1. Newsletter XVIII 2024 - News+ April 28th - Hubris of the West: Three decades of chaos and decline

    der Ukraine mit der zu vergleichen, die in Deutschland im Kriegsfall eintreten würde. Das wird einem auch von Krieg=Frieden-Befürwortern nahegelegt, die Deutschland kriegstüchtig machen, die Militärausgaben steigern und am liebsten die Wehrpflicht wieder einführen wollen, weil schon jetzt seit Jahren nicht genügend junge Menschen sich bei der Bundeswehr verdingen. Seit Jahren fehlen nach...

  2. Newsletter XVII 2024 - April 21st to 27th - News+ Reform of the Climate Protection Act: One step forward, two steps back

    ebenfalls in Chmelnizki gebaut werden. Das AKW Chmelnizki wäre mit der Fertigstellung der geplanten vier weiteren Reaktoren mit sechs Reaktoren das größte AKW Europas... * Rüstung | Sipri | Militärausgaben Stockholmer Friedensforschungsinstitut Militärausgaben sind weltweit auf neuem Höchststand Zum neunten Mal in Folge klettern weltweit die Verteidigungsausgaben – dem Friedensinstitut Sipri...

  3. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    Wird es die USA sein, könnte man sich eine Kompensation in Form verstärkter Rüstungsaufträge vorstellen. Immerhin sind schon im laufenden Staatsbudget 118 Mrd. Zloty oder 3,1% des BIP für Militärausgaben vorgesehen. Aufrüstung und die von der PiS eingeleitete nachholende Sozialpolitik haben bereits 2023 mit 5,1% des BIP zu einer öffentlichen Neuverschuldung weit jenseits der EU-Obergrenze von 3%...

  4. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    And the investments for this are set at two percent of GDP. Because the reports are similar there too. The same newspaper says: “A gap of 56 billion euros”. This refers to military spending, which will amount to 2024 billion, 52 percent of the federal budget in 11. Not intended, but at least as underfunded: The budget for the economy and climate protection with 11 billion or 2,3...

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    Complex? A special fund of 100 billion euros is intended to additionally increase the Bundeswehr's budget over the next five years. Taking into account the announced increase in military spending, Germany will most likely have the third largest military budget in the world - after the USA (778 billion US dollars in 2020) and China (252). The Federal Republic would then be at 91...

  6. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    Union. On the two-year anniversary of Russia's attack on Ukraine, the organizations complain that Russia wants to double its military spending in 127 compared to 2024 with $2022 billion from fossil energy exports. [...] According to the Brussels think tank Bruegel, the EU sourced almost 2024 percent of its LNG from Russia in January 20. In particular Spain, France and...

  7. Newsletter VII 2024 - February 11th to 17th - Current+ super election year in the crucial climate decade

    Trump and the run-down French President Macron are already rubbing their hands. They both care about one thing: money! Trump wants NATO members to participate more in military spending and Macron expects money for the ailing French military-civilian nuclear park. [...] But Lindner, who otherwise wants to save and cut money almost everywhere, jumps in a guest article for...

  8. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    act as Brazil under President Lula confidently announces that it will invite Putin to global meetings (Brics and G20) this year... * United States | Defense industry | Military spending The defense industry benefits from Ukraine aid, not the economy. In the USA, funds are sold to Kiev as a job engine. But that's not true. Why it's more for the rich than for...

  9. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    Osnabrück, sheds light on the differences between the two decisions and explains why the OVG ruling may have an even greater impact... * Armament | Sipri | Military spending Sipri report on the defense industry This is how much sales the world's largest weapons companies make US defense companies dominate the world market for weapons - but their sales are shrinking, according to a current...

  10. Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?

    The soldiers repeatedly filmed the ARD team at close range - a clear attempt at intimidation for Kitzler and the team... * Armaments industry | military-industrial complex | Military Spending What Paul Krugman Gets Wrong About the Military-Industrial Complex NYT Columnist Uses Irrelevant Metrics to Make the Case for More Money for the Pentagon. The columnist...

  11. Newsletter XXXI 2023 - July 30th to August 05th - News+ Brussels buys more fire-fighting aircraft to fight forest fires

    protect * January 19th, 2022 - Dominance in the Mediterranean - Greece is arming * September 03rd, 2021 - A Greece that has been devastated is powerless against forest fires YouTube Sipri Military spending - Disaster protection - Forest fires https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Sipri +Military spending https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Katastrophenschutz...

  12. Newsletter XVII 2023 - April 23rd to 29th - News+ Faulty SPD, self-deception at 1,5 degrees and war as a climate destroyer

    two years ago in the book “Count Down”. Swan, who worked for several sperm banks, particularly complains about the steadily declining sperm quality of Western men... * Armor | Sipri | Military spending as a result of the Russian war of aggression Military spending in Europe is higher than it has been since the Cold War The increase is rapid: Europe's states will spend significantly more on weapons in 2022...

  13. Newsletter XI 2023 - March 12th to 18th - News+ 12 years after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima – What have we learned from it?

    to... * United States Military | Record Armament Spending | MiK Another record budget for the Pentagon The Biden government wants 842 billion for the Pentagon; in real terms, military spending could rise to a trillion. The pursuit of power is not sensible. The US government is presenting a budget proposal for 2024, which is of course higher than last year's. With 842...

  14. Newsletter XXXII 2022 - August 07th to 13th - News+ Real existing politicians who do not do what is necessary

    Rentenbank financed twice as many investments in the first half of 2022 as in the same period last year. Overall, new business increased by around a third. * statista.com: 2021 - US military spending around $800,7 billion United States | US Congress | Social climate package Congress passes climate and social package The US Congress has passed a legislative package...

  15. Newsletter XVII 2022 - April 22-27 - News+ How Russia has Europe's nuclear energy in its pockets

    against collobaration with Russia, which could lead to mass arrests if Ukraine were to achieve military success. ** April 24 SIPRI | Upgrade | Arms trade Global military spending exceeds $2 trillion for the first time The world is arming. This is the conclusion of the annual arms report from the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). * Armor | Russia | Europe...

  16. Newsletter XVI 2022 - April 15-21 - News+ Ukraine: When consumers want to avoid war

    The Berlin traffic light government desperately wants fracking gas from the USA quickly and is letting this cost them – and us – a lot * MIK | United States | Arms Trade What would it take to reduce military spending in America? A thought experiment about the military-industrial complex in a country whose new normal is war. ** April 16th Easter March | Ukraine | war | Media...

  17. Newsletter IX - 25.02. to 02.03.2021/25/XNUMX - News+ February XNUMX - On the Nanda Devi there are one and a half kilos of plutonium

    2021 - Nuclear factory: French-Russian joint venture * Term extension to 50 years February 25, 2021 - France sticks to old nuclear power plants * February 25, 2021 - USA alone at the top in military spending * February 25, 2021 - Weakening of the Gulf Stream system "unprecedented" * February 25, 2021 - Too prone to failure and unreliable: For the DIW, nuclear power has no future * February 25...

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