Michael von der Schulenburg is a German Member of the European Parliament and was previously a UN diplomat for 34 years, including as Deputy Secretary-General of the UN Department of Political Affairs and Peacebuilding. (Michael von der Schulenburg ist deutscher Abgeordneter des EU-Parlaments und war zuvor 34 Jahre lang UN-Diplomat, unter anderem als Stellvertretender Generalsekretär der UN-Hauptabteilung für politische Angelegenheiten und Friedenskonsolidierung.)

The Arctic has become a key frontline in the great power rivalry 

How diplomacy was criminalised during the Ukraine War

I discussed the book by Ola Tunander: "The Secret War Against Sweden", about how the US and UK inflated the perceived threat from Moscow with PsyOps to pull Sweden into the military bloc 

Glenn Diesen interviews on 9 of February 2025 Alexander Mercouris and Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi (advisor to Iran’s nuclear negotiation team) about Trump’s recent comments about ethnically cleansing Gaza and the US seizing ownership over the territory. It is said that Trump should not be taken literally as much of his talk is either a negotiation tactic or he is simply improvising. Trump’s comments could have been aimed to ensure Israeli compliance with the ceasefire, to keep Netanyahu in power, or to have been part of a wider retrenchment strategy as the US must appear strong at a time when it is pulling back and shifting priorities.

Denmark ist starting to preserve the damaged Nord Stream Pipelines and making a deal with Gazprom! (Reuters 28 January 2025) There seem to be powerful forces behind the scene (CDU and AFD in Germany?) wanting a turnaround against actual Ursula von der Leyen European politics. Apparently these forces are working for the restoration of cheap russian pipelingas to prevent the total crash of the german and european economy.