In an article published by RT Germany, senior German anti-war voice and a repeated guest at Schiller Institute events and International Peace Coalition meetings, Wolfgang Bittner insists that Germany and the West must open up to the Global South and restore cooperation with the East. Here is a translation of his remarks from the original German:
“Almost every day, there are reports of new acts of malice, but we should not lose sight of the bigger picture,” Bittner writes. “The rift between the U.S. and the other NATO countries, triggered by Donald Trump, marks a tipping point in both European and international politics. As uncertainty grows day by day, the era of the ‘rules-based international order’ is coming to an end, with the collective West flouting international law. The Global South and Russia, representing the vast majority of the world’s population, are no longer willing to tolerate paternalism and oppression by the U.S. and its vassals. It is becoming increasingly clear that the future lies with BRICS and the Belt and Road Initiative.
