Nachdem die afghanische Handels- und Investitionskammer (ACCI) am 13. September davor gewarnt hatte, daß das Land in eine Wirtschaftskrise stürzen würde, wenn das US-Finanzministerium die eingefrorenen internationalen Reserven nicht freigeben werde, mehren sich die Stimmen, die die USA auffordern, genau dies zu tun. Diese Stimmen von Vertretern des Privatsektors warfen dem US-Finanzministerium vor, daß das […]
Der amtierende Gesundheitsminister Afghanistans, Dr. Wahid Majrooh, erläuterte die wahren Auswirkungen der finanziellen Maßnahmen des Westens, die dazu führen, daß die Finanzierung des afghanischen Gesundheitssystems unmöglich wird: „Wenn wir Nachrichten von der Weltbank oder den Gebern des Treuhandfonds für den Wiederaufbau Afghanistans hören – ob sie nun sagen, daß sie unsere Mittel gestoppt oder eingefroren […]
SCO Opens in Tajikistan: Pakistan’s Imran Khan Calls for Replacing Geo-politics With Geo-economics — Sept. 16, 2021 (EIRNS)—The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is convening at the head-of-state level in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, with the crisis in Afghanistan the major immediate challenge to their 20-year mission. The eight SCO countries—China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—become […]
Afghanistan’s Neighbors Move to Secure Borders and Counter Terrorism— Sept. 16, 2021 (EIRNS)—In tandem with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) began on Thursday two days of head-of-state sessions in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The six nations involved are Russia, Tajikistan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan. Their immediate central concern is to modernize and […]
Happy 93rd Birthday Fred Wills! — The collaboration between Fred Wills (former foreign minister of Guyana) to realize a New World Economic System, Helga and Lyndon LaRouche is commemorated in the Schiller Institute’s hosting of the webpage: Shakespeare in Exile, inaugurated on Lyn’s 99th birthday earlier this month. The webpage hosts Wills‘ series of lectures on Shakespeare’s […]
Sep. 15 (EIRNS)–On Sunday, September 12, The Schiller Institute, with the support of the Russian Embassy in the United States and the Consulate General of Russia in New York, organized a Memorial Ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the mass terrorist attack on the US. To honor those who perished and in support of […]
Drumbeat Grows for Release of Afghan Funds As Economy Falters— As Afghanistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Investment warned on September 13 that the country would plunge into an economic crisis unless frozen international reserves were released by the U.S. Treasury, there is a growing cascade of voices calling on the U.S. to do just that. […]
In ihrem wöchentlichen Dialog kritisierte Helga Zepp-LaRouche das AUKUS-Abkommen, bei dem Großbritannien und die USA vereinbarten, Australien in eine neue strategische Allianz einzubinden, die auf dem Verkauf von Atom-U-Booten an das Land beruht. Sie sagte, daß behauptet werden würde, diese „Partnerschaft“ richte sich gegen kein Land, aber die Chinesen wüßten das anders und reagierten scharf […]
In her weekly dialogue, Helga Zepp-LaRouche blasted the U.K.-U.S. deal to incorporate Australia into a new strategic alliance, based on the sale of nuclear submarines to Australia. She said they claim that this „partnership“ is not aimed at any country, but the Chinese know differently, and responded sharply — as did the French, as the […]
Sept. 14, 2021 (EIRNS)—The Sept. 13, United Nations conference in Geneva on aid to Afghanistan succeeded in raising $1.1 billion, beyond the original target of $606 million. But given the dramatic reports by speakers on the dire humanitarian crisis and the urgent need for food and medicine to avert imminent starvation of tens of millions of […]