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EIR Roundtable: an Alternative to the Madness by Stewart Battle (EIRNS) — Sep. 04, 2026 The world is currently sitting in one of the most dangerous situations in modern history. On one hand, a Nero-like Trump administration is blundering into crisis after crisis in its war against Iran—being cheered on by the worst neocons across the Anglo-American establishment.

Credit insurer Allianz Trade, in a new study, found that, among companies with more than 50 million euros of turnover, a total of 33 corporate bankruptcies were recorded in the first half of 2026—ten percent more than in the same period last year. Already, 2025 had the highest insolvency rate since 2015.

President Trump announced on Thursday night that he had appointed Adam Telle, the current Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, to be Acting Secretary of the Army. According to his official biography, Telle spent more than 20 years working for Republican senators and worked in the White House during Trump’s first term, serving as the president’s chief liaison to the Senate. Meanwhile, the controversy around Driscoll’s exit continues to swirl.

Germany is moving ever closer to war against Russia, with serial production now underway on German soil of drones designed to reach 1,500 kilometers inside Russia. The German business daily Handelsblatt reported Sep. 3 that production has begun on more than 5,000 medium- and long-range drones for Ukraine through a German-Ukrainian joint venture, according to the Kiev Independent. The €300 million ($349 million) order is due to be completed by mid-2027, and the first units have already been built.

During the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum on Sep. 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin was asked about the prospect of peace talks with Ukraine to bring the war to a close. President Putin responded that, yes, “this issue should be dealt with by the countries involved in the conflict, Russia and Ukraine. This is the right approach…. Is there a chance?

Russia’s Eastern Economic Forum closed in Vladivostok on Sep. 4, with many agreements signed on the final day. Organizers said over 7,000 participants attended from 78 countries and territories. The press service of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev reported a summary of the event: “A total of 328 agreements, contracts, memoranda, action plans, and roadmaps were signed during the forum.

The world is currently sitting in one of the most dangerous situations in modern history. On one hand, a Nero-like Trump administration is blundering into crisis after crisis in its war against Iran—being cheered on by the worst neocons across the Anglo-American establishment. On the other, “liberal” European governments are plunging brain-last into a direct war with Russia, as their Ukrainian proxies adopt a policy of literal state terrorism.

A proposal for a new multi-modal transport corridor linking China with the Artic sea was discussed on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization heads of state summit held in Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan on 31 August to 1 September. Entitled the Ob-Irtysh Corridor it begins in China’s north western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and follows the 4,248 kilometres long Irtysh River, through Kazakhstan where it enters the Ob river in Russia and then into the Arctic Ocean.

://www.bild.de/politik/inland/ueberraschender-vorschlag-kann-ein-alter-vertrag-den-konflikt-mit-russland-deeskalieren-6a97dbff9452c52238230cd9 Munich-based lawyer Peter Gauweiler, senior troublemaker against establishment institutions, criticized the German Government’s blaming Russia for the Leipzig drone incidents and sanction Russia as measures not compatible with the 1990 2-plus-4 Treaty and the reunification treaty which is one of the preconditions for the Soviet Union’s approval of...

A new report by the [UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan](  https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/09/1168270)documents the foreign support for the criminal Rapid Support Force militia that has been carrying a bloody rebellion against the government of Sudan .