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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Som man ser på rapportens forsidebillede ovenfor er rapporten helt ude i skoven. Under udklippet findes naturligvis en panservogn. Rappporten, der blev offentliggjort i
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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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June 1, 2019 I’ve never been “anti-American.” I work with (North) Americans every day at the Transnational Foundation and much of my academic training
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February 28, 2019 Peace can never be achieved this way a) The issue is about peace, not only nuclear weapons. The US has not
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And why I am switching balances from the most noble and important – but momentarily meaningless – job to something more rewarding… February 1,
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Why is the UN still so important – in spite of having had its Charter violated repeatedly during the last 25 years? Why should
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Commenting on the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to ICAN
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I read dozens of articles every day about various conflict zones, commentaries, war reports and – the few times it happens – possibilities of
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Comment on Iran’s PressTV
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There should be a lower intellectual level to the statements by a US Secretary of Defence. There should be a debunking of the unethical
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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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By Jan Oberg Proud to join “Middle East With Naskah Zada” at her program in New York and talking about the reasons that peace
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Commenting on PressTV after President Erdogan’s and Putin’s meeting on May 3, 2017
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I had the pleasure and honour to comment on the Iranian defence minister’s views on the nuclear deal, on a nuclear-free Middle East, terrorism
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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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TFF LiveApril 12, 2017 The secretaries of state, Tillerson and Lavrov meet today. We seem to enter a stage of what must appropriately be
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TFF PressInfo # 405 Lund, Sweden – February 24, 2017Failed conflict analysis To analyse a conflict is as necessary as the diagnosis 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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Introduktion tilføjet den 7. februar 2017 Som det fremgår i en kommentar under denne artikel blev både MS’ forkvinde, Helle Munk Ravnborg og generalsekretær, Tim Whyte,
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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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In an open letter – hardly mentioned by the Western mainstream press, a group of high-level and rather “Realpolitik” US diplomats, scholars, military and politicians urge
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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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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
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Just så. Sverige gör sig till huvudansvarig för en domino-effekt genom EU. Enligt Aftonbladet är även FN djupt bekymrad. Detta kan i
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There is no end, it seems, to diplomats and government representatives who “express concern”, appeal, urge the parties to show restraint, warn, condemn etc.
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E.U. Seeks U.N. Backing for Military Action to Stop Wave of Migrants Fleeing Horrific Abuse in Libya | Democracy Now!I’ve been around for a
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TFF PressInfo # 317 – My introduction to four important articles by TFF Associates on the conflict and violence in Yemen.
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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
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UN Yemen envoy Jamal Benomar resigns amid crisis – Al Jazeera English How conspicuous that Benomar – whom I happen to know a little
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Today Charles Krauhammer – a well-known extreme rightist usually advocating war – writes in the Washington Post under the headline “The Iran deal: The
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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
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Today – 16 years since NATO began to bomb Serbia and did so mercilessly for 78 days to carve out Kosovo as an independent
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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
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Gad vide hvor mange mislykkede krige vi endnu skal igennem før især politikere og medier opdager det indlysende faktum, at der findes et temmeligt
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