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The rotating Czech presidency of the EU has called for an emergency meeting on energy on Sept. 9. At the same time, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has finally discovered financial speculation on energy and called, on Aug. 29, for a reform of the energy market in Europe. One is tempted to say they are closing the stable […]

Last April, the Biden Administration established a “Disinformation Governance Board” within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), officially charged with exercising censorship under the noble-sounding pretext of protecting free speech. The person chosen to head the new agency was a certain Nina Jankowicz, who had worked closely with the Ukrainian government, is rabidly anti-Russian and anti-Donald Trump. The appointment of […]

In an interview given to EIR on Aug. 23, Colonel Richard Black, who is well known to our readers, was asked about the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) and its blacklist, which he is on, together with members and allies of the Schiller Institute. He addressed the issue by discussing the Biden Administration’s Disinformation Governance Board (cf. above), first […]

For weeks now, the mainstream media have served us the line that “Putin has lost the war, he’ll soon be ousted in a putsch”. That propaganda campaign was taken to new heights in a story published on Aug. 28 by the British daily The Sun, and taken up in other British media, which names outright three senior Russian politicians as […]

Africa is home to nearly one fifth of the world population, but accounts for less than 4% of the total electricity consumed. Nearly 650 million Africans, or well over half the total population, have no access to electricity. In terms of global carbon dioxide emissions, the entire continent accounts for 3% maximum, according to the UN. And yet, the Malthusian […]

The shift away from the West’s dying “unipolar world” was confirmed once again at the Conference on International Security that took place in Moscow Aug. 16-17. While belittled in many western media as a gathering of “autocratic states” against “democracies”, it brought together the Defense Ministers of some 35 countries, including BRICS members China, India, South Africa, as well as […]

The primary aim of the visit of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan on Aug. 4 was to intentionally cross the “red line” clearly laid down by Beijing by supporting and encouraging separatist forces on the island, in violation of Washington’s commitment to the One China policy (cf. SAS 31, 32/22). But another major aim was to […]

Unwilling to admit that the sanctions imposed on Russia are causing more damage to Europe than to Russia, Western geopoliticians are busy promoting the narrative that cooperation with China can be replaced by cooperation with other partners in the world. A look at Germany, China’s leading partner in Europe, exposes this assertion as reckless adventurist talk which would have devastating […]

The official feasibility study for building a railway tunnel along the Rhine Valley between Bonn and Wiesbaden concluded that it cost less to build than had been thought in the past. The 118 km tunnel dedicated to freight would enable freight trains to avoid the narrow part of the Rhine Valley, where the infrastructure is in many places over 150 […]

The Swiss Popular Party (SVP) is organizing a popular referendum to reverse the violation of their country’s traditional neutrality in foreign policy, which was enacted by the Swiss Federal Council (the executive) by endorsing sanctions against Moscow (cf. SAS10, 17/22). A referendum is very common and frequent in Switzerland, as a form of direct democracy. The initiative was launched by […]