by Thierry Meyssan,* France
(17 January 2025) (CH-S) Thierry Meyssan never ceases to amaze with his historically well-founded geopolitical analyses. The following article outlines the content of his lecture, “New alliances are turning the world order upside down”, which he gave on 5 January 2025 as part of a series of events organised by ‘Swiss Standpoint’.
by Karin Leukefeld, Damascus*
(9 January 2025) (cm.) In Syria, almost everything is different from one day to the next. A new order? It’s more of a new situation. Everyone is doing what they can and as they please. Above all, however, many prices, especially for essential foodstuffs, have risen dramatically. For large sections of the population, survival is not easy – while clever companies, including foreign ones, are already present with completely new offers. Karin Leukefeld sent us a brief report on the atmosphere from Damascus.
by Professor Glenn Diesen,* Norway
(2 January 2025) Over the years, the US and NATO have developed a template for regime change under the guise of defending liberal democratic values. Initially, there are efforts to sow divisions within the targeted state and then provide political, economic and military support to opposition groups. If the opposition groups can topple the government, then the US and NATO celebrate it as a “democratic revolution” over an authoritarian government. If the government defeats the opposition groups, the US or NATO can intervene militarily under the justification of preventing the government from “killing its own people”. This model was also applied to Syria in what became a long war.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs,* USA
(20 December 2024) American interference, at the behest of Netanyahu’s far-right Israel, has left the Middle East in ruins, with over a million dead and open wars raging in Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, and with Iran on the brink of a nuclear arsenal.
von Karin Leukefeld*
(20 December 2024) (Globalbridge/cm) In a highly topical report, Middle East correspondent Karin Leukefeld – who does not write from the comfort of an office in Germany, but lives in the Middle East – makes it clear how the media, once again, describe the geopolitical situation in a one-sided way, suppressing important facts and blaming the wrong parties. Above all, the significant involvement of the US and the EU in the economic misery in Syria, with their sanctions, is simply not mentioned.
Discussion at the “All-in Summit 2024” at the Columbia University between John Mearsheimer* and Jeffrey Sachs**
(13 December 2024) (CH-S) How do two of the most renowned US intellectuals view their own foreign policy? The following abridged discussion provides a deep insight into this, which should be taken note of urgently in Europe.