International

America’s long war against Syria

by Professor Glenn Diesen,* Norway

(2 January 2025) Over the years, the US and NATO have developed a template for regime change under the guise of defending liberal democratic values. Initially, there are efforts to sow divisions within the targeted state and then provide political, economic and military support to opposition groups. If the opposition groups can topple the government, then the US and NATO celebrate it as a “democratic revolution” over an authoritarian government. If the government defeats the opposition groups, the US or NATO can intervene militarily under the justification of preventing the government from “killing its own people”. This model was also applied to Syria in what became a long war.

How the US and Israel Destroyed Syria and Called it Peace

by Jeffrey D. Sachs,* USA

(20 December 2024) American interference, at the behest of Netanyahu’s far-right Israel, has left the Middle East in ruins, with over a million dead and open wars raging in Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, and with Iran on the brink of a nuclear arsenal.

Syria in ruins – and what the media are not telling us

von Karin Leukefeld*

(20 December 2024) (Globalbridge/cm) In a highly topical report, Middle East correspondent Karin Leukefeld – who does not write from the comfort of an office in Germany, but lives in the Middle East – makes it clear how the media, once again, describe the geopolitical situation in a one-sided way, suppressing important facts and blaming the wrong parties. Above all, the significant involvement of the US and the EU in the economic misery in Syria, with their sanctions, is simply not mentioned.

“Deep State”, China and the big war

John Mearsheimer and Jeffrey Sachs on American foreign policy

Discussion at the “All-in Summit 2024” at the Columbia University between John Mearsheimer* and Jeffrey Sachs**

(13 December 2024) (CH-S) How do two of the most renowned US intellectuals view their own foreign policy? The following abridged discussion provides a deep insight into this, which should be taken note of urgently in Europe.

West Asia reacts to Trump’s dalliance with Zionism

by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India

(22 November 2024) The election victory of Donald Trump in the November 5 election is being perceived in the West Asian region with growing anxiety as presaging the US aligning one hundred percent with the Zionist project for Greater Israel.

NATO’s Indo-Pacific expansion lacks legality and common sense

by Jan Oberg,* Sweden

(15 November 2024) South Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand sent their defence ministers to a NATO meeting on 24 October 2024. While their heads of state and others have attended before, this was the first time these countries’ defence ministers joined.