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Neutrality or NATO?

The battle for neutrality begins!

Security policy study commission on NATO-course

(13 September 2024) Lauterbrunnen, 29 August 2024 – The “Study Commission on Security Policy” appointed by the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) presents its report. The one-sided commission turns its back on Swiss neutrality and calls for military affiliation with NATO and the EU. The Commission is despondent and denies Switzerland’s sovereignty in terms of security policy and independent national defence. It wants to offer military services abroad and hopes for military assistance in return. It is playing with fire and making Switzerland a party to the war.
In a nutshell

Federal council runs amok

Not only Amherd is acting single-handedly

by Thomas Scherr*

(13 September 2024) When Ignazio Cassis spoke of a “reset” in January 2018, people thought he was finally getting serious for Switzerland in the EU negotiations... But “reset” obviously meant a much more thorough process, namely, to reset Swiss history completely and start again with the Habsburgs. But this time as subordinates ... This thinking seems to be spreading among the authorities and cadres in federal Bern.

Wind turbines in fields – A real nightmare for farmers and food safety

by Dr. Peter F. Mayer,* Austria

(13 September 2024) Masses of wind turbines have been put into operation in the middle of agricultural land. Abrasion on the rotors releases highly toxic substances such as fine respirable carbon or glass fibres. There are also several hazardous chemicals such as bisphenol-A. These microparticles are distributed over a wide area, contaminating the soil and subsequently food.
Neutrality or NATO?

Turning point in Austria – even closer ties with NATO

by Thomas Oysmüller*

(13 September 2024) Austria will come even closer to NATO, that is the plan in the new “security strategy”. This will give Austria a different role than in the first Cold War. The ÖVP-Green government – the most authoritarian government in the founding of the Second Republic of Austria – will soon be history. However, attempts are still being made to set the course on the last legs of the legislative period. Werner Kogler and Karl Nehammer have now presented a “security strategy” on which they have agreed. There was no parliamentary or even public debate on this. The course: move even closer to NATO.

Prospects for relations between USA and China after the US elections in 2024

Kishore Mahbubani* in dialogue

(6 September 2024) Former President of the United Nations Security Council and well-known diplomat and scientist from Singapore, Kishore Mahbubani, explains in simple, honest words the greatest global contest in the history of mankind: between the USA and China. He was invited by the “Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research”** for a dialogue in July 2024.

The case “Paul du Rove”: A struggle for freedom of opinion

Why “Telegram” has come under pressure

by Isabel Villalon*

(6 September 2024) Pavel Durov, arrested in Paris, is a naturalised Frenchman. His ‘telegram’ from Dubai became a disruptive factor for Emmanuel Macron. At Le Bourget private jet airport in Paris, the Russian-French-Emirati national Pavel Durov is arrested by the French public prosecutor's office for the “protection of the interests of minors” (OFIM).