STRATEGIC ALERT Service

Following the verbal assault against him at the European Parliament on Oct. 9 (cf. below), Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accused EU leaders of plotting a regime change in his country. “The EU Commission and EPP (European People’s Party) Group leaders, von der Leyen and Manfred Weber, are attempting to oust Hungary’s sovereign government,” the Prime Minister’s spokesman Zoltan Kovacs […]

In his opening speech to the European Parliament on Oct. 9, Viktor Orbán highlighted competitiveness as a key issue for Hungary’s Presidency, pointing to energy prices as a key obstacle. “As a result of moving away from Russian energy sources, the EU has lost significant GDP growth,” he said. “We should not fall into the illusion that the green transition […]

Officially and publicly, the governments of NATO countries continue to repeat the mantra “Ukraine can win this war”. But there are signs that a certain retreat from this illusionary view has already begun. For instance, the high-profile meeting of NATO’s Ukraine Contact Group, scheduled for Oct. 12 in Ramstein, Germany, was put off after U.S. President Biden abruptly postponed by […]

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad is a remarkable historical leader of the Global South who still today, at the age of 99, continues to fight for the right to development of all nations and peoples, against all forms of imperialism. For 22 years, from 1981 to 2003, he served as Prime Minister of Malaysia, during the so-called “Asian […]

The world is sitting on powder keg, as there are now two major conflicts which could erupt at any moment into a global war. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is scheduled to visit Washington this week to discuss a potential response to Iran’s missile attack of last week, itself in retaliation for previous attacks by Israel, and to attempt at […]

“Where Is Israel Heading, When the Only Horizon Its Leaders Offer Is War?” Such is the question posed by Haaretz, one of Israel’s leading dailies, in its Oct. 2 edition. The editorial notes further “Israel is taking giant steps towards a regional war, while the world keeps asking itself: What does it want? Where is it heading?”. As we have […]

The Schiller Institute sponsored on Oct. 2 an emergency online conference titled “Another Step Closer to Nuclear Armageddon — Germany Needs a New Security Architecture”, which focused on the role of Germany in the current strategic situation. In opening the event, Helga Zepp-LaRouche reviewed the “cascading events which are spinning out of control”, in particular the recent ghastly developments in […]

The announcement made by Russian President Putin in opening the Oct. 4 meeting of the permanent members of Russia’s Security Council surprised many observers in the West, who would have expected him to talk about the war in Ukraine, or the defense budget, or the escalating conflict in South-West Asia. But no. As reported on the Kremlin’s website, he said: […]

On Sept. 27, a devastating storm, Hurricane Helene, hit the Florida Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane, and quickly moved north, dropping near-record amounts of rainfall. An emergency was declared in five states, with more than 3 million homes losing power. As the situation on the ground deteriorated, and aid was slow in arriving, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas […]

On Oct. 4, member states of the European Union approved imposing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EV), defeating the German opposition. France, Italy, Greece and Poland had announced they would vote in favor, and they had the numbers to neutralize a blocking minority. This vote led to a serious split between Germany and France, which usually coordinate their votes at […]