EAST AND WEST

If we want to avoid World War III, Europe needs to offer Russia a way out in Ukraine

25 Jan 2023

What are the scenarios for the war in Ukraine in 2023?

10 Jan 2023

General

Caricature and realpolitik of Russia’s war in Ukraine

2 Jan 2023

Europe Geopolitics United States

The true Western motto is: “We are the masters and have the say”

6 Dec 2022

General

NATO propaganda works – Nachdenkseiten

29 Nov 2022

Why is the establishment so afraid of Donald Trump?

Donald Trump, for the simple fact of being a large business owner and a billionaire, should have been a darling of capital and global plutocrats

Culture Politics United States

Globalism is just another word for colonialism

There was a time, not many years ago, when globalization was something that everybody loved to hate.

Geopolitics Politics Russia United States

What the West has to offer to the Syrian people is more death, brutality and destruction

It has been well documented and disseminated by the operators of the Western mass media outlets that the Russians “cynically” vetoed the joint French and Spanish resolution for a peace plan for Aleppo

Economics Poland

Poland’s neoliberal miracle?

Economists love Poland. The history of Poland since its “liberation from the Communist yoke” is often used as the case in point to show that, yes, neoliberalism works.

Belarus History Politics Russia

In Belarus a Maidan is only waiting to happen

My worries about an inevitable Maidan in Belarus proved to be exaggerated and unfounded last year

Politics Russia Ukraine

Former CIA agent in Donetsk: “MH17 was not downed by a BUK”

East&West: Mister Simpson, how have you ended up in Donetsk? Have you come here from the US? David Simpson: 25 years ago I was a CIA agent in Riga, Latvia.

Politics Russia Ukraine

Dialogue between a patriot and an appeaser

Appeaser: These symbols look really strange … Patriot: You should educate yourself about the symbols of Azov before so easily falling for Russian propaganda. They have nothing to do with Nazism.

Languages Poland Russia Ukraine

A (Confused) History of the Ukrainian Language

The Ukrainian language is

Politics United States

Either side of Trump’s wall

There is a proverb in China: “He who has not been to the wall is not a hero”. In contrast to the Western definition of hero, the protagonist within this saying is neither a superman or some otherworldly mystical being

Culture Germany

Open Germany is a dead-end

We live in a thriving democracy. We enjoy the benefits of an open and tolerant society, our system of government is transparent. The highest positions and the highest honors are accessible to those who display enough merit

Languages

Getting lost on holiday in Bulgaria: Bulgarian-Russian false friends

Actually the Bulgarian language should not pose too many problems to those who already master Russian. In a way, it looks like a simplified version of Russian

Culture

Byron in Armenia – or why learning a foreign language does not have to mean being a language nerd

I remember I used to be very impressed when people told me they learned Hebrew or Chinese. I thought if they learned something so difficult and “unusual”

Europe Germany

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