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With a popularity rating down to less than 20%, the three-party coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz now also has to deal with a campaign among Free Democratic Party (FDP) members to pull out of the coalition. The drive, which had been building for months, took off after the drastic losses of votes for the FDP in the Oct. 8 […]

In an interview with London’s The Economist, published Nov. 1, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny recognized that the war is now in a “stalemate”, and “there will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough”. Rather, the conflict may “drag on for years” and “wear down” the country, unless a “new level of technology” is provided from the West. The commander-in-chief goes on […]

On Oct. 26-27, a representative of the U.S. Schiller Institute participated, in Minsk, in an in-person conference organized by the Foreign Ministry of Belarus, titled “International High Level Conference: Eurasian Security, Reality and Prospects in a Transforming World.” Keynote addresses were delivered by the Foreign Ministers Sergei Aleinik of Belarus, Sergey Lavrov of Russia, and Peter Szijjarto of Hungary, while the […]

At this point, there is an acute danger that the “ethnic cleansing”, depopulation operation underway in Gaza will lead to a region-wide war in Southwest Asia, which would rapidly involve all major powers, in one way or another. The United States, under the pretext of supporting Israel’s unconditional right to self-defense, has deployed a huge military force in the Eastern […]

On Oct. 27, the United Nations General Assembly approved a non-binding resolution calling for a humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip. The resolution, presented by Jordan and other Arab nations, was approved by a large majority, with 120 countries voting for, 45 abstaining and 15 voting against. The vote is highly relevant politically, as it shows the international isolation of […]

In his opening remarks to the Oct. 24 UN Security Council session, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres decried the horrific Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel and the loss of life, hostage-taking, and violence that ensued. But, he added, “it is important to also recognize that the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian people […]

The continuous rise of US government yield (the ten-year note is already over 5%) has shocked observers and investors throughout the world. “The U.S. economy is one step closer to a devastating crisis”, is the conclusion of an article in China’s Global Times of Oct. 24. The GT Voice article, which is as usual simply signed Global Times and thus […]

The Trumpf Group, a major German machine-tool, laser and electronics producer with markets throughout the world, has 85 million euros worth of laser products sitting in containers, that can’t be exported to China because the Economy Ministry has still not issued the export permits required. At the company’s annual press conference on Oct. 26, CEO Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller blasted the delays, […]

Former German General Harald Kujat, together with three other German experts, released an in-depth proposal in late August for reaching a negotiated settlement of the war in Ukraine, which is perhaps the most detailed plan put forward to date (cf. SAS 39/23). Gen. Kujat was Chief of Staff of the Bundeswehr in 2000-2002, and ended his military career as Chairman […]

The international climate conference, scheduled for Nov. 30-Dec. 12 in Dubai, is not shaping up to be a success – if one is to judge by the African Energy Week, that ended Oct. 20. The event, held in Cape Town, South Africa, was organized by the African Energy Chamber, which represents the African hydrocarbon industry, under the slogan “make energy poverty history […]