by Thomas Palley,* USA
(Imagine Moscow was nuked yesterday, and this morning The “New York Times” ran a frontpage headline “Moscow nuked: Russia proves its hostility to Europe again”. Sou18 October 2022) nds pretty crazy? Yet, in a manner of speaking, that is what happened last week.
by William J. Astore*
(Datum) With Russia issuing warnings about using all weapons at its disposal to protect its position in Ukraine, it's a good time to talk about the distinction between “tactical” and “strategic” nuclear weapons.
(3 October 2022) (rs) On 17 August, “Foreign Affairs” published an article by the renowned American political scientist John J. Mearsheimer, “Playing with Fire in Ukraine. The Underappreciated Risks of a Catastrophic Escalation”.1 In the USA, Mearsheimer is one of the weighty voices that have great influence on the public debate. This is not the only reason why we are summarising this essay here. In his analysis, Mearsheimer also does not spare the reader from the possible consequences of this war.
by Wolfgang Effenberger,* Germany
(28 September 2022) Wolfgang Ischinger, former US ambassador and chairman of the foundation board of the Munich Security Conference, published on 10 August 2022 in “Foreign Affairs”, the internal newsletter of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the article entitled “Germany’s Ukrainian Problem – Europe’s Largest Country Needs Time to Adjust to a Dangerous New World.”1
by Georg Koch
(28 September 2022) On 15/16 September, the 22nd conference of the “Shanghai Cooperation Organisation” (SCO) took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It was held under the motto "Dialogue and Cooperation in an Interconnected World".
Willy Wimmer’s view of a serious event*
(28 September 2022) “The answer to this question so far depends on the Russian Federation’s assessment in light of the Western approach in Ukraine and the Russian assessment of the opportuneness of whether and when conclusions are to be drawn from the findings.