…eller lad det falde med USA’s imperium… Selv om det er gået så galt for Vesten, så er alt håb bestemt ikke ude. Vi har netop nu en gylden chance for diskutere og derpå skabe et nyt Europa tilpasset fremtidens samarbejdende multipolære verden, skriver Jan Øberg. Min klumme i Arbejderen den 15. april 2026 Der er mere om dette forslag her i China Daily og … Continue reading 1066 – Skab en debat om Europas fremtid
I was recently invited to have a good, long talk about the world – and, of course, about peace too – with Boris Malagurski on his Weight of Chains Channel on YouTube. It was a real joy and seems to have been greatly appreciated by the viewers too. Mr Malagurski and I shall of course be grateful if you share this conversation in your circles – of course, only … Continue reading 1061 – Don’t despair! The Western Empire is going down, and that opens great opportunities for a better world…
Rick Sanchez and I cover quite a few subjects in this high-temperature conversation. It was fun to work with him, and we start out joking about our wives some 13 minutes into the program 😉 Continue reading 1045 – ‘Trump does not understand that he is isolating the US’
Zyphyr is a Chinese academic, educated for over 10 years in the United States. He runs his own channel on China’s YouTube, called Bilibili. I’ve been told that he is followed by 4-5 million people in and outside China, but I do not know for how long; it can hardly be per day, but what do I know? Quite a few things are unbelievable in … Continue reading 1042 – Fun to be on Bilibili and talk about Trump, Greenland – and world peace
– Vi har fra Grønland gjort alt, hvad vi kan for at få amerikanerne til at forstå, at de igennem deres vedvarende pres krænker os som befolkning og vores suverænitet. Men intet er kommet igennem hos Trump-administrationen, tværtimod øger de presset for hver dag, der går, og nu må det internationale samfund, i hvert fald dem vi anser som venner og allierede, træde til i … Continue reading Grønland: Nu må det internationale samfund træde til
Jan Oberg February 21, 2025 How amazing! The Danish government seemed unprepared for the eventuality that President Trump, if elected, would insist once again on getting Greenland – and a few other “things.” Who was asleep – or much too occupied with hating Russia and helping Ukraine to see what was coming? Secondly, Trump – who is no peace-maker but has other motives – grabbed … Continue reading Trump Caught the EU Off Guard
Keynote speech delivered on October 3, 2024, at the Global Changes Centre’s conference in Skopje, Macedonia. Despite the video’s title, this is not mainly about the decline and fall of the United States’ Empire. That will happen without my predictions… Instead, at this truly amazing conference, I present some major points for what I believe will be a much better world – a multipolar or … Continue reading Points for the better – future – world
A 27-minute video interview by CGTN – China’s Global Television Network – hosted by Xu Qinduo. I was grateful for the opportunity to speak about how democracy can be improved and elevated to the global level. In a globalising world, it is bizarre that we can only vote for our national parliaments, which determines less and less of our country’s future. There is so much … Continue reading Towards global governance and democracy – a much better future is possible!
”It is difficult to make predictions, particularly about the future.”Unknown but wise person’s statement. I do not pretend my predictions below are scientific or based on a sophisticated social science methodology. They are merely intuitive and hypothetical and based on some of my accumulated knowledge and experience about international affairs over more than four decades. You may say they grow out of a Wright Mills-like … Continue reading 37 Global 2024 Predictions
I’m happy to announce to my readers here and friends in the United States and Europe that I am scheduled to be on three – for me new – radio programs in the next few days, namely: “Rethinking Heroes” with host Cary Harrison, KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles, June 2 (about 10 minutes about NATO’s expansion and Sweden and Finland joining); “Progressive radio network (PRN.live)” in … Continue reading On two US radio stations, Russian Izvestia and one Swiss +… this week
I was recently invited by China’s national television – CCTV, China Central Television – to comment on these two issues. The interviewer and cameraman came down to Lund from Stockholm and did a longer session. We all know that one does not get any longer time on such a regular news program anywhere in the world – so you plan small portions each with a … Continue reading China’s Two Sessions and the West’s reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
“Den der sover i et demokrati risikerer at vågne op i et diktatur” – “He who sleeps in a democracy risks waking up in a dictatorship” Otto Gritschneder (1914-2005), tysk retshistoriker, advokat og publicist. Var under Nazi-regimet udsat for “Berufsverbot” fordi han var “politisk upålidelig” Otto Gritschneder (1914-2005), German law historian, lawyer and publisher. During the Nazi regime he was under “Berufsverbot” – not allowed … Continue reading Jeg skriver fordi – I write because…
Hardanger-akademiet for Fred, Udvikling og Miljø havde givet mig den ærefulde opgave at holde årets “State of The World” forelæsning 2021, som akademiets mentor og inspirator, Johan Galtung, ellers plejer at holde. Akademiet ligger i lille Jondal i Norge – lidt udenfor Bergen – og rejsen dertil er én lang storslået oplevelse af uafbrudt naturskønhed – med undtagelse af et antal tunneller, den længste 11 … Continue reading The “State of The World” lecture 2021
I’d like to direct your attention to a new comprehensive analysis from The Transnational Foundation for Peace And Future Research, TFF, called “Behind The Smokescreen: An Analysis of the West’s Destructive China Cold War Agenda And Why It Must Stop” The authors are TFF Associates Gordon Dumoulin, Thore Vestby and I – Jan Oberg. Frankly, we have been shocked to learn – through meticulous research … Continue reading Pathbreaking analysis of the West’s new Cold War against China
Thore Vestby, Oslo Hvilket type samfunn er dagens Kina? Lever innbyggerne i et undertrykkende diktatur? Hvordan ser kineserne selv på landet sitt? Er Kinas voldsomme økonomiske vekst og globale ekspansjon en trussel mot oss og våre verdier? Vi inviterer til en ny samtale med Thore Vestby fra The Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research, TFF. Han har besøkt Kina mange ganger de siste årene … Continue reading Vi må snakke mer om Kina
En kort forudsigelse i tre punkter om den nye verdensorden efter at det amerikanske imperium og NATO har afviklet sig selv – nogenlunde – fredeligt. Til brug for en fredsmanifestation på 1. maj 2021. Continue reading En fjernere fremtid i fred
November 23 and 24, 2020, marked an important event in the international academic/university history of peace and conflict research. The reason is that the Faculty of World Studies at Tehran University held a large – online – conference – “International Conference on Peace and Conflict Resolution (ICPCR)”. My colleague and friend there, associate professor Ali Akbar Alikhani, is the dynamic pioneer of this important endeavour … Continue reading Keynote speech for academic peace research in Iran
“This is my message to the western world – your civilisation is killing life on Earth“ 19. oktober 2020 Det sker ikke så ofte. Men blandt dusinvis af artikler fra verdenspressen, jeg forsøger at læse hver dag – eller i det mindste skimme – er der nogle, der bare stikker op og går ind, lige i hjertet. Dem man husker, dem der sagde “bang” i … Continue reading Den hvide mands og kulturs destruktivitet i en nøddeskal
16. juni 2020 – Ny klumme i …
Som bekendt indeholder det kinesiske tegn for krise to elementer – fare og mulighed.
Men desværre er det sådan at 95% af menneskeheden bruger 100% af sin energi på at kritisere verdens gang og hinanden og dermed ser på fortiden og nuet mens højst 5% arbejder med fokus på mulighederne, på positive visioner og løsninger – på fremtiden.
Hvis vi ikke får ændret – nærmest byttet om – på disse procenter er der ikke meget håb.
Selv dygtige og respekterede kritikere har sjældent noget interessant at sige om den ønskværdige fremtid og hvordan vi kommer frem til den. Som en læge, der kun kan diagnosticere og prognosticere at vi snart skal dø men ikke har har noget at sige om mulige behandlinger.
Og hvis du spørger en dansk politiker eller hvilken som helst vestlig statsleder: Hvordan ser din vision for dit land og for verden i 2050 ud? – ja, så kan i hvert fald jeg ikke komme på nogen, som jeg tror det ville give et interessant og bare nogenlunde sammenhængende svar.
Fremtidien ligger uden for boksen
Hvis vi ikke kan tænke om fremtiden – hvad styrer så? Jo, det gør systemerne, mekanismerne, ”realismen”, pragmatikken og alt det dér inden for boksen. Men fremtiden ligger uden for boksen.
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17. maj 2020 I dag holder Det Nødvendige Seminarium, DNS, i Tvind sin årlige fred og retfærdigheds-konference. Som et par gange før bad de mig om at indlede en diskussion – i år dog på video. Debatten om forelæsningen fandt sted kl 15 online via Zoom. Takket være Coronaen så kunne det hele ses af mange mange flere end dem der befandt sig på DNS … Continue reading “The New World Rises In The East And…”
30. april 2020 Jeg har her tidligere her på bloggen skrevet om kunstneren Gudrun Steen-Andersens særdeles innovative installation, Perpetuum Mobile, der inddrager forskere i et tankeeksperiment – “Hvad hvis al migration blev givet fri i verden?” – som de så besvarer i korte videoer. Det var 2019. I marts i år blev de samme personer bedt om at gentage sine svar men denne gang på … Continue reading What if worldwide migration was free…Hvis migration blev fri…