International

The predictable collapse of pan-European security

Combination of ignorance and dishonesty of the Western political media elites

by Professor Glenn Diesen,* Norway

(2 February 2025) The international system during the Cold War was organised under extremely zero-sum conditions. There were two centres of power with two incompatible ideologies that relied on continued tensions between two rival military alliances to preserve bloc discipline and security dependence among allies. Without other centres of power or an ideological middle ground, the loss for one was a gain for the other. Yet, faced with the possibility of nuclear war, there were also incentives to reduce the rivalry and overcome the zero-sum bloc politics.

New worries for Brussels after the triumphant re-election of the Croatian president

by Pierre Lévy,* France

(2 February 2025) (CH-S) In the past months and in the months to come, government elections have been and will be held in several EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe. This concerns Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic.

Pierre Lévy is a French journalist who has been critically following and describing developments in the European Union for many years.

In this article, he analyses the political situation in the aftermath of the recent presidential election in Croatia.

The new world disorder from a Swiss perspective

by Jean-Pierre Saw

(2 February 2025) This January 2025, we all wake up with a dull feeling – something is wrong. There are more and more latent and open crises that herald major upheavals. As Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis notes in the “Tamedia” newspapers, “the world is not doing well” – a brief foray.

Why the USA unsuccessfully squandered billions in Afghanistan

by Urs P. Gasche*

(24 January 2025) The war lobby has been faking successes for presidents and congress so that the arms and aid organisations can profit for a long time.

 

After Iraq, Libya, Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, the Pentagon attacks Yemen

by Thierry Meyssan,* France

(17 January 2025) (CH-S) Thierry Meyssan never ceases to amaze with his historically well-founded geopolitical analyses. The following article outlines the content of his lecture, “New alliances are turning the world order upside down”, which he gave on 5 January 2025 as part of a series of events organised by ‘Swiss Standpoint’.

On-site investigations in Syria

by Karin Leukefeld, Damascus*

(9 January 2025) (cm.) In Syria, almost everything is different from one day to the next. A new order? It’s more of a new situation. Everyone is doing what they can and as they please. Above all, however, many prices, especially for essential foodstuffs, have risen dramatically. For large sections of the population, survival is not easy – while clever companies, including foreign ones, are already present with completely new offers. Karin Leukefeld sent us a brief report on the atmosphere from Damascus.