A critique of the ‘rules-based order’ RBO
Farhang Jahanpour TFF Associate February 6, 2024 Since the end of the Cold War and increasingly in recent years, US officials followed as usual by their European allies, have coined a new phrase which...
View ArticleThe Real Nobel Peace Prize
Jan Oberg February 6, 2024 Regrettably, the world’s allegedly most prestigious prize has been awarded to many who did not qualify according to the will of Alfred Nobel. I want to direct your attention...
View ArticleInterview: The West will militarise itself to death.
Jan Oberg with Ania Konieczek on her YouTube Channel “Through the Eyes Of” On February 7, 2024, I had the great pleasure of being Ania K’s guest on her YouTube Channel. Here is a link to it – and I...
View ArticleThe consequences of apartheid in Israel and of US government support for such...
Photo: Ash Hayes on Unsplash Tending the fronts of conflict Kristin ChristmanTFF Associate February 15, 2024 On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, “Our war...
View ArticleJohan Galtung 1930-2024
Photo © Jan Oberg 2010 Jan Oberg February 17, 2024 Johan Galtung – over 50 years my dear friend, collaborator and one of my two peace research mentors – died this morning. He was 93. He was, beyond any...
View ArticleNATO – A Steadfast Pretender
NATO now holds its largest military exercise for decades, Steadfast Defender, involving 90 000 troops from all 31 NATO members and Sweden Jan Oberg February 19, 2024 Over the last 70 years, we have...
View ArticleYugoslavia, NATO’s criminal bombing 25 years ago and why Jan Oberg became a...
March 6, 2024 A video conversation about those three connected themes was published in December 2023 on various Chinese Channels and on two YouTube channels, Wave Media and Thinkers Forum, where you...
View ArticlePacifism Today: A Dialogue about Alternatives to War in Ukraine
Majken Jul Sørensen March 11, 2024 Dedication To all the brave people who refuse to participate in war, in Ukraine, Russia and everywhere else. “War is a crime against humanity. I am therefore...
View ArticleWeaknesses of the U.S. National Security Strategy 2022: Equating security...
Kristin Christman TFF Associate March 12, 2024 A major publishing event in the field of security studies A unique and very thorough 11-part analysis of the US National Security Strategy from October...
View ArticleRussia is not a threat to NATO or neutral states. Full stop.
Why the omnipresent, massive, and uniform propagation of Russia as a threat against NATO is humbug. How a credible professional quality threat analysis is made instead. Why deciding military...
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