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The long-awaited summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14-15 ended with no spectacular breakthroughs announced, but hopefully with a gain in international stability. In welcoming his American counterpart, the Chinese President posed the fundamental question to be answered: “Can China and the United States transcend the so-called ‘Thucydides Trap’ and forge a new paradigm […]

Despite the growing number of warnings, European leaders, led by the so-called Coalition of the Willing, are still not looking to engage in diplomacy with Russia. On the contrary, the rearmament drive and a war economy are their stated priorities, sold to the public under the narrative that Russia is preparing to attack Europe as soon as possible. What remains […]

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 […]