The great American bluff
by Felix Abt*
(28 November 2025) Behind the shiny façade of the US, with its record-breaking stock markets and AI rhetoric, lies an economy in which eight out of ten Americans can barely survive.
International
Venezuela’s Oil, US-led Regime Change, and America’s Gangster Politics
by Jeffrey D. Sachs* & Sybil Fares**
(14 November 2025) The flimsy moral pretext today is the fight against narcotics, yet the real objective is to overthrow a sovereign government, and the collateral damage is the suffering of the Venezuelan people. If this sounds familiar, that’s because it is.
The accession of Ukraine could break up the European Union
A test case for Switzerland?
by Prof. Dr. Eberhard Hamer*
(7 November 2025) (CH-S) Professor Hamer takes a closer look at the financial consequences of Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. Since the European Union summit in Copenhagen at the beginning of October, his fears are threatening to become reality.
Under pressure from the German, French and British governments, as well as from the European Commission under von der Leyen and Kallas, accession and thus even greater financial and military support for Ukraine by the European Union is becoming increasingly likely. But resistance within the European Union is also growing: some Central European governments are no longer willing to support Brussels’ high-handed and aggressive course at the expense of their own populations.
The world after the Budapest cancellation
The financial and geopolitical world order in times of impending unrest
by Alastair W. Crooke*
(31 October 2025) Trump’s attempt to build a “Budapest scenario” (i.e. a Putin-Trump summit grounded on the earlier Alaska “understanding”) was unilaterally cancelled (by the US) amid acrimony. Putin had initiated the 2.5 hr Monday call. It reportedly contained tough talking by Putin about the lack of US preparation towards a political framework – both in respect to Ukraine, but crucially also in respect to Russia’s wider security needs.
Review of the Parliamentary Elections in Moldova
A test case for Switzerland?
by René Zittlau*
(24 October 2025) (CH-S) Moldova is a candidate for EU membership. The country's government therefore made a special effort to meet Brussels' requirements in the recent elections – the official criteria are compliance with the rule of law and democracy. This is an interesting test case for closer ties between Switzerland and the EU. A review of the election process reveals contradictions. Eastern Europe expert René Zittlau has investigated the matter.
Middle East
“For an end to the spiral of hatred and violence”
(17 October 2025) The Secretary of State of the Holy See Cardinal Pietro Parolin spoke to the Vatican media on the second anniversary of Hamas’ “shameful and inhuman” attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, which led to the destruction of the Gaza Strip. He called for the release of hostages and an end to the violence.