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As the NATO backers of Ukraine finally accepted to admit that it was impossible to defeat Russia militarily on the ground, they began to shift operations in the direction of asymmetric warfare, targeting territory and the population in Russia proper. That has now been openly admitted by Major General Vadym Skybytskyi, deputy chief of Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Military Intelligence […]

It is genocide, stated Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in testimony to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 26. “Following nearly six months of unrelenting Israeli assault on occupied Gaza, it is my solemn duty to report on the worst of what humanity is capable of, and to […]

Palestine’s Permanent Observer to the UN, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, formally requested April 2 that the UN Security Council take up Palestine’s application to be recognized as a member nation of the United Nations during the course of this month. In tandem, the Ambassadors of the nations which currently head the Arab League (Saudi Arabia), the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (Mauritania), […]

As of April 1, the consumption and possession of cannabis are legal for adults in Germany. For 18 year olds and over, possession of 25 grams for personal consumption will be allowed, which can also be carried in public areas. In terms of volume and weight, this is roughly comparable to two heaping tablespoons of potting soil. In their private […]

The Schiller Institute will hold an international conference (online and in person in New York City and Dresden, Germany) on April 13, from 17:00 to 22:00 CEST, titled “The Oasis Plan: Peace Through Development for All of Southwest Asia” (cf. SAS 11/24 for the invitation). To register for the conference and to have access to interpretation in English, French, German […]

European Union leaders met in Brussels on March 22 to discuss, apparently very seriously, the possibilities of sending NATO troops to Ukraine to confront Russia, following the proposal launched a few weeks ago by an obviously unhinged French President Macron. The sheer folly of such a discussion was underscored by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on the sidelines of the […]

  The following statement was presented at the March 22, 2024 meeting of the International Peace Coalition, where its immediate distribution internationally was a central topic of discussion. “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a […]

On March 24, the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, an organization of former U.S. military and intelligence officers, sent an urgent warning to President Biden urging him to avoid the path to nuclear conflict proposed by French President Macron. The memo begins: “France is reportedly preparing to dispatch a force of some 2,000 troops — roughly a reinforced brigade built […]

At the March 22 International Peace Coalition meeting, Jacques Cheminade explained that a major cause of the increasingly insane proposals made by Emmanuel Macron is the fact that the French economy is on the edge of collapse. In addition, the Elysée very much fears that France will be downgraded by the ratings agencies, such as Moody’s, before the European elections. […]

In the context of the heated debate on whether or not Germany should deliver Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, three interviews with senior German military experts in the past two weeks are worth noting. Renowned security expert Colonel (ret.) Wolfgang Richter warned in the March 12 Berliner Zeitung that deploying the Taurus for “the destruction of strategic targets such as […]