from the U.S. and Russia. Zepp-LaRouche called the talks “a game changer moment in history and hopefully a first step towards an all inclusive security and development architecture, which overcomes the disease of geopolitics forever. “There was no […]

The Trump Administration’s decision to reestablish relations with Russia and put an end to NATO’s proxy-war in Ukraine has pushed the British elites into a state of panic bordering on disassociation, as reflected in a number of articles published in their most staid media. We treat our readers to a small sample: The Economist (Feb. 22): The lead article is […]

The following statement was released by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, chairwoman of the Schiller Institute, and President of the German party Civil Rights Movement Solidarity, on Feb. 23, shortly after the results of the legislative elections were reported (see more on the results below). “The result of the Feb. 23, 2025 Federal election fully reflects the fact that this election campaign was conducted […]

As was generally expected, the Christian Democrats (CDU-CSU) won the German legislative elections, but with not more than 28.6% of the vote, followed by the Alternative for Germany (AfD), whose 20.8% hoisted it into second place. The Social Democrats (SPD), at 16.4%, were relegated to third place, followed by the Greens with 11.6% and the Linke (Left party) with 8.8%. […]

The world has learned how to distinguish between Donald Trump’s provocative statements and what his policies actually turn out to be. One such case concerns trade tariffs, an issue that has led many to assume that a trade war would be unleashed, with unpredictable consequences for the global economy. So far, that has not materialized, but the U.S. administration is […]

An offer for economic cooperation from Moscow undercuts the Ukrainian “rare earths” narrative and puts development in the forefront of the peace negotiations. In a long interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin given Feb. 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered the United States access to Russian rare earth mineral resources, which are much larger than those allegedly under Ukrainian soil. Referring […]

The Trump administration has proposed a deal requiring Ukraine to surrender half of its revenues from natural resources, including minerals, gas, and oil, as well as earnings from ports and infrastructure, as payback for aid and grants already provided and in exchange for potential U.S. economic support. However, the deal includes no security guarantees for Ukraine, despite Kyiv’s repeated request […]

President Trump’s deliberately provocative proposal to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population in order to turn their homeland into a “beautiful Riviera”, which would be directly controlled by the United States, sparked anger and indignation throughout the region, with the exception of Israel. Egypt and Jordan both rejected out of hand Trump’s demand that the Palestinian population be […]

The February 12 phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin led to a series of events which show that the intent of the two leaders is to forge a partnership which goes beyond ending the NATO-provoked war in Ukraine. In a post on Truth Social, the U.S. President described the call as “a lengthy and highly productive phone call […]