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Month: Oktober 2021

Interview mit Thomas von der Osten-Sacken über den Greater Middle East: “ Panarabismus und Islamismus sind Zwillingsbrüder“ /“In Deutschland hat man kaum verstanden, worum es bei diesen Protesten eigentlich ging und warum sie trotz so vieler Backlashs bis heute weiter gehen“

Interview mit Thomas von der Osten-Sacken über den Greater Middle East: “ Panarabismus und Islamismus sind Zwillingsbrüder“ /“In Deutschland hat man kaum verstanden, worum es bei diesen Protesten eigentlich ging und warum sie trotz so vieler Backlashs bis heute weiter gehen“

Global Review hatte die Ehre Thomas von der Osten- Sacken über die Geschichte und Entwicklungen im Greater Middle East zu interviewen. Thomas von der Osten-Sacken (* 6. August 1968 in Göttingen) ist ein deutscher Journalist und freier Publizist, der sich seit Anfang der 1990er Jahre schwerpunktmäßig mit dem Nahen Osten beschäftigt.Er studierte an der Wolfgang von Goethe Universität und arbeitete für ein Jahr als Gastwissenschaftler in Jerusalem. Von der Osten-Sacken ist langjähriger Autor der Zeitschrift Konkret, be der er von…

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Interview with Thomas von Osten-Sacken about the Greater Middle East: „Pan-Arabism and Islamism are twin brothers“/ „In Germany, people have hardly understood what these protests were actually about and why they continue to this day despite so many backlashes“

Interview with Thomas von Osten-Sacken about the Greater Middle East: „Pan-Arabism and Islamism are twin brothers“/ „In Germany, people have hardly understood what these protests were actually about and why they continue to this day despite so many backlashes“

Global Review had the honor of interviewing Thomas von der Osten-Sacken about the history and developments in the Greater Middle East. Thomas von der Osten-Sacken (born August 6, 1968 in Göttingen) is a German journalist and freelance publicist who has focused on the Middle East since the early 1990s. He studied at the Wolfgang von Goethe University in Frankfurt and worked for a year as a visiting scholar in Jerusalem. Von der Osten-Sacken has been author for the journal Konkret…

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The Taiwanese DDP´s „4 musts“: Democratization of the PR China or global catastrophe?

The Taiwanese DDP´s „4 musts“: Democratization of the PR China or global catastrophe?

While US Chief of Joint Staff General Milley speaks in the face of new Chinese nuclear-capable hypersonic weapons which will neutralize all US missile defense as a “Sputnik moment”, Biden declared that the USA will defend Taiwan militarily , the Global Times asked whether the USA still sticks to its former Taiwan strategy of strategic ambiguity or hasn´t left this path,  and after the USA after AUKUS want to deliver anti-submarine fighter aircrafts P-2,a new arms race and growing tensions…

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The role of Open society foundation in putting the justice system under the control of the Albanian socialist party through the judicial reform

The role of Open society foundation in putting the justice system under the control of the Albanian socialist party through the judicial reform

Author: Prof. Dr. Sali Berisha, Former President & Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania /IFIMES Executive Summary July 2021 marks five years since the approval by Parliament of the constitutional package for the Reform of the Judiciary in Albania. It is a body of legislation that brought about a judicial system under the total control of the executive. Despite efforts to deny, the reform is the brainchild of the Open Society Foundation (OSF), which initiated, promoted and financed the process….

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The Nonaligned Movement 60 years Later: Restless Asia seeking its pan-continental integration

The Nonaligned Movement 60 years Later: Restless Asia seeking its pan-continental integration

Author: Dr Maria Smotrytska Senior research fellow at IFIMES/DeSSA Marking the 60th anniversary of the inaugural, Belgrade conference of the Non-aligned Movement (NaM) (Aug-Sep 1961), the International Institute for Middle East and Balkans Studies (IFIMES) conducts series of research papers and reports. Hence, the first of them:  Following the famous argument of prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic ‘No Asian century without pan-Asian multilateral settings’ which was prolifically published as policy paper and thoroughly debated among practitioners and academia in over 40 countries…

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OK Corral 140 Years Later: Between Frontier Violence and the Emerging Rule of Law

OK Corral 140 Years Later: Between Frontier Violence and the Emerging Rule of Law

Author: Prof. Dr. Milan Jazbec It was a hundred and forty years ago today that Wyatt Earp took his group to fight the outlaws of the Clanton gang. It was a bright, windy and chilly day of October 26, 1881 that – without its actors being exactly aware of – paved the way for the rule of law to become an irreversible fact. Hence, it has become an outstanding value that decisively marks the value system of contemporary international community,…

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Panama’s Maritime Business and the Evolving Strategic Landscape

Panama’s Maritime Business and the Evolving Strategic Landscape

Author: R. Evan Ellis | Eddie Tapiero Panama’s maritime business is being transformed by the complex interaction between multiple factors.  These include the growing economic and political power of China and US-China competition, the long-term structural impacts of Covid-19 on both the region and global trade, US policies to contain immigration from the Northern Triangle, climate change, the rise of leftist populism in the region, the China-Taiwan competition, technology trends, evolution of regional infrastructure, and the restructuring of the maritime…

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Kriegsgräberfürsorge der sogenannten Bürger in Uniform als Indikator für den Mangel an aussen- und sicherheitspolitischem Interesse

Kriegsgräberfürsorge der sogenannten Bürger in Uniform als Indikator für den Mangel an aussen- und sicherheitspolitischem Interesse

Global Review wollte einmal die deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorgesammelaktionen der deutschen Bundeswehr thematisieren, die eine Art Spendenritual geworden ist. Etliche zahlen, weil sie ihre Ruhe wollen, andere zahlen nicht, weil sie generell nichts spenden. Aber über den Sinn der Aktion macht sich scheinbar kaum jemand Gedanken und auch die jungen Bundeswehrsoldaten/innen, die da auf Sammeltour zwangsverpfichtet werden, scheinen gänzlich unvorbereitet und auch reichlich desinteressiert an ihren eigenen Missionen. Dienst nach Vorschrift, zumal in einer schnicken Uniform. Meine jüngstes Erlebnis. Zwei Soldaten und…

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Putins Valdairede gegen den Postmodernismus, Rahrinterview und einige Kommentare

Putins Valdairede gegen den Postmodernismus, Rahrinterview und einige Kommentare

Danke Ralf, so viele Aspekte, die in den deutschen Medien völlig fehlen. Aber Baebock wird damit zitiert, dass sie mehr Konfrontation mit Russland fordert und dass Nordstream2 nicht so schnell die Betriebsgenehmigung bekommen soll. Fabelhaft, beim Sturm am Wochenende hatten wir ja mal viel Alternativstrom. Mir schwant Fürchterliches falls diese Frau ins AA gehievt wird. Wertes Global Review, mit Interesse habe ich das Interview über das Valdaitreffen mit Dr.Rahr gelesen.Ein breites Spektrum an Themen,weswegen ich nur auf einige mir zentral erscheinende Punkte…

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Putin´s speech at the plenary session of the 18th Valdai Club

Putin´s speech at the plenary session of the 18th Valdai Club

Valdai Discussion Club meeting Vladimir Putin took part in a plenary session of the 18th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. October 21, 2021 21:25 Sochi This year’s theme is Global Shake-up in the 21st Century: The Individual, Values and the State. The four-day programme includes over 15 in-person and online sessions. * * * President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Ladies and gentlemen, To begin with, I would like to thank you for coming to Russia and taking part in the Valdai Club events. As always, during these meetings you raise pressing issues and hold comprehensive discussions of these issues that, without exaggeration, matter…

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Interview mit Dr. Alexander Rahr über das 18. Valdaiclubtreffen:“Russische Experten reden von einem möglichen Verteidigungskrieg gegen die NATO“- „Die Ukraine darf nicht Mitglied der NATO werden“

Interview mit Dr. Alexander Rahr über das 18. Valdaiclubtreffen:“Russische Experten reden von einem möglichen Verteidigungskrieg gegen die NATO“- „Die Ukraine darf nicht Mitglied der NATO werden“

Global Review hatte erneut die Ehre, Prof. Alexander Rahr, Russlandexperte, Politologe, Mitglied des Valdai-Clubs, Putin-Berater für Gazprom bei der EU über das 18. Treffen des Valdai-Club-Treffen in Sotschi 2021 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…

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Interview with Dr. Alexander Rahr about the 18th Valdai Club meeting: „Ukraine must not become a member of NATO“ „Russian experts are talking about a possible defensive war against NATO“

Interview with Dr. Alexander Rahr about the 18th Valdai Club meeting: „Ukraine must not become a member of NATO“ „Russian experts are talking about a possible defensive war against NATO“

Global Review had again the honor of interviewing Prof. Alexander Rahr, expert on Russian affairs, political scientist, member of the Valdai Club, Putin advisor for Gazprom to the EU about the 18th Valdai Club Meeting in 2021 in Sochi.. Alexander Rahr is an honorary professor at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations and School of Economics. He studied at the State University of Munich, worked 1980-1994 for the Research Institute for Radio Free Europe, the Federal Institute for Eastern…

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Death Metall, Nasheeds and the Iraqi Youth

Death Metall, Nasheeds and the Iraqi Youth

An Iraq expert recommended an article from the blog Middle East Eye about the Death and Heavy Metal scene in Iraq as indicator and symptom of a change of values and possible secularization and Westernization tendency. “Extreme metal in Iraq: Why bands are raging against the machine Iraq’s rock scene has beaten back war, violence and conservatism to keep on pounding By  Alex MacDonald 25 March 2020 For most of the world, death metal is regarded as a bit much…

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Lessons from 9 11-Interview with Indian General (ret.) Asthana:“Military power by itself can’t eliminate Wahabi ideology“ „The theory of good and bad terrorist is flawed“

Lessons from 9 11-Interview with Indian General (ret.) Asthana:“Military power by itself can’t eliminate Wahabi ideology“ „The theory of good and bad terrorist is flawed“

Global Review had the honour to have another interview with Genral Asthana about the the lessons from 9 11, the situation in Af-Pak and the relations between the worldpowers USA, China and India. Veteran Infantry General with 40 years of varied experience in national, international fields and UN. Worked as Director General of Infantry of Indian Army. Awarded twice by President of India, twice by UN, and CEE excellence award for Nation building by Governor of Haryana. Awarded twice for…

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Communist Party of China: State capitalist campaign for „common prosperity“

Communist Party of China: State capitalist campaign for „common prosperity“

In assessing the character of the CCP, whether it is a Confucian party or a Marxist-Leninist party, one should take into account Professor Van Ess‘ programmatic essay „How Confucian is China?“ In which he denies this, even though he thinks that the CCP was a Leninist party. Against this is the fact that the CPC no longer wants an international proletarian world revolution like Lenin, rejects class struggle, its membership structure would no longer be that of a workers‘ party…

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Many looming crisis: Chinese and US debt crisis, Evergrand, Taiwan and India

Many looming crisis: Chinese and US debt crisis, Evergrand, Taiwan and India

While the Taiwanese crisis is still looming and the effects of the Evergrand debt crisis still unclear, the mouthpiece ot the Communist Party of China, the Global Times points to the US debt crisis and tries to blame Western media for double standards as they were not reporting about the effects and the danger the overburdening US debts could cause internationally: “GT Voice: US looming debt crisis spells real trouble for world economy By Global Times Published: Oct 13, 2021…

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From skinhead to tie fascist – an obituary

From skinhead to tie fascist – an obituary

A typical cliché for a Nazi in the 90s was still the beer-drinking skinhead, who was screaming  Germany conquers the world, with combat boots and baseball bats. The Bone skins, different from the Red Skins. The skinhead movement originally came from the de-industrialized industrial areas of Great Britain, almost at the same time as the punk movement and the Sex Pistols. In the beginning, the skins were a lifestyle movement that gave their life’s sadness a celebrating framework and combative…

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Vom Skin zum Krawattenfaschist- ein Nachruf

Vom Skin zum Krawattenfaschist- ein Nachruf

Typisches Klischee für einen Nazi war noch in den 90er Jahren der biertrinkende, Deutschland über alles gröhlende  Skinhead mit Bomberjacke, Springerstiefeln und Baseballschläger. Boneskins als rechtsradikale Ausfromung der Skinheadbewegung im Gegensatz zu den normalen Skins oder den politisch linken Red Skins. Die Skinheadbewegung kam ursprünglich aus den deindustrialiserten Industriegebieten Großbritanniens, fast zeitgliech mit der Punkbewegung und den Sex Pistols. Anfangs waren die Skins eine Lifestylebewegung, die ihrer Lebenstristesse einen feiernden Rahmen und kämpferischen Impetus einer vernachlässigten working class jugend gaben…

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Iraq: Islamist Muktadar el-Sadr is winner of the election

Iraq: Islamist Muktadar el-Sadr is winner of the election

According to the first preliminary election results, it looks like the Shiite Islamist Muktadar El-Sadr has become the strongest force in the Iraqi elections, albeit with a election participation of only 41%.  “Preliminary results: Shiite cleric Al-Sadr probably election winner in Iraq Updated on October 12, 2021-08: 18 Muktada al-Sadr faces a clear election victory. His militia used to fight US troops, today he pretends to be a reformer. But many Iraqis do not believe him. The current of the…

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Irak: Islamist Muktadar el-Sadr Wahlsieger

Irak: Islamist Muktadar el-Sadr Wahlsieger

Nach den ersten vorläufigen Wahlergebnissen sieht es so aus, also ob der schiitische Islamist Muktadar El-Sadr stärkste Kraft bei den irakischen Wahlen geworden ist, wenngleich bei einer Wahlbeteiligung von nur 41% . „Vorläufige Ergebnisse : Schiitischer Geistlicher Al-Sadr wohl Wahlsieger im Irak Aktualisiert am 12.10.2021-08:18 Muktada al-Sadr steht vor einem klaren Wahlsieg. Früher bekämpfte seine Miliz US-Truppen, heute gibt er sich als Reformer. Das nehmen ihm viele Iraker aber nicht ab. Die Strömung des schiitischen Geistlichen Muktada al-Sadr steht bei…

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