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Newsletter Nr. 1.464
Amsterdam, December 4, 2025

The Evolving U.S.-European Peace Proposals for Ukraine: Stalled Talks and Escalating Tensions - Frank Visser / Grok

Comparing the two, the European version markedly improved fairness by shifting from the U.S. draft's perceived 70% tilt toward Russian demands—echoing Putin's 2022 "wishlist"—to a more balanced 60/40 favoring Ukraine. It upholds international norms like the UN Charter's ban on conquest, avoiding explicit territorial trades that could undermine global order and signal weakness to aggressors like China over Taiwan. Yet, both plans shared pragmatic flaws: implicit acceptance of occupied territories risked "frozen conflicts," and vague enforcement could falter given Russia's history of breaching pacts like the 1997 Friendship Treaty or Minsk agreements. True equity, per analysts, demands full Russian withdrawal and ICC prosecutions, elements still absent.

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Did Ken Wilber Misunderstand Jung—Or Did He Tease Apart Multiple Views of Archetypes? - Frank Visser / ChatGPT

The intellectual encounter between C. G. Jung and Ken Wilber has always been strangely underdeveloped. Jung is one of the most influential depth psychologists of the twentieth century; Wilber positions himself as a grand synthesizer of psychology, spirituality, and developmental theory. One would expect a rich comparative literature. Instead, a tension persists: Jungians often accuse Wilber of reducing or misrepresenting their tradition, while Wilber insists he is merely clarifying confusions within Jung's own formulations. The truth is more intricate. Wilber understood Jung in parts—but also reconstructed him through his own developmental metaphysics, often distorting the original landscape.

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