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When arrogance costs lives

On the potential of Russian hypersonic weapons

by Ralph Bosshard,* Switzerland

(9 May 2023) Following his official statement on hypersonic weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin was seen as a braggart and it is in line with the current mainstream to portray the Russian army as an inefficient bunch equipped with old junk. Reports on the effective use of the latest Russian weapons technology simply do not fit into this concept. However, a change from the common clichés is inevitable, not least in Europe’s own security interests.

First preliminary stage: economic war against China?

by Prof. Dr. Eberhard Hamer*, Germany

(2 May 2023) (Edit.) With his frank analyses, Professor Eberhard Hamer, founder of the “Mittelstandsinstitut Niedersachsen” (Lower Saxony Institute for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses), doesn’t beat about the bush. Particularly in these times, in which the political guidance of Germany, takes orders from big brother almost like a subordinate bailiff. Will Germany refuse to comply with the disastrous China policy of the U.S. administration?

Latin America and the Resurgence of the “Third World”

Strengthening the peoples of the Global South

by Juan José Paz y Miño Cepeda,* Ecuador

(2 May 2023) (Edit.) With great interest, the “Swiss Standpoint” follows the efforts of the peoples of the Global South to implement the goals set forth in the UN Charter: preservation of world peace, international security, and economic and social progress of all peoples.

USA

“For freedom of the press Drop the charges against Assange”

Rashida Tlaib, Democratic congresswoman, is collecting signatures in the US Congress to prevent a dangerous precedent

(2 May 2023) upg. Journalist Julian Assange has been stewing in the British maximum security prison Belmarsh for three years. He must wait there for a decision on extradition to the USA. One does not have to sympathise with Assange, one can even have bad feelings. But it is about what he has actually done. And that is nothing different from what newspapers like the ”New York Times” or the “Washington Post” have already done. This is what the Democratic member of the US House of Representatives, Rashida Tlaib, says.

European ‘strategic autonomy’ and the perception of reality

by Alfred de Zayas,* Geneva

(2 May 2023) (Edit.) For the renowned UN international law expert Alfred de Zayas, the visit of French President Emanuel Macron to China at the beginning of April this year raises not only the question of how Europe intends to position itself towards both China and the USA in the future, but also what international law consequences will arise from his future behaviour. It would be a blessing for Europe if Macron could stand firm on his statements and bring them closer to Germany and Italy in particular:

“The turning point is coming!”

The outcry in the west will be deafening

by Peter Hänseler*

(25 April 2023) Western media are full of emotional stories about war and banking crises but missing the story of the century. The outcry in the West will be deafening when commodities must once again be paid for with money of value.