Archiv des Autors: Michael Wehle

Wikipedia: Iran Air Flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas, that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by an SM-2MR surface-to-air missile fired from USS Vincennes, a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. The aircraft, an Airbus A300, … Weiterlesen →

Brian McDonald: Russia’s relations with Western Europe now lie in rubble; ending over three decades of attempts to build “a common European home.” That leaves a proud, wounded power available at a discount, ripe for Chinese influence in ways the Kremlin itself … Weiterlesen →

Juan Cole: China is emerging as the world’s first electrostate, the advanced superpower of this century, which could well be the Chinese century. Trump’s doddering old tattered America, blighted with toxic fracking pools and oil spills, crowned with opulence for … Weiterlesen →

Thomas Fazi, UnHerd: Merz’s vision is one of total mobilisation — a “whole-of-society” approach that seeks to prepare not just the armed forces, but the entire German economy and civil infrastructure for confrontation with Russia. Media, education, industrial policy and … Weiterlesen →

There were more people than I could count on my fingers and toes! A speaker verbosely informed us about why we were all there, which proved useful, as a certain faction of the audience persisted in chanting about Palestine however … Weiterlesen →