Olaf Scholz | Watching America

Spain: Musk and Putin’s Dual Interference in Europe

Lalatendu Das - January 14, 2025. Published in El Pais

Musk’s meddling comes in a year in which Europe faces several elections.

Germany: Chaos before Donald Trump Takes Office

Mallory Matsumoto - January 2, 2025. Published in Frankfurter Rundschau

Germany and the other EU nation-states need to expect the worst.

Switzerland: Concerned the US Is Escalating the War in Ukraine? Don’t Be – Putin Has Already Done So

Anna Wright - November 26, 2024. Published in der Tages-Anzeiger

It was high time ... for Ukraine’s most powerful ally, the United States, to react.

Germany: Unimportant Debate

Mallory Matsumoto - May 5, 2024. Published in Frankfurter Rundschau

[T]here is little hope that this bloody war of attrition will end anytime soon.

Ukraine: Ukraine Needs Not Security Guarantees, but Guarantees of NATO Membership

Lalatendu Das - June 6, 2023. Published in The New Voice of Ukraine

Comments by Scholz and Blinken ... indicate that the idea of security guarantees for Ukraine's self-defense is becoming crucial.

Russia: Western Powers Are Up to No Good*

Robin Koerner - March 13, 2023. Published in Kommersant

The West is playing for high stakes.

Ukraine: Arming Ukraine Won’t Escalate War. Reluctance To Do So Will

Lalatendu Das - February 9, 2023. Published in The Kyiv Independent

The U.S. has also so far refused to supply its long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine.

Germany: No One Has Pushed Anyone into Anything

Robin Koerner - February 2, 2023. Published in Die Zeit

[T]he alleged tug-of-war over the sovereignty of interpretation suggests that this episode will leave an impression on German-American relations.

China: US’ ‘Decoupling’ Push Endangers World Stability. Can Washington See It?

Lalatendu Das - October 20, 2022. Published in Global Times

The U.S.-China "decoupling" is not simply a dispute between the two countries.

China: Washington’s ‘Friendship’ Has Awoken More Europeans

Lalatendu Das - October 12, 2022. Published in Global Times

The U.S. will sooner or later pay the price for its overbearing arrogance and selfishness.

South Africa: Climate Change: $2 Trillion for Weapons vs. $100 Billion To Save the Planet

Lalatendu Das - July 21, 2022. Published in Mail and Guardian

The U.S. military is the largest institutional polluter on the planet.

U.K.: The Observer View on Germany’s Response to the War in Ukraine

Lalatendu Das - April 25, 2022. Published in The Guardian

German timidity is driven by self-interest as much as caution.

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