NATO Rutte’s Berlin Speech: Not About Russia, But About the End of Rational Politics

NATO Rutte’s Berlin Speech: Not About Russia, But About the End of Rational Politics

Inside NATO’s cathedral of fear, weapons become sacraments and projection becomes liturgy. From the stained-glass altar, thunderous light strikes Russia and China — not as analysis, but as ritual. This is not about Putin. It is about the West’s collapse into psycho-political theatre. And how it made me think of Hitler Jan Oberg December 12, […]

True or false US-Russian peace in Ukraine?

True or false US-Russian peace in Ukraine?

Kirill Dmitriev and Steve Witkoff (Photo: Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS), here reposted from The New Voice of Ukraine. TFF’s comprehensive proposal for dialogue about true peace in Ukraine is due in a day or two Jan Oberg November 20, 2025 What is being whispered through diplomatic corridors today is not peace, but quackery. The alleged […]

Don’t be fooled: Others Could Have More Interest in Sending Drones to the Nordic Countries than Russia

Don’t be fooled: Others Could Have More Interest in Sending Drones to the Nordic Countries than Russia

Drones over Nordic airports. No damage. No trace. No answers. Most assume Russia—but what if that’s not so? Why is there so much we are not told? This article explores the strategic ambiguity behind recent drone incursions and asks: Who else might benefit from sending drones into NATO airspace? From Ukraine’s surprising drone supremacy to […]

“If You Want To Understand China” – Foreword, Intro and Content of a TFF anthology.

“If You Want To Understand China” – Foreword, Intro and Content of a TFF anthology.

Foreword August 25, 2024 – July 7, 2025 The Board of The Transnational Foundation in Sweden has decided to publish an easy-to-read, scholarly anthology that addresses one of the most important – and potentially dangerous – issues of our time: Why are the political, economic, and medialised Western images of China so consistently negative – […]

The (Im)Possibility of Peace

The (Im)Possibility of Peace

A report from the Valdai Discussion Club event in November 2024 Biljana Vankovska Professor and director of the Global Changes Centre in Skopje, Macedonia and TFF Board member November 25, 2024 The intelligence services have probably noted this meticulously, but let me publicly share my experience of attending, for the first time, the annual conference […]

NATO’s Indo-Pacific Expansion Lacks Legality and Common Sense

NATO’s Indo-Pacific Expansion Lacks Legality and Common Sense

Jan Oberg TFF director November 3, 2024 South Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand sent their defence ministers to a NATO meeting in October 2024. While their heads of state and others have attended before, this was the first time these countries’ defence ministers joined. 
 This more military-operative attendance signals that NATO is serious […]

China’s ‘wiser’ long-term strategy paves the way to No. 1 world power

China’s ‘wiser’ long-term strategy paves the way to No. 1 world power

Veteran Singapore envoy on what the West gets wrong about China, Asean as a bellwether region and why the US should prepare for No. 2 status Dewey Sim of the South China Morning Post talks with Kishore Mahbubani on October 7, 2024 Seasoned former diplomat Kishore Mahbubani is a distinguished fellow at the National University […]

Who Caused the Ukraine War?

Who Caused the Ukraine War?

John J. Mearsheimer Aug 05, 2024 The question of who is responsible for causing the Ukraine war has been a deeply contentious issue since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The answer to this question matters enormously because the war has been a disaster for a variety of reasons, the most important of which […]

Piqued with China’s Influence in the Western Balkans: The Methods of Western Appropriation

Piqued with China’s Influence in the Western Balkans: The Methods of Western Appropriation

Photo by Shubham Dhage on Unsplash Biljana Vankovska* July 6, 2024 The issue of state sovereignty under international law and its inconsistencies and duplicities has become more complex than ever, especially after the outbreak of the Ukraine war and the “Ukrainization” of the Taiwan issue (even though Taiwan is not a sovereign state like Ukraine). […]

Will Putin Attack Poland & the Baltics?

Will Putin Attack Poland & the Baltics?

Given their lack of information about the Ukraine-Russia deal scuttled by Boris Johnson early in the war, many Americans will be inclined to believe Biden’s evidence-free claims in last week’s CNN debate. Ray McGovernSpecial to Consortium News, July 2, 2024 July 5, 2024 At Thursday’s debate with Donald Trump, President Joe Biden, calling Russian President […]

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