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by Colonel Jacques Baud,* Brussels
(22 May 2026) (CH-S) Switzerland has lost credibility as a mediator. On 25 April, in an opening address delivered online to the general meeting of the association “bene.swiss.ch”,1 Jacques Baud called for a return to an active neutrality that serves others.
by Thomas Oysmüller*
(15 May 2026) (CH-S) Through the rose-tinted glasses of the Swiss media, the EU appears as a harmless but agreeable “partner” which, whilst having its minor issues, is on the whole reliable. Unfortunately, this picture does not correspond with the rapid developments taking place in Brussels.
by Alfred de Zayas,* Geneva
(15 May 2026) A detached observer who wants to assess where countries stand on fundamental issues of human rights, international law, peace, development and multilateralism need only look at the voting record of States at the United Nations Security Council, General Assembly, Human Rights Council and other international agencies.
by Robert Seidel*
(8 May 2026) Should we regard it as pure propaganda when the “West of values” is denounced as “Epstein countries” in other parts of the world? – Of course it is propaganda. – Just as it is propaganda to refer to Iran as a “Mullah State”. Whilst a form of theocracy does indeed prevail in Iran, the informed reader finds it difficult to make sense of the term “Epstein countries”. Why “Epstein countries”? What do we have to do with Epstein? In the countries of the Middle East and the South, they evidently see things differently.
by Gerargo Delgado*
(8 May 2026) (CH-S) For 66 years, the island nation of Cuba, located in the Caribbean to the south-east of Mexico, with its 11 million inhabitants, has been subject to severe US sanctions. All sectors of the Cuban economy are affected.
Furthermore, since February 2026, the US under President Donald Trump has been threatening to impose high tariffs on all countries that supply Cuba with crude oil or derivatives – a further tightening of sanctions aimed at regime change was introduced on 2 May this year.
For 33 years, the overwhelming majority of UN member states have voted to end the US embargo against Cuba. However, the US has ignored these resolutions. – The author has visited the island nation.
by Prof. em. Dr. Wolf Linder*
(8 May 2026) Economic sanctions are among the most controversial aspects of the Neutrality Initiative. The false claim continues to circulate that the initiative prohibits all sanctions and deprives Swiss foreign policy of an important instrument.