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by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India
(7 February 2023) The first anniversary of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine falls on February 24. The Russian strategy of attrition war has not yet produced the desired political outcome but has been a success nonetheless.
by Jeremy Kuzmarov,* USA
(29 January 2023) The military’s deep penetration into all aspects of American life has hampered the development of a strong anti-war movement – at a time when it is desperately needed.
by Oskar Lafontaine,* Germany
(29 January 2023) The public debate about the delivery of Leopard tanks to Ukraine is becoming more and more adventurous. Surely we should believe US politicians more: when US Secretary of War Lloyd Austin says: “we want to see Russia weakened to a degree that makes it impossible for it to do what it did in Ukraine with the invasion”, we should believe him.
by Sara Flounders,* USA
(25 January 2023) (Edit.) In the USA, geopolitical strategies and current foreign policy actions of the US administration are critically analysed from different political perspective. The “Swiss Standpoint” is publishing various authors on this topic. In the following we are publishing Sara Flounders’ analysis of events in Japan.
by Global Climate Intelligence Group
(25 January 2023) Climate “science” should be less political, while climate “policies” should be more scientific. In particular, scientists should emphasize that their modeling output is not the result of magic: computer models are human-made. What comes out is fully dependent on what theoreticians and programmers have put in: hypotheses, assumptions, relationships, parameterizations, stability constraints, etc. Unfortunately, in mainstream climate science most of this input is undeclared.
by Guy Mettan,* freelance journalist
(25 January 2023) In mid-December, I had the opportunity to make a short trip to Moscow and Novosibirsk, the capital of Siberia located 4000 kilometres from the Ukrainian front. That gave me enough time to evaluate the public opinion of the Russian population after ten months of war.