STRATEGIC ALERT Service

A former vice president of the New Development Bank (2015-17), Brazilian economist Paulo Nogueira Batista, Jr., penned an op-ed on CGTN Aug. 21 titled, “Is a BRICS Currency Feasible?”. He goes beyond the recently common speculations about “de-dollarization” and a new BRICS currency, to link that issue implicitly to the NDB, and to the ability of such a BRICS financial […]

That the Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia, finally launched June 4 after continuous postponements, has been a complete failure is now acknowledged by all but the most hard-core geopoliticians. But that, unfortunately, does not mean that Western political leaders, beginning with President Biden, have decided to seek an end to the senseless killing and destruction through diplomatic means. Rather, they remain […]

The Ukrainian government is heavily financed by Western multilateral institutions, such as the EU and the IMF, as well as by generous loans and grants from individual countries. The total amount pledged by governments, including EU institutions, was over $170 billion as of May 31, 2023 according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Thus, Kyiv does not need […]

Under the von der Leyen presidency, the European Commission has launched a hostile policy against China, first calling it a “systemic rival” in March 2019, then launching the so-called “Global Gateway” project as an anti-Belt and Road initiative in September 2021, then finally initiating a “de-risking” policy (another name for “decoupling”) in March 2023. In addition to the fact that […]

Once again, cost-cutting bureaucrats and ecologists have joined forces in Germany to sabotage crucial infrastructure projects. The German government, relying on the opinions of “experts” who have no clue about the requirements of rapid and efficient rail freight operations, has now rejected the plan to build a 118 km long tunnel system along the Rhine, between Bonn and Wiesbaden, which […]

The fire that devastated the island of Maui, one of the archipelago chain of Pacific islands that make up the state of Hawaii, is the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century. Environmentalists are demanding that President Biden immediately declare an unprecedented Climate Emergency, with sweeping powers. But the climate is far less a factor in this catastrophe than the […]

The Schiller Institute will hold an international online conference on September 9, beginning 15.00 CET, on the theme: Let us Join Hands with the Global Majority To Create a New Chapter in World History! Please register for the conference at https://schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com/conference_20230909. Simultaneous translation in French, German and Spanish will be available on Zoom for those who register.

On Saturday, Sept. 9 — the opening day of the G20 summit in India, shortly after the BRICS summit in South Africa, and amidst the growing danger of a new world war — the Schiller Institute, with the support of E.I.R., will hold an international online conference titled “Let Us Join Hands with the Global Majority to Create a New […]

The BRICS summit in Johannesburg, from Aug. 22 to 24, will be much more important than anyone would have guessed one year ago. In the meantime, given their growing economic clout, 23 countries have officially applied for membership in the group. And the South African government has invited the leaders of 67 other countries, including all those in Africa, to […]

In view of the upcoming BRICS summit on Aug. 22-24, EIR and the Schiller Institute issued recommendations which have been picked up by one of the most important figures in the ongoing “de-dollarization” debate among the BRICS, minister of the Eurasian Economic Commission Sergei Glazyev. The EIR paper, drafted by Dennis Small and Mary Jane Freeman, was published in the […]