by Pascal Lottaz,* Kioto/Japan
(6 June 2025) In a new publication, historian and legal scholar David Keanu Sai establishes (again) that the Kingdom of Hawaii never ceased to exist, as its 1898 annexation by the USA was void even under US law.
by Dr Peter F. Mayer*
(23 May 2025) More and more former colonies are throwing out their former colonial rulers. In doing so, they are ending more than a century of exploitation. Natural resources such as gold and uranium benefited only the colonialists, while the inhabitants were kept in poverty. That has changed, and the political West is not happy about it.
(16 May 2025 Today we commemorate the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War 80 years ago. We remember the estimated 60 million people who died, including 27 million in the Soviet Union, and the immeasurable human suffering caused by this war.
by M. K. Bhadrakumar,* India
(9 May 2025) (CH-S) In the Indian region of Kashmir, suspected extremists opened fire on tourists on 22 April, killing at least 26 people according to police reports. Most of the victims were visitors from various parts of India, as well as several people from the resort area near Pahalgam. The situation between India and Pakistan escalated immediately – in the Kashmir region, which has been disputed for decades, the two neighbouring countries accuse each other of stirring up unrest.
by Multipolar
(9 May 2025) (CH-S) Contrary to all public assurances, it can now be considered certain that British military leaders have played an extremely active role in arming Ukraine since 2015, according to the independent news portal “multipolar”.
London’s policy outside the EU, but within Europe and NATO, is notable for its particularly escalatory stance. It was also Boris Johnson’s intervention that contributed to the breakdown of the peace talks in Istanbul in the spring of 2022 by Ukraine.
(9 May 2025) (CH-S) French officers are calling for clarity on their country’s involvement in the Ukraine conflict. They are therefore calling on parliament to publish all information about the presence of French troops in Ukraine since 2022 in the Official Journal of the Republic.
This appeal has been signed by more than two dozen French generals and several hundred other members of the armed forces. Since the end of April 2025, more than 30,000 signatures from French citizens have been collected in support of the appeal.