Background and CV May 27, 2025 Dr Pascal Lottaz joined TFF as an Associate in May 2025 and became a board member in November of the same year. Very short bio Dr. Pascal Lottaz is an Associate Professor at Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Law and Hakubi Center (Japan). He researches neutrality in international relations […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Peter Peverelli November 22, 2024 This is a chapter in a TFF anthology in the making – “If You Want To Understand China.” Foreword, Introduction, Authors and Table of Content here. Gordon DumoulinEchoes Of Volatile And Delusive Memory: Challenging Historical Interpretations Introduction ”Should the West see China as a threat or as an opportunity, a […]
November 16, 2024 I. Introduction The initiative for the “Nordic Delegation to China, September 7-15, 2024” was taken from the Norwegian side. Journalist and former editor Arild Vollan wanted to investigate claims in the media about an ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs in the autonomous region of Xinjiang in western China. Vollan selected an independent, […]
October 27, 2024 BILJANA VANKOVSKA is a full professor of international relations and peace studies at the Institute for Security, Defense, and Peace, Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia. Since the mid-1990s, she has been a pioneer in peace and conflict studies in the country. Her research interests span international […]
Swanson is the founding director of World Beyond War and a TFF Associate. Fredrik Heffermehl (1938-2023) established the prize, which Lay Down Your Arms awards. This is the public announcement about the November 10, 2024, ceremony in Oslo. You are hereby cordially invited! LAY DOWN YOUR ARMSThe Real Nobel Peace Prize for 2024IS AWARDED THE […]
Jan Oberg July 7, 2024 TFF Associate, Professor Chaiwat Satha-Anand has died at 69: Professor of nonviolence who opened path to peace in Thailand Noblest and kindest among – and for – humanity. TFF Associate since 1991 and a dear friend of Christina and me since before that, a great scholar of nonviolence, a mediator […]