In the two major conflicts in the world today, which are merging into one, involving NATO and Ukraine against Russia on the one hand, and the U.S. and Israel against Iran on the other, the danger of escalation remains acute. Just after Donald Trump had vowed on July 31 to hit Iran “very hard” and the State Department had advised […]
Read moreThe timeliness of the July 31 EIR roundtable (“Solving the Migration Crisis”) was underscored by the fact that just one day before, nearly 70,000 mainly young African migrants had reached the city of Ceuta from Morocco, with several dozen dying in the attempt. The event made clear that, regardless of whoever or whatever had set off the mass influx, the […]
Read moreThe sudden influx of tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on July 31, which has a population of only 80,000, gave rise to wild scare stories in European media about the uncontrollable hordes of migrants about to enter Europe. The crisis was brought under control within 48 hours by the Spanish authorities in […]
Read moreThe main interest rate in Russia is 14%, under the “inflation control policy” of the central bank, in accordance with typical monetarist dogmas. Despite this being an obvious bottleneck to development, the head of the central bank Elvira Nabiullina recently defended her policy, when she lowered the rate only by one quarter point. Economist Sergey Glazyev has long opposed the […]
Read moreIn a sane world, a country’s ability to produce more than it needs for its immediate domestic consumption, and therefore has enough to export to the rest of the world, would be considered a positive sign of productivity and growth. Not for the City of London and Wall Street. And not for the Trump administration, which initiated in March investigations […]
Read moreAn impressive list of 1,293 employees of frontier AI companies have signed a statement titled “Pacing the Frontier”, that calls on the U.S. government to cooperate in international governance of AI development. This follows a recent incident that underscored the dangers of an uncontrolled technology. The signers include Anthropic’s CEO, Dario Amodei; the head of research at OpenAI; the head […]
Read moreIt came as no surprise last week when three leading companies of the German automobile sector announced very bad news, namely Mercedes, BMW and VARTA. Q2 profits at Mercedes, the “last man standing” among German automakers, were 26% lower than the same quarter in 2025. Losses were mainly in the car production branch, compensated – a sign of the times […]
Read moreOn July 20, 2026, leading figures from military, political and academic circles attended the annual ceremony in Berlin commemorating the assassination attempt of July 20, 1944, to overthrow the Hitler Nazi regime. The event, which also serves as an oath-taking ceremony for the new Bundeswehr recruits, usually features a speech reflecting on that failed attempt, given by a special guest […]
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