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Is Karl May’s Winnetou a “cultural appropriation”?

by Marita Brune-Koch

(19 September 2022) The “Ravensburger Verlag” has removed books by Karl May from its program. The reason: Karl May was accused of “cultural appropriation” as well as of trivialising the suffering of the indigenous American population, of trivialising the colonisation of America and the oppression and extermination of the native peoples there. The “Karl May Publishing House” contradicts the accusations and keeps the books in its program.
Book review

Who decides about war and peace nowadays?

An important analysis of global power relations

by Robert Seidel

(12 September 2022) At a time when the world situation is in the middle of a crisis, Wolfgang Effenberger* published a comprehensive analysis of geopolitical relations from a historical perspective. It is worth reading this book to identify the actors of the current developments without having to rely solely on the mainstream media guidelines.
Germany

Chambers of trade alarmed

Open letter from the master craftsmen and women of the region of Leipzig to the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Minister President of the Free State of Saxony

Big Chip in US-China Crisis

For the U.S., it is unthinkable that semiconductor behemoth TSMC could one day be in territory controlled by Beijing

by Maria Ryan,* United Kingdom

(29 August 2022) One aspect of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan that has been largely overlooked is her meeting1 with Mark Lui, chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC). Pelosi’s trip coincided with U.S. efforts to convince TSMC – the world’s largest chip manufacturer, on which the U.S. is heavily dependent – to establish a manufacturing base in the US and to stop making advanced chips for Chinese companies.
Russia

Russia’s “Vostok 2022” has big messages

by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India

(29 August 2022) The announcement by Russian Defence Ministry on Tuesday [26 July] on “Vostok-22 strategic command post exercises” during August 30–September 5 gives a big message to the West in political and military terms.

Current situation in Ukraine and global implications

Talks with Jacques Baud and Gabriele Galice

by Robert Seidel

(18 August 2022) As part of the summer conference of “Swiss Standpoint” on 29 and 30 July 2022, Jacques Baud, iGst Colonel, and Gabriele Galice, president of the Geneva Institute for Peace Research GIPRI, spoke on the topic of “War in Ukraine: current situation and global implications”. Both represent well-founded positions that may well be outside the mainstream.