International

Mearsheimer’s analysis to the Ukraine war

“One can only hope that a catastrophic escalation will be avoided”

(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.

The long road to war in Ukraine

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

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

22nd meeting of the SCO in Samarkand, the “Jewel” of the Great Silk Road

Dispute between the presidents of China and Russia? – Just wishful thinking of Western mainstream media

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".

When are we at war?

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.

The EU brought to its knees by the Straussians

by Thierry Meyssan*

(28 September 2022) A US grouping, constituted around the thought of the philosopher Leo Strauss, controls from now on both the Secretariat of Defense and the Secretariat of State. After having organized many wars since those of Yugoslavia, they imagined the one in Ukraine. It is now manipulating the European Union and is preparing to deprive it of energy sources.

The West’s False Narrative about Russia and China

by Jeffrey D. Sachs,* USA

(21 September 2022) The world is on the edge of nuclear catastrophe in no small part because of the failure of Western political leaders to be forthright about the causes of the escalating global conflicts.

The relentless Western narrative that the West is noble while Russia and China are evil is simple-minded and extraordinarily dangerous. It is an attempt to manipulate public opinion, not to deal with very real and pressing diplomacy.