War-preparation and militarism are now the main factors that keep the West together, and will make it fall faster. Jan Oberg June 3, 2025 The Western world has lost its consciousness, perception, and instruments of conflict analysis, resolution, peace-making, and reconciliation. They’ve been squeezed out by militarism’s kakistocrats – a political science term that means […]
AI generated imagine on Freepik Jan Oberg May 7, 2025 A 2-minute “appetiser” for an extended interview by China’s CGTN. More to come!
Naturally, nobody cares about that fraud in today’s Sweden. Jan Oberg April 15, 2025 SIPRI is the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, established in 1966. Read about it here and see how it has twisted its aims to not include the words ‘peace research.’ Because here is what it should do according to § 2 […]
Jan Oberg February 17, 2025 Johan Galtung died a tragic death today a year ago. I have taken it upon myself to create a memorial site for one of the greatest social scientists of our time. It is launched today. I have two motives for doing so: One, Johan Galtung was one of my mentors, […]
Macedonian Professor Biljana Vankovska, TFF Board member, speaks at length with Thomas Karat on his YouTube Channel – peace research, Macedonia, Gaza, Ukraine, NATO and Western Hypocrisy January 23, 2025
Johan and Irene Galtung Jan Oberg January 17, 2025 On August 6, Hiroshima Day, 2024, I published a long, very well-documented article by Irene Galtung, the daughter of peace research professor Johan Galtung, about the tragic circumstances surrounding his last months alive and the human rights violations they both had to endure. What is left […]
War takes no brain. Everyone can start a fight. Humanity needs civilised conflict resolution now. We’re making intelligent peace through new thinking on this online public education community. In 2025, we’ll serve many more subscribers with new initiatives and build a peace-intelligent community on Substack. And we’ll continue to serve you 💐 here on The […]
通过联合国改革实现全球民主治理： 面向未来的多极世界 Jan Oberg January 8, 2025 Last year, I was asked by the prestigious “China Investment” Magazine in Beijing to write a longer analysis of my own choice. It would become the cover story in the first 2025 issue. While I have written several things before (a) for China Investment, it was the first […]
Jan Oberg December 30, 2024 Not so prestigious or noble The media often describe the Nobel Peace Prize as the world’s most prestigious prize. That is, however, slightly bizarre for at least two reasons: first, there exists no system or set of criteria to rank prizes in various fields in terms of prestige. Secondly, over […]
The “kitschy” center of Skopje, the capital of Macedonia © Jan Oberg December 19, 2024 We bring you two examples of the worldwide support, Professor Vankovska is now receiving upon being dismissed – at the moment of being dismissed without any official reason. First, Professor Richard Falk’s solidarity statement, then Biljana’s own account and, last, […]