International

Trump’s ingenuity vis-à-vis Russia and Iran

by M.K. Bhadrakumar,* India

(21 March 2025) Through the past three-year period, Moscow claimed that it faced an existential threat from the US-led proxy war in Ukraine. But in the past six weeks, this threat perception has largely dissipated. The US President Donald Trump has made a heroic attempt to change his country’s image to a portmanteau of “friend” and “enemy” with whom Moscow can be friendly despite the backlog of a fundamental dislike or suspicion.

Israel is devastating its neighbours on seven fronts Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Iran

by Karin Leukefeld,* Germany/Syria

(14 March 2025) (CH-S) Since his inauguration on 20 January 2025, US President Donald Trump’s activities in European countries have been observed and commented on with hope, horror or confusion. The development of the Ukrainian drama is currently at the centre of attention: even more war, destruction and death or a ceasefire, talks and peace.

The Geopolitics of Peace

Speech at European Parliament on February 19, 2025

by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs,* USA

(14 March 2025)(CH-S) In a much-acclaimed speech to EU parliamentarians at the invitation of MEP and German ex-diplomat Michael von der Schulenburg,** world-renowned economist Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs characterised the development of the war in Ukraine as a product of US foreign policy. He calls on the Europeans to emancipate themselves today and to shape an independent policy towards peace and economic prosperity. The “Swiss Standpoint” documents the full text of the speech on its homepage – in three languages.
Colour revolutions

The West is playing with fire in Serbia again

The role of Western “NGOs” is revealed

by Thomas Röper*

(7 March 2025) (CH-S) The extent of destabilisation attempts by Western so-called NGOs in Serbia is alarming. Thomas Röper has researched it in the following article. However, it is only one example of many how Western foundations as well as state and non-governmental organisations try to push through their political ideas contrary to democratic procedures in other states. The fact that Switzerland is also involved in such projects in Serbia in the orbit of USAID and the EU is now coming to light.**

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.

“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.