{"id":113447,"date":"2025-12-08T12:56:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/?p=113447"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T19:32:21","slug":"the-root-cause-is-geopoliticsre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/el\/blog\/2025\/12\/08\/the-root-cause-is-geopoliticsre\/","title":{"rendered":"The Root Cause Is Geopolitics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Report on International Peace Coalition #131<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dec.&nbsp;5, 2025 (EIRNS)\u2014Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Schiller Institute founder and International Peace Coalition initiator, opened the 131st consecutive meeting of the International Peace Coalition (IPC) with news of encouraging developments, beginning with Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s state visit to India. She said that the soul of Yevgeny Primakov must be happy right now, because the China-India-Russia relationship is flourishing, despite \u201cthe efforts of the imperial forces of the world\u201d to divide them. She described this as a setback for \u201cglobal NATO.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A New System, in Tune With Natural Law\u2014 IPC Meeting #131\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/otZFrdPfC4o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, the \u201cmost outrageous and infamous development\u201d of the past days was the efforts of the&nbsp;<em>Financial Times<\/em>&nbsp;to sabotage the negotiations for ending the Ukraine War, by running the interview with Italian Vice Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone musing about a preemptive strike against Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are other crisis spots. In Venezuela, Russia may provide military support if it is requested, while Marco Rubio is ranting about Venezuela having a relationship to Hezbollah. The conflict between China and Japan is heating up, and the Israeli assault on Gaza is clearly not over. All these conflicts are extremely worrisome, and highlight the importance of \u201cgetting rid of geopolitics for good\u201d with the ideas found in her\u00a0<a href=\"\/?p=93184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ten Principles of a New International Security and Development Architecture.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), opened with a joke, aimed at Vice Admiral Dragone: Italy now has a new tank with five gears: four reverse gears, and one forward gear in case of an attack from the rear. He added that the Ukraine war is essentially over; the Ukrainians may persist and lose an additional 50,000 troops, but the result will be the same as if it were ended now. McGovern hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump has come to realize this. He commented on the narcissism evident in Trump\u2019s repeated demand that he be given a Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He described it as \u201ca big deal\u201d that Putin gave an interview in India, in which he said that his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi lasted five hours and was \u201ca meaningful, substantive, and highly productive conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kadmitriev\/status\/1995759479879557554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI video<\/a>\u00a0shared by Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which moderator Anastasia Battle described as \u201csuper fun,\u201d was presented. It portrayed an imagined dialogue between Dmitri Mendeleev and Thomas Edison on the theme of the \u201cPutin-Trump tunnel\u201d under the Bering Strait and its potential global effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another video was featured, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RrY9nFmo2gE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video interview<\/a>\u00a0conducted by the Schiller Institute\u2019s Harley Schlanger with Avi Shlaim, professor at Oxford University, historian, and author of\u00a0<em>The Iron Wall<\/em>\u00a0and his autobiography,\u00a0<em>Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab Jew<\/em>. Shlaim said that he had been reluctant to use the word \u201cgenocide\u201d to describe what Israel is doing to Gaza, but the turning point for him was when Israel suspended all humanitarian aid to Gazans. He said that \u201cthe Trump peace plan is not a peace plan,\u201d although it is a positive initiative, but it is essentially \u201ca colonial plan for control of the Gaza Strip,\u201d where decisions would be made by foreigners, aided by \u201cQuislings\u201d within the Palestinian community. There are no provisions for any elections or democracy. Looking back on the past decades, he said that \u201cwith the assassination of Rabin, hope was lost, and there was nothing to replace it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, Zepp-LaRouche expressed the hope that Trump\u2019s visit with President Xi Jinping could produce an agreement on building the Oasis Plan, in which case \u201cTrump would deserve not one Nobel Peace Prize, but two!\u201d She renewed her plea for the U.S. to choose cooperation with China, rather than confrontation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McGovern described the involvement of Jared Kushner in the Ukraine negotiations as a \u201csalutary development,\u201d because it may indicate a realization on Trump\u2019s part of the economic benefits of a negotiated peace. He described Russia and China as being \u201cunited as never before.\u201d Since Trump cannot realistically contemplate a military conquest of China, an attack on Venezuela could be a face-saving demonstration of U.S. military might, similar to Reagan\u2019s invasion of the island of Grenada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A participant sent in a question: would the IPC consider expanding the Bering Strait tunnel into a regional development zone, a \u201ctranscontinental world trade village\u201d? Co-moderator Dennis Small recapitulated the Schiller Institute\u2019s history of proposals for the \u201cWorld Land-Bridge Network,\u201d which would produce such development zones in conjunction with rail development all over the world. We can \u201cleverage\u201d the conflict hot spots around the world to make this happen, he said, since economic development is a necessary prerequisite to real peace. Helga Zepp-LaRouche developed her late husband\u2019s concept of the \u201cdevelopment corridor.\u201d Time is increasingly a factor in economic activity, and transportation infrastructure tremendously accelerates commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Organizing Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alan Rivera presented images of the field deployments of the Mexican organization, with displays of a world map that is Pacific-centered rather than the typical Atlantic-centered maps. The display advocates for the BRICS and shows the opportunity for major development projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Purnima Anand, who is President of the BRICS International Forum in New Delhi, India, reported on the visit of Putin to her country and his successful meeting with President Modi. She described that nearly 10,000 youth participated in the youth forum and pledged the cooperation of her organization with the Schiller Institute and IPC. Zepp-LaRouche responded by saying that if the young people from around the world can come together, \u201cthere is no mountain that cannot be moved.\u201d She invited Anand and all others to take part in the upcoming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com\/internationalyouthconference2025\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com\/internationalyouthconference2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">youth conference<\/a>\u00a0of the Schiller Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christoph Mohs described the mobilization of young people in Germany against the proposed military draft there, showing images of the protests with thousands of students. There were protests in 90 cities across Germany. What was lacking, he said, was a positive vision for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frequent participant John Steinbach lamented the financialization of the economy which ensued after the repeal of Glass-Steagall under Bill Clinton. He remarked that we need to go back to an emphasis on \u201cmaking things, rather than making money.\u201d Zepp-LaRouche, in response, agreed that the collapse of the financial system is a question of \u201cwhen,\u201d not \u201cif.\u201d She said that solution requires the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.laroucheorganization.com\/larouche-s-four-laws-a-new-era-for-the-united-stat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Four Laws of Lyndon LaRouche<\/a>, including the restoration of Glass-Steagall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former AfD parliamentarian from Germany decried the war propaganda in his country, reminding his countrymen of the sacrifices Russia made during WWII, and described how he had made public comments to that effect and became a center of controversy. Zepp-LaRouche congratulated him for speaking out, noting that the failure of citizens to speak out is what enabled the Nazis to come to power in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Libertarian Party activist in Oregon described an antiwar coalition he is building in that state, and how they successfully defeated a pro-war Republican, making them a one term congressman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to another question, Zepp-LaRouche noted the upcoming 250th anniversary of American independence and called for a second American Revolution, for the U.S. to \u201cfind its way back to its own ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In conclusion, Zepp-LaRouche warned that despite the good news of Putin\u2019s meeting with Modi, Europe is still in the pit of a drive for more war, and there will be no solution until we eliminate \u201cthe root cause, which is geopolitics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report on International Peace Coalition #131 Dec.&nbsp;5, 2025 (EIRNS)\u2014Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Schiller Institute founder and International Peace Coalition initiator, opened the 131st consecutive meeting of the International Peace Coalition (IPC) with news of encouraging developments, beginning with Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s state visit to India. 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