Author: Christine Schier

There is a general consensus within the scientific community that China is advancing more quickly than others in certain critical areas of science and technology. The prestigious Nature magazine has published relevant figures regarding the issue, and even among members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, there is a general understanding of that reality. Although the White House is […]

Dear Readers, this is the final issue of the Strategic Alert for the year 2025. Your next issue will be dated January 1, 2026. We wish you joyous holidays and thank you for your loyalty and for making an extra effort to help us balance our budget at EIR. If you have not been able to do so yet, there […]

As the year-end approaches, the tension between two simultaneous and opposite trajectories in the world underscores the urgent need of a global new security and development architecture. On the one hand, the Global Majority is moving to consolidate relationships of cooperation and win-win agreements for growth, while on the other hand, an increasingly irrelevant, yet nuclear-armed, elite class in the […]

An international youth movement dedicated to the common interests of the one humanity is taking form, in response to the initiative launched by the Schiller Institute (SI) worldwide. On very short notice, and building on the dynamic of the SI conference in Paris on Dec. 8-9 (cf. SAS 46/25), a first online meeting took place on Dec. 14, bringing together […]

One of the problems in Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy is the power assigned to Wall Street banks. As the U.S. moves to decouple the financial system even more deeply from the real economy, China is doing the opposite, cracking down on attempts to expand the cancer to Hong Kong. As of Dec. 9, the United States has taken a […]

On Dec. 13, the Ukrainian presidency made it known that Volodymyr Zelenskyy had discussed reconstruction in an online meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Jared Kushner and BlackRock’s Larry Fink. Some people were shocked at the presence of Fink but this was nothing new, as a first on the record meeting on a Reconstruction Bank/Reconstruction Fund with both the […]

The visit to the United States last weekend by a delegation of Alternative for Germany (AfD) politicians and their prominent reception by Republican politicians have freaked out the mainstream parties in Germany, as they provide insight into how the Trump Administration’s new security doctrine intends to shake up the political landscape in Europe by supporting opposition parties. Chancellor Merz, in […]

The tragic mass murder of Jews in Sydney, Australia, at a Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 14, could trigger the next round of war in Southwest Asia. At least 15 celebrants have died so far, with another 40 in serious condition, victims of gunfire from two Muslims in what has been described by Australian officials as an act of terrorism. Israeli […]

The Schiller Institute in Denmark held a highly successful diplomatic seminar on Dec. 11, attended by 14 diplomats from 10 countries, with guest speakers H.E. Ambassador Prof. Dr. Manuel Hassassian and Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche, who traveled to Copenhagen from Germany. The title of the seminar was “Can There Finally Be Peace Through Development Between an Independent Palestine, Israel and the […]

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the founder and CEO of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, had been designated two months ago by Donald Trump to join him on the “Board of Peace” responsible for overseeing a permanent peace for Gaza. His potential appointment, however, ran up against huge opposition in Arab and Muslim countries, and beyond. Those […]