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Commentary

“Quality media” in the swamp of war propaganda

How liberal flagships turn into junk ammunition freighters

by Thomas Scherr

(5 September 2022) One had to get used to the fact that many renowned newspapers – also known as “leading media” – are increasingly deteriorating. In addition to their dwingling circulation numbers and increasing tittytainment or their ivory-tower snobbish feuilletons, they have become appallingly conformist. They still manage to set focal points of discussion in the “published” debate. In a limited playground, they mime “investigative journalism” or “debate culture”, arguing about trivialities.

Ukraine’s ‘Great Game’ surfaces in Transcaucasia

by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India

(9 August 2022) If the metaphor of the “Great Game” can be applied to the Ukrainian crisis, with the expansion of the “North Atlantic Treaty Organisation” (NATO) at it core, it has begun causing reverberations across the entire Eurasian space. The great game lurking in the shade in the Caucasus and Central Asian regions in recent years is visibly accelerating.

Prolonging War is a Crime against Peace – and Against Humanity

by Alfred de Zayas,* Geneva

(9 August 2022) The Nuremberg Trials and the Nuremberg Principles have not entirely lost their relevance. Notwithstanding the multiple violations of the Nuremberg norms by many countries since 1946, they are even more crucial today in the light of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, which endanger the survival of all of humanity. The United Nations is called upon to develop preventative strategies and to ensure the peaceful resolution of conflicts.

Declines in performance among elementary school students

Study in Germany shows serious decline in competency

by Marita Brune-Koch

(9 August 2022) The proportion of children who fail to meet the educational standards set by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany1 has risen sharply. This was revealed by the Institute for Quality Development in a study.2

The Nuclear Race Accelerates

by Manlio Dinucci*

(9 August 2022) At the Redzikowo base in Poland, work has begun on the installation of the “Aegis Ashore” system, at a cost of more than $180 million. It will be the second U.S. missile base in Europe, after that of Deveselu in Romania became operational in 2015.

Ukraine: implementing pacifying measures

by Gabriel Galice, President of the Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI)

(9 August 2022) Even and particularly in times of war, the GIPRI pursues its work of dispelling clichés with determination. In their masterful book “Unristricted warfare” [published in French and English],1 Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui explain that “non-military war operations” characterise the wars of the 21st century. Such types of operations are economic, technological and communicative.