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Zelenskymania and Switzerland’s ruined image

Background and foreground of the war in Ukraine

by Guy Mettan,* Geneva

(10 April 2022) While negotiations seem to be progressing and the first contours of a possible solution in Ukraine are emerging (neutrality and partial demilitarisation of the country, handover of the Donbass and Crimea), the background to the conflict is beginning to be better understood. However, a quick ceasefire is not to be expected: the Americans and the Ukrainians have not yet lost enough and the Russians have not yet won enough to cease hostilities.

Swiss neutrality

Leaders on the wrong track

by Thomas Scherr

(10 April 2022) How did it come about that the Federal Council and with it the National Council lost their heads within a few days and pushed aside the country’s centuries-old neutrality? What interests were at work in the background? What could a way back to neutrality look like?
Conflict in Ukraine

India Should Quit Quad Now!

by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India

(6 April 2022) Hedging between superpowers — United States, Russia and China — was never the smart thing to do. India should have known that the contradictions are simply irreconcilable.

The Impact of Ukraine on Yemen

The Western economic war on Russia over Ukraine is having a spillover effect on the forgotten war in Yemen

by Kathy Kelly,* USA

(8 April 2022) The United Nations’ goal was to raise1 more than $4.2 billion for the people of war-torn Yemen by March 15. But when that deadline rolled around, just $1.3 billion had come in.

“You can do it, Franz!”

About luck that is sometimes life-deciding, of finding a good teacher

by Ludwig Hasler*

(6 April 2022) What does it take for a country lad to study at the ETH Zurich, get a doctorate in biochemistry and successfully run a medical company? It takes good teachers, said Franz Käppeli.

Situation in Ukraine as of March 25, 2022

by Jacques Baud,* Brussels

(4 April 2022) You do not win a war with prejudices: you lose it. Unfortunately, the picture we have of the conflict in Ukraine tends to lead us in the wrong direction. In order to understand its latest developments and to have a clearer vision of the potential options for a political resolution, we need a more objective analysis of the situation.