Author: Christine Schier

In view of of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which convenes Oct. 16, the Chinese daily Global Times is conducting interviews with “influential scholars from Western think tanks” on their view of the Chinese economy and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects. The second such interview, published on Oct. 9, was with Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder […]

It is often said that during wartime, one side will accuse its opponents of employing illegal and brutal tactics that are actually practiced by the accuser. Studies of how to do this effectively proliferated in the west after the Maidan coup in 2014, but became especially intense after 2016, with numerous papers written and seminars conducted by leading Anglo-American think […]

After four years of stalling, the Transaqua Lake Chad water management project may get off the ground now that Nigeria’s Water Resources Minister Suleiman Adamu called for unblocking the project and asking the African Development Bank for help. Speaking as a guest on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum in Abuja, he “called for more funding and understanding from […]

Last week marked a decisive turning point in the global strategic situation with the accession of four regions now in Ukraine to the Russian Federation and the near-simultaneous sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. It may also prove to be a game-changer in relations among the transatlantic powers themselves, if it is demonstrated that the United States and/or other NATO […]

The sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, on Sept. 26, is an attack on Germany’s existential interests and citizens, which requires a thorough, objective investigation by the German authorities, free of any foreign interference, in particular from so-called allies. Such is the demand put forth by Helga Zepp-LaRouche in an article written Oct. 1. Given all the […]

Lt. Col. Ralph Bosshard (ret.) of the Swiss Army has submitted exclusively to EIR an article entitled “Sabotage of the Nord Stream Gas Pipelines: For Once, the Question ‘Cui Bono?’ Is Not Sufficient.” From a professional technical and military standpoint, it cuts through all the baseless speculation on who sabotaged the Nord Stream pipeline, and comes to the conclusion that […]

The Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) in Kiev posted Oct. 3 an an expanded version of its notorious hitlist of “Speakers Who Promote Narratives Consonant with Russian Propaganda”. The original list identified over 70 international figures who deviated from the official NATO line, declaring them “information terrorists” liable to be tried as “war criminals”. Number one on the CCD’s new […]

Whatever one might think of Vladimir Putin and his policies, we recommend that all concerned citizens read the speech he gave on Sept. 30, upon the accession of the four Ukrainian regions to the Russia, to better understand how the Russians view the current crisis, why the world has now so moved so close to a world war, and what […]

EU Energy Commissioner: Next Winter Will Be Even Worse Than This One. Energy ministers of the European Union met on Sept. 30 to address skyrocketing energy prices in Europe and come up with a package of emergency measures. Coming out of the meeting, EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson (Estonia) told the press: “Ministers were concerned, as am I, that this will […]

On Sept. 27, the Administrative Appeals Court of Ukraine’s Supreme Court upheld the banning of the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine (PSPU), as we reported last week. The chairwoman of the party, Natalia Vitrenko, issued a response in a Sept. 30 message to her fellow party members and friends all over the world. She called the decision “not only … […]