Financial System: From Speculative Frenzy to the “Death Zone”

As central banks signal further interest rate increases, the system signals that a boundary condition is being reached in both the stock and bond markets. In an analyst’s note, Morgan Stanley chief U.S. equity strategist, Mike Wilson, likened the current stock market increase to the “death zone” that mountain climbers experience when they reach an altitude so high they don’t […]

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Berlin Rally Kicks Off the New Peace Movement

In spite of massive attacks and slanders in the media and by established political leaders (including in the Linke party), the “Uprising for Peace” rally at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Feb. 25 saw a turnout of some 50,000 – the biggest such rally since the high time of the “peace movement” in the early 1980s. The approach taken by […]

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China’s Initiative for Negotiations over Ukraine Undercuts NATO

China released on Feb. 24 its proposal for solving the conflict in Ukraine, which had been announced by top diplomat Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference and discussed with various leaders during his trip to Europe (cf. SAS 8/23). The short 12-point document, titled China’s Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis, presents a serious alternative to […]

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NATO Rejects Chinese Proposal for a Political Settlement in Ukraine

From the United States, President Biden quickly dismissed Beijing’s initiative out of hand, calling it a “non-starter” and implying that it only benefits Russia! The idea that China could negotiate the outcome of a war is “totally irrational”, he stated. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell also rejected the plan, calling it a “document of intentions, where Beijing outlines all […]

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Historic Parallel: “Like On The Eve Of The Tet Offensive”

While NATO propaganda insists that Russia is not winning the war in Ukraine and that Kiev will be able to defeat the Russian army provided it is supplied enough weapons, intelligence agencies know that the reality is quite different. At the weekly “Manhattan project dialogue” on Feb. 18, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern likened the situation to the eve of […]

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Munich Security Conference Dominated by NATO Utopians

This year’s annual meeting of the Munich Security Conference (Feb. 17-19) totally abandoned its long-time claim of serving as a forum for dialogue with Russia, by simply not inviting any Russian officials, for the first time ever. This move also reflects the transition of the MSC chairmanship from Wolfgang Ischinger to Christoph Heusgen, an unbridled NATO utopian (cf. SAS 51/14). […]

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