by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India
(9 August 2022) If the metaphor of the “Great Game” can be applied to the Ukrainian crisis, with the expansion of the “North Atlantic Treaty Organisation” (NATO) at it core, it has begun causing reverberations across the entire Eurasian space. The great game lurking in the shade in the Caucasus and Central Asian regions in recent years is visibly accelerating.
by Manlio Dinucci*
(9 August 2022) At the Redzikowo base in Poland, work has begun on the installation of the “Aegis Ashore” system, at a cost of more than $180 million. It will be the second U.S. missile base in Europe, after that of Deveselu in Romania became operational in 2015.
by Gabriel Galice, President of the Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI)
(9 August 2022) Even and particularly in times of war, the GIPRI pursues its work of dispelling clichés with determination. In their masterful book “Unristricted warfare” [published in French and English],1 Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui explain that “non-military war operations” characterise the wars of the 21st century. Such types of operations are economic, technological and communicative.
by Robert Seidel
(9 August 2022) Anyone wishing to take a step back from the current global conflict situation and consider how Switzerland, and the EU states too, can “protect” themselves from the Ukrainian conflict, should read the book “Made in Washington. What the US did to the world since 1945” by Bernd Greiner.
by Thierry Meyssan*
(29 July 2022) Sergey Lavrov used to compare the West to a wounded predator. According to him, it should not be provoked because it would be taken by madness and could break everything. It is better to accompany it to the graveyard. The West does not see it that way. Washington and London are leading a crusade against Moscow and Beijing. They roar and are ready for anything. But what can they really do?
by Jürgen Todenhöfer*
(29 July 2022) Actions are moral – liberally based on Immanuel Kant – when a righteous person thinks they should apply to the whole world. How are the arms deliveries to Ukraine to be assessed under this aspect?