Cold War
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Are we being fooled by IKEA’s promise of a greener future?
CAPITALISM: Ikea, consuming a tree per second, acquires vast lands globally, endangering ecosystems and becoming the forest's most formidable foe.
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«You may end up with the only peace – being the peace of the graveyard.»
INTERVIEW: We are talking with the previous Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the man who could have been prime minister in Britain, about current issues – like military build-up, Ukraine, Israel, climate justice and labour, security, democracy, citizen assemblies, and not least of all, hope for the future.
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The military ambitions of oil states
WEAPONS: There are a number of developments in the three oil states of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar, which Jean-Loup Samaan explores in his latest book. These are the three oil states that account for 17 percent of all arms purchases worldwide. Saudi Arabia wants to become a nuclear power in order to stand up…
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Russia’s Africa Policy
AFRICA: Russia has been very committed to the principle of non-interference and allowed authoritarian regimes to conduct their own politics without setting any political demands for their trade or aid. But they forgave debts to several African countries while signing several military-technical agreements.
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Who still remembers Zimmerwald?
HISTORY: The sleepy village that didn't want to be a part of world history.
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A logical consequence of the Cold War?
RUSSIA: M.E. Sarotte demonstrates thorough knowledge of the Cold War – and today's horrific continuation of it.
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A new European security architecture
UKRAINE/RUSSIA: The authors believe that European countries should loosen their ties with the US in to achieve constructive results in what can be viewed as a European security problem. Two parties can only achieve security together with the other - not at the expense of it.
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The adaptive autocrats
AUTHORITARIANISM: What happened after the height of freedom ideals, the fall of the Iron Curtain and Bill Clinton's fusion of liberal politics with market forces? Today, the Chinese's mastery of original Western technology and surveillance seems limitless.