Editorial
Trump Declares War on Iran: A Bridge Too Far?
The Trump administration has launched an illegal war of aggression on Iran; the editorial asks whether this is a bridge too far, and whether enough people will mobilize to keep it from sparking World War III.

I. International
From the UN Charter to Today: The Birth and Decline of International Law
The International Peace Coalition’s 143rd weekly meeting put the spotlight on the creation of the United Nations and the sabotage of the system of law it begat, as Helga Zepp-LaRouche warned that “the clouds of war are massing over our heads.”
Larry Johnson: Can Reason Replace Insanity in American and European Policymaking?
In an interview with Helga Zepp-LaRouche, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson asks whether reason can replace insanity in American and European policymaking, as the United States hovers at the edge of another war in Southwest Asia.

Trump’s Board of Peace and Africa’s Omission: A Reckoning with History and Strategy
Dr. Kwame Amuah asks why not a single sub-Saharan African nation was invited to join Trump’s Board of Peace, and what the omission reveals about history and strategy.

Trump and Blair’s ‘Board of Peace’ Is a Cruel Farce for Gaza
Trump opened the first meeting of the Board of Peace for Gaza with self-praise and no mention of the tens of thousands killed in Gaza; Palestine is not represented on the board, although Israel is.

Two BRICS Powers Strengthen Coordination with the Global South
After Lula’s state visit to India, Brazil and India pledge closer coordination, calling themselves “the meeting point of the pharmacy of the world with the breadbasket of the world.”

New Edition of 2017 Schiller Institute Special Report: Extending the New Silk Road To West Asia and Africa
Professor Li Xing’s preface to the second edition of the Schiller Institute special report by Hussein Askary and Jason Ross describes its argument that lasting peace in West Asia and Africa must rest on infrastructure-driven economic development.

II. The Battle Over Culture
Let’s Fight for the Beauty of the Human Soul!
Helga Zepp-LaRouche argues that fighting oligarchism requires a new renaissance of the best traditions of all cultures, built on Friedrich Schiller’s concept of aesthetic education.

The Not-So-New ‘New Eugenics’ of the Epstein Class
Dennis Speed traces the eugenics ideology of today’s Epstein Class, from the 1932 International Congress of Eugenics to Peter Thiel’s advocacy of genetically superior humans and an omnipotent surveillance state.

The Blue Angel and the Epstein Files
Daniel Platt looks to the 1930 German film The Blue Angel for insight into the public reaction to the scandals around the Epstein files and the degeneracy they reveal.

III. United States
Independent Presidential Candidate Diane Sare Preempts Trump, Delivers State of the Union
Independent presidential candidate Diane Sare delivers her own State of the Union address, a day ahead of Trump’s, on the economic and cultural collapse at home, the danger of thermonuclear war, and what must be done.

Tariffs Leave the Highest Physical Goods Deficit in U.S. History!
The U.S. physical goods trade deficit hit a record $1.241 trillion in 2025, days before the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s IEEPA tariffs, Richard Freeman reports.

IV. From Lyndon LaRouche
‘Insanity as Geometry’: Rumsfeld as ‘Strangelove II’
In this 2003 article, LaRouche calls Defense Secretary Rumsfeld “Strangelove II” and warns that the Bush administration’s utopian military doctrines are the work of fools or, most probably, worse.

