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.

Sanktionitis – eller EU’s ottende sanktionspakke mod Rusland

Danmarks Radio meddelte i går, at Europa-Kommissionen foreslår nye sanktioner mod Rusland – faktisk den ottende runde af slagsen. Denne gang er årsagen den, at Rusland har afholdt folkeafstemninger i Donbas i Ukraine. Wall Street Journal har detaljerne. Jeg forestiller mig, at det handle om en ny sygdom – Sanctionitis. Den synes relateret til et større, skæbnesvangert sygdomsbillede med få behandlingsmuligheder: Sanktionitis + Hybris + … Continue reading Sanktionitis – eller EU’s ottende sanktionspakke mod Rusland

G7 Leaders’ Bullying Bali Behaviour

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 minister Lavrov would also be present during the G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia. Here is Lavrov’s comment to Tass: “This is how they understand protocol, politeness and code of conduct.” Here is another report. This is of course neither professional, good … Continue reading G7 Leaders’ Bullying Bali Behaviour

Dronningehusets holdning til krig og Ecco sko

Hold da op, tænker jeg. Dét må være dagens – den 6. juli 2022 – vigtigste og mest sensationelle nyhed. Læs den her på Danmarks Radio: Ecco kan snart ikke kalde sig Kongelig Hofleverandør længere. Jamen, hvad skal Hendes Majestæt mon så gå rundt i i disse sparetider? DR forklarer, at det er “usædvanlig men nødvendig beslutning.” “Det danske skofirma fra Bredebro i Sønderjylland må … Continue reading Dronningehusets holdning til krig og Ecco sko

Betal højere bensinpriser fordi “vi” vil at Ukraine vinder over Rusland

Jeg måtte læse ovenstående udtalelse til DR af Mette Frederiksen, stats- og demagogi-minister, fra 31. maj 2022 to gange: Du skal “rammes” og betale heftigt høje bensinpriser fordi “vi” – hvem? – vil at Ukraine vinder over Rusland. Hvad er lige sammenhængen hér? Taber Rusland er det altså pga at du betaler skyhøje bensinpriser? Og hvad nu hvis krigen træker ud – meget langt ud … Continue reading Betal højere bensinpriser fordi “vi” vil at Ukraine vinder over Rusland

Vestens reaktion på Ruslands invasion vil blive en boomerang

Ekstrabladet var så venlig at bede mig skrive en kort kommentar til den sektion, de kalder Nationen: Her er originalversionen af 30. marts 2022: Vestens reaktion på Ruslands invasion vil blive en boomerang Nu en måneds tid efter Ruslands invasion af Ukraine bliver Vestens strategiske, selvødelæggende brøler nok så klar: NATO pumper våben ind i Ukraine og ønsker at binde Rusland dér militært samtidig med … Continue reading Vestens reaktion på Ruslands invasion vil blive en boomerang

Sanktioner på kinesisk og Ukraine-krisen

Ulrik Tarp Jensen April 1, 2022 • 1 Kina ser på sanktioner ud fra andre præmisser end Vesten. • 2 Kinesisk samhandel er ofte på bilateralt statsligt niveau. • 3 Den kinesiske stat har anderledes adgang til at styre og mobilisere ressourcer. • 4 Med Putin-Xi kommunikéet den 4. februar blev Kinas politik fasttømret og kritik og ændringer er yderst vanskelige at gennemføre. • 5 … Continue reading Sanktioner på kinesisk og Ukraine-krisen

NATO-Russia Conflict in Ukraine Offers Lessons for EU on China Interactions

My Opinion piece in China’s Global Times on March 30, 2022 – related to the highest-level, one-day China-EU Summit on April 1, 2022. You may read one take on that Summit here from the South China Morning Post “At China-EU summit, Beijing will be reminded its support for Russian war in Ukraine comes at a cost.” The EU/West seems destined to lose this one too … Continue reading NATO-Russia Conflict in Ukraine Offers Lessons for EU on China Interactions

To nye artikler på “The Transnational” – Corona og de amerikanske sanktioner mod Iran og enorm militærøvelse midt i Corona-Europa

17.marts 2020 Kære læserven! Jeg når ikke altid at poste min artikler fra vores stiftelses hjemmeside, The Transnational, hér. Det kræver tid – som jeg ofte ikke har – at kopiere tekster, redigere, lægge billeder ind og gøre andre ting, ting som du nok ikke tænker på når du blot læser medmindre du da selv blogger. Nogle af dem egner sig heller ikke altid til … Continue reading To nye artikler på “The Transnational” – Corona og de amerikanske sanktioner mod Iran og enorm militærøvelse midt i Corona-Europa

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

Stop USAs fortsatte økonomiske terror mod Irans folk

17. april 2019 Forestil dig at der i Europa eller USA i 3 uger have været en katastrofe i form af omfattende oversvømmelser. 28 af 31 provinser var ramt, 10 millioner påvirkede. Ganske vist var færre end 100 mennesker døde men der var mange sårede og resultaterne af de metertykke vand- og lermasser ville få enorme, langvarig effekter på landbrugs- og anden produktion, transport, infrastruktur … Continue reading Stop USAs fortsatte økonomiske terror mod Irans folk

Iran respekterer atomaftalen – USA gør det ikke

11. februar 2019 Idag er det 40 år siden millioner af iranere med sine demonstrationer afsatte Shahen af Iran og den islamiske revolution overtog magten. Det kan man have mange meninger om – og derfor har TFF idag udsendt en analyse af Dr. Farhang Jahanpour – Iran At Crossroads On 40th Anniversary of Its Islamic Revolution. Vi gør også opmærksom på en serie på 10 … Continue reading Iran respekterer atomaftalen – USA gør det ikke

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

“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”

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

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

Klummer i “Arbejderen”

Arbejderen er Danmarks eneste avis, der giver udenrigs- og globalpolitik en rimelig stor dækning i forhold til andre stofområder og samtidig forholder sig kritisk til de dele af dansk udenrigspolitik, der går voldens vej. Derfor har jeg det fint med at være columnist på Arbejderen. Og den seneste klumme skrev jeg på min rundrejse i Iran og den handler om min vision af Iran og hvorfor billedet af Iran … Continue reading Klummer i “Arbejderen”

De udvalgte fås lidelser i stedet for medmenneskelighed og forsoning?

Statsminister Lars løkke Rasmussen udtaler om det grusomme angreb i Nice: “Vi er alle blevet ramt. Attentatet er ikke blot et angreb på Frankrig. Det er et klart angreb på de værdier, der danner grundlag for vores samfund.” Det kan være at han har ret, men alligevel: Hvordan kan han vide det få timer efter at det er sket? For det andet, hvorfor udtaler han kun … Continue reading De udvalgte fås lidelser i stedet for medmenneskelighed og forsoning?

Fearology and militarism – But the real enemy is us

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” Russia and NATO have offensive capacities and MIMACs (Military-Industrial-Media-Academic Complex) but NATO’s is a much larger potential threat to Russia than the other way around Why does an alliance with such an overwhelming superiority shout and scream and see ghosts on … Continue reading Fearology and militarism – But the real enemy is us

“Peace, Conflict, Democracy”

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

At lifting most of the sanctions on Iran

Congratulations to Iran – people, leadership and brilliant negotiation team under the leadership of foreign minister Javad Zarif.But then I criticise that the US Treasury imposed new sanctions the day after – on Sunday January 17 – and I argue that it is a sign of weakness and that the friends of the U.S. should not follow suit. Continue reading At lifting most of the sanctions on Iran

“Congratulations and thank you, Iran!”

With the breaking news on the nuclear deal announced today – undoubtedly a piece of world history – I wrote up TFF PressInfo # 329 with the above title. It’s written, as others before it on this issue, with an emphasis on the characteristics of this conflict that is both obvious and never mentioned: the a-symmetry of it all, the de factor relations and the … Continue reading “Congratulations and thank you, Iran!”

Iran nuclear achievement “victory for civilization”

My comments to Iran’s PressTV in the morning of July 14, before the nuclear deal with Iran was announced. This is a taped interview with a summary text: “This is a triumph for talks, for diplomacy, for dialogue instead of warfare and it is an important movement for the world not only for Iran or for the Middle East, or for Europe, it is for … Continue reading Iran nuclear achievement “victory for civilization”

If so, let the U.S. isolate itself

Iran says nuclear deal depends on lifting of sanctions | Reuters This is a timely reminder to those who believe the Iran nuclear deal can be reduced to and hinges upon the deal between Congress and Obama. Says Iranian President Rouhani: “We are in talks with the major powers and not with the Congress,” Rouhani said. I draw three conclusions: 1. If there will be … Continue reading If so, let the U.S. isolate itself

Ignoring May 9 in Russia – another Western conflict-management blunder

The Guardian reports that Western top leaders are going to snub the commemoration in Moscow of the 70th Anniversary of the Allied Victory over Hitler Germany – on May 9. That they don’t want to attend a huge military parade is quite understandable, neither would I. But remembering the more than 20 million Russians who died in World War 2 would be more than appropriate … Continue reading Ignoring May 9 in Russia – another Western conflict-management blunder

Comments to Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

Today Charles Krauhammer – a well-known extreme rightist usually advocating war – writes in the Washington Post under the headline “The Iran deal: The anatomy of a disaster”. My comments under the article goes: The day Mr. Krauthammer will write about• sanctions on Israel for its nuclear weapons and international law violations;• anytime/anywhere inspections in all nuclear weapons countries including Israel (does he really believe … Continue reading Comments to Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

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

Iran nuclear deal – a road to peace

Jan Oberg commenting on Iranian President Rouhani: “Tehran abides by commitments, if P5 1 fulfills promises” – YouTube/PressTV http://ow.ly/LbX3d In spite of the deal’s negative sides, Iran has chosen peace to the benefit of the world. In that perspective it is much more than a nuclear deal, it’s – potentially – a road to peace. Continue reading Iran nuclear deal – a road to peace

P1 Debats politiske tilrettelæggelse omkring missilforsvaret

De fleste mennesker, der lytter til radio eller ser TV, tænker næppe så meget over hvad der også kunne være foregået og med hvilke deltagere. De ser et færdigt produkt, ikke processen – og de tager, nok så forståeligt, stilling til det de ser og hører snarere end til noget andet, de i en forestillingsverden kunne have set eller hørt.

Med de sociale medier kan man nu formidle informationer i rollen som mediemenneske og fortælle hvordan det også går til sådan bag kulisserne.

Måske lyttede du til P1 Debat på Danmarks Radio nu idag kl 12:15-13:00 om missilskjoldet og den russiske ambassadørs åbne brev? I så fald kan kopien herunder af min korrespondence med P1 Debats redaktør Anne Henderson måske have din interesse.

Den dokumenterer at jeg skriftligt blev inviteret til at deltage per telefon, at jeg sagde ja tak men under forudsætning af visse rammebetingelser kunne opfyldes gennem videre samtale – herunder a) at der blev mulighed for at forklare at missilforsvaret kan ses som en del af en større amerikansk atomkrigs-strategi og b) at der må være fair play med mig siddende udenfor studiet specielt når programmet efter min opfattelse allerede da er planlagt med en holdningsmæssig slagside.

Den viser endvidere at der gik næsten et døgn inden Hendersons svarer og så pludselig mener at det dér med at sidde på en telefon medførte at man har besluttet at jeg alligevel ikke skal deltage. Vel, læs selv nedenfor.

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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?