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?
Interview with Maria Zakharova,* interviewed by Guy Mettan**
(11 July 2022) (GM) After almost four months of armed fights in Ukraine, the word has been only seldom and partially given to the Russian party, presented in the western media as the “aggressor” and the unique responsible of the conflict.
by Wolfgang Effenberger*
(11 July 2022) While the merciless war in Ukraine was once more gaining momentum, the heads of state and government of the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, Japan, Italy and France met at the idyllic Bavarian castle of Elmau from 26 to 28 June 2022. Representing the European Union, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Charles Michel attended the G7 Summit on all three days.
by Craig Murray,* United Kingdom
(4 July 2022) With no hope of a ceasefire soon, Turkey has turned to the more limited goal of ensuring that grain supplies can be shipped out from the Black Sea through the Bosporus.
by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India
(4 July 2022) The Kyodo news agency reported on Monday that Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand are holding a four-way summit on the fringes of the NATO leaders’ gathering in Spain next week.
by Vijay Prashad,* India
(4 July 2022) From its attacks on Global South countries to its willingness to go to war with a great power such as Russia, the U.S. is increasingly employing military force to compensate for its economic decline.