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A major reversal of U.S. energy policy toward Africa was announced by Energy Secretary Chris Wright at the 10th Powering Africa Summit in Washington, March 6-7. “This [Trump] government has no desire to tell you what you should do with your energy system,” Wright told the high-level representatives of 19 African governments and many businessmen gathered there. “It’s a paternalistic […]

In the extensive media coverage of the showdown in the White House last Friday between Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, there is a notable omission, by which the intent of the U.S. leader’s message is obscured. “You’re gambling with World War Three!”, Trump exclaimed more than once. As for the Ukrainian president, his intent in coming to the White […]

The March 2 newsletter of The Economist reflects the despair spreading through the City of London as a result of the Feb. 28 meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House. The magazine’s digital editor Adam Roberts writes that the fact that America has taken Russia’s side means European leaders must increase defense spending to allow the […]

The CDU and the SPD have begun talks on the formation of a new German government, but there is no indication that they are considering a break with traditional British geopolitics or support for U.S. President Trump’s new approach to Russia. On the contrary, the leaders of both parties have fervently taken the side of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. One […]

On Feb. 26, just as Romanian political leader Călin Georgescu was about to file his candidacy for the rescheduled presidential elections, armed with well over the 200,000 signatures needed to qualify, he was stopped by the police and taken to the General Prosecutor’s office. After questioning, he was indicted on several charges, including “actions against the constitutional order”; communication of […]

In a blatant attack on personal privacy from a country that claims to be a model for the rest of the world, the United Kingdom has instructed Apple to allow them to access data in its cloud storage services via a backdoor. The order, which was reportedly issued in secret in January, demands that British intelligence should not only be […]

Western media and politicians have expressed outrage at Donald Trump’s proposal that Ukraine hand over to the United States its mineral resources, especially its so-called “rare earth metals”. However, Trump was not the first who staked that claim: Britain did it first, and even signed a treaty with Kyiv on the subject. It was in January of this year that […]

The above title is how Brazilian President Lula da Silva’s Special Advisor on Foreign Policy, Celso Amorim, characterized the BRICS in an exclusive interview released on Feb. 24, one day before the first major planning meeting organized by the Brazilian government after assuming the presidency of the group on Jan. 1. Sherpas of the 10 BRICS full members and of Saudi […]

The crisis in the Middle East remains acute, as Phase 2 of the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has been stalled, and the Israeli government has again blocked the entry of aid into Gaza while significantly escalating the attacks on the West Bank. On the positive side, Arab countries are working on a plan for Gaza and its reconstruction, […]

A center devoted to “China’s Diplomacy in the New Era” released on Mar. 3 an interview with Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche, conducted during her November 2024 trip to China. In her discussion with the program titled Diplomacy Talk, Zepp-LaRouche shared her inspiration for creating the Schiller Institute back in 1984, emphasizing the need for a new approach to foreign […]