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For the implementation of a new multipolar world order without war

by Stefan Hofer,* Basel

(19 September 2022) After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the European socialist states, after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA),1 the power elites in the West triumphed that the capitalist market economy and the Western system of states controlling it, dominated by the USA, had finally prevailed in the system competition with the socialist world, thereby defeating socialism. The end of history had already been proclaimed.

Is Karl May’s Winnetou a “cultural appropriation”?

by Marita Brune-Koch

(19 September 2022) The “Ravensburger Verlag” has removed books by Karl May from its program. The reason: Karl May was accused of “cultural appropriation” as well as of trivialising the suffering of the indigenous American population, of trivialising the colonisation of America and the oppression and extermination of the native peoples there. The “Karl May Publishing House” contradicts the accusations and keeps the books in its program.
Book review

Who decides about war and peace nowadays?

An important analysis of global power relations

by Robert Seidel

(12 September 2022) At a time when the world situation is in the middle of a crisis, Wolfgang Effenberger* published a comprehensive analysis of geopolitical relations from a historical perspective. It is worth reading this book to identify the actors of the current developments without having to rely solely on the mainstream media guidelines.
Germany

Chambers of trade alarmed

Open letter from the master craftsmen and women of the region of Leipzig to the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Minister President of the Free State of Saxony

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.