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Germany
Big Chip in US-China Crisis
For the U.S., it is unthinkable that semiconductor behemoth TSMC could one day be in territory controlled by Beijing
by Maria Ryan,* United Kingdom
(29 August 2022) One aspect of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan that has been largely overlooked is her meeting1 with Mark Lui, chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC). Pelosi’s trip coincided with U.S. efforts to convince TSMC – the world’s largest chip manufacturer, on which the U.S. is heavily dependent – to establish a manufacturing base in the US and to stop making advanced chips for Chinese companies.
Russia
Russia’s “Vostok 2022” has big messages
by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India
(29 August 2022) The announcement by Russian Defence Ministry on Tuesday [26 July] on “Vostok-22 strategic command post exercises” during August 30–September 5 gives a big message to the West in political and military terms.
Current situation in Ukraine and global implications
Talks with Jacques Baud and Gabriele Galice
by Robert Seidel
(18 August 2022) As part of the summer conference of “Swiss Standpoint” on 29 and 30 July 2022, Jacques Baud, iGst Colonel, and Gabriele Galice, president of the Geneva Institute for Peace Research GIPRI, spoke on the topic of “War in Ukraine: current situation and global implications”. Both represent well-founded positions that may well be outside the mainstream.
“I had an impact – that’s what counts”
Interview of ICRC President Peter Maurer* conducted by Barbara Lüthi, SRF (Swiss Radio and Television), 11 August 2022
(18 August 2022) Peter Maurer’s presidency at the «International Committee of the Red Cross» (ICRC) was marked by many crises: the Syrian war, the persecution of the Rohingya in Myanmar, Afghanistan and Ukraine. In this interview, he takes a look back.
Total domination by the “golden billion”
Excerpts from a speech of Vladimir Putin at the Conference “Strong Ideas for a New Time”1
(18 August 2022) (Edit.) On July 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a short speech to the Plenary session of the conference “Strong Ideas for a New Time”, which received wide attention in Russia. In it, he characterized Western society from the Russian perspective. This description is also shared by large parts of the world. However, it hardly finds its way into the debates in our western media. We reproduce here a key section of the speech.