Volume 40, Number 36, September 13, 2013
The Pacific Development Corridor: Maglev Across the Bering Strait
by Benjamin Deniston
From a new 21st Century Science & Technology Special Report, “Nuclear NAWAPA XXI: Gateway to the Fusion Economy.” Benjamin Deniston of the LaRouche PAC science unit writes that the development of the nuclear-thermonuclear NAWAPA XXI “depends upon the highest levels of technology and energy-flux density achievable,” and rapid reversal of the last four decades of economic stagnation and attrition. The consequent leaps in economic development will drive the growth of the entire world.
The Vostochny Cosmodrome and Space Industry Cluster
by Rachel Douglas
Eurasia-North America Multimodal Transport
by Dr. Victor N. Razbegin
A reprint from the Sept. 28, 2007 EIR of a speech by Dr. Razbegin, deputy chairman of Russia’s Council for the Study of Productive Forces, delivered to a Schiller Institute conference in September 2007.
International
The Danger of Attacking Syria: Israeli Missile Test Could Have Launched World War III
by Nancy Spannaus
Russia’s military went on high alert Sept. 3, following Israeli ballistic missile tests which sent two missiles eastward across the Mediterranean, on a path like that which they would take if headed toward Russia. Deputy Defense Minister Antonov warned on Russian TV, “that the Mediterranean is close to the borders of the Russian Federation.” President Putin was promptly briefed.
French General: Give Geneva II a Chance
by Christine Bierre
Hamid Bayat, Iranian Ambassador to Denmark: No Military Solution to Syrian Crisis
by Tom Gillesberg
An exclusive interview with Ambassador Bayat, conducted the chairman of the Schiller Institute in Denmark. The Ambassador offered his frank views on the civil war in Syria, the use of chemical weapons, and the need for Geneva II negotiations rather than military action.
Reagan, Bush Gave CBW Agents to Saddam
by Edward Spannaus
National
President Obama Walks Himself into Syria Impeachment Trap
by Jeffrey Steinberg
The intense and growing opposition to a strike on Syria, from within Congress, and among the American people, poses a dilemma for President Obama. Whatever he may choose to do, the threat of impeachment is now a Damocles Sword hanging over his head.
Syrian Parliament to Congress: Our Common Enemy Is Saudi-Funded Al-Qaeda
Ex-CIA: Obama, Kerry Lying About Syria
by Larry Johnson
A statement by a former CIA officer.
Interview with State Sen. Richard Black: ‘I Will Do Anything To Stop This War’
Virginia State Sen. Richard Black gave an exclusive interview to EIR in Munich, Germany Sept. 4. Black, who sponsored a bill to restore Glass-Steagall last year, spoke on both the war and the economic crisis. We present his views on the threat of war.
Economics
Push Through Glass-Steagall Now, and We Will Survive
by Nancy Spannaus
The drive for war against Syria, Iran, and beyond, reflects the desperation of the London-based bankrupt global financial empire, which seeks to impose world domination and depopulation. The only solution is the re-imposition of Glass- Steagall in the United States.
Chinese President in Kazakstan: Xi Jinping Calls for ‘New Silk Road’
by William Jones
President Xi, speaking at Nazarbayev University, called for the rapid development of a New Silk Road, stretching “from the Pacific Ocean to the Baltic Sea.”
Strategy
End the Wall Street Nightmare: What If Wall Street Had Died Now?
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
“The distinction of the human species from all others known to us presently, lies within the development of qualitative, more than merely quantitative, upward transformation of human society.... [T]he quality of fire-like upgrading of the abilities of our species, is the most essential feature of beneficial ‘evolutionary effect’ on which the continued success of our species depends.... Those specific kinds of effects ‘reside’ in the most unique distinction of mankind from all other presently known species.”
Editorial
Beyond the Obama Breakdown
