Author: Christine Schier

Two important meetings marked week three of January: the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) get-together in Davos Jan. 16-20, and the “League for Ukraine” meeting, as U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin renamed the Ramstein conference of the Ukraine contact group that took place Jan. 20. In terms of results, both were a complete failure — at least initially. Whereas very […]

At the meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group Jan. 20 in Ramstein, Germany, the new German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, responded with a “no” to the request to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, sparking a barrage of attacks on both him and Chancellor Scholz for “letting Ukraine lose the war”. Four days later, Berlin capitulated, agreeing to send […]

The European Commission tweeted proudly on Jan. 20: “We have imposed nine rounds of heavy sanctions against Russia, crippling its ability to finance the war.” Just three days before, at the World Economic Forum, Ursula von der Leyen spouted the same line, claiming that the EU sanctions “leave the Russian economy facing a decade of regression and its industry starved […]

A de facto death sentence is still hanging over the head of Julian Assange, if he is effectively extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted. The Wikileaks founder and former publisher is accused of “espionage” for publishing classified documents on the war crimes committed by the U.S. […]

The linkage between NATO’s permanent war strategy and its role in enforcing global austerity, as the “unipolar order” is facing its most profound crisis, was made explicit at last week’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. In fact, it was stated directly by Canada’s Deputy PM and Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland, who also serves on the Board of Trustees of […]

Following the tragic death of over 40 residents of an apartment building in Dnipro, on Jan.14, mainstream Western media immediately went into high gear, blaming the “atrocity” on Russia. From Ukraine to Washington, over-emotional calls were heard for the delivery of more and more sophisticated weapons to the Kiev regime to stop the wanton attacks on innocent civilians. A few […]

The German industrial giant Siemens has just signed a €3 billion contract to build no less than 1,200 electric locomotives for Indian Railways. This is the company’s largest locomotive contract ever. At the same time, it was announced that DMG Mori, a German machine tool company, is about to finish a €400 million state of the art plant for the […]

Faced with a hostile international environment, Chinese leaders have taken a sound approach to ensuring economic growth. They have decided to increase investments in major infrastructure and industrial projects to activate private capital, create jobs and boost consumption. According to Global Times, fixed-asset investments rose by 5.1% in 2022, and infrastructure investment by 9.4%. One major project involves building up […]

Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, the chairman of World Muslim Communities Council, based in the United Arab Emirates, led a delegation of over 30 Islamic figures and scholars to see for themselves the reality of life for Muslims and Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region from Jan. 8-13. On the last day of their visit, Al Nuaimi gave an enthusiastic interview to China’s […]

Invitation to the online Schiller Institute Conference, February 4, 2023, from 10 am to 5 pm CET To register for the conference (and translation) and for more information, go to https://schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com/conference_20230204 We are in an epochal change, but a very different one than that about which Chancellor Scholz of Germany has been talking. We are at the end of the […]