Berlin wants ethnic ,,New Order"in Gulf region

Shortly before the beginning of the war in Iraq, Werner Weidenfeld, Director of the Centre for Applied Political Research (CAP) and member of the Praesidium of the Bertelsmann Institute, declared that the chance had arisen to dispute ,,World Hegemony"with the USA and that this opportunity should be used. ¹⁾

,,New Order"in alliance with the aggressors

Now both organisations, which cooperate closely with the German Foreign Office, have presented a strategy paper for a ,,New Order in Iraq according to European principles". The military defeat of the Iraqi government and the occupation of the country by the USA is implicitly accepted. The proposed strategy would guarantee ,,the presence of the EU at all levels in order to protect the political and economic interests of the Community"and prevent the EU's becoming marginalised ,,in a region close to its back yard". At the same time the Berlin strategists aspiring to World Power attempt to involve the belligerent USA and its allies in these plans. The strategy paper was elaborated in cooperation with the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University of Florence, The Royal Institute of International Affairs London and the ASPEN Institute of Italy in Rome (whose headquarters are in Washington ²⁾). Josef Janning, leader of the ,,International Understanding"division of the Bertelsmann Foundation explained that the suggested ,,New Order"could ,,perhaps be a way to integrate American world policy once again into a multilateral system".

,,Progressive overthrow"

Inherently the strategy follows the principles of ,,voelkisch"(ethnic) ,,New Order"such as Berlin has pressed on the Balkans and advocates for Asia and Africa. It should be based on the authority of the UN Security Council, ,,a multi-national task force"and a ,,High Authority"as a protectorate. This authority should be responsible for ,,the enormous task of constructing a New Political Order". This must unconditionally take into account the ,,ethnic differences"and ,,confessional division"of Iraq by ,,autonomy of minorities"with the autonomous Kurdish region as a ,,germ cell".

The territorial integrity of Iraq (and of other countries in the region) should only be maintained pro forma because the ,,artificial division"of the region into various independent states had not created a stable, regional order. Therefore it was necessary to achieve a ,,progressive overthrow"of this order. ,,Psychological and administrative frontiers in the region must be speedily demolished"says the report. With the help of a ,,Conference for Security and Cooperation in the Gulf, border problems"(amongst other things) ,,could be overcome by cooperation". A great international conference should urge ,,the parties of the growing Arab-Israeli conflict"to accept a solution in which the transfer of population must be supervised by an international force.

1) See earlier article The will to world power
2) The trustees of the ASPEN Institute include the former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and Madeleine Albright. Chairman of the Berlin ASPEN Institute is Manfred Gentz of Daimler Chrysler, Members of the trustess include the former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, former Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and also Werner Weidenfeld.

See also earlier article ,,Special staff"for Iraqand parts from the strategy paper

Sources:
Strategy Paper: Toward a European stategy for Iraq; www.cap.uni-muenchen.de
European plan for the New Order in Iraq after regime change; www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de