International

Ukraine: implementing pacifying measures

by Gabriel Galice, President of the Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI)

(9 August 2022) Even and particularly in times of war, the GIPRI pursues its work of dispelling clichés with determination. In their masterful book “Unristricted warfare” [published in French and English],1 Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui explain that “non-military war operations” characterise the wars of the 21st century. Such types of operations are economic, technological and communicative.
Book review

“Common security” rather than nuclear overkill

Bernd Greiner’s sobering look on American realpolitik since 1945

by Robert Seidel

(9 August 2022) Anyone wishing to take a step back from the current global conflict situation and consider how Switzerland, and the EU states too, can “protect” themselves from the Ukrainian conflict, should read the book “Made in Washington. What the US did to the world since 1945” by Bernd Greiner.
Rising tensions (25)

The agony of the West

by Thierry Meyssan*

(29 July 2022) Sergey Lavrov used to compare the West to a wounded predator. According to him, it should not be provoked because it would be taken by madness and could break everything. It is better to accompany it to the graveyard. The West does not see it that way. Washington and London are leading a crusade against Moscow and Beijing. They roar and are ready for anything. But what can they really do?

Western arms deliveries and sanctions are not moral, but stupid

For responsible politicians here is only one option: peace negotiations

by Jürgen Todenhöfer*

(29 July 2022) Actions are moral – liberally based on Immanuel Kant – when a righteous person thinks they should apply to the whole world. How are the arms deliveries to Ukraine to be assessed under this aspect?

“Restoring Ukraine’s status as a neutral, non-aligned and non-nuclear state”

Interview with Maria Zakharova,* interviewed by Guy Mettan**

(11 July 2022) (GM) After almost four months of armed fights in Ukraine, the word has been only seldom and partially given to the Russian party, presented in the western media as the “aggressor” and the unique responsible of the conflict.

G7 and the rest of the world

China and the “new G8” in America’s sights

by Wolfgang Effenberger*

(11 July 2022) While the merciless war in Ukraine was once more gaining momentum, the heads of state and government of the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, Japan, Italy and France met at the idyllic Bavarian castle of Elmau from 26 to 28 June 2022. Representing the European Union, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Charles Michel attended the G7 Summit on all three days.