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Against the reckless risk-taking of a next pandemic

We must not accept the risks of gain-of-function research

by Roland Wiesendanger,* Germany

(28 February 2025) (CH-S) Roland Wiesendanger is a professor of physics at the University of Hamburg and a member of numerous national and international science academies, including the “Leopoldina” and “acatech”. In the following article, he suggests – as he did four years ago – a public debate on the so-called “gain-of-function” research. Switzerland must not shirk this debate either.

Digital, self-directed learning in primary schools must be stopped!

by Daniel Wahl,* Switzerland

(28 February 2025) Countries that have pushed ahead with the digitalisation of schools are backpedalling. But not Switzerland, despite worrying indicators regarding the mental health of our children.

Spring is in the air in US-Russia ties as Trump’s revolution gains momentum

by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India

(28 February 2025) What emerges from the dramatic happenings of the past week is that the 3-year chronicle of US-Russia rivalry and the NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine was a crisis engineered with great deliberation by the Anglo-American nexus per a pernicious agenda conceived by the neocon liberals wedded to globalism ensconced in the Washington and London establishment to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.

USAID and NGOs for Narrative Control and War

by Professor Glenn Diesen,* Norway

(21 February 2025) President Trump’s decision to cut funding to USAID revealed the extent to which the US government has been financing media, protests and other means to hijack civil society around the world. In Ukraine, USAID had a key role in toppling President Yanukovych in 2014 and has since financed between 85–90% of Ukrainian media to ensure narrative control. The Georgian Prime Minister has also been warning that Western NGOs have been activated to topple the government and convert Georgia into a second front against Russia.

“How the USA conquered Europe”

Extract from the book “Fatal Friendship” by Werner Rügemer*

(21 February 2025) (CH-S) In the following “Swiss Standpoint” documents the first chapter of the book published in 2023 by the German journalist and non-fiction author Werner Rügemer. Particularly in the current state of upheaval, it is worthwhile for a better understanding of what is happening to look at historical aspects of the connections between the USA and Europe from different angles.

This is an analysis by a German publicist who has been dealing with historical, social, economic and political developments and grievances on both sides of the Atlantic since the 1980s.

“The geopolitical incompetence of the Europeans is staggering”

by Guy Mettan,* Geneva

(21 February 2025) If you want to understand what is happening in the world, it is useless to listen to the experts who abound on our radio and television channels. They live in a parallel world that has nothing to do with current international realities. Even American commentators are sometimes overwhelmed.