Lars Thor Smith

GERMANY: Sahra Wagenknecht gives many Germans – her former 'compatriots' in East Germany – an opportunity to be heard by a party. Wagenknecht's peacekeeping efforts could prevent an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine towards a major European war. Here in connection with the election in September.

NATO/USA: Often the media is flooded with statements from 'experts' from think tanks – which are directly sponsored by the military industry – demanding more weapons for Ukraine, but without disclosing the conflict of interest they face due to the funding of the arms industry. And a whopping 85 percent of all interviews, statements and other references to think tanks are industry-sponsored. NATO is not just a military collaboration, but also with its network of sub-organizations spun into not least American business interests, on which both current and future members are sought to be made dependent.

ESSAY: Russia's war and the scare campaign that it will be extended to other countries turns out to be just a cover for a policy that, in the long term, intends to tie Sweden more strongly to the US's military geostrategy – primarily through NATO. We take a closer look at one of the people primarily responsible for this development – ​​Defense Minister Pål Jonson.

PANDEMIC: Perhaps the fear of bacteria and viruses in the future will increasingly lead to a disease preparedness characterized by totalitarian surveillance and control. A blind trust in vaccinations can lead to a phasing out of the human own immune system.

CHINA: China's Communist Party boasts today that it is able to recognize any of the country's 1.4 billion citizens within seconds. Europe must find alternatives to the growing polarization between China and the United States.

CRISIS, ADVERSITY, DRUGS: The 100-year-old Jens Bjørneboe and the German film director, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who would have turned 75 this year, were both put in the public eye. Did this lead to shortened lives for both?

Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" could, in the worst case, end up being a trigger for the original potential for conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.