International

Memories of a balanced view of China

From: Helmut Schmidt "A Last Visit: Encounters with the World Power China"

by Reinhild Felten, Germany

(date) Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) was German Chancellor from 1974 to 1982 and co-editor of "DIE ZEIT" since 1983. He remains one of the best-known and most popular politicians and publicists in Germany. He has published numerous books.

In his book "One last visit: encounters with the world power China",* published in 2013, Helmut Schmidt conveys an unusually balanced, benevolent view of China, considering he is a German politician.

Ukraine, the igniting spark

What kind of war is the USA preparing against Russia?

by Thomas Röper*

(18 April 2021) There was a commentary on Russian television that makes one think and worry, because the logic cannot be dismissed. The new US administration is heading for war; it is playing with fire. And it is doing so in Europe.

The overthrow of Evo Morales and the first lithium war

by Thierry Meyssan

(18 April 2021)  The world was used to oil wars since the end of the 19th century. Now the wars over lithium, a mineral that is essential for mobile phones, but above all for electric cars, are beginning. Foreign Office documents obtained by a British historian and journalist show that the UK engineered the overthrow of Bolivian president Evo Morales to steal the country’s lithium reserves.
"War preparation"

Once again preparations for nuclear armament

Construction work at Büchel airbase in Germany

Press release IPPNW

(13 April 2021) The medical organisation "International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War" (IPPNW) criticises the decision of the German government to prepare the re-stationing of nuclear weapons in Büchel despite the pandemic and before the elections on 26 September.

In an answer to the parliamentary group DIE LINKE dated 1 March 2021, the federal government confirms that construction work at the Bundeswehr airbase in Büchel on the runway will begin in 2022 and continue until 2026. The planned costs of the conversion and expansion measures amount to almost 260 million euros.

Crimea: a bone of contention with conflict potential

On the 7th anniversary of the referendum

by Wolfgang Effenberger

(31 March 2021) The referendum of 16 March 2014 – the vote for a joining with the Russian Federation – in Crimea and Sevastopol showed a clear result: with a turnout of 83 per cent, 96.7 per cent voted for annexation to Russia.1

The U.S. Peace Council Strongly Condemns the Illegal Bombing of Syria

by the Executive Committee of the U.S. Peace Council

(15 March 2021) Only 36 days after taking office, President Biden took his first illegal foreign-policy action by ordering an air strike on the sovereign nation of Syria, killing more than a dozen Syrian citizens.