by Matthew Ehret,* Canada
(23 May 2023) The potential outbreak of a civil war sparked by a factional fight within Sudan's military government poses a destabilization threat beyond the nation's borders – into Africa, West Asia, and the emerging multipolar order. This suits the west just fine.
by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India
(10 May 2023) The worst-case scenario is coming to pass, apparently, in Sudan. That is, at any rate, the apocalyptic message streaming out of Khartoum in the western media.
President Biden lent credence to the alarmist perception by confirming that on his orders, the US military conducted an operation “to extract government personnel from Khartoum”.
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.
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.
by Manlio Dinucci,* Italy
(11 April 2023) Russia has announced the transfer of nuclear weapons to Belarus. Contrary to what one might think, this is not a particularly aggressive attitude on the part of Russia, but rather a defensive countermeasure to the deployment of nuclear weapons by the United States on Russia’s borders. If Moscow had wanted to respond equally, it would have installed its nuclear warheads in Cuba.
by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India
(6 April 2023) (Ed. CH-S) Britain's elites are currently escalating the conflict with Russia to the nuclear level by deciding to supply DU munitions to Ukraine. The renowned Indian analyst M. K. Bhadrakumar describes the perfidious process of the US-British alliance.