No 5, 1 March 2022

The struggle for the heart of Eurasia
by Tobias Salander
Devastating Situation in Afghanistan: Hunger, blocked national wealth, sanctions
by Eva-Maria Föllmer-Müller
– “For Afghans, daily life has become a frozen hell” | UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council meeting on 26 January 2022
– Final statement of the delegation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) (excerpt)
– David Miliband's testimony of 9 February 2022 (excerpt)
Taking a stance against political lies
by Karl-Jürgen Müller
The ICRC calls on sides to spare critical civilian infrastructure in eastern Ukraine
Ein Appell von IPPNW und IALANA
Difficult road to a new world order?
USA, NATO and Russia – what will their next moves be?
by Professor Dr Eberhard Hamer, Mittelstandsinstitut Niedersachsen e.V.
Current Swiss electricity policy
Security of electricity supply does not come for free
| by Dr iur. Marianne Wüthrich
– Cooperation with neighbouring countries possible even without an electricity agreement with the EU
Kazakhstan – A plea for a bridge-builder between the blocs
by Ralph Bosshard
The great silent glow and the singing lake
by Eliane Perret
Letter to the Editor
The best prerequisite for stability is a balance of powers | Sylvia Stuckenberg, Vorarlberg (Austria)

Current Concerns is a translation of the newspaper Zeit-Fragen, which was published a week earlier. The articles in this issue of Current Concerns therefore reproduce texts written before 21 February. In our view, the essential parts of all texts are still relevant, even if events since 21 February 2022 could not be taken into account.

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