Welcome to my official site in a new design. It tells you who I am and what I do as peace researcher and art photographer. It’s merely a gateway. My writings, media commentaries, videos, books and book chapters, photographic works, blog posts and social media activity are spread all over under the menus above and in the links in the right-hand column. Browse, enjoy, be challenged – for peace and art. And click to your right to follow this diverse place. Jan Oberg
4. marts 2019 Hvis man skal bruge kun én målestok på et lands militære styrke, så er militærudgifterne (”forsvarsudgifterne”) den bedste. De siger jo hvor meget regeringer er parate til at afsætte og hvordan de prioriterer. Militærudgifterne (Milex) er nogenlunde lette at sammenligne og institutter som SIPRI i Stockholm og IISS i London lave indekser hvor de er omregnet til […]
February 28, 2019 Peace can never be achieved this way a) The issue is about peace, not only nuclear weapons. The US has not been willing to sign a peace agreement after all these years. After some kind of peace process and treaty has been achieved, you can turn to the specific issue of nuclear weapons. b) Making peace takes […]
Because of ignorance, lack of honouring basic journalistic standards and political correctness vis-a-vis owners and governments. February 23, 2019 Of course, the freedom of the free Western mainstream media means the freedom to deceive, use fake and omission as much as they like. Here is a well-informed article by Marc Cook in the media-analytical, critical FAIR – Fairness and Accuracy […]
12. februar 2019 Venskabforbundet Danmark-Kina, VDK, har netop udsendt endnu et nummer af sit righoldige tidsskrift DanmarKina. Man kan sige at det er et specielt vigtigt nummer fordi det jo i december 2018 var 40 år siden Kina gennem Deng Xiaoping forkyndte at man nu indførte den åbne dørs politik, eller Åbningspolitikken. Bertil Heurlin har skrevet meget fint om denne […]
11. februar 2019 Idag er det 40 år siden millioner af iranere med sine demonstrationer afsatte Shahen af Iran og den islamiske revolution overtog magten. Det kan man have mange meninger om – og derfor har TFF idag udsendt en analyse af Dr. Farhang Jahanpour – Iran At Crossroads On 40th Anniversary of Its Islamic Revolution. Vi gør også opmærksom […]
And why I am switching balances from the most noble and important – but momentarily meaningless – job to something more rewarding… February 1, 2019 Just yesterday, I posted this extremely important and modest appeal – the Basel Appeal – on our foundation’s homepage, The Transnational, here. It was disseminated to social media, among others, my FB profile, TFF’s and […]
29. januar 2019 DR kan i dag fortælle os at Trump har gjort indtryk: Forsvarsbudgettet øges med 4,5 milliarder kroner: Med tillægsaftalen bruger Danmark 1,5 procent af BNP på Forsvaret. Læs den selv. Det fremgår blandt andet at det er det stærke trumpske pres på Europa, der har fået forsvarsministeren til at arbejde for dette. Og man forstår at det […]
