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Month: Juli 2020

Covidstatistiken und ihre Widersprüche

Covidstatistiken und ihre Widersprüche

Die Gefährlichkeit des Coronavirus ist umstritten. Während ca. 80% der Mediziner und Virologen es für wesentlich gefährlicher als eine normale Grippe halten, ja einige für einen Killer, zumindestens bei Risikogruppen, sehen sogenannte Alternativexperten mit sehr zweifelhafter Kompetenz nur eine leichte Grippe, die nicht über Aerosole übertragen werden würde und „nur“ die Risikogruppen befällt und auch diese nicht unbedingt wegen Covid sterben, sondern mit Covid–d.h. andere Vorerkrankungen ursächlich seien und das ganze gar nicht auf den Viurs zurückzuführen und für den…

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Interview with General (ret.) Domroese: „I would not recommend to exercise the old game: my enemies´ foe is my friend and vice-versa“- „The key for change lies in Moscow“

Interview with General (ret.) Domroese: „I would not recommend to exercise the old game: my enemies´ foe is my friend and vice-versa“- „The key for change lies in Moscow“

Global Review had the honour to have an interview with NATO-General (retired) Hans-Lothar Domroese who gave us insights about NATO, the relations with Russia and perspectives of the transatlantic treaty organisation in the Trumpatlantic era. Domroese, born in 1952, son of Bundeswehr general Lothar Domroese, married, two sons, was working at the NATO headquarter since 1995, since 2009 he was commander of the Eurocorps in Strasbourg and since 2012 commander of the Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum. He retired in…

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Reflections for the Army from a year at the State Department- an insider report

Reflections for the Army from a year at the State Department- an insider report

There are quiet a few insider reports like „Fire and Fury“ or John Bolton´s „The Room Where it happened-A White House Memoir“ about the White House and the Oval Office. However, all a little bit subjective and emotionally from people who were fired by Trump and wanted to take some revenge for it. Global Review has the pleasure to publish an insider report of Dr. Evan Ellis about the US State Department, its structure and work to give the reader…

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Anti-Putin protests in Russia: Russian Hitler Shirinovsky as the new hope of Western regime changers?

Anti-Putin protests in Russia: Russian Hitler Shirinovsky as the new hope of Western regime changers?

The Western media air the breaking new s of anti-Putin demonstrations in Russia. Putin toppled a governor and claimed that he was involved in political murders. However, the population and electorate of that governor are opposing Putin and  Moscow and are helding demonstrations. However in the media you only got one sentence that the governor was an “ultranationalist”. In fact the much praised governor and hope for is a member of Russia´s Hitler party Liberal Democratic Party of Russia with…

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Stadtplanung, Identitätspolitik und das dritte Toilett*innendrama

Stadtplanung, Identitätspolitik und das dritte Toilett*innendrama

Autor: Genova Die taz interviewt die Dortmunder Soziologin Nina Schuster „über Queere Stadtplanung“. Das Adjektiv „queer“ schreiben die tatsächlich groß. Frau Schuster sagt: Vielen Menschen, die in der Stadtplanung arbeiten, ist häufig gar nicht bewusst, dass sich Bedürfnisse unterscheiden. Sie gehen meistens von sich selbst aus und ignorieren andere Blickwinkel. Mir fällt immer wieder auf, wie vielen Stadtplaner*innen gar nicht bewusst ist, dass es Menschen gibt, die sich weder als Frauen noch als Männer identifizieren. Den konkreten Anspruch auf eine…

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Interview with South East Asia expert Dr. Sachsenröder: „What is called today the assertiveness or rise of China is a long process over decades“

Interview with South East Asia expert Dr. Sachsenröder: „What is called today the assertiveness or rise of China is a long process over decades“

Global Review had the honour and opportunity to have another interview with South East Asia expert Dr. Wolfgang Sachsenröder about South East Asia between the USA and China. Dr. Wolfgang Sachsenröder owned his PhD in Political Science and Public Law from the University of Bonn, Germany. He got involved in party politics in the student revolution of 1968, and worked later as a political adviser in Asia, the Middle East, and the Balkans, for a quarter of a century. Coming…

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Interview with General Asthana (ret.): Ladakh and Doklam-„Both are manifestations of Chinese expansionism and ‘Incremental Encroachment Strategy“

Interview with General Asthana (ret.): Ladakh and Doklam-„Both are manifestations of Chinese expansionism and ‘Incremental Encroachment Strategy“

Global Review had the pleasure to have another interview with General (ret.) Asthana about the Indo-Chinese border conflict and China`s new expansionism and assertvivness. Maj Gen S B Asthana,SM,VSM (Veteran) Chief Instructor,United Service Institution of India Council, Confederation of Educational Excellence (CEE) Security Council, International Organization for Educational Development (IOED) International Police Commission, (IPC, India)United Nations Collaboration for Economic and Social Development in Africa (UNCESDA) Internet TV Media News Network (ITVMNN) Advisory Board, Swedish Armed Forces International Center – SWEDINTExpert Group, Challenges Forum…

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Indo-Chinese conflict and the Eurasian Heartland

Indo-Chinese conflict and the Eurasian Heartland

In Russia Eurasianism is en vogue and not only by its former avangardist Alexander Dugin. Be it Russian President Putin, former Sovjet Primeminister Primakov and his advisor Dr. Kulikov (Russia-India-China model/RIC), Yuri Koffner, be it Karaganov, be it Dr. Kortunov (RIAC) , the Russian Orientalists, etc. Especially Dr. Kortunov in the RIAC artcile „ Heartland Reunnion: Geopolitical Chimera or Historical Chance?  revitalized the idea of Mackinder´s paradigm that who controls the Eurasian Heartland, controls The World-Island. He sees this formula…

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European hightech investment fund and European Silk Road Marco Polo 2.0 for Europe?

European hightech investment fund and European Silk Road Marco Polo 2.0 for Europe?

While Joschka Fischer complains in his new book “Welcome to the 21st Century” about Europe’s technological gap with the United States and China and calls for a half-baked European high-tech initiative, Walter Kohl, Helmut Kohl’s son, thinks in his book “What future do we want? “about an investment fund for high-tech, which is to be managed privately, but in cooperation with the state and the EU, which addresses more specific financial and organizational issues. The content, however, is still somewhat…

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Europäischer Hightechfund und Europäische Seidenstrasse Marco Polo 2.0 als Rettung Europas?

Europäischer Hightechfund und Europäische Seidenstrasse Marco Polo 2.0 als Rettung Europas?

Während sich Joschka Fischer in seinem neuen Buch „Willkommen im 21. Jahrhundert“ über den technologischen Rückstand Europas zu den USA und China beschwert und eine unausgegorene europäische Hightechinitiative fordert, denkt Walter Kohl, Helmut Kohl s Sohn in seinem Buch „Welche Zukunft wollen wir?“ schon einmal über einen Investitionsfonds für Hochtechnolgien, der privatwirtschaftlich gemanagt werden soll, aber in Kooperation mit dem Staat und der EU, der konkretere finanzielle und organisatorische Fragen anschneidet. Die inhaltliche Ausgestaltung ist hingegen noch etwas vage dürfte…

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Postsecularism-the new ideology and the Hagia Sophia

Postsecularism-the new ideology and the Hagia Sophia

There is a new ghost in the world: Postsecularism.A new ideiology wich takes into account the spiritual and religious revival in many states in the worlrd, bei t the Evangelicals, the Falungong in China, the Islamist in the Muslim world. Postsecularism claims that religion has to be upgraded, that value-conservatism and nationalism versus globalism could form a new international movement and an international axis of postsecular states which resist secularism, liberalism and globalism/internationalism. Main drivers of this development are the…

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The EU , digitalization and the formation of an European MIC and high tech industry

The EU , digitalization and the formation of an European MIC and high tech industry

In his new book „Welcome to the 21st Century“ Joscha Fischer complains about the technological gap between Europe and the USA and China in most disruptive high technologies as quantum computing, block chain technology, Artificial Intelligence,etc. There should be an European hi tech initiative and maybe even some sort of  Military Industrial Complex that pushes the development of future hi tech industries as otherwise Europe would decline in the 21 st century in the global hierarchy to a  backward  continent …

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Egypt between all fronts: Covid, MB, IS, Neo Ottoman Empire, GERD and Israel

Egypt between all fronts: Covid, MB, IS, Neo Ottoman Empire, GERD and Israel

Egypt since a long time has been a very important hub between Europe, Africa and the Arab world. Roman Emperor Caesar had a love affair with Cleopatra which produced their son Caesareon who was at that time the potential new emperor for the Roman Empire which Cleopatra wanted to merge with Egypt. However the Romans at that time were not that multicultural, perceived him as a bastard, killed Caesareon and fought a war against Egypt and the pro-Eygptian Roman supporters….

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Russian Concepts of Eurasianism: Who controls the Heartland?

Russian Concepts of Eurasianism: Who controls the Heartland?

In Russia Eurasianism is en vogue and not only by its former avangardist Alexander Dugin. Be it Russian President Putin, former Sovjet Primeminister Primakov (Russia-India-China model/RIC), Yuri Koffner, be it Karaganov, be it Dr. Kortunov (RIAC) , the Russian Orientalists, etc. Especially Dr. Kortunov revitalized the idea of Mackinder´s paradigm that who controls the Eurasian Heartland, controls The World-Island. He sees this formula as very modern and in his opinion a Sino-Indian cooperation beyond the RIC, BRICS and SCO framework…

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The end of arms control and Russian, French, British and European nuclear deterrence

The end of arms control and Russian, French, British and European nuclear deterrence

The prospect of mutual annihilation and ever increasing armament costs led to a balance of terror, but also to arms control, sometimes even disarmament. Washington and Moscow, which hold 90 percent of the nuclear weapons, signed important contracts during and after the East-West conflict to limit and reduce their arsenals. Starting with SALT 1 (1972) and SALT 2 (1979) through START 1 (1991) and START 2 (1993) to SORT (2002) and New START (2010). The ABM Treaty (1972), which regulated…

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