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Dear birthday child, a wild time in which you experience your 16th birthday. Tennis, pupil representative, learning for your career. But then again:Covid, Ukraine crisis or even another war in Europe, half of Africa is eroding, in the Greater Middle East also just crap and in Asia the Sino-American conflict not only about Taiwan, which can easily escalate into a war or even a world war, moreover the whole climate change with accompanying extreme weather and destruction and coming climate…

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Liebes Geburtstagskind, eine wilde Zeit in der du deinen 16. Geburtstag verlebst.Zwar Tennis, Schülersprecher, Lernen für die Karriere. Aber eben: Covid, Ukrainekrise oder gar wieder ein Krieg in Europa, halb Afrika geht den Bach runter, im Greater Middle East auch nur Mist und in Asien der sinoamerikanische Konflikt nicht nur um Taiwan, der sich zu einem Krieg oder gar Weltkrieg auswachsen kann, zudem noch der ganze Klimawandel mit einhergehenden Wetterextremen und kommenden Klimakatastrophen, weswegen die gebildeteren Teile von euch Schülern…

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 In Ukraine, outrage is still great: on Friday, the head of the German Navy, Kay-Achim Schönbach, caused international irritation with statements about the Russia-Ukraine conflict. A little later he had to vacate his post. Specifically, Schönbach had said that it was „nonsense“ that Vladimir Putin seriously wanted to wage war in Ukraine. He also expressed understanding for Vladimir Putin. What he really wants and probably deserves is „respect at eye level“. In addition, Schönbach claimed“The Crimean peninsula is gone, it…

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While Russia has not got its demanded security guarantees from the USA and NATO, amasses troops at the border to Ukraine on its own territory and Belarus, announced navy drills in the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterean and the Arctic as well as joint navy drills with China and Iran in the Persian Gulf, German navy chief Schönbach’s dismissal is now also worth an article in the Tehran Times. And according Bloomsberg an Ukrainian military claims that Russia wants to invade Beijing…

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On January 14, zeit.de published a letter from a number of “experts” on Eastern Europe and security policy demanding that Germany pursue a more aggressive policy towards Russia that goes well beyond the previous EU economic sanctions. The signatories call for an ice age, a new Cold War, economic blackmail, a strength-oriented confrontational policy by Germany towards Russia, the inflamation of the Ukraine conflict and the continued expansion of NATO directly to Russia’s borders. Diplomatic means of peacefully resolving conflicts…

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In zeit.de wurde am 14. Januar der Brief einer Reihe von „Experten“ für Osteuropa und Sicherheitspolitik mit der Forderung publiziert, Deutschland solle eine aggressivere Politik gegenüber Russland betreiben, die deutlich über die bisherigen EU-Wirtschaftssanktionen hinausgeht. Die Unterzeichner fordern zu einer Eiszeit, zu einem neuen Kalten Krieg auf, zu wirtschaftlicher Erpressung, einer auf Stärke orientierten Konfrontationspolitik Deutschlands gegenüber Russland, zum Anheizen des Ukraine-Konflikts und zur fortgesetzten Erweiterung der NATO bis direkt an die Grenzen Russlands. Diplomatische Mittel zur friedlichen Beilegung von…

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After the election campaign 2021 Annalena Baerbock gave the German newspaper taz an interview which was then critizised by Beijing. „Taz:  China is the biggest polluter. Climate change can only be stopped if Beijing plays along. When it comes to climate protection, the US under Joe Biden is trying to cooperate with China. On most other issues, Washington relies on confrontation. Is that how you will treat China too? Baerbock:  In order to solve global problems, we have to cooperate…

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Author: Dr. Evan Ellis The indirect threat made by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as the crisis in the Ukraine escalated in January 2022, that Russia could not rule out deploying military forces to Venezuela and Cuba, highlighted the strategic risks posed by Russia’s position in the Western Hemisphere. On its face, the credibility of Russia deploying militarily meaningful capabilities in those two countries is dubious, as U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan noted; in the context of Russia’s…

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China is the world export champion. In debates about China the topic is mostly how dependent the West and the world is from China, but t is often ignored that China for  important products is dependent on imports – including from countries against which Beijing has strong antipathies The People’s Republic of China needs oil from abroad – since 2017 the country has been the world’s largest oil importer. And the gap between stagnant domestic production and still growing demand…

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German navy chief Schönbach’s statements are causing quite a stir in foreign policy. The Ukrainians are making comparisons with the Nazis and summoning the German ambassador. Germany’s role and reliability is now also being questioned, not only because of the rejected arms deliveries. New elected chairman of the CDU Friedrich Merz also spoke out today against NATO’s eastward expansion. Ukraine is outraged by the statements made by navy chief Schönbach, who was fired. The German ambassador in Kiev was called…

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The CCP started an international operation Fox Hunt to chase corrupt criminals. However, many critics claim that under the official title of corruption the CCP is also chasimg political dissidents. Therefore the former editor of the Global times Frisbee Hu Xijin wrote an op-ed defending operation Fox Hunt against the accusations of political abuse: “Western ‚rights‘ groups discredit China by labelling fleeing criminals as political dissidents By Hu Xijin Published: Jan 20, 2022 06:08 PM „Safeguard Defenders,“ a Spain-based so-called…

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Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, , the security-political battle amazon and Iron Lady of the FDP with the steel-gray Stuka dive hairstyle and the charme of an Iron Maiden has been Chairwoman of the Defense Committee of the German Bundestag since 2021 and recently asked German generals and military officers not to mess around, but to speak plainly, frank and openly and give advice to politicians and not to remain silent for fear of career disadvantages. A German vice admiral has now followed…

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Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann , die sicherheitspolitische Kampfamazone und Iron Lady der FDP mit der stahlgrauen Stuka- Sturzflugfrisur und dem Charme einer Eisernen Jungfrau ist seit 2021 Vorsitzende des Verteidigungsausschusses des Deutschen Bundestages und forderte unlängst von deutschen Generälen und Militärs nicht rumzueiern, sondern Klartext zu reden, offen und frei zu sprechen und der Politik Ratschläge zu geben und nicht duckmäusernd zu schweigen aus Angst vor Karrierenachteilen. Dem ist nun ein deutscher Vizeadmiral nachgekommen und schon ist es aus mit der Karriere, da…

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The Tehran Times today has a spy story as the main headline, how the CIA is allegedly fomenting chaos and unrest in Central Asia and China including Xinjiang Kazhastan and Hongkong, in part to sabotage BRI. China has just signed the 25-year deal with Iran, wants Iran to be part of the BRI, holds joint maneuvers with Russia and Iran in the Persian Gulf, and is with Ruzssia and Iran part in the nuclear talks in Vienna, which Iran says…

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Ein interessanter Artikel der Jungle World über Schweizer Zivilschutz. Sah man in dem  Land noch in den 60ern in jeden Heimatschutz- und Atombunker ein Stück Heimat, so nun noch nur noch umgebaute Bars, Tourismusattraktionen oder Wegsperrmöglicheiten für Heimatfremde, also Asylbewerber und Flüchtlinge. Vielleicht orientiert sich ja Taiwans zukünftige Stachelschweinstrategie an der Igelstaatstrategie der Nachkriegsschweiz. Mit Hotpot statt Raklettfondue im Bunker im Atomkrieg seitens der VR China. Dazu als Lesetip : „Unter den Bergen liegt der Beton Die Schweiz unterhält das…

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Global Review once again had the honor to have an interview with Dr. Alexander Rahr, Russia expert, political scientist, member of the Valdai Club, Putin advisor to Gazprom for the EU about the Ukraine crisis and related issues. Alexander Rahr is an honorary professor at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations and Business School. He studied at the Ludwigs-Maximilians-University in Munich, worked from 1980-1994 for the Research Institute for Radio Free Europe, the Federal Institute for East European and…

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Global Review hatte erneut die Ehre, Dr. Alexander Rahr, Russlandexperte, Politologe, Mitglied des Valdai-Clubs, Putin-Berater für Gazprom bei der EU über die Ukrainekrise und damit verbundene Fragen zu interviewen. Alexander Rahr ist Honorarprofessor am Moskauer Staatlichen Institut für Internationale Beziehungen und Wirtschaftshochschule. Er studierte an der Ludwigs- Maximilians- Universität München, arbeitete 1980-1994 für das Forschungsinstitut für Radio Freies Europa, das Bundesinstitut für Osteuropa- und Internationale Studien. Er war Berater der RAND Corporation, USA. Von 1994 bis 2012 leitete er das…

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After her Lavrov visit to Moscow, the new German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is now being criticized by Focus and an open letter from 73 Eastern Europe experts, the full length of which is printed in Die ZEIT, which accuses the traffic light coalition of being soft and too willing to engage in dialogue in the spirit of Brandt’s détente policy. The German newsmagazine Focus claimed that Baerbock would not follow her creed of dialogue and strength when she performed…

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Die neue deutsche Aussenministerin Annalena Baerbock wird nun nach ihrem Lawrowbesuch in Moskau seitens des Focus und eines Brandbriefes von 73 Osteuropa-Experten, der in voller Länge in der ZEIT abgedruckt ist, kritisiert, der der Ampelkoalition Nachgiebigkeit und zuviel Dialogbereitschaft im Geiste Brandtscher Entspannungspolitik vorwirft. Baerbock sei bei ihrem Auftrtitt nicht ihrem Credo Dialog und Stärke gefolgt.  Angesagt sei Dialog und Druck ala Helmut Schmidts NATO-Doppelbeschlusses (das Erdgasröhrengeschäft der Schmidtära wird hingegen nicht erwähnt). Nach dem Aufruf der ehemaligen deutschen Botschafter…

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Author: Dr Maria Smotrytska, Senior research Fellow at IFIMES/DeSSA Following the Glasgow Climate summit (COP 26), the International Institute for Middle Est and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) conducts series of research papers and reports that aim at revisiting and rethinking the trans-Oceanic transport and pan-Eurasian (existing and possible) corridors, as a way to de-carbonise our planet for the universal betterment. Present study, coming from the IFIMES Senior Researcher of DeSSA, elaborates also on the so-called ‘Artic Argument’ of professor Anis H….

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