Ordinary people want peace: Can citizen diplomacy build a safer future for everyone? 

Ordinary people want peace: Can citizen diplomacy build a safer future for everyone? 

Jan Oberg February 19, 2026 What a thrill to be interviewed by former British diplomat Ian Proud! Don’t waste a minute: acquaint yourself with him here on his homepage, which he elegantly calls “Proud Diplomat.” Notice also his book, A Misfit In Moscow. Ian is, of course, also on Substack, where he calls himself The […]

A New Perspective and Blueprint: A Demilitarised Arctic for the Common Good — and Why It Is Rational

A New Perspective and Blueprint: A Demilitarised Arctic for the Common Good — and Why It Is Rational

This is not another geopolitical commentary on the Arctic. It is a visionary peace proposal that can save the region from militarised rivalry and ecological ruin. A blueprint for shared security, sustainable development, and human dignity — benefitting Greenland, the Arctic, and the rest of us. Jan Oberg TFF director Lund, Sweden, February 17, 2026 […]

Comparing China’s and the U.S.’ speeches at the Munich ‘Security’ Conference

Comparing China’s and the U.S.’ speeches at the Munich ‘Security’ Conference

Jan Oberg February 16, 2026 China’s highly important global media outlet, CGTN, asked me for my comments immediately after the two foreign ministers spoke on Saturday, February 14, 2026. The contrast could hardly have been bigger. The audience gave Marco Rubio a standing ovation for his exclusive Western perspective, and many left the room after that – […]

The Munich ‘Security’ Conference (MSC) – the West’s premier – has become a €20‑Million militarist echo chamber

The Munich ‘Security’ Conference (MSC) – the West’s premier – has become a €20‑Million militarist echo chamber

The MSC’s closed groupthink militarism offers only one prescription — more weapons — even as record military expenditures, squeezed from taxpayers in economic crisis, destroy diplomacy and drive escalation to the highest war risks in decades. Jan Oberg TFF director February 13, 2026 From Dialogue Forum to Militarised Ritual For decades, the Munich Security Conference (MSC) – […]

Resist and Build Alternatives to the Trump Regime Now: Part 3

Resist and Build Alternatives to the Trump Regime Now: Part 3

By Jan ObergTFF co-founder and director February 11, 2026 PART 3 — ECONOMICS, TRADE & FINANCIAL SOVEREIGNTY A. Trade Measures & Market Signaling Economic pressure can be applied instantly and scaled without violence. Immediate Measures (within a week) Government boycott US goods and services  A very powerful signal which over time will be felt. Targeted […]

On the Anniversary of Iran’s Revolution: Key Lessons for Revolutionaries

On the Anniversary of Iran’s Revolution: Key Lessons for Revolutionaries

Farhang Jahanpour TFF Associate, former Board member February 11, 2026 Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Today, 11 February, marks the 47th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and coincidentally, it also marks the 15th anniversary of the ousting of Hosni Mubarak after 30 years of oppressive rule. There were […]

Resist and Build Alternatives to the Trump Regime Now: Part 2

Resist and Build Alternatives to the Trump Regime Now: Part 2

PART 2 — Diplomacy, Law and Nonviolent Power By Jan ObergTFF co-founder and director January 26, 2026 This is the second of four TFF-created idea portfolios designed to curb the global reach of the United States and, in both the short and long term, help catalyse a worldwide nonviolent resistance to what many observers describe […]

Resist and Build Alternatives to the Trump Regime Now: Part 1

Resist and Build Alternatives to the Trump Regime Now: Part 1

PART 1 — Media, Culture and Information Sovereignty By Jan ObergTFF co-founder and director January 20, 2026 This is the first of four TFF-created idea portfolios designed to curb the global reach of the United States and, in both the short and long term, help catalyse a worldwide nonviolent resistance to what many observers describe […]

How Governments and Citizens Can Stop the Trump Regime’s World-Threatening Designs

How Governments and Citizens Can Stop the Trump Regime’s World-Threatening Designs

AI created illustration after an idea by Jan Oberg – the EU flag in the right background Introduction to TFF’s forthcoming four Idea Portfolios of Diplomatic and Nonviolent Resistance By TFF’s Board & FoundersPascal Lottaz, Biljana Vankovska, Annette Schiffmann, Christina Spannar & Jan Oberg January 19, 2026 “America, you are too arrogant.” — Martin Luther […]

The Trump Regime’s “Peace Board” Is Another Brick in His Personal Occidental Empire

The Trump Regime’s “Peace Board” Is Another Brick in His Personal Occidental Empire

His Gaza proposal reveals a far larger and world-threatening project. It’s a bid to replace the UN — and this MAGAlomania must be stopped now. See my warning at the end. Jan Oberg, TFF director January 18, 2026 There are moments in political life when the surface events are so loud, so chaotic, so distracting […]