Author: Christine Schier

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At the Doha Forum in Qatar on Dec. 10, the Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres issued another dramatic call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. That followed the outrageous decision by the United States to veto, on Dec. 8, a UN Security Council resolution demanding such a ceasefire, the only country to do so, while the United […]

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor reported on Dec. 9 that infectious diseases and epidemics are spreading in Gaza “in a way that is catastrophic and unprecedented in modern history”. The release, published by the United Nations’ Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), cites record numbers of displaced people, the lack of clean drinking water, inadequate sanitation, and malnutrition as factors leading […]

Recent statements from officials in the Biden Administration demonstrate their desperation in the face of the collapse of their ability to dominate the globe, as the military force enforcing the “Unipolar Order”. As Congress has thus far blocked passage of a special appropriation package of funds for the war against Russia in Ukraine, and for Israel’s war against Palestinians, President […]

Faced with zero chances of Ursula von der Leyen being re-elected President of the European Commission next June, the European oligarchy is pushing Mario Draghi as her replacement. According to diplomatic sources in Brussels quoted by La Repubblica Dec. 8, French President Macron has already consulted Olaf Scholz on the matter. Indeed, the conspiracy to put Draghi in began some […]

On Dec. 6, the Italian daily Corriere della Sera revealed that Italy is withdrawing as a member of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as undersigned in the 2019 Memorandum. The decision was taken without consulting Parliament, almost secretely, and communicated in a letter sent by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani to the Chinese embassy in Rome. After the Corriere leak, […]

The regime in Kyiv recognizes the growing international influence of Helga Zepp-LaRouche and of the Schiller Institute she founded, much more openly than those in the West do. Thus, the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD), which comes under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, has had Zepp-LaRouche on its “hit list” of Western “information terrorists” since July 2022. […]

An explosion of fury followed the presentation on Dec. 11 of the draft communique to COP28 proposed by its president, Sultan Al Jaber, Industry Minister of the United Arab Emirates. It contained no mention of the phase-out or phase-down of fossil fuels, just called on countries to take actions to reduce emissions. Annalena Baerbock, who is EU negotiator on emissions […]

There was a new twist to this year’s UN Climate Conference in Dubai, unexpected to some: the push for nuclear energy, not only fission power but also fusion. At a session on Dec. 5, the Biden Administration’s special representative John Kerry announced “a U.S. international engagement plan for fusion energy”, which appears to focus on the collaboration of the U.S. […]

Internationally, the commitment to developing nuclear power is strong, and the nuclear energy industry is alive and well, as was seen at the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE) that took place in Villepinte, on the outskirts of Paris, Nov.28 to 30. However, of the more than 700 exhibitors from 76 nations, only 29 were from Germany, where the government’s anti-nuclear policy […]