SCHILLER INSTITUTE BERLIN CONFERENCE, 2026: ‘THE URGENT NEED FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT ARCHITECTURE’
The Schiller Institute convened an international conference in Berlin May 30-31, whose opening session today was described by the participants from many nations, as “inspiring,” given the danger and depravity around us. Over the course of the full, two-day event, panelists from 15 nations, with experience and skills in international relations, economics, science, and the […]
THE FATE OF HUMANITY IS NOT YET DECIDED: IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO ACT
“Is the human species capable of governing itself,” Helga Zepp-LaRouche asked in her webcast of May 27, “or are we on the path of potential self-destruction?” This question remains to be answered. The dangerous and very volatile state of the world strategic picture, from the illegal aggressive war against Iran to the deranged continuation of […]
THE ARCHITECTURE IS ON THE TABLE — AND WHAT MUST BE DONE IS NOT IN DOUBT
At 10:00 Tuesday morning in New York, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi opens the United Nations Security Council’s high-level debate, “Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter and Strengthening the UN-Centered International System.” Secretary-General António Guterres briefs. Foreign ministers and senior diplomats of the world’s nations are in the chamber. Implicitly before them […]
NOT THE DELUGE, BUT THE OASIS
Before the world descends into a maelstrom of total war, from which human civilization itself may not emerge, a different path must needs be taken. This Tuesday, May 26, the United Nations will convene the session, “Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter and Strengthening the UN-Centered International System.” sponsored by the United […]
RUSSIA, CHINA, CHAMPION “CONCEPT OF A SINGLE FATE FOR HUMANKIND” – PRESIDENT XI
A mere week after US President Donald Trump flew out of Beijing following a glamorous rare state visit – the first in a decade by a US president – China proved to be a modern-day mecca for crisis diplomacy as Russian President Vladimir Putin stepped in. The contrast in both mood and expectation was palpable […]
THE U.S., CHINA AND IRAN ON THE STATUS OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
“I’m not asking for any favors because when you ask for favors, you have to do favors in return,” U.S. President Donald Trump said when asked by a reporter on Air Force One whether Chinese President Xi Jinping had made a firm commitment to put pressure on the Iranians to reopen the strait. Xi did […]
A VERY PRECIOUS MOMENT TO ACT TO BRING A NEW PARADIGM INTO EXISTENCE
“This is a very precious moment in history, which must not be missed,” Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche wrote with urgency in a May 17 open letter addressed to the Governments of the United Nations, but also meant for action by all the peoples of the world. In little more than a week, the United […]
IT’S TIME TO PUT A REAL SOLUTION FOR SOUTHWEST ASIA ON THE TABLE
In little more than one week, on May 26, China, as the rotating chair of the United Nations Security Council, will convene a meeting under the theme “Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter and Strengthening the UN-Centered International System.” The meeting will occur with the world at a historical branching point, creating […]
TRUMP HOPEFULLY LEARNT LESSONS FROM XI’S HUMILITY
President Donald Trump became the first US leader in a decade to undertake a state visit to the People’s Republic of China this week. The significance of the visit cannot be overstated. China is the world’s second largest economy behind that of the US. The two countries have become fierce competitors on global affairs. Their […]
COOPERATION OR (UN)-CONTROLLED DISINTEGRATION: THE CHOICE AFTER BEIJING
On May 14, Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump met in Beijing and pledged “a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability”—a three-year framework, an institutionalized economic channel, and a high-level calendar through year’s end. The handshake at the Great Hall of the People was the opening of a possible road back from the brink. On […]
BRICS FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN NEW DELHI
At the same time that the Trump-Xi summit is being held in Beijing, the foreign ministers of the BRICS nations will meet in New Delhi over May 14-15, and will set the agenda for the heads of state summit in September, chaired by India this year. RT reports that the meeting “is expected to focus […]
THE BACKDROP TO THE TRUMP-XI SUMMIT
“In the case of the actualization of the presently onrushing general monetary-financial blow-out,” Lyndon LaRouche wrote in November 2004, “all of the sundry elements of a complexly integrated world system, including the most notable nations of Asia, would be plunged into chaos in a way most nearly resembling the plunge of Fourteenth Century Europe into […]