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Dr. Naledi Pandor, former Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, was an honored guest of the third panel of the Schiller Institute conference on Dec. 8. While we are now experiencing a “profound level of toxic politics dominated by aggressive self-interest and rejection of global cooperation”, she noted, there are promising signs of new […]

We warned in our last issue that the period leading up to the Jan. 20 inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States would be among the most dangerous in modern history. Events have more than confirmed that warning. The outgoing Biden Administration has been tasked with worsening every possible global hot spot to try and make sure […]

When Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration to be Donald Trump’s Attorney General, the relief was palpable throughout official Washington. Gaetz is the Republican Congressman from Florida, who had debunked those who used the false stories of a Russiagate to undermine then-President Trump, and who intended to use the position of Attorney General to pay back those from the […]

The Anglo-American circles who are planning to unleash chaos in the next 50 days can count on the assistance of EU institutions as signaled unmistakably by the European Commission and Parliament. On Dec. 1, in their first official act after taking office, the new High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Kaja Kallas and the new European Council President Antonio […]

When the vote of confidence against Chancellor Scholz comes to the floor of the Bundestag on Dec. 16, the Greens just might desert the government coalition and support war-hawk Friedrich Merz, the leader of the CDU, to replace Scholz. Hints in this direction were confirmed by the new co-chair of the Green Party, Franziska Brantner, who stated outright on Dec. […]

With automobile producers, particularly in Germany, sinking deeper into the worst crisis of the sector in nearly 70 years, new ideas are urgently needed to find a way out, preventing plant shutdowns with the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs. Instead of that, the management of the leading car makers and of their suppliers resort to the usual measures: […]

Since the terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched its surprise offensive against the Syrian government on Nov. 27, occupying Aleppo and advancing toward Damascus, intense diplomatic efforts have been deployed, together with an apparently effective military counter-offensive by the Syrian army of President Assad, with crucial air support from Russia. Although the weakening of the Assad government is welcomed […]

A sigh of relief was heard around the world when Presidents Biden and Macron announced, on Nov. 26, that a ceasefire agreement had been signed between Israel and Lebanon. The temporary 60-day agreement is, however, precarious, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu indicated in initial remarks, in which he claimed that “with the full understanding with the US, we are maintaining […]

It is well known that Ukraine’s “Black Earth” is among the most productive soil in the world, and has been bought up at bargain prices by the profit-hungry cartels and funds, mainly U.S.-based. That scandal was raised on Nov. 13 by Belgium Member of the European Parliament Barbara Bonte (Patriots for Europe, PfE). She wrote a “Question for written answer” […]

The 8th annual Maritime Silk Road Conference was held in Guangdong Province in Southern China on Nov. 22-24, under the aegis of the Guangdong Institute for International Strategies (GIIS).The theme of the conference was: “New Quality Productive Forces and High-Quality Development for the Belt and Road Initiative”. Guangdong province is a flourishing example of China’s economic development policy, of using […]