International

“A Blueprint for Peace in Ukraine”

by Alfred de Zayas,* Geneva International Peace Research Institute – GIPRI

(21 June 2024) As more and more politicians and scholars recognize that the Ukraine conflict cannot be solved militarily, that there will be no winners but only losers, we should concentrate on stopping the slaughter.

France

Dissolution of the National Assembly – the “Mozart of finance” plays with fire

by Yann Le Houelleur,* Paris

(14 June 2024) The millions of French people who went to the polls to elect their 79 representatives to the European Parliament did not know that they would have to go to the polling stations again on 30 June. On Sunday, 9 June 2024, a clap of thunder rang out in Europe’s largest country:

China is different

Travelling notes from a political perspective

by Beat Schneider,* Switzerland

(14 June 2024) As soon as I board the Air China aircraft, I feel the consequences of geopolitics. Because China is not participating in the sanctions against Russia, we can fly across the Eurasian air sector and thus save a few hours compared to SWISS, which belongs to a sanctioning country. I am leaving behind a weak Federal Council that is recklessly putting Swiss neutrality at risk.

Will NATO member states individually or collectively go to war against Russia?

Editorial «Voltaire Network» No 89 – 31 May 2024

(7 June 2024) (CH-S) The editorial in the newsletter “Voltaire. International News”, directed by Thierry Meyssan, discusses the current escalation created by the “West of values” with regard to Russia’.

Ukrainian attack on global security

Ukraine’s attack on modules of the Russian early warning system jeopardises our security

Interview with Leo Ensel*

(7 June 2024) Leo Ensel, conflict researcher and journalist, is in favour of a “Copernican Revolution in security policy”. “In the nuclear age, security is only possible together with, but never against the “enemy”, he says. – The interview was conducted by Hans-Peter Waldrich.

“How the battle for Ukraine is changing the world”

Report on an event organised by “Swiss Standpoint”

by Tankred Schaer*

(31 May 2024) On 19/20 April, Austrian historian and journalist Hannes Hofbauer gave a presentation on the Ukraine at the invitation of “Swiss Standpoint” in the seminary room of the association “Bildung Raum geben” in Frauenfeld, in the canton St Gallen, Switzerland.