As the U.S.-Israeli war of aggression against Iran is well into its fourth week, and after the U.S. extended to April 6 its deadline on attacking Iran’s energy facilities, President Trump continues to claim that negotiations with the “new” Iranian leadership are “going well”. That claim has been repeatedly denied by Tehran, and even contradicted by Trump’s own chief diplomat, […]
Read moreEIR is organizing an emergency roundtable dialogue, on April 6, under the banner “A Dialogue of Civilizations: Is There Still Time to Prevent the War Against Iran from Escalating into a Global Nuclear Conflict? International strategic thinkers and representatives from Iran, the United States, Europe, China and various nations of the Global South will engage in a frank dialogue on […]
Read moreFor the first time in nearly 25 years, a delegation of five members of the Russian Duma met in Washington with five American counterparts, in a visit arranged by Republican Congresswoman from Florida, Anna Paulina Luna, a firm believer in dialogue as a means to resolve differences. After the visit, she wrote that “As representatives of the world’s two greatest […]
Read moreThe name of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s speechwriter, Sam Lyman, is prononced Lie-man, which happens to suit his nature. As a quack doctor reminiscent of Donizetti’s Dulcamara (from the opera Elixir of Love), Lyman authored an article for the Washington Post to promote the Trump administration’s “funny money” scheme, i.e., stablecoins, including pulling the ultimate argument out of his hat: […]
Read moreIf gasoline prices stay as high as current levels for a longer period, or even increase, none of the current governments in the transatlantic world is likely to survive. In its March report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) called the crisis “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market”. As much as 20 mb/d of crude […]
Read moreGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz harshly criticized the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran at an event hosted by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on March 27. “What Trump is doing right now is not de-escalation and an attempt to reach a peaceful solution, but a massive escalation with an uncertain outcome… These escalations are already menacing, not only for those directly affected, but […]
Read moreAn exciting, new dynamic is developing on a grass-roots level in the United States of candidates for federal or state office, who reject the policies of “the Establishment”, in both the Democratic and Republican parties, and who are running as independents. Diane Sare, who announced her campaign for President in January, is spearheading a campaign to bring these candidates, scattered […]
Read moreThe first-ever High-Level Forum between the African Union (AU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was held in Bogotà, Colombia on March 21. Greater coordination of policy initiatives and enhanced trade among member countries, as representatives of the Global South, were on top of the agenda. The Forum itself was preceded by three days of discussion […]
Read moreWhile the West is increasingly attempting to “protect” its technological research and development from “outside forces”, the Chinese leadership has chosen the opposite approach. China’s Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang told the Zhongguancun Forum on March 25 that broader and more diverse technological cooperation will be carried out, together with an increase in joint efforts in fundamental and frontier research, and […]
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