by Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright,* Hawaii
(21 June 2024) As the United States increases its military confrontation with China through new military bases on Guam and the Philippines and more land, sea and air exercises with countries in the Asia-Pacific, the world’s largest naval war exercises are going to be held in the mid-Pacific from June 26 to August 2, 2024-and NATO is in the middle of it.
by Alfred de Zayas,* Geneva International Peace Research Institute – GIPRI
(21 June 2024) As more and more politicians and scholars recognize that the Ukraine conflict cannot be solved militarily, that there will be no winners but only losers, we should concentrate on stopping the slaughter.
by Yann Le Houelleur,* Paris
(14 June 2024) The millions of French people who went to the polls to elect their 79 representatives to the European Parliament did not know that they would have to go to the polling stations again on 30 June. On Sunday, 9 June 2024, a clap of thunder rang out in Europe’s largest country:
by Beat Schneider,* Switzerland
(14 June 2024) As soon as I board the Air China aircraft, I feel the consequences of geopolitics. Because China is not participating in the sanctions against Russia, we can fly across the Eurasian air sector and thus save a few hours compared to SWISS, which belongs to a sanctioning country. I am leaving behind a weak Federal Council that is recklessly putting Swiss neutrality at risk.
Editorial «Voltaire Network» No 89 – 31 May 2024
(7 June 2024) (CH-S) The editorial in the newsletter “Voltaire. International News”, directed by Thierry Meyssan, discusses the current escalation created by the “West of values” with regard to Russia’.
Interview with Leo Ensel*
(7 June 2024) Leo Ensel, conflict researcher and journalist, is in favour of a “Copernican Revolution in security policy”. “In the nuclear age, security is only possible together with, but never against the “enemy”, he says. – The interview was conducted by Hans-Peter Waldrich.