December 2005

See also our comprehensive collection with guides, themes and resources from the last few years here. Newest stuff added at the bottom Robert Fisk, Information Clearing House, Sept 24Blame Iran. Christian Science Monitor, Sept 29Iran’s tough stance a hit at home. Iranians held pro-nuclear rally in Tehran Information Clearing House, Sept 29The U.S. Has Plans to Invade Iran Before Bush’s Term Ends Christian Science Monitor, Sept 29Why Iran isn’t a global threat Oxford Research Group, NovemberIran’s Nuclear ActivitiesDr. Frank Barnaby, November 2005 FPIF, Foreign Policyin Focus, Nov 3Who’s Next – Iran & Syria? International Herald Tribune, Nov 4Syria and the UN: Another polarizing double standard International Herald Tribune, Nov 8EU restates its demand, but studies Iran’s request Reuters, Nov 8Iran rebukes EU over nuclear fuel cycle issue Information Clearing House, Nov 12A Legal US Nuclear Attack Against IranThe real reason for the IAEA Iran resolution International Herald Tribune Nov 21Reprieve for...

Violencia en Montenegro Hoy "Una quinta guerra en los Balcanes puede evitarse todavía. Mientras Belgrado, cada día más aislado, está sobrado de tiempo, ese no es el caso de Montenegro y la comunidad internacional, cuyas acciones en Bosnia y en Kosovo están más que estancadas, tiene poca capacidad de formar una estrategia eficaz para la prevención en esta república minúscula de 635,000 habitantes". "Lo qué oímos y vimos durante nuestra misión exploratoria en Podgorica", opinan Soren Sommelius and Jan Oberg del equipo de mitigación de conflictos de TFF, "es aterradoramente similar a lo que nos dijo la gente en Croatia en 1991 – a pesar de todas las diferencias entre ambos casos" Fotografía © TFF El palacio presidencial en la capital de Montenegro, Podgorica. Serie de fotografías de Montenegro "Fue realmente sorprendente escuchar el nivel de la agresión verbal en Podgorica no sólo contra Milosevic, sino también contra la gente...

PressInfos 2006 Think pieces, not press releases • Reach more about 20,000 individuals by e-mail in government, civil society organisations, business, education, research and media around the world. • Alert you to international conflicts and the future world (dis)order, including civil society organizations, the UN, NATO, and OSCE, covering the local and the global. • Advocate learning about the human dimensions of conflicts, from prevention to post-conflict normalization, reconciliation and peacebuilding – based on non-violence. • Explore ideas and visions for the future in an action-oriented manner. • Never resemble what comes out of mainstream thinking, organizations and media… Get PressInfo free of charge to your mailbox Send us your comments on anything on your mind. PressInfo 241, August 15, 2006 Assessing the United Nations after the Lebanon War 2006 The UN has become in these situations, sadly, more of a geopolitical instrument than an instrument for the enforcement of...

PressInfo # 206, 30. december, 2004Et nyt år i tsunamiens tegnTragedien er en advarsel til os alle. Menneskelig og miljømæssig sikkerhed må nu erstatte den rent militære. Vi har brug for nye prioriteringer og en global omsorgs-etik. Det er hvad globalisering fra nu af burde handle om. Vi må kunne lære at respektere at alt hænger sammen med alt andet – og slutte fred både med Moder Jord og med hinanden. PressInfo # 206, 30:e december, 2004Ett nytt år i tsunamin teckenTragedin är en varning till oss alla. Mänsklig och ekologisk säkerhet måste nu ersätta militär säkerhet. Vi behöver nya prioriteringar och en global omsorgs-etik. Det är vad globalisering borde handla om nu. Vi måste lära att respektera att allt hänger ihop med allt annat – och sluta fred med såväl Moder Jord som med varandra. PressInfo # 206, December 30, 2004New Year in the Sign of the TsunamiIt’s a tragedy and an...

PressInfo # 192, 30 oktober, 2003 – på danskEt tiår for sent: forhandlinger om Kosovo PressInfo # 192, 21 oktober, 2003 – svenskaEtt decennium för sent – Samtal om Kosovo PressInfo # 192, October 14, 2003A decade too late: Kosovo Talks Begin PressInfo # 191, October 3, 2003The Second Nuclear Age PressInfo # 190, October 3, 2003Dealing with the Hydra? Proliferation and Full Spectrum Dominance PressInfo # 186, 26 september 2003, på svenska11 saker att komma ihåg den 11 september Av Jan Öberg. PressInfo # 189, September 18, 2003Neo-Cons, Fundies, Feddies, and Con-Artists By Francis A. Boyle. PressInfo # 188, 18.september 2003, på danskDet er en udfordring at skabe fred Af Daisaku Ikeda. PressInfo # 186, 18.september 2003, på dansk11 punkter at huske om den 11.september Af Jan Øberg. PressInfo # 183, 28 mai 2003, på danskVil du vide, hvem de amerikanere er, som styrer Irak? PressInfo # 182, 21 maj 2003, på svenskaHamburgarfilosofi...

PressInfo # 141, December 21, 2001It’s time to prepare reconciliation between Albanians and Serbs PressInfo # 140, December 14, 2001Ibrahim Rugova’s decade-long leadership in Kosovo/a PressInfo # 139, 11. december, 2001En god nyhet: Jugoslaviens Sannings- och försoningskommission PressInfo # 139, 11. december, 2001Gode nyheder: Jugoslaviens Sandheds- og Forsoningskommission PressInfo # 139, December 11, 2001Good news: Yugoslavia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission PressInfo # 138, November 8, 2001TFF co-founder PhD with thesis about young people with roots in other cultures PressInfo # 138, November 8, 2001TFF:s medstiftare doktor på avhandling om unga med ursprung i andra kulturer PressInfo # 137, October 17, 2001A new Marshall Plan: Advancing human security and controlling terrorism PressInfo # 136, October 15, 2001The UN and Annan really deserve it PressInfo # 135, October 10, 2001Preventing a terrorist mushroom cloud PressInfo # 134, 17 oktober, 2001Sverige og 11. september PressInfo # 134, October 9, 2001Sweden and September 11...

PressInfo # 109 (December 12, 2000)Sweden in the militarisation of the European Union PressInfo # 108 (December 11, 2000)European Union militarisation: Humpty-Dumpty as peace-maker PressInfo # 107 (December 7, 2000)The militarisation of the European Union: A civilisational mistake PressInfo # 106 (December 4, 2000)Kosovo/a independent? Perhaps, but what matters is how PressInfo # 105 (November 23, 2000)Intellectually the Kosovo Commission Report is a turkey and it won’t fly PressInfo # 104 (November 17, 2000)The Online site “TFF Store & Donations” is launched PressInfo # 103 (October 25, 2000)Post-Milosevic dilemmas – and an imagined way out PressInfo # 102 (October 23, 2000)With Milosevic gone, what shall the West do? PressInfo # 101 (October 18, 2000)TNN – the TFF News Navigator – An event on Internet PressInfo # 100 (October 11, 2000)Why Milosevic won’t get to the Hague PressInfo # 99 (October 9, 2000)The Yugoslav Nonviolent Revolution PressInfo # 98 (13 augusti,...

LONDON – Americans seem to have less appetite for war than before. In took the best part of a decade for public opinion to swing firmly against the Vietnam War. This time in Iraq it has taken barely three years. Critics may like to make out that America is a warrior nation with an urge to dominate the world. But although from time to time martial figures do push themselves through to the seats of power they seem unable to carry the public with them for long. It looks likely that in the next general election Americans will vote for a candidate who stands against overseas adventurism. Those who are trying to erect a case for de-fanging a putative nuclear Iran by force will not succeed. Nor will those who want to up the ante with China. Of course nothing is simple when it comes to matters of war and...

Children in the hills Boy in Bujumbura, Burundi © 2003 Jan Oberg, TFF

The Kamenge Youth Center for Peace This is an unique center for peace, tolerance and empowerment of young people in Bujumbura. Please read more about this amasing institution. It is presented here. The Center launched an appeal to get a UN mission to Burundi – and succeeded. Father Marano and more information here. Happy boy in the Kamenge Center in Bujumbura, Burundi © 2003 Jan Oberg

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