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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.
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.
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.
by Medea Benjamin*
(18 August 2022) President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is wildly popular among Mexicans at home and abroad. It’s not just because of his domestic policies: AMLO is also playing a key role in challenging US dominance in Latin America.
by Abayomi Azikiwe*
(18 August 2022) Ranil Wickremesinghe, 73, Prior To Taking Office on July 20, Declared a State of Emergency across the South Asian State.
Sri Lanka, an island-nation of 22 million people, has been the center of political and economic turmoil since the United National Party government defaulted on $51 billion in foreign debt during May.
by Thomas Scherr
(5 September 2022) One had to get used to the fact that many renowned newspapers – also known as “leading media” – are increasingly deteriorating. In addition to their dwingling circulation numbers and increasing tittytainment or their ivory-tower snobbish feuilletons, they have become appallingly conformist. They still manage to set focal points of discussion in the “published” debate. In a limited playground, they mime “investigative journalism” or “debate culture”, arguing about trivialities.