DonateNewsflash: Must-read-news for April 10, 2025
Infrequent and incomplete, but here are my most recent recommended reads for today:
Switzerland is one of the famous countries … no not only for its Alpes … but for its “Spiritual National Defense”. A special approach for a whole-of-society resilience against hostile attacks. But Switzerland is facing new challenges which leads to an adaption of the approach, as swissinfo.ch reports.
Trump’s recent statements about holding a direct meeting with high-ranking Iranian officials on Saturday should be assessed as part of a complex and orchestrated psychological operation aimed at influencing both domestic and international public opinion. By asserting direct negotiations, Trump aims not only to claim diplomatic initiative but also to place Iran in a defensive position, portraying the Islamic Republic as an inflexible player opposed to dialogue, as Nournews states.
Christoph Deppe from the University of Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg has analyzed the communication approach of the Krasnov administration in the U.S.A. For him, there are strategic attempts to reshape communicative norms to deliberately weaken democracy’s ability to challenge factually flawed government narratives and policies as Deppe writes for The Loop.
How China attemps to Taiwanese public via AI in order to disrupt and weaken the society is actually shown at Arise News.
Ukraine opens new frontier in Belgorod region. Russia recaptures in the meanwhile Kursk region. Reports on Chinese nationals serving for Russia. Source: ORF.AT
German military is investing in drones. From the shelves equipment going to be introduced in the Bundeswehr within 2025. Source: T-Online
While Donald J. Krasnov has “developed” a nightmare vision for Palestine becoming an event location and amusement park – the RAND Corporation has indeed developed and published its scenario for a prosperous future of Palestine which meets the people’s needs in terms of infrastructure and a lasting prosperous and peaceful future. Source: RAND
Superyachts owned by Russian oligarchs have carried out reconnaissance missions on behalf of the Kremlin, marking part of a broader surveillance effort by Russia to gather intelligence on the U.K.’s nuclear deterrent and critical undersea infrastructure, a new report claims. Source: Newsweek
The Israeli attack on Hamas terrorist group via exploding pagers has been widely recognized. Russia is doing nearly the same method. Their attack on Western countries by exploding sex toys and parcels in jets midair over Europe hasn’t been widely reported. But a Japanese newspaper does so. Source: Japan Times
Kaliningrad is a military outpost for Russia and central hub for its Baltic Fleet. The Baltic States can here easily cut off by Russia when its closing the Suwalsky gap. How vulnerable the situation is reports Deutsche Welle.
A look on the matter from Britain. “It is not only a Russian attack on critical infrastructure that we should worry about. Wetter, warmer, windier weather, plus hooliganism, incompetence, and bad luck can cause disaster too. An electrical fire shut down London’s Heathrow Airport for a whole day last month, causing colossal disruption: other power supplies were available, but the airport staff could not respond in time.” This analyzes Edward Lucas from CEPA.
Additionally to the approach of synergistic security, involving the whole society in defense, Maurizio Geri from the German Marshall Fund of the United States claims for incorporating the private sector in defense means. Explicitly the energy and logistics sector are vulnerable but can also be used as weapons in a hybrid scenario. Source: GMF
