China’s comparative advantage in knowledge about the West

China’s comparative advantage in knowledge about the West

And its positive attitude to the West Jan Oberg Shanghai, China, September 16, 2024 When travelling around China, one of many things to note is that the Chinese are very positive toward the West, make use of Western inspirations, and know much more about the West than Westerners know about China.This is quite remarkable because, […]

“Liberating the United Nations: Realism with Hope”

“Liberating the United Nations: Realism with Hope”

Review of this new book by TFF Associates Richard Falk and Hans von Sponeck John Burley August 21, 2024 Contemporary reports of the birth of the United Nations in June 1945 in San Francisco warmly welcomed the news of its establishment and congratulated the United States for conceiving and delivering the new international organisation. President […]

NATO believes we don’t need a foreign policy

NATO believes we don’t need a foreign policy

A “Thinkers Forum” interview with TFF Associate Biljana Vankovska, professor at Skopje University. August 21, 2024 It’s produced by The China Academy in Shanghai and speaks for itself with no need for an introduction.

NATO outdated at 75, Peaceful Coexistence is not

NATO outdated at 75, Peaceful Coexistence is not

Jan Oberg July 16, 2024 On July 11, 2024, after the NATO Washington Summit, Global Times in Beijing was so kind as to publish my comparative thoughts on the famous Five Principles on Peaceful Coexistence – just celebrated in Beijing – and five principles I have extracted from NATO’s concepts and policies. Quite a contrast! […]

Service in Dissent: Joint Statement of U.S. Government Officials Who Have Resigned over U.S. policy towards Gaza, Palestine, and Israel

Service in Dissent: Joint Statement of U.S. Government Officials Who Have Resigned over U.S. policy towards Gaza, Palestine, and Israel

July 4, 2024 “Each of us has had our own experience of the cascading failures of process, leadership, and decision-making that have characterized this Administration’s intransigent response to this continuing calamity. Taken together, these paint a picture of an overlapping and systemic set of problems in this Administration’s policy approach, and a series of warnings […]

A Judicial Web of Confusion: the ICJ, ICC, and Civil Society or Peoples Tribunals

A Judicial Web of Confusion: the ICJ, ICC, and Civil Society or Peoples Tribunals

Richard FalkAnd TFF Associate and dear friend since 1986. June 5, 2024 An intriguing sideshow during the seven months of savage genocidal violence against the entrapped Palestinian population of an estimated 2.3 million has been the attention given to international law and to international procedures available for its interpretation and enforcement. To begin with, many […]

Putin is back for another six years, this is what his foreign policy will look like

Putin is back for another six years, this is what his foreign policy will look like

When he first took office, the Russian president was trying to integrate with the West, now the whole ball game has changed Fyodor Lukyanov May 30, 2024 The question of how Russia’s foreign policy will be managed during President Vladimir Putin’s new term seems redundant, if not irrelevant. The head of state is a man […]

The better world emerging 25 years after NATO’s unlawful bombing of Yugoslavia.

The better world emerging 25 years after NATO’s unlawful bombing of Yugoslavia.

April 22, 2024 Jan Oberg’s 19-minute lecture held at the Memorial Conference marking the 25th anniversary of NATO’s unlawful bombing of Yugoslavia. Recorded on March 23, 2024. He first tells why he was in Belgrade during the bombing and then explains how that bombing was a turning point towards the new multipolar – and better […]

A Swedish peace movement is tearing apart the Defence Cooperation Agreement, DCA, between the U.S. and Sweden regarding 17 U.S. bases.

A Swedish peace movement is tearing apart the Defence Cooperation Agreement, DCA, between the U.S. and Sweden regarding 17 U.S. bases.

The agreement has much more serious consequences for Sweden than the people have been told – and it’s a binding agreement that shall be debated in parliament ex-post in violation of normal democratic procedures. We publish it in English to alert an international audience to the DCS’s extremely problematic character and warn other countries not […]

Weaknesses of the U.S. National Security Strategy 2022: Equating security with superiority in a “race to the top.” 11 parts.

Weaknesses of the U.S. National Security Strategy 2022: Equating security with superiority in a “race to the top.” 11 parts.

Kristin Christman TFF Associate March 12, 2024 A major publishing event in the field of security studies A unique and very thorough 11-part analysis of the US National Security Strategy from October 2022. Christman began publishing it at the beginning of May 2023. If you want to know what the United States is up to […]

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