1035 – Neither the US and its allies nor any other state has a right to intervene in the domestic affairs of other nations.

With a focus on possible war on Iran, TFF Associates argue that the US must – and can – be stopped. It doesn’t have a God-given exceptionalist status. It has become “too arrogant.” By Pascal Lottaz, Annette Schiffman and Jan Oberg, TFF ◆ We have just published this strong appeal statement on The Transnational and TFF on Substack. The Trump Regime must be stopped before … Continue reading 1035 – Neither the US and its allies nor any other state has a right to intervene in the domestic affairs of other nations.

1025 – TFF Portfolio for true peace in Ukraine: UNITE trust, DREAM prosperity and other constructive components.

Peace will not result from any “peace” plan circulated to date. Neither will it emerge from warfare – as the elites of NATO, EU, Russia, and Ukraine seem to finally recognise after avoidable, unspeakable losses of people, trust and physical, socio-economic destruction. And horse-trading based on military ‘security’ guarantees reveals only peace and conflict illiteracy. TFF is critical of the widespread and severe misuse of the word peace – as … Continue reading 1025 – TFF Portfolio for true peace in Ukraine: UNITE trust, DREAM prosperity and other constructive components.

Can organisations such as NATO at 75 suffer from dementia?

The talk of Biden’s situation never mentions the most frightening aspect: He is the supreme commander with a finger on the nuclear button. That said, when I read NATO’s 2024 Washington Summit Declaration, I seriously wonder whether organisations, too, can suffer from – dangerous – dementia. The statement is: words, words, words. Blind and dangerous groupthink. Unbearably self-congratulatory and self-righteous. One long denial that NATO … Continue reading Can organisations such as NATO at 75 suffer from dementia?

“I krig er ord ikke nok” – men for konfliktløsning og fred er de nødvendige, Statsminister Frederiksen.

Photo: Marek Studzinski on Unsplash. Tilsyneladende som den eneste europæiske statsleder deltog statsminister Mette Frederiksen igår sammen med tyske topledere i en spadestiks-ceremoni for en ny gigantisk tysk ammunitionsfabrik. DR har historien hér. Overskriften citerer hende for disse ord: “I krig er ord ikke nok.” Og her lidt mere: “ – Lad os være tydelige: I krig er ord ikke nok. Og det er derfor, … Continue reading “I krig er ord ikke nok” – men for konfliktløsning og fred er de nødvendige, Statsminister Frederiksen.

RT’s “Worlds Apart”

A discussion with Oksana Boyko about violence and war where the focus is on principles, ideas, concepts and ways of thinking. A delightful exchange of views that would be difficult, if not impossible, to have in similar leading media in the NATO/EU countries. For once, actually, the focus is on how to think about peace…Broadcast on October 3, 2023. RT = Russia Today, the channel … Continue reading RT’s “Worlds Apart”

Featured Business: A very personal portrait conversation of 1 h & 50 min

Get to know a few things you did not know about Jan Oberg. This is extraordinary: Some serious people contact you and say: “We have found that what you do is so interesting that we want to have a long conversation with you – who you are, what you do, how you do it, what motivates you and how you see the world – and … Continue reading Featured Business: A very personal portrait conversation of 1 h & 50 min

The 2022 NATO Nobel Human Rights Prize – Updated

The Nobel Committee should include a member of the US or another NATO country – alternatively, it should be transferred to State Department or NATO. That would be more honest than playing these games which repeatedly and blatantly violate Alfred Nobel’s will. Our media ought to be able to read three lines about his intentions, but no research is done to reveal the fraud. It … Continue reading The 2022 NATO Nobel Human Rights Prize – Updated

Ukraine crisis: Time for some peace diplomacy, visions of a better future

I am happy to inform you about my latest column in China’s leading Global Times – with the title above. Read it here and when you are anyhow there, look around: Many different subjects from the Western media and many different angles from a country we all need to know more about. Not the least now when the pluralism and scope have been reduced ad … Continue reading Ukraine crisis: Time for some peace diplomacy, visions of a better future

Why the Western world seems unable to live without enemies

Some 8 minutes of reflection on that question. In 2022, we are likely to see this inability manifest itself even more conspicuously, harming both the world and the United States itself. While at Vimeo which is so much more serious and artistic than YouTube, you may look around at Vimeo as such and also be inspired by The Transnational Foundation’s Channel and my Oberg PhotoGraphics … Continue reading Why the Western world seems unable to live without enemies

Politikens fredsprishelte, der ikke har gjort noget for fred

Men debat og kritik ønskes ikke Dagbladet Politiken kan næsten ikke få hænderne ned over Nobels fredspris 2021. Her er kronikredaktør Marcus Rubin med “De er journalistikkens og demokratiets sande helte, og de går på arbejde med livet som indsats. Årets fredspris er en hyldest til pressen og det frie ordd.” Hér er Anders Jerichow med “Fredspris til journalistik: Vaccine mod magtmisbrug, løgn og propaganda. … Continue reading Politikens fredsprishelte, der ikke har gjort noget for fred

TFF’s Xinjiang Report analysis on China’s CCTV

Or – it isn’t every day you address several hundred million people The TFF report “The Xinjiang Genocide Determination As Agenda” has reached more people in more countries than virtually anything else we have produced the last few years. That is, outside the West, in Asia in general and in China in particular. All leading Chinese media have paid substantial attention to it in both … Continue reading TFF’s Xinjiang Report analysis on China’s CCTV

A typical PressInfo from The Transnational Foundation

We send out TFF PressInfo – alerts about new posts on The Transnational – once or twice a week – or when something urgently important happens in the world. They are in English and, of course, free and you can subscribe to them here or by sending an email to PressInfo@transnational.org Here’s a typical example – a short, pointed text that introduces the links to … Continue reading A typical PressInfo from The Transnational Foundation

A happier, less violent 2020

December 30, 2019 Each and every problem humanity faces is rooted in violence. Why do so many continue believing in violence, the most counter-productive, unintelligent and expensive means of all? Violence invariably makes a problem between conflicting parties deeper and broader and every solution more difficult. It make the original problem ten times bigger. All problems in this world are tied to one thing: Violence … Continue reading A happier, less violent 2020

Peter Handke og DR Deadline’s dovenskab

13. oktober 2019 Peter Handke får Nobels Litteraturpris 2019 og jeg skriver på min Facebook-side: Tillykke, Peter HandkeDen “gale” forfatter, der tænkte for komplekst, begavet og retfærdigt om Vestens galskab i Jugoslavien og demonisering af alle serber. Godt nok at dét nu kan trækkes frem. Og han får oprettelse. Dette lille hurtige statement fulgtes af et interview med Handke i hvilket han taler om mange … Continue reading Peter Handke og DR Deadline’s dovenskab

TFF’s Transnational Peace Affairs – A new magazine

August 21, 2019 I have long wanted to produce something like a magazine – a daily, diverse drumbeat – that is also easy and fast to curate and edit. Because… I’ve been grappling with this: The world is to rich and diverse: Why are mainstream media so predictable/boring, narrowly focused, uniform – I mean, buy your country’s five largest newspapers one morning and see how … Continue reading TFF’s Transnational Peace Affairs – A new magazine

Fjollede militære tal dækker over virkeligheden: At Rusland ikke er en trussel

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 faste, sammenlignelige dollarpriser. Det er … Continue reading Fjollede militære tal dækker over virkeligheden: At Rusland ikke er en trussel

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

Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke deltager i krigen i Syrien

Og igen på terroristernes side Ved sin nøje tilrettelagte Syrien-demonstration på Rådhuspladsen den 25. februar 2018 støtter Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke igen: • systematisk brud på folkeretten – herunder splittelsen af en stat med voldelige midler – international våbenhandel og vestlig interventionism og regeringsforandring; • terroristgrupper som med udenlandsk militær og politisk støtte i årevis har bidraget til usigelig ødelæggelse over store dele af Syrien; • politiske … Continue reading Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke deltager i krigen i Syrien

Main creator of terrorism is US war on terror, not terrorists

Jan Oberg Comment A US war game/scenario being reported by The Intercept is pretty revealing for the lack of even the slightest re-thinking of what the Global War On Terror (GWOT) is really all about. The US military’s game is about violence-for-violence, tit-for-tat. The main result from this – anti-intellectual – attitude and policy is that there are about 80 times – yes, times – … Continue reading Main creator of terrorism is US war on terror, not terrorists

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

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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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

Discussing Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia

Here I am with my friends Donald, Bibi, Sara and Melania… And speak a little about the stupidity of scapegoating Iran for everything, of giving Saudi Arabia even more weapons – and being bribed by it – of creating the preconditions for more warfare and about the fact that NATO is setting up shop in Kuwait and there are plans to have a Gulf NATO … Continue reading Discussing Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia

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

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

The Meaninglessness of War: Aleppo

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



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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?

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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“Vittnesrapport från Aleppo, en annorlunda konfliktanalys och vägar till fred i Syrien”

Videoinspelning av Jan Öbergs föredrag i Stockholm februari 2017 Inspelningen är uppdelad i två delar: Del 1: Vittnesrapport från Aleppo60 min. Del 2: Debatt och vägar till fred i Syrien45 min. Bakgrund10-14:e december 2016 vistades Jan Öberg i Aleppo. Med sin unika erfarenhet från staden ifrågasätter han den gängse massmediarapporteringen, argumenterar för ett nytt sätt att se på konflikter på och ger förslag till den … Continue reading “Vittnesrapport från Aleppo, en annorlunda konfliktanalys och vägar till fred i Syrien”

Snak om Syrien på en måde der fremmer fred!

En “meta”-kommentar i Arbejderen til den dødfødte måde man diskuterer konflikter på, især Syrien. Diskursen kommer aldrig frem til at sige noget væsentligt om fred – og den gavner ingen i Syrien, mindst af alt de uskyldige, der lider frygteligt i disse år. Man kan faktisk snakke om tingene på en anden måde. Se hér! (Kommentar i Arbejderen, 28. februar 2017). Continue reading Snak om Syrien på en måde der fremmer fred!

Keep focus on Aleppo and global dimensions of Syria

  TFF PressInfo # 405  Lund, Sweden – February 24, 2017Failed conflict analysis To analyse a conflict is as necessary as the diagnosis for the doctor: You either get to a solution/treatment or you don’t. If the diagnosis is deficient, you don’t. You instead risk killing the patient. And it’s deficient of you stare only at “evil” cells and blame the patient for a life … Continue reading Keep focus on Aleppo and global dimensions of Syria

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

Humans in liberated Aleppo

Have just published the second of a series of photo stories from Syria – “Humans in liberated Aleppo”. You can subscribe to this page for photo stories which ensures that you’ll get an email as soon as they are posted on my Exposure page. I’d be most grateful if you’d share this link too. And here is a little background to this photo story: Unique photos … Continue reading Humans in liberated Aleppo

Why on earth renew old sanctions on Iran?

It’s destructive for all! It’s difficult to see this as rational policy-making. It’s more of an indication of the grumpy super-power feeling that it’s losing influence and credibility. In addition, if this goes through it will only strengthen the hardliners in Iran and weaken the reformist circles. Continue reading Why on earth renew old sanctions on Iran?

Imagine a Middle East with no weapons!

Here a few comments on Erdogan’s recent attack on the West for supplying arms to the Kurds. Funny that Turkey’s president should accuse someone else for weaponizing a conflict. At the same time as Turkey does it and is also involved in two wars outside itself – Iraq and Syria – and one inside against the Kurds. In this short interview I seek to raise … Continue reading Imagine a Middle East with no weapons!

“Shadow World” – on your tax money

I’ve felt deeply touched by Johan Grimonprez’ brilliant and frightening documentary “Shadow World” which is based on Andrew Feinstein’s book with the same name. I want to share it with my readers and here is all about the book and the movie. It was shown in November 2016 by Swedish Television with Swedish text but is due to be taken down a couple of month later. It will … Continue reading “Shadow World” – on your tax money

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

“Peace, Conflict, Democracy”

The West leaves, a multi-polar world comes Jan Øberg – Video lecture – Part 1/3 Continue reading “Peace, Conflict, Democracy”

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

The Western moral decay

The World Humanitarian Summit held in Istanbul, May 23-24, 2016 failed to achieve its fund-raising goals. No one from the richest countries – except Angela Merkel – or of the UN Security Council attended – writes eminent observer Baher Kamal for InterPress Service, IPS. The richest and most powerful, the most militarized and the most greedy on earth of course stayed away. In addition, they … Continue reading The Western moral decay

Nordiske ledere i Det Hvide Hus og dansk uvidenhedsjournalistik

Hvad får vi egentlig at vide om det nordiske topmøde i Washington?

Svar: Andedamsjournalistik om middagen, salen, musikken, underholdningen og Lars Løkke Rasmussens morsomme (?) tale. Det er politik som et show – eller dække. Benovelsen over at blive modtaget med pomp og pragt i Washington er til at tage og føle på. Og sådan er det hele vejen på tværs af dansk medier inklusive Ritzaus Bureau.

Hvad savner vi i alle ledende medier – også Public Service-DR?  

En analyse af (og lænke til) det omfattende, detaljerede og exceptionelt lange fællesdokument, der viljesløst binder landene til USAs udenrigs- og militærpolitik og gør dette møde til alt andet end en festlig begivenhed for Danmark og de andre nordiske lande.

Der er faktisk tale om totalt knæfald for imperiets præmisser – langt hen ad vejen i strid med hensynet til de nordiske landes egne sikkerhedsinteresser. Og de nordisk ledere gør det med smil, stolthed og intetanende hvad dette kan indebære ad åre – men da vil de selv være borte.

Er en skeptisk vinkel på dette overhovedet tilladt i det stadigt mere homogeniserede og research-frie mediebillede?

Tilsyneladende ikke – altså må andre gøre opmærksom på den større sammenhæng og udføre public service og folkeoplysning.

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Kommenterer på Russia Today

I en tid hvor spændingen øger mellem Rusland og NATO er der brug for alt andet end den ganging-up, militær ekspansion, konfrontation og polarisering mod Rusland – og hårdt pres på f.eks. Sverige og Finland for at blive ikke bare de facto men også de jure medlemmer af NATO – som USA/NATO kører på i disse år med henvisning til Ruslands aggressive politik og annekteringen af Krim.

Ruslands militære udgifter er 11% af USAs og 8% af NATO ifølge SIPRIs statistik. Der findes ikke én NATO general, der hellere ville være ansat i det russiske forsvar.

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NATO outdated – Abolish war

Commenting on NATO S-G Jens Stoltenberg’s wish for dialogue with Russia – a bit odd after all the other provocative initiatives he has spearheaded the last good year or so. I felt like saying something more general about this outdated paradigm – and why it is dangerous for us all – referring also to the Russell-Einstein Manifesto of 1955. You may also see it as … Continue reading NATO outdated – Abolish war

Sverige går före med att upphäva asylrätten

Just så. Sverige gör sig till huvudansvarig för en domino-effekt genom EU.
 
Enligt Aftonbladet är även FN djupt bekymrad.
 
Detta kan i praktiken bli början till slutet på asylrätten. Slutet på respekten för folkrättens grundkrav och för mänskliga rättigheter.
 
Slut på den humanism som i årtionden har präglat Sverige och Norden som rika välfärdssamhällen. Ja, vi är rika – rika nog att ställa upp, inte minst när offren för Danmarks och Norges krig och den svenska vapenexporten flyr från helvetet.
 
Lösningerna?
 
1. Omorganisera Migrationsverket, Migrationsdomstolen mm som är en skandal – men får lov att fortsätta vara en skandal därför att rättsröta (jag har sett ett konkret fall och det räcker) mm bara drabbar icke-svenskar. Hade det varit ett statligt verk som på samma sätt drabbade svenska folket hade man gjort något radikalt åt det för länge sedan.
 
2. Arbeta för gemensamma EU-lösningar i stället för att låta Svarta Per gå vidare med hjälp av nationalistiskt panikbeslut. De som inte kan ta sig in i Sverige kommer att försöka att ta sig in i annat land. Smärtan, faran, människosmugglingen kommer att öka. Och utan en gemensam politik kommer Schengen och Dublin att falla ihop – och vad finns då kvar av EU?
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Militarism, taxpayer money for war planning and lack of democracy

My deeply concerned wake-up call to YOU! Please share and spread further!NATO’s military leader is like a man given a scalpel to perform surgery without ever having opened a book on medicine.Taxpayers pay for getting less and less secure and risking war in Europe. These military elites have no democratic mandate – be it in the West, Russia, China or anywhere.My interview with RT International Continue reading Militarism, taxpayer money for war planning and lack of democracy

The links between refugees and war

It’s our wars, stupid!A short interview on Russia Today about Europe’s woefully inadequate understanding of why refugees come here.Towards a solution: Deal with conflicts early and by peaceful means, criminalise arms trade and abolish war and you’ve solved most of the world’s refugee problems!Interview on YouTube with RT International (700 million viewers worldwide and to be broadcast repeatedly on April 20, 2015). Continue reading The links between refugees and war

Comment to Israel’s defence minister in Washington Post

Israel’s defence minister Moshe Ya’alon writes in Washington Post under the headline “Current Iran framework will make war more likely”When I wrote my comment there were already more than 1100 comments – so here it is: “Israel’s defence minister is an echo of PM Netanyahu. Nothing new, Israel’s official views are well-known, beamed out a thousand times more effectively than Iran’s to the world, not … Continue reading Comment to Israel’s defence minister in Washington Post

Politikere og medier savner åbenbart enhver ekspertise om missilskjoldet til at modstå Washingtons salgsteknikker

Åbent brev sendt til 2200 mennesker i Norden herunder 325 danske medieadresser.

Af Jan Øberg
Dr.hc., forskningschef TFF
21. marts 2015

Missilskjoldet tjener til at gøre det muligt at udkæmpe og vinde en atomkrig – ikke at afskrække fra den

Den russiske ambassadørs artikel i Jyllands-Posten kan maaske siges at være bombastisk formuleret men i grunden har han – og ikke udenrigsminister Lidegaard – ret.

Ledende medier som f.eks. Danmarks Radio, Ritzaus og Politiken giver baggrund til missilforsvaret som vidner om total mangel paa fagkundskab om strategi og atomdoktriner.

I stærk kontrast til hvad vi hører om missilskjoldet – som Danmark nu tilsyneladende skal bidrage til – er det det mest de-stabiliserende indslag i atompolitikken siden 1945.

Det kan kun opfattes af Rusland og andre som en provokation.

Her er den forklaring som beslutningstagerne næppe har modtaget fra Washington, ministerier eller militære kredse. Den gælder for atomvaaben saavel som for konventionelle:

Den klassiske terrorbalance fra 1950-erne handler om at hvis A har kastet sine raketter – inkl atomare – paa B, saa vil B altid have tilstrækkeligt at gengælde med nemlig atomvaaben paa sine fly, ubaade og i siloer, som A ikke har mulighed for at slaa ud i sit første angreb.

Det hed “gensidigt sikret ødelæggelse”- MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction. Den afskrækkende værdi laa i at begge parter vidste at hvis de startede en atomkrig ville deres egne befolkninger dø i millionvis som følge af modpartens gengældelse.

Hvad indebærer det i dette perspektiv at udvikle et missilskjold eller “forsvar”?

Enkelt udtrykt at A forsøger paa at hindre B i at kunne faa sine gengældelsesvaaben igennem til A. At der altsaa kun er én part, der bliver smadret men dens anden “vinder”. Hvis – og det er det store spørgsmaal – man har den tekniske evne til saa at sige at skyde pistolkugler ned med pistolkugler.

Det betyder at hvis A tror at han har et saadant system med hvilket han kan skyde modpartens gengældelsesmissiler ned saa øger hans tro paa muligheden af at han – uden selv at lide skade – kan indlede, gennemføre og vinde en atomkrig med mindre risiko for sin egen befolkning.

Dette sænker den psykologiske tærskel for atomkrig. Det gør atomkrig mere sandsynlig!

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EU agrees on sanctions on Russia – but what about peace?

EU agrees Russia sanctions to stay until Ukraine peace terms met (Reuters). Exactly as expected. If the EU can make a conflict-resolution mistake, rest assured that it will! Minsk is not a peace agreement – but at Reuters they don’t know the difference between a ceasefire and a peace agreement. The looming catastrophe is exactly that there is no follow-up to Minsk II, no process … Continue reading EU agrees on sanctions on Russia – but what about peace?

Fogh Rasmussen efterlader en verden i kaos

Interview med Jens Malling – Publiceret i Arbejderen Efterlader en verden i kaos Anders Fogh Rasmussen træder tilbage som Natos generalsekretær i dag efter fem år på posten. Aggressivitet over for Rusland og hykleri når det gælder Irak har ifølge fredsforsker Jan Øberg kendetegnet hans sidste år i spidsen for organisationen. Et udtryk for Vestens moralske forfald, mener han AF JENS MALLING ”Verden er et … Continue reading Fogh Rasmussen efterlader en verden i kaos

Syrien – hvad kunne være gjort og hvad kan stadig gøres?

Gad vide hvor mange mislykkede krige vi endnu skal igennem før især politikere og medier opdager det indlysende faktum, at der findes et temmeligt bredt spektrum af handlingsmuligheder mellem at gøre ingenting og at smadre et land når konflikter dukker op?

Det spektrum hedder konflikthåndtering og tilhører et fagområde, der undervises i rundt om på verdens universiteter. Det kræver at FNs medlemsstater etablerer ”styrker” af uddannede konfliktanalytikere, facilitatorer, mæglere, områdeeksperter, forhandlere og forsoningsterapeuter, der kan rykke ud endnu hurtigere end de kan sende krydsermissiler og F-16 fly.

For at dette spektrum kan blive inddraget forudsættes endvidere at regeringer ikke direkte ønsker krig under foregivende af at have gode og ofte humanitære motiver hvor de i virkeligheden har rå interesser.

Med andre ord, man kan gøre noget ved den manifeste konfliktanalfabetisme, der først søger militære løsninger og – som en række danske politikere – hurtigt tilsidesætter folkeretten og FNs fornemste norm, nemlig den at fred skal skabes med fredelige midler og først når de alle har været prøvet og vist sig uden effekt kan man gribe til militære midler, vel at mærke i FN-regi.

Eller anderledes udtrykt: fred kan læres. Når nu de fleste mennesker i verden – også 98% af de civile i konfliktzoner der ikke griber til vold men er dens ofre – ønsker fred skulle man kunne tage demokratiet alvorligt og gøre en kraftanstrengelse for at mindske (ikke afskaffe) militæret, der globalt koster 1700 milliarder dollar eller 30 gange mere end alt FN gør – og i stedet øge konflikthåndteringen.

Eksemplet Syrien – gal diagnose og prognose

Verden har brug for konflikt-lægevidenskab: diagnose, prognose og behandling.

Diagnosen turde være nok så klar: Det handler om endog meget komplekse indre konflikter, den arabiske vår (oprindeligt) men det handler også om hele Mellemøsten og især hér om Vestens ønske om at holde Iran nede og Israel oppe. Continue reading “Syrien – hvad kunne være gjort og hvad kan stadig gøres?”