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Neutrality or NATO?

Turning point in Austria – even closer ties with NATO

by Thomas Oysmüller*

(13 September 2024) Austria will come even closer to NATO, that is the plan in the new “security strategy”. This will give Austria a different role than in the first Cold War. The ÖVP-Green government – the most authoritarian government in the founding of the Second Republic of Austria – will soon be history. However, attempts are still being made to set the course on the last legs of the legislative period. Werner Kogler and Karl Nehammer have now presented a “security strategy” on which they have agreed. There was no parliamentary or even public debate on this. The course: move even closer to NATO.

Prospects for relations between USA and China after the US elections in 2024

Kishore Mahbubani* in dialogue

(6 September 2024) Former President of the United Nations Security Council and well-known diplomat and scientist from Singapore, Kishore Mahbubani, explains in simple, honest words the greatest global contest in the history of mankind: between the USA and China. He was invited by the “Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research”** for a dialogue in July 2024.

The case “Paul du Rove”: A struggle for freedom of opinion

Why “Telegram” has come under pressure

by Isabel Villalon*

(6 September 2024) Pavel Durov, arrested in Paris, is a naturalised Frenchman. His ‘telegram’ from Dubai became a disruptive factor for Emmanuel Macron. At Le Bourget private jet airport in Paris, the Russian-French-Emirati national Pavel Durov is arrested by the French public prosecutor's office for the “protection of the interests of minors” (OFIM).
Switzerland

The federal council ignores the country’s neutrality

No to PESCO participation!

Statement of the “Swiss Peace Movement SFB”

(6 September 2024) On 21 August 2024, the Federal Council decided to join two PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation) projects. In doing so, the Swiss government is taking a further step towards the NATO war alliance and increasingly undermining Switzerland’s neutrality and independence. The “Swiss Peace Movement” sharply criticises this decision.

“We cannot associate ourselves with NATO without becoming accomplices in NATO’s crimes”

GIPRI press release of 5 September 2024

(6 September 2024) The Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI) rejects the ‘’Security Policy Committee Report‘’ presented by Swiss President Viola Amherd on 29 August 2024.

This report is incompatible with Switzerland’s neutrality and must be rejected as contrary to the Swiss constitution and Swiss traditions of neutrality and mediation. Several organisations have already expressed similar views.

“Tactical nuclear bombs” – and their horrific consequences

Current report by the “International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons” (ICAN)

by Martina Frei*

(30 August 2024) On the occasion of the anniversary (6 and 9 August) of the US atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the “International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons” (ICAN) reminded us of what atomic bombs do to children.