May 5 (EIRNS)—Having withstood the first wave of the Covid-19 attack in 2020 rather commendably, India’s Modi administration declared “victory” and virtually ignored the threat waiting around the corner — the second wave of the virus attack. India is now paying dearly with lives and general chaos caused by global pandemic. On May 4, WHO […]
West Sends Thimbles Full of Aid to India May 5 (EIRNS)–According to India Today, 3,000 tons of aid has arrived in the country so far. That may sound like a lot; but what it boils down to is that this nation of 1.4 billion people, with over 20 million cases of COVID which are growing […]
Did Geopolitics Sink Portugal’s Sines Port Expansion Project for Now? May 5, 2021 (EIRNS)—At the close of the April 6 deadline for submitting bids to construct a new, huge container terminal at Portugal’s Sines Port, not a single bid had been entered. Port authorities blamed the fiasco on the drop in world shipping from the […]
The Group of 7 Foreign Ministers met in London to prepare for June’s leadership conference. They devoted two ninety-minute sessions to coordinate military and financial containment of Russia and China, two nations they designated as threats to the “Rules-Based Order” (RBO). While there, Secretary of State Blinken praised the U.S.-U.K. Special Relationship as the cornerstone […]
In reviewing the global strategic situation today, Schiller Institute leader Helga Zepp LaRouche spoke of the significance of more voices speaking out, echoing her warning of the danger of a nuclear war being provoked by the geopolitical maneuvers by the TransAtlantic establishment. Even Henry Kissinger, long a spokesman for this faction, warned that this is […]
May 4, 2021 (EIRNS)–“Diplomacy is being replaced by sanctions,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned in an interview with RT Television yesterday, and this is “undermining mutual trust and darkening the prospects for normalizing relations” between Russia and the collective West. “The vicious practice of imposing unilateral political and economic restrictions, especially the extraterritorial […]
May 4, 2021 (EIRNS)–In its May 1 cover article, the Economist wrote with satisfaction about the dangerous strategic condition created with respect to Taiwan. The outgoing head of the Pacific Command, Adm. Phil Davidson, had told Congress in March that he worried about China attacking Taiwan as soon as 2027. The {Economist} notes the unique […]
Police-State Measures Against Protesters with ‘Wrong’ Thoughts May 4, 2021 (EIRNS)–An Arkansas man photographed at a desk in Nancy Pelosi’s office was taken into custody on Jan. 8, charged with trespassing, disorderly conduct, and possession of a “deadly or dangerous weapon” (the retired firefighter’s walking stick — fitted with a stun gun but without batteries […]
Edward Snowden provided us with an excellent example of how to debunk the self-righteous rants from the likes of Biden’s Secretary of State Blinken. After Blinken used the occasion of World Press Freedom Day to praise the U.S. for its advocacy of “press freedom”, Snowden asked, “What about Julian Assange?” This is one of many […]
Kissinger on U.S.-China War Threat May 2 (EIRNS)–Henry Kissinger warned that pushing the conflict with China is threatening the extinction of humanity. Speaking to the McCain Institute’s Sedona Forum on April 30, said: “For the first time in history, humanity has the capacity to extinguish itself in a finite period of time. We have developed […]