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Germany and Ukraine will jointly develop long-range drones, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius proclaimed during an unannounced visit to Kyiv on May 11, where he signed a “Brave Germany” program along with Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. Berlin has emerged as Ukraine’s largest single military donor, after the U.S. switched from donating weapons directly to Ukraine to selling them to […]

The government crisis in Latvia must be seen in the context of the escalation of NATO’s war against Russia, with the use of NATO airspace by Ukrainian drones targeting Russian territory. On May 14, Prime Minister Evika Silina resigned, following the decision of the Progressive Party to pull out of the government coalition, in reaction to the firing of Defense […]

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on May 18 that he had canceled the attack announced for the following day, at the request of the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the President of the United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He […]

The future viability of the Trump coalition was clearly on the line in theRepublican primary in the 4th Congressional District of Kentucky on May 19. The incumbent was Thomas Massie, an anti-war conservative first elected to Congress in 2012, and his opponent was former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, who had been hand-picked by the Trump team to defeat the dangerous […]

International In-Person Conference, Berlin May 30-31, 2026 The End of 500 Years of Colonialism, For a Dialogue of Civilizations The Urgency of a New Global Security and Development Architecture The Schiller Institute is holding an in-person international conference on May 30-31 in Berlin, Germany, on the above theme. Interpretation will be provided throughout the conference in English and German, and […]

In announcing the roundtable to be held on May 15, starting 17.00 CEST, EIR writes: “It is now two and a half months since the Feb. 28 closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a predictable — some would argue intended — result of the unprovoked U.S.-Israeli war of aggression against Iran. If this war continues for another few months, it is […]

The threat that so-called “stablecoins” represent for bank credit, which we have long warned of, is becoming more and more concrete, leading both the “banking lobby” and central banks to sound the alarm. The latest to do so is the European Central Bank, via its chairwoman Christine Lagarde. Speaking at a Spanish central bank event on May 8, Mme Lagarde […]

There were two dramatic countdowns in the last week, when there were deadlines issued which in the absence of a short-term resolution, could have resulted in a renewal of deadly warfare. One was Project Freedom, the threat from U.S. President Trump to militarily shut down the Strait of Hormuz to Iranian vessels, the other was from Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, who […]

A group of eighteen House Democrats introduced on May 5 the “No Funds for Iran War Act”, which would bar the use of federal funds for military operations against Iran unless Congress formally authorizes them through an Authorization for the Use of Military Force or a declaration of war. Significant of the shift taking place in American, 14 of the […]

At the International Peace Coalition meeting of May 8, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter said that, based on the impression he had from a meeting at the Russian embassy, Moscow has crossed the Rubicon in respect to Europe, and especially Germany. At that Victory Day celebration, the atmosphere was the most militant he had ever experienced from the Russians, […]