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1039 – Recent media conversations in the non-Western world

Mostly concerning Greenland, Europe’s irreparable crisis, Trump’s MAGAlomanic Empire and world order change and alternatives – only during the first couple of weeks of this year Al Jazeera Arabic. China’s YouTube – Bilibili, Zephyr’s Channel with over 5 million subscribers. RT’s Rick Sanchez “Effect.” RainTV, Holland – exile Russian. Zeitgeist in Sweden. China’s National TV CCTV. Soon Al Mayadeen, South Africa, Hong Kong and… And … Continue reading 1039 – Recent media conversations in the non-Western world

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1011 – A Call to Citizens Everywhere #1/3: Choose Your Action for Justice

A series of proposals that you can advocate for, send in a letter to your government or do yourself. It’s called people’s power and citizen diplomacy. SHARE! Today, TFF has published the first of three appeals to use people’s power and the UN to stop Israel’s genocide on the Palestinian people. The idea is that you can pick and choose from a series of action … Continue reading 1011 – A Call to Citizens Everywhere #1/3: Choose Your Action for Justice

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Sverige och andra bidra nu aktivt till Gaza-folkmordet genom att pausa UNRWA-stödet.

Se detta på Sveriges Televisions nyheter den 30:e januari 2024 – en skammens dag. Såhär bidrar Sveriges regering nu aktivt till ett pågående folkmord – istället för att försöka förhindra det i enlighet med International Court of Justice’s ruling och folkmordskonventionen. Orsak? Ett hitintills odokumenterad, overifierad påstående ifrån Israels sida – regeringen som utfört dessa illdåd: 26 000 döda, närmare två miljoner hemlösa och systematisk … Continue reading Sverige och andra bidra nu aktivt till Gaza-folkmordet genom att pausa UNRWA-stödet.

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If you lie long enough, you begin to believe you are telling the truth

“It is enough that a lie is believed for three days – it has then served its purpose.”Marie de Medici, 1573-1642, queen consort and queen regent of France. You may always learn a lot about militarist perversity when you visit Military Times. I mean, yes, of course, they’re just doing their job. Unfortunately, over time, this becomes bizarre and very revealing. Look at this headline … Continue reading If you lie long enough, you begin to believe you are telling the truth

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TFF – Den Transnationale Stiftelse for Freds- og Fremtidsforsknings udtalelse om folkedrabet i Gaza

TFF Associates Lund, Sverige – 17. december 2023 Linket til den engelsk-sprogede udtalelse på TFF’s hjemmeside. Mens den brutale nedslagtning i Gaza udfolder sig i stadig mere forfærdende omfang, føler vi, som en erfaren forskningsstiftelse for fredelig konfliktløsning og fredsskabelse siden 1986, trang til at bidrage med vores analytiske pointer, synspunkter og konstruktive ideer til konfliktløsning. TFF ønsker desuden at stå frem med denne erklæring, … Continue reading TFF – Den Transnationale Stiftelse for Freds- og Fremtidsforsknings udtalelse om folkedrabet i Gaza

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The TFF Statement on the Genocide in Gaza

TFF Associates Lund, Sweden – December 17, 2023 As the brutal slaughtering in Gaza unfolds in increasingly horrific proportions, we, as an experienced research foundation for peaceful conflict resolution and peace-making since 1986, feel the urge to contribute our analytical points, sentiments and constructive conflict-resolution ideas. TFF also wants to be on record with this Statement so that when historians look back on this moral … Continue reading The TFF Statement on the Genocide in Gaza

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Of course, Nordstream was blown up by the US and NATO allies: A US economic war on submissive allies.

Cover of Seymour Hersh’s article on Substack Jan Oberg February 12, 2023 The Chinese news agency, Xinhua, asked me to comment – in text and video form – on Seymour Hersh’s analysis of how the Nordstream pipelines were destroyed. You’ll find this analysis on Substack, which means that no American mainstream media has been willing to publish it. After five days, this bombshell report goes … Continue reading Of course, Nordstream was blown up by the US and NATO allies: A US economic war on submissive allies.

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With People’s Daily concerning Taiwan

The People’s Daily has asked me – for the first time – to comment on the Taiwan conflict formation in the wake of Nancy Pelosi’s unnecessary and provocative visit to the island some time ago. Here is the result People’s Daily English App – August 11, 2022 Global Times – August 11, 2022 People’s Daily online – August 15, 2022 Newspaper of People’s Daily – … Continue reading With People’s Daily concerning Taiwan

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Sverige, forskningen och den vidriga, brottsliga kollektiva bestraffningen av ryska forskare och studenter

Jag fattas ord. Detta är fullkomligt oacceptabelt, oetiskt – och det är officiell svensk politik. I strid med mänskliga rättigheter och allt vad forskningsvärlden ska stå för. Och ingen står upp – alla följer flocken. Med undantag av Jonathan Feldman, docent i ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer vid Stockholms universitet. Detta är diktaturstatens metoder. I solidaritet med det helt “oskyldiga” Ukraina. Och med det lika … Continue reading Sverige, forskningen och den vidriga, brottsliga kollektiva bestraffningen av ryska forskare och studenter

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What shall we call a state that lets its soldiers kill lots of innocent people without punishing even one?

Did you hear about it? See it on your Western prime time news? Here is the heart-breaking report about “No US troops will be punished for deadly Kabul strike, Pentagon chief decides” How many such cases have we just never heard of? Allegedly, over time thousands of people have been killed this way. How would Western media have reacted if, say, Russia or China had … Continue reading What shall we call a state that lets its soldiers kill lots of innocent people without punishing even one?

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Two everyday stories about the US’ ongoing militarist perversity and spiritual death

• The US military in 2019 was hiding Syria airstrikes that killed dozens of civilians The two attacks in 2019 led to the deaths of up to 64 women and children, a possible war crime The US military called the strikes ‘legitimate self-defence’, and said the victims could have been combatants as some, including at least one child, were armed We should thank the New … Continue reading Two everyday stories about the US’ ongoing militarist perversity and spiritual death

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Middle Eastern refugees at EU-Poland’s border pay the inhuman price for EU’s kakistocracy and EU/NATO militarism

Judged from his Wikipedia entry, Poland’s Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, seems to be a well-educated man. History is of course full of well-educated people who have done bad things but after the last two days, one must anyhow ask: Why does he want to make himself a kakistocratic embarrassment to the entire EU – kakistocracy meaning “government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens”? … Continue reading Middle Eastern refugees at EU-Poland’s border pay the inhuman price for EU’s kakistocracy and EU/NATO militarism

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Pathbreaking analysis of the West’s new Cold War against China

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

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Biden bombs in Syria – helping to steal its oil but what is there to talk about?

And Western media either don’t tell you or operate as one megaphone for the administration and Pentagon. Pentagon on February 25, 2021: “At President Biden’s direction, US military forces earlier this [Thursday] evening conducted airstrikes against infrastructure utilized by Iranian-backed militant groups in eastern Syria,” said spokesman John Kirby in a statement on Friday. “These strikes were authorised in response to recent attacks against American … Continue reading Biden bombs in Syria – helping to steal its oil but what is there to talk about?

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Tyrkiet forbryder sig mod FN og folkeretten

3. marts 2020 Tak til Arbejderen og Anders Fenger for at man fokuserer på og støtter at folkeretten og FN-Pagten – der trædes under fode af alle regeringer, hotheads og ukyndige – er vigtig. Det er fortvivlende få medier, der har denne holdning. FN-Pagten er det mest gandhianske dokument menneskeheden har. Uden folkeretten, FN og Pagten er det slut med det meste, måske endog med … Continue reading Tyrkiet forbryder sig mod FN og folkeretten

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EU words, words and words on the Iran nuclear deal: What about action?

January 13, 2020 European allies of the U-S have turned down a request by the American President to leave the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, the JCPOA. France says it remains committed to the Iran deal, and will continue to work with other parties. Britain has pledged to remain committed too. Prime Minister Boris Johnson reaffirmed London’s support, in a phone call with Iran’s president … Continue reading EU words, words and words on the Iran nuclear deal: What about action?

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Open letter to Nordea Bank concerning the sanctions on Iran

September 29, 2019 By Jan Oberg Intro Below please find a letter I wrote more than 3 months ago to the Nordic bank, Nordea – present in roughly 20 countries around the world. Since then, I have been waiting for an answer, but none has arrived. I believe it should have been possible for Chairman of the Nordea board, Mr Thorbjörn Magnusson, to have responded … Continue reading Open letter to Nordea Bank concerning the sanctions on Iran

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The West has done a Jeffrey Epstein on Syria – and it continues…

September 3, 2019 Its all so easy…so very easy… perhaps so easy that only criminals get it? And get away with it? About rape at different levels – and how we relate to them Kurds violently carve out their own state on sovereign Syria’s territory. Turkey hates Kurds and is itself a main destroyer of Syria (Aleppo in particular) and serve as an important training … Continue reading The West has done a Jeffrey Epstein on Syria – and it continues…

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War without remorse: A callous tweet about a tasteless celebration

August 23, 2019 Yesterday, the US Ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, tweeted the following: As will be seen below, there were four photos from an event in Copenhagen. The first shows all the people present, including former Danish Prime minister Fogh Rasmussen (also on the 4th photo with the ambassador), the present Danish defence minister, Trine Bramsen (also on the 2nd photo to the right), … Continue reading War without remorse: A callous tweet about a tasteless celebration

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Risikoen for krig mod Iran

16. juli 2019 Arbejderen er tilsyneladende den eneste danske avis, der er interesseret i “andre” synspunkter på denne konflikt end de gængse mainstream, styret af amerikanske interesser og nyhedsbureauer. Det er jeg selvsagt taknemmelig for. Hér kan du læse hvordan jeg ser på hele historien og bedømmer risikoen for at en krig bryder ud – uanset hvad der måtte være parternes intentioner. USAs, ikke Irans, … Continue reading Risikoen for krig mod Iran

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NATO at 70: An unlawful organisation with serious psychological problems

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, celebrated its 70th Anniversary on April 4, 2019. Some of us don’t see anything worth celebrating about an incredibly expensive, dangerous and harmful alliance which should have been closed down exactly 30 years ago. Why 30 years ago? Because in 1989, the First Cold War in the Western sphere – Europe – between the Warsaw Pact and NATO came … Continue reading NATO at 70: An unlawful organisation with serious psychological problems

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Peace illiteracy

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 my public figure page. Facebook … Continue reading Peace illiteracy

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Why is the UN still so important – while it must also be reformed?

Why is the UN still so important – in spite of having had its Charter violated repeatedly during the last 25 years? Why should we not – cynically – side with the cynical and powerful countries that want to undermine and marginalise the world’s finest organisation with the most Gandhian-like document ever signed by governments? What is the real UN and what does its Charter … Continue reading Why is the UN still so important – while it must also be reformed?

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Readying B-52 bombers – for what?

Here is the background article. Funnily, or perhaps not so strange, there is some denial of this story too. Perhaps it wasn’t intended that it should end up in the public domain? And here my comments to this ill-considered escalation. Continue reading Readying B-52 bombers – for what?

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President Trump moves towards war on Iran

With his speech today – half an hour ago – U.S. President Trump has taken a huge step into uncharted territories. (Here on video).

One that implies a 60-75% risk of leading to a US attack on Iran.

Behind him stands the hardline militarists whom he has himself appointed. 


Secondly, neo-conservative individuals and think tanks who have brought the world only a series of failed wars and unspeakable human misery since the invasion of Afghanistan.

Third, the Military-Industrial-Media-Academic Complex, MIMAC, that is outside real democratic control and pushes relentlessly for ever-increasing armament and wars and serves the public all kinds of weird, fake images of what threatens the US. 

Further, pro-Israeli and pro-Saudi lobby organisations and extremely wealthy individuals who buy political influence and thereby destroy the very foundations of democracy and free opinion formation.


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Against these numerically tiny elites stand virtually the rest of the world, including NATO allies and the EU.

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You’re invited to the Nuclear Denial Party

By Jan Oberg

Lund, Sweden – Hiroshima Day, August 6, 2017

Welcome to the Nuclear Denial Party!!

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Since marketing, omitted and fake news have – to a worrying extent – replaced knowledge and ethics, why not celebrate that the media have omitted every mention of Hiroshima Day today?

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New sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea

Does the U.S. have anything constructive and benign to offer the world anymore?In this comment on PressTV I list a series of arguments against these new sanctions which were passed by the US Senate two days later. Continue reading New sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea

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How many Americans has al-Assad killed?

I read dozens of articles every day about various conflict zones, commentaries, war reports and – the few times it happens – possibilities of peace. I read about Syria in particular as I have since I visited Damascus and Aleppo in December 2016.

It’s important that one does not, over time, develop the disease called “psychic numbing” – an excellent concept developed by Robert Jay Lifton, a former TFF Associate.

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Today I stumbled upon an article in the Omaha World Herald by Washington Post’s David Ignatius under the headline “The Star-Crossed History of CIA Paramilitary Action.”

I’m not going to discuss that article but would like to call your attention to this sentence – that Ignatius does not even dwell on:

One knowledgeable official estimates that the CIA-backed fighters may have killed or wounded 100,000 Syrian soldiers and their allies over the past four years.

I fail to understand it. I read it again. I’d urge you to do likewise.

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Dette er ikke hverdag i Aleppo

Amnesty International lader i disse uger en bus udsmykke med et reklameslogan hvilket er blevet opfanget af Adweek Adfreak som “remarkable” markedsføring. Det er det skam – men af andre grunde end den der fremhæves i artiklen. Dette billede pryder også hele forsiden på Amnesty’s hjemmeside. Har Amnesty ikke lagt mærke til at Aleppo blev befriet for godt 7 måneder siden helt præcist den 12. … Continue reading Dette er ikke hverdag i Aleppo

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The BAN Treaty – it’s significance and why some have isolated themselves from civilisation

A debate on PressTV between Jan Oberg and Jim Walsh, MIT Here is a link to a partial transcript Continue reading The BAN Treaty – it’s significance and why some have isolated themselves from civilisation

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Intellectual nonsense about Syria

There should be a lower intellectual level to the statements by a US Secretary of Defence. There should be a debunking of the unethical behaviour that repeatedly state that there is only a political solution to Syria and continue to use only violence. There should be a discussion about international law here. There should be a discussion of what is morally defensible in this case, … Continue reading Intellectual nonsense about Syria

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The future of U.S.-Europe relations

“The Debate” with Jim Walsh, MIT and Jan Oberg, TFF Lund, Sweden – May 30, 2017 Last night “The Debate” on PressTV was devoted to the future of European-US relations in the wake of the NATO Summit, President Trump’s words and omissions and the – historic – words, in particular, of Chancellor Angela Merkel immediately after. Undoubtedly, we are at a turning point in these … Continue reading The future of U.S.-Europe relations

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NATO should be dissolved – 8 arguments

This is TFF Live on Facebook – the live broadcast I do now and then because live broadcasts have a much larger dissemination than articles, images, texts and Youtube videos. You may find more here. I argue why I believe NATO belongs to the past and should have been dissolved when the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact dissolved in 1989. I also say a … Continue reading NATO should be dissolved – 8 arguments

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Lost peace and fake news

By Jan Oberg Proud to join “Middle East With Naskah Zada” at her program in New York and talking about the reasons that peace has become so ‘unpopular’. Touching also upon international law, the new Cold War and the increasing U.S. involvement in Syria. Continue reading Lost peace and fake news

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May 1: Where are the workers in the struggle for peace? Nowhere it seems!

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Iran on nuclear deal and nuclear-free Middle East

I had the pleasure and honour to comment on the Iranian defence minister’s views on the nuclear deal, on a nuclear-free Middle East, terrorism and more. Continue reading Iran on nuclear deal and nuclear-free Middle East

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Syria – two perspectives illustrated

“The Debate” of April 16, 2017 on Iran’s PressTV between Richard Millett and myself is important to me. I think it will be for you too in the sense of clarifying two approaches and positions on Syria. Its focus is on the difference in media coverage of the terrible events in Khan Seykhoun and al-Rashideen but there is much more to it. I’ll keep on … Continue reading Syria – two perspectives illustrated

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The US/NATO confrontation with Russia is dangerous

TFF LiveApril 12, 2017 The secretaries of state, Tillerson and Lavrov meet today. We seem to enter a stage of what must appropriately be perceived as a frosty new Cold War. In the worst of cases this can lead to a new Cuban Missile Crisis. God forbid! Continue reading The US/NATO confrontation with Russia is dangerous

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The Meaninglessness of War: Aleppo

Here my 6th photo series from Aleppo – hashtag #keepfocusonaleppo.



Lund, Sweden – March 24, 2017



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Can the almost total destruction of Eastern Aleppo be used constructively?

Only if we are willing to ask and dialogue about this:

• Why does the world go on investing US$ 2000 billion annually in warfare and US$ 30 in all the UN does – only to create destruction of people, places, past and future?


• How absurd, how meaningless – indeed how far must it go to destroy the West itself – before we learn to conflict intelligently?

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I’ve see much destruction during my work in conflict zones the last 25 years. But nothingcompares with Aleppo and the destruction of Syria and its people.

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Discussing NATO with a former U.S. Ass. Sec. of Defence

A 30 min debate about NATO, Ukraine, Crimea, Yugoslavia, Syria the eternal enemy images and the – obsolete – philosophy on which NATO builds. Time for something new, I argue in the debate with former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defence under Reagon, Mr. Lawrence J. Korb who at the time was in command of 70% of Pentagon’s budget. Here in TFF PressInfo # 403  is … Continue reading Discussing NATO with a former U.S. Ass. Sec. of Defence

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Faces of Aleppo

Fourth photo story from Aleppo: “Faces of Aleppo. Just out of 4,5 years of occupation hell” January 25, 2017 Unique photos from Eastern Aleppo in Syria when it was finally liberated on December 11-12, 2016. The people you see here have just come out to freedom from 4,5 years of the occupation by what can be called RIOTs – Rebels-Insurgents-Opposition-Terrorists – mostly the latter. And most … Continue reading Faces of Aleppo

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U.S. nuclear policies – two world views

Last night I had the opportunity to discuss nuclear weapons with an experienced,  high-ranking security analyst who has been both a military, a scholar, an assistant secretary of defence, presidential adviser, a corporate man and now a think tank member, Lawrence J. Korb. We were discussing the issues touched upon in this and this article. I would assume that the debate – facilitated by Iran’s PressTV in … Continue reading U.S. nuclear policies – two world views

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Turkey’s coup – Another example of the West’s disintegration

Here is my take on the July 15 coup in Turkey – why it happened the way it did and what is the least unlikely hypothesis – followed by some examples of regional and international consequences this coup is bound to have. And it ends: NATO comes across as a very tired alliance that should have been closed down or re-invented itself 25 years ago … Continue reading Turkey’s coup – Another example of the West’s disintegration

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EU’s so-called refugee crisis – and what should and must be done

Commenting on PressTv on July 22, 2016 after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean. But how much did the media cover that in comparison with the Nice tragedy – and Hollande’s killing of 120 innocent civilians as revenge for Nice (which at the time was not known to have any connections to ISIS or similar). Continue reading EU’s so-called refugee crisis – and what should and must be done

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The French eye-for-an-eye policy

See this 24 min documentary on Al-Jazeera. Here is an example of what it tells you:   “Like 10,500 other French Muslims, Halim has a “Fiche S”, or S-Card, attached to his police record. This designates him as a person “representing a threat to the security of the state”.     I wonder what long-term consequences this sort of thing will have? Hardly any good … Continue reading The French eye-for-an-eye policy

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NATO’s confrontational policy

On June 15, 2016 I participated in a discussion with Mike O’Hanlon from the Brookings Institution on CCTV America – China’s international TV station in the U.S. with up to 75 million viewers. The discussion was lead by Anand Naidoo.You can watch it here. Continue reading NATO’s confrontational policy

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