EIR argues that it is the moral and philosophical interventions—Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical chief among them—not the military ones, that are shaping the outcome of the crises in Iran and Ukraine.

The 158th session of the International Peace Coalition examined Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical Magnifica Humanitas as a moral corrective for a world sleepwalking toward wider war.

During his seven-day Apostolic Journey to Spain, Pope Leo XIV challenged 600,000 young people at a Madrid prayer vigil to become “the sparks of a new humanity,” and told Parliament that true security stems from justice, not rearmament.

A new Spanish-language edition of “Development Drive Means Billions of New Jobs, No Refugees, No War” makes the case for the World Land-Bridge, including Spain’s own role as a bridge to Africa and Ibero-America.

The 29th SPIEF drew 142 countries and $96.3 billion in agreements, with leaders from Uzbekistan, Tanzania, and China joining Putin to describe a world economy shifting decisively toward the Global South.

June 8—The following are excerpts from the keynote address delivered by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the June 5 plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), as transcribed on the Kremlin site, with subheadings by EIR. The Forum, June 3-6, was titled, “Pragmatic Dialogue: The

Ambassador Eskinder Yirga Asfaw traces Ethiopia’s history as Africa’s only nation never colonized, and its modern drive toward prosperity through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and a new manufacturing renaissance.

Ambassador Majid Nili of Iran argues that the colonial system’s bitter legacy persists in Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine, and Iran itself, and that only dialogue and resistance—not domination—can build a new international order.

Iranian-American analyst Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi tells EIR’s Harley Schlanger that the war against Iran was driven above all by the Zionist lobby, and that Israel’s failure to achieve its war aims has shattered Zionism’s global legitimacy.

Written in 2007 during the Iraq War but republished for its relevance today, Lyndon LaRouche asks why the U.S. keeps winning battles abroad while losing wars—and its own republic—at home.

Today, the LaRouche movement in the United States, The LaRouche Organization (TLO), issued the following rallying cry for action. America at 250: Will We Now, As We Once Did, Come to the Aid of Our Country? June 9, 2026—We must not allow this 250th anniversary of the United States