According to the liberal daily Sydsvenska Dagbladet today, the Swedish military Chief-in-Command (in Swedish, ÖB) Micael Bydén considers it necessary to conduct large military
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Photo above: China’s National Television, CCTV, headquarters I’ve never done so much media work as I do these days – columns, interviews, panel debates,
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I was happy to be on Heroes and Patriots on March 2, 2023 – an online radio program in northern California focusing on national
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Kyrkoherde, präst Åke Wiklund, Svenska Kyrkan på Orust har beslutat att Fredsrörelsen på Orust inte ska få hålla sina offentlliga gästföreläsningar i Kyrkans Hus
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Cover of Seymour Hersh’s article on Substack Jan Oberg February 12, 2023 The Chinese news agency, Xinhua, asked me to comment – in text
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In case you expect a kind of celebrative champagne toast-like text here, my apology at the outset. For me, this is a very different
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Har känt dessa unga människor på sammanlagt drygt 170 år under hälften av mitt liv. De ledar fredsrörelsen på den lilla ön, Orust, en
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Jan Oberg October 19, 2022 You should ask yourself, ask friends, others and decision-makers in the West why the type of important news and
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“Nej till NATO” är en svensk folkrörelse, som du bör känna till om du har det minsta intresset för säkerhetsfrågor och fred. Den arbetar
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Jan Oberg July 8, 2022 There have been lots of reports about how G7 leaders snubbed dinner, photo-op, handshake, concerts, etc. since Russia’s foreign
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Two conversations on NATO’s expansion, Sweden and Finland The first is from Iran’s international PressTV from May 16, 2022. It’s a conversation with Marcus
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… which Western malstrom media would never let you give It is virtually impossible to get into the mainstream – or malstrom – media
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A short section of my interview with CCTV – China Central Television – on March 30, 2022: Danish academic: NATO’s eastward expansion is totally
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PressTV’s “Spotlight”, February 13, 2022 A conversation with Gloria La Riva in the United States, mediated by anchor Kaveh Taghvai.
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I 2015 skrev jeg et længere manus til en bog, Hvor Står Danmark Nu? 8 Analyser af de udenrigspolitiske udfordringer for Danmark – redigeret
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On January 27, 2022, I was invited to comment with George Galloway on the conflict centring on Ukraine and to expose US exceptionalism and
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January 19, 2022 While this is being written, tension builds up around the more comprehensive Ukraine conflict formation. If this blows up in real
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Udenrigsminister Jeppe Kofod besøgte i weekenden Ukraine – ved fronten så det ser modigt ud – og havde millioner med til landets militær. Danmark
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Under hele den gamle kolde krig, der sluttede i 1989, levede Vesten højt på at Sovjetunionen var en fjende, der skulle (over)rustes imod. Warzawapagten
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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
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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
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29. januar 2019 DR kan i dag fortælle os at Trump har gjort indtryk: Forsvarsbudgettet øges med 4,5 milliarder kroner: Med tillægsaftalen bruger Danmark
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Så er Anders Fogh Rasmussen ude igen – denne gang med Alliance for Demokrati. Man husker ham nok så meget for at “der er
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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
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“The Debate” with Jim Walsh, MIT and Jan Oberg, TFF Lund, Sweden – May 30, 2017 Last night “The Debate” on PressTV was devoted
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This is TFF Live on Facebook – the live broadcast I do now and then because live broadcasts have a much larger dissemination than
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Here I am with my friends Donald, Bibi, Sara and Melania… And speak a little about the stupidity of scapegoating Iran for everything, of
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Försvarsminister Peter Hultqvist och ÖB Micael Bydén skriver på DN Debatt om “Risk för desinformation om militärövningen Aurora” Och det är då just vad
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Commenting on PressTV after President Erdogan’s and Putin’s meeting on May 3, 2017
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“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
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A 30 min debate about NATO, Ukraine, Crimea, Yugoslavia, Syria the eternal enemy images and the – obsolete – philosophy on which NATO builds.
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By Jan Oberg I shot this simple video out of the window on December 13, 2016. I wonder about Aleppo and say #keepfocusonaleppo ©
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Happy to speak positively about the EU foreign policy chief’s commitment to stand by the nuclear deal with Iran – a clear signal also to
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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
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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
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October 26, 2016 Yet another example of how tension build up in this New Cold War situation – instead of doing what we did
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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,
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Here is my take on the July 15 coup in Turkey – why it happened the way it did and what is the least
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Published on July 8, 2016, the day of the NATO Summit in Warsaw. It’s the 5th in the TFF Series “The New Cold War”
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By Jan Oberg The third article in the TFF series on The New Cold War We are witnessing a remarkable increase in tension between
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The West leaves, a multi-polar world comes Jan Øberg – Video lecture – Part 1/3
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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
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TFF PressInfo # 373: What Obama should do in Hiroshima tomorrowArticles by Jonathan Power & Richard Falkhttp://bit.ly/1U8PEq3 With an intro by Jan Oberg.
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Politiko.dk fortæller torsdag den 21. april at det står sløjt til med befolkningens støtte til nye kampfly til en anslået indkøbspris på 30 milliarder kroner
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Föredrag på Nordiskt Fredsmöte – 28:e februari 2016
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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
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It was a few days ago when Swedish Army chief, Major-General Anders Brännström stated in a (leaked) internal document that ‘Sweden could be at
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