…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
These TFF Peace Pulses will only be published here a few times. You will also not find them on YouTube and Vimeo because both platforms have blocked TFF and me; you know, peace is dangerous these days. Later, you will find them, along with many other TFF-created videos, on Rumble. More info as I get that established. Europe is in its deepest crisis since 1945, … Continue reading 1065 – TFF Peace Pulse # 2 – We need an all-European debate about Europe’s future
I am very happy to tell you that Danish-Chinese professor Li Xing – who has been at Aalborg University for many years, but is now in China and is also a new TFF Associate – and I have just published this Europe article in the prestigious China Daily. Towards the end, we also say a few things about what the EU ought to do now … Continue reading 1064 – Allies’ security myth: NATO is not making Europe safer
These two articles are part of the series “TFF at 40″ and they invite you to learn about the probably unique history of Four Decades of Publishing Peace. I take a look at how our small, people‑financed peace foundation has communicated across four generations of technology — from wax stencils and fax machines to mass email and Substack — and why TFF continues to publish … Continue reading 1063 – TFF at 40: Four Decades of Publishing Peace – Or from 1,200 to 1,6 million…
In contrast to most, we’ll bring alternatives, solutions, hope and strategies for a better future. Times are dangerous, yes, but that only intensifies the need for constructive thinking and action! Jan Oberg, TFF director April 13, 2026 The new TFF Peace Pulse uses video messages in a new way: Max 3-5-minute-long comments, ideas or perhaps mini-lectures, all about peace – positive peace. We launch them today on April 13, … Continue reading 1062 – The first of the new TFF Peace Pulse – #1 “WWIII? Just Doubt It”
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…
Hade nyligen det verkliga nöjet att få besök av Dissidentklubben/Podden i Sverige. Kerstin Ekström gjorde en intervju på över 60 minuter där vi kommer långt omkring och där jag också talar lite om vad fredsforskning är och hur underbart det är att ägna sig åt något så viktigt som fred – positiv fred, väl att märka. Continue reading 1060 – Fred är inte bara frånvaron av krig – det är ett sätt att leva
Iranians Enjoying Life 2016 © Jan Oberg A voice of true peace and human rights in Iran Elaheh Pooyandeh Peace and conflict researcher & TFF Associate March 11, 2026 I have many friends and colleagues in Iran. I have visited it a number of times, travelled around, spoken with people of all walks of life, taken photos and met an incredibly decent, hospitable and civilised … Continue reading These Targetted Attacks – Minab among them
“Love In Iran” © Jan Oberg A voice of true peace and human rights in Iran Elaheh Pooyandeh Peace and conflict researcher & TFF Associate March 9, 2026 I have many friends and colleagues in Iran. I have visited it a number of times, travelled around, spoken with people of all walks of life, taken photos and met an incredibly decent, hospitable and civilised nation. … Continue reading We Are Someone’s Dirty Work
DR’s hjemmeside bringer i dag en artikel, der skal fortælle dig, hvor grusomt systemet er i Iran – og, naturligvis, implicit bidrage til at legitimere USAs og Israels krig mod landet og dets folk. Uden at undersøge, hvorfor Internettet er lukket ned næsten 100 %, fortæller det statsligt finansierede public service-medie, at befolkningen trues af sms-meddelelser og hvordan den anonyme iranske kvinde, Leyla, opfatter det … Continue reading 1057 – DR dropper kildekontrol og støtter USraels kriminelle krig i Iran
Jan Oberg February 20, 2026 What a thrill to be interviewed by former British diplomat Ian Proud! Don’t waste a minute: acquaint yourself with him here on his homepage, which he elegantly calls “Proud Diplomat.” Notice also his book, A Misfit In Moscow. Ian is, of course, also on Substack, where he calls himself The Peace Monger, and recently he set up his own PeaceMonger Channel on YouTube. For once, I was … Continue reading 1052 – Ordinary people want peace: Can citizen diplomacy build a safer future for everyone?
I. Fire principper for en ny arktisk vision Arktis fremstilles ofte som en kold arena for rivalisering — et sted, hvor stormagter tester hinandens vilje. Men dette verdensbillede er forældet, fantasiløst og i sidste ende selvdestruktivt. Arktis er ikke et tomrum, der venter på at blive militariseret; det er en levende region, en klimastabilisator og et kulturelt hjemland, hvis fremtid vil forme menneskehedens fremtid. Hvis … Continue reading 1051 – Et nyt perspektiv og en plan for et afmilitariseret Arktis til det fælles bedste – og hvorfor dét er rationelt
China’s highly important global media outlet, CGTN, asked me for my comments immediately after the two foreign ministers spoke on Saturday, February 14, 2026. The contrast could hardly have been bigger. The audience gave Marco Rubio a standing ovation for his exclusive Western perspective, and many left the room after that – ignoring the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi’s soft-spoken speech with a global or … Continue reading 1050 – Comparing China’s and the U.S.’ speeches at Munich
Thorkild Kjærgaard Dr. phil i historie, tidligere lektor i historie ved universitetet i Nuuk og forfatter til en række bøger Der bliver sagt utrolig meget sludder om, hvad Ukrainekrigen handler om. Tom snak som intet har med virkeligheden at gøre. Ukrainekrigen handler hverken om demokrati eller om beskyttelse af en regelbaseret verdensorden. Den handler om forholdet mellem USA og Rusland, de to stormagter som siden … Continue reading Hvad Ukrainekrigen handler om, hvordan den afsluttes – og hvad med Grønland?
My readers are not used to seeing this type of article. However, it offers a peek into the troubles one can encounter, also when working for peace and art – processes that are never revealed in the final text, video or image. The experience involved starting up my Mac and finding only empty folders on its desktop, i.e. the sudden loss of nearly 100,000 documents … Continue reading 1044 – When a Backup Steals Your Life’s Work: My Experience with pCloud on macOS
Av Erni & Ola Friholt * Fredsrörelsen på Orust i Sverige & TFF Associerede Med början i maj månad 2025 har under detta år 59 opinionsbildare, journalister och militärer blivit bannlysta av Europaunionen. Bland dessa finns den schweiziske översten och säkerhetsexperten Jacques Baud, med erfarenhet från Natouppdrag i Ukraina. Beslutsfattare är Europeiska rådet, som består av medlemsstaternas statschefer och statsministrar, möjligen i samförstånd med EUs … Continue reading Medeltidens återkomst
It is a bit special this time, and I thought my readers here might like to know, see the wealth of critical and constructive articles and videos about peace – a word that has been disappeared from research, politics and media – by the omnipresent Military-Industrial-Media-Academic Complex, MIMAC. Enjoy and subscribe if you don’t already. Share too! It’s a small thing everyone can do to … Continue reading 1040 – TFF PressInfo – TFF turning 40 and moving forward with true peace
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
This is the first and second of five TFF-created idea portfolios designed to curb the global reach of the United States and, in both the short and long term, help catalyse a worldwide nonviolent resistance to what many observers describe as the Trump administration’s uniquely confrontational, destructive and world-threatening policies. These portfolios outline what governments and citizens across the world can do through dynamic diplomacy, creative initiatives, … Continue reading 1038 – Resist and Build Alternatives to the Trump Regime Now – Part 1 & 2/5
AI created illustration after an idea by Jan Oberg – the EU flag in the right background Introduction to TFF’s forthcoming four Idea Portfolios of Diplomatic and Nonviolent Resistance By TFF’s Board & FoundersPascal Lottaz, Biljana Vankovska, Annette Schiffmann, Christina Spannar & Jan Oberg January 19, 2026 “America, you are too arrogant.” — Martin Luther King Jr. Over the course of Trump’s first term and … Continue reading 1037 – How Governments and Citizens Can Stop the Trump Regime’s World-Threatening Designs
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.
On this occasion – unique in the history of Nordic academia in general and peace and future research in particular – we look back on what we have achieved, we document it systematically – and then we look forward. Follow TFF if you don’t already because we are re-inventing ourselves and will do new things – and do the good old things in new ways. … Continue reading 1033 – TFF – The Transnational Foundation, turns 40
TFF og jeg har siden 2007 været engageret det nødvendige arbejde med at få mennesker – ikke mindst dem i fredsbevægelserne – til at indse at Nobels Fredspris ofte er blevet og fortsat blir givet helt uden for det, som Alfred Nobel kort og meget tydeligt nedfældede i sit testamente. Dette arbejdede blev startet af den norske jurist, fredsforkæmper og TFF Associate, Fredrik Heffermehl, der … Continue reading 1031 – Julian Assange anklager Nobel’s “freds”pris for at være økonomisk og politisk kriminel
◆ Here is another part of my conversation with the Shanghai-based China Academy’s editor Mimi who hosts “The Roughly Chinese Pod.” In this one, we talked, of course, about the roughly possible 😉 peace ☮️ that will eventually come about. Watch more compelling conversations on her channel here. ◆ Continue reading 1030 – The Nobel “Peace” Prize, the China “threat” and the West’s inability to live without inventing enemies
Antikrigs-Initiativet (AKI) og Internasjonal Kvinneliga for Fred og Frihet, IKFF, i Bergen havde arrangeret en flot daglang konference den 29. november 2025 med temaet “En langtidsplan for fred.” Jeg var meget glad for at være indbudt som foredragsholder sammen med Ingeborg Breines og Jeffrey Sachs. Du kan nu følge hvad der skete dagen igennem og tillige opleve to fremragende musikindslag. ◩ Continue reading 1027 – En langtidsplan for fred: Breines, Sachs og Øberg
When China’s CGTN kindly approached me, I thought this was important to say – although, truth to be told, I do not think any government took up what I here talk about. But it will come one day… ◩ It is worth noting that the United States boycotted this meeting, has also declared that South Africa can not attend the next G20 in the US … Continue reading 1026 – European scholar on G20: calls for peace through dialogue
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.
“Fredens trone er nu tom og FN fases ud” • AI-genereret billede af Jan Øberg Det faktum, at Trumps bizarre og kvaksalveriske “freds”plan for folkemordets Gaza blev vedtaget af FN’s Sikkerhedsråd, markerer afslutningen på enhver forståelse af ægte fred. Som et indgreb af læger, der aldrig har læst en bog i medicin… 18. november 2025 FN’s Sikkerhedsråd vedtog den 17. november 2025 en resolution udarbejdet … Continue reading 1023 – Trumps “freds”plan for Gaza: En grusom vittighed i en verden, hvis ledere er komplet uvidende om konfliktløsning og fredsskabelse
Det blev en pris for at hjælpe USAs udenrigspolitik med eventuel militær aktion mod Venezuela. Ms Machado har en mere end almindeligt blakket baggrund. Hun er også så langt ude at hun omgående ringede til Trump – hvem kan det, og sidder hun for øjeblikket på USAs ambassade? – og sagde, at hun også modtager prisen på hans vegne, for han burde have haft den. … Continue reading 1018 – Så gik det igen helt galt med Nobels ‘freds’pris
I am very proud to be involved in this new Scandinavian peace prize, together with other fine peace people and TFF Associates. The foundation operates in honour of an old dear TFF Associate, Fredrik Heffermehl (1938-2023). Please read about the Lay Down Your Arms Peace Prize award and why it has been given to Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories. … Continue reading 1017 – The LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS PEACE PRIZE FOR 2025 is awarded Francesca Albanese
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
August 21, 2025 People’s criticism without offering any solutions and their focus on the past and present, but almost never on the future, are the two biggest obstacles to real change. And to making peace… Jan Oberg August 21, 2025 This conversation is not about Endless Militarism. The real title of Pascal Nottaz’ and my conversation is the one on top – “If You Want Peace, … Continue reading 1009 – “If You Want Peace, Be Creative and Focus on The Future.”
FN har været ekstremt vigtig i de sidste 80 år i forhold til f.eks. global dialog, flerdimensionel udvikling, international ret, fredsbevarelse, normativitet, voldsfordømmelse og etik. FN har været stedet, hvor medlemslandene blev holdt ansvarlige. Folket bag hjemmesiden “Nej til 5G i Danmark” har været så venlige at oversætte en længere artikel af mig, som jeg skrev på engelsk for Kinas Akademi for Sociale Videnskaber og … Continue reading 1006 – FN 80 år: Stadig den vigtigste organisation men medlemslandene ødelægger den bevidst
Radio IIII fandt selv, at deres behandling af mig var så teknisk ringe og politisk drejet, at de undskyldte den og tilbød at lave et længere interview med mig – cirka 18 minutter blev det den 13. juni. Jeg tror ikke andre har sagt noget lignende til et dansk medie – og det kan man så mene hvad man vil om 🫢 og forresten forklarer … Continue reading 1001 – Fra konfliktanalfabetisme til mulige veje til fred i Ukraine
Krigsforberedelser og militarisme er nu de vigtigste faktorer, der holder Vesten sammen – og de vil også få den til at falde hurtigere. Den vestlige verden har mistet sin bevidsthed, sin opfattelsesevne og sine redskaber til konfliktanalyse, konfliktløsning, fredsskabelse og forsoning. De er blevet presset ud af militarismens kakistokrater – et politologibegreb, der betyder styre af »de værste, mindst kvalificerede eller mest skruppelløse mennesker«. Som … Continue reading 1000 – Vestverdens selvdestruktive freds- og konflikt-analfabetisme.
Carsten Andersen Gæsteskribent Carsten Andersen er fredsaktivist og debattør. Med udgangspunkt i Århus mod Krig og Terror er han aktiv i dansk fredsbevægelse siden 2001, aktuelt i Fredssamarbejdet, basekampagnen, ICAN Danmark og Fredsministerium. 5. maj 2025 Vi protesterer i dag mod Trump. Det gør vi ikke mindst på grund af Trumps helt uacceptable trusler om at annektere Grønland. Det er et groft angreb på rigsfællesskabets … Continue reading Grønland er grønlændernes.
In December 2021, I was invited to become a regular contributor of opinion pieces to China Daily. It has more than 52 million clicks online daily and about 40 million followers on social media – according to the latest (2016) data. It serves more than 330 million readers all over the world and is a default choice for people who read about China in English. … Continue reading Analyses, comments and opinion pieces in various Chinese media
Den 21. marts, 2025, skrev jeg nedenstående til Per Bang Thomsen, der er DR’s EU-analytiker – altså ikke journalist – i Bruxelles. Det gjorde jeg fordi jeg syntes, at hans artikel den dag “Europa er truet, og nu har EU-landene givet hinanden fem år til ‘markent’ oprustning” var nok så problematisk – både ensidig og kontrafaktisk. Nu en måned senere forbliver mit brev ubesvaret, så … Continue reading DR’s EU-analytiker, Bang Thomsen, svarer ikke på om Europa virkelig er truet.
Here is CNN on April 1 – and it is not a normal Fools’ Day. It’s the day before Trump’s Liberation Day. And here is what I wrote across social media this morning: “TFF 🔻 The Trump Presidential Regime – it’s not a democracy – suffers from pathological MAGAlomania. It’s the world’s most dangerous leadership. Self-destructive beyond words. Talk no more about Russian Roulette but … Continue reading The Trump Presidential Regime suffers from pathological MAGAlomania
In English, with the Danish version added below Preserve this video of street-boy demeanor Trump Regime arrogance. It can be interpreted as an indeed creative declaration of war on Denmark/Greenland. Listen carefully to the end. It will be historic. Interestingly, you can not see it embedded here on my homepage (see below). But just click this link to see it on YouTube. Vice-president JD Vance’s … Continue reading The US Occupation of Greenland Began Tonight
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
Jan Oberg February 17, 2025 Johan Galtung died a tragic death today a year ago. I have taken it upon myself to create a memorial site for one of the greatest social scientists of our time. I have three motives for doing so: One, Johan Galtung was one of my mentors, a colleague, and a dear friend for over exactly 50 years and a TFF … Continue reading Memorial site for Johan Galtung 1930-2024
February 17, 2025 So happy again to be on a show at Pascal’s Neutrality Studies and meet Ulrike Guérot. I’m advancing the idea – and not for the first time – that humanity, all of us, think far too much about the past and the present – so much so that there is no space and interest in how to define and search for a … Continue reading What to do pro-peace – and with Eutopia thinking
The West’s Dominance is over! Jan Oberg on Gaza, Ukraine and Swedens NATO Shift I am very pleased with Thomas Karat’s very well-conducted interview and the perspectives he chose to focus on with me. I recommend his fine YouTube Channel warmly. I hope you will like it and share it – and, of course, leave your comments below. You may also go to the interview … Continue reading The West’s suicide over Gaza and Ukraine
End ikke Trumps de facto trussel nu, der ikke udelukker brugen af militær styrke og økonomiske sanktioner, synes at have fået nogen i Stats-, Udenrigs- eller Forsvarsministerierne til at vågne. På en pressekonference fremstod de tre ministre som betuttede og handlingslammede. Det er 5 år siden, Trump ville købe Grønland, fik Mette Fredriksens svar at det var absurd og derpå skældte hende ud så alle … Continue reading “Imperial Grab The Pussy”-politik: Trump, Grønland og Mette Frederiksens A4-ark
The times they are a-changin’ constantly. Here are some thoughts about history, micro and macro time, productive time, ageing with joy toward the end of time – and why future thinking is essential. In humanity’s macro-historical perspective, a lifetime is virtually nothing, so we should be realistic about how much we can change the big world—and time—in ‘our’ nanoseconds. Our time slot has a past, … Continue reading What is time? And when is time up?
通过联合国改革实现全球民主治理： 面向未来的多极世界 Jan Oberg January 8, 2025 Last year, I was asked by the prestigious “China Investment” Magazine in Beijing to write a longer analysis of my own choice. It would become the cover story in the first 2025 issue. While I have written several things before (a) for China Investment, it was the first time that I could freely choose. I feel honoured by … Continue reading Democratic Global Governance with UN Reforms: Toward the Future Multipolar World
“Dr Oberg completely obliterates both NATO and the Collective West war-deranged hypocrisy.” And then it went viral… Within just 12 hours on Pascal Lottaz’s world-renowned YouTube Channel, Neutrality Studies, it had been seen by 34,000 people and generated no less than 700 exclusively positive comments. Do yourself a favour and sign up for his very important channel. This is one of the places where world … Continue reading This TRUTH About NATO Will Blow Your Mind. Only Argument You Need.
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
It has great potentials and needs global citizens’ – your – support. November 4, 2024 Amid global conflicts escalating, why has the United Nations, tasked with maintaining peace, seemingly failed to fulfil its role? Why is a ceasefire agreement in Gaza proving elusive, and why does a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine remain distant? Professor Jan Oberg delves into the underlying reasons why achieving world … Continue reading NO! The UN is not useless. The REAL problem is members’ UN-despising and criminal behaviour.