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
On China’s Morning News about NATO and the West’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: The price will be enormous
The National Chinese TV – CCTV – came down from the editorial office in Stockholm to interview me about Ukraine, the consequences for the
Håkan Wiberg could have turned 80 today
Håkan Wiberg (1942 – 2010) could have turned 80 years today. One of my two mentors in peace and conflict research, a walking encyclopaedia,
Forsvarsminister Bødskov om Ukraine og oprustningen af det
Hvor militarismen går ind, går intellektet ud. Jeg vil bede dig om at læse – og fremfor alt lytte til – forsvarsminister Morten Bødskov
New assignment – Regular columnist at The Citizen in India
I’m very happy to announce that I have just agreed with The Citizen in New Delhi, India, to serve as an about-monthly columnist on
Dagens Nyheters beklämmande anti-intellektuella påhopp på NATO motståndare
Dagens Nyheter har på ledarplats denna rubrik 1:a april “Ledare: Nato-motståndarnas argument tål inte verkligheten.” Huvudargumenten är att Sverige måste gå med i NATO
En verden af information – om krigen
Podcast om anskuelse og sandhed Af Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen og Thomas N. Mikkelsen Der er Krig i Europa.Den onde russiske diktator har angrebet et fredeligt
Foredrag om Ukraine og løsninger i Roskilde
Enhedslistens lokalafdeling har inbudt mig til at snakke om disse vigtige ting. Mens ledende partimedlemmer har angrebet mig på de sociale medier og gentaget
Anders Fogh Rasmussen mener at atomvåben og destruktion af Rusland er en mulighed og dét har han og TV2 ingen problemer med – Nu med efterfølgende brevveksling
Den 9. marts 2022 blev tidligere statsminister og tidligere NATO Generalsekretær, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, interviewet i programmet Lippert i TV2. Se et klip og
NATO/Rusland-konflikten i Ukraine: Vestens rygmarvsreaktion vil vise sig ekstremt selvdestruktiv
Satirical art piece above by Bantonglaoatang, a Chinese cartoonist, which mocked the Group of Seven (G7) members that attempt to suppress China Selvretfærdigt rygmarvshad,
Stort interview i Politiken om NATO/Rusland-konflikten
Debatten i Politiken lige nu Debatten under det lange interview med mig omkring NATO/Ruslands-konflikten – det alle kalder Ukraine – kører nu for fulde
En helt anden tilgang til NATO/Ruslands-konflikten om Ukraine
Gæsteskribent Claus Kold Claus er god gammel ven – soul brother – gennem mer end 30 år. Han er også TFF Associate og, nok
En samtale med Radio 4 om Ukraine, NATO’s “defensivitet” – og en del andet
Radio 4 den 11. marts 8:05, 2022 – en samtale om Ukraine, der vist overraskede intervieweren af og til Men det er skam en
En almindelig travl dag for fred i mørke tider
Glad for at være i Kristeligt Dagblad i dag – den mest læste artikel den 9. marts. Fredsforsker: “Nato har uden grund ekspanderet helt
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
Eksperter i konfliktløsning: Mægling og diplomati er eneste vej til fred
Lektor Søren Riishøj og jeg talte med Ulla Rosenvold fra Arbejderen den 2. marts om det mere principielle, teoretiske og de værktøjer, man kunne
Ukraine: Aktion og reaktion men ingen tænker på fremtiden eller løsningerne
Ruslands angreb på Ukraine var en uventet og tillige selvødelæggende over-reaktion, som jeg tager 100% afstand fra. Der var alternativer, men Moskva valgte den
Interview om Ukraine-konflikten i Spartakus
I går aftes blev jeg interviewet af Terje Alnes, som leder den norske Spartakus Kanal på YouTube. Det er ofte denne slags virkeligt frie,
US war hysteria over Ukraine
PressTV’s “Spotlight”, February 13, 2022 A conversation with Gloria La Riva in the United States, mediated by anchor Kaveh Taghvai.
Møde om Kina hos Dansk Industri & Sense China – en video med samtalen og en pikant afvisning af kildekritik.
Mødets forløb på video Hér kan du se videon med dagens debat – først en introduktion ved Dansk Industris repræsentant i Shanghai, Peter Bøgh
Ukraine: The West Has Paved the Road to War with Lies
January 19, 2022 While this is being written, tension builds up around the more comprehensive Ukraine conflict formation. If this blows up in real
Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
Today is Martin Luther King Jr Day in the United States, the third Monday in January a public holiday. In the manifest absence of
Hvad laver udenrigsminister Kofod ved fronten i Ukraine lige netop nu?
Udenrigsminister Jeppe Kofod besøgte i weekenden Ukraine – ved fronten så det ser modigt ud – og havde millioner med til landets militær. Danmark
Nuclear weapons abolition requires more than the five nuclear-weapon states’ recent joint statement
Jan Oberg Written on January 7, 2022, as Op-Ed for China Daily * One description of the contemporary world is more accurate and ominous
At New Year 2022
What I wrote a year ago about the decline of the West and most people’s denial of it, sadly, turned out to be true.
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
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize is a scandal – again!
Collage © Jan Oberg 2021 How it fits CIA and the US ‘democracy”s global media war December 9, 2021 The Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony
The Global Conversion Campaign – Statement from The Transnational Foundation
On December 10 – which marks both the Nobel Peace Prize and Human Rights Day – the Transnational Foundation launched a campaign – perhaps
Podcast – Oberg, peace and the media
The Global Press Coalition for Peace, GPCP, in Washington kindly turned to me and asked me to speak with them for a longer podcast.
💐 Ny bog om Johan Galtung til 90 års dagen
23.oktober 2020 Den norske arkitekt og fredsforkæmper, Susanne Urban har forfattet en righoldig bog, som netop er udkommet for at markere at en af
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
Det danske fredsakademi siger sandheden forud for Hiroshima og Nagasaki 75
22. juli 2020 Mens Danmark har mængder af velfinancierede institutter for militære studier samt et forsvarsakademi har det hverken et institut for fredsforskning eller
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,
Kunstnere for Fred – fredspris og foredrag
15 november 2019 På søndag den 17. november opnår jeg den store glæde og ære at få de danske Kunstnere for Freds Fredspris 2019.
A great soul’s 150th birthday
By TFF & Jan Oberg Herunder en typisk meddelelse fra Den Transnationale Stiftelse for Freds- og Fremtidsforskning, TFF. Vi kalder dem TFF PressInfo og
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
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
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
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
The Meaninglessness of War: Aleppo
Here my 6th photo series from Aleppo – hashtag #keepfocusonaleppo.
Lund, Sweden – March 24, 2017
Can the almost total destruction of Eastern Aleppo
“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
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
From Obama to Trump
Commenting with David Swanson, leading and sharp peace intellectual, on the inauguration of Trump – also about the legacy of Barrack Obama. For Iran’s
Aleppo’s evil humanitarians
The third photo story from the days of the liberation of Aleppo in SyriaUnique photos with text from Aleppo’s Jibrin reception center for people
The little girl from Eastern Aleppo
New year’s night, January 1, 2017 This girl had come out of Eastern Aleppo after four dark years of occupation by Western-backed terrorists – too
As we move into the new year – 2017
The old years went – in as little a time as it takes to turn around and see who is tapping you on your shoulder.
Thanks for the friends’ and followers’ boom
During the last two weeks I have received almost 800 friend requests on Facebook and about 1000 new followers. It’s overwhelming and warms my
