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 […]
Jan Oberg March 27, 2024 On March 18, Jan Oberg was a guest on CGTN’s “Dialogue” with Xu Qinduo. The conversation was related to the Global Democracy Forum, which was taking place around the same time ‘live’ in Beijing. Here is the link to YouTube where you can also find a few comments and a […]
Jan Oberg, TFF director February 22, 2024 The China Academy has produced some new videos with me – and those we made last year are still to be posted here. They have been seen by an estimated hundreds of millions around the world in about three months! In this one, I address various aspects of […]
![A regional strategy for sustainable peace for Israel & Palestine: [1]-[2]-[6]-[20]](https://i0.wp.com/transnational.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cole-keister-YGFyjZEDxf0-unsplash-1.jpg?fit=701%2C467&ssl=1 "A regional strategy for sustainable peace for Israel & Palestine: [1]-[2]-[6]-[20]")
Cole Keister on Unsplash Johan Galtung (1930-2024) February 20, 2024 IntroJohan Galtung published a comprehensive peace plan for the Middle East as early as 1971 – in the Journal of Peace Research (JPR). However, today SAGE Publications seems not ashamed to charge you £ 29 to download single articles. So here is a 2015 short […]
Jan Oberg January 31, 2024 Mass media has always been an important instrument of warfare, victimizing a broader truth and complexity. All countries promote certain narratives, whether by state, public service, “independent” or even free media. The West has lots of state-financed and state-influenced media, but it usually calls them “free” and other countries’ media […]
How much longer can Danes snore while their security and democracy are being stripped away and Danish politics increase the risk of World War III? Jan Oberg December 19, 2023 It’s a damn good thing we have Washington to inform the Danes about what’s coming, right before Christmas when people are thinking about everything else. […]
TFF Associates Lund, Sweden – December 17, 2023 As the brutal slaughtering in Gaza unfolds in increasingly horrific proportions, we, as an experienced research foundation for peaceful conflict resolution and peace-making since 1986, feel the urge to contribute our analytical points, sentiments and constructive conflict-resolution ideas. TFF also wants to be on record with this […]
A Conversation With Miko Peled December 5, 2023 Miko Peled is one of the most outspoken advocates of justice for Palestinians – but born and raised to a distinguished Zionist family. He is also a TFF Associate. In this conversation, you’ll learn about his background and path to a clearer understanding of his own society […]
December 3, 2023 Here is a very eloquent explanation of three underlying, non-material factors that explain how the occupier has built a mental self-defence that makes everything look normal and fine. Note Levy’s three very substantial points. More about Gideon Levy “Is Gideon Levy the most hated man in Israel or just the most heroic?” […]
Richard Falk TFF Associate November 10, 2023 [Prefatory Note: A slightly updated and modified interview on Gaza with Zeynep Busra Conkar, an Associate Producer of TRT World, published October 30, 2023, an important Turkish media platform. A link to a short audio excerpt: https://twitter.com/trtworld/status/1719078356577075573%5D TRT: Israel’s bloodlust shows international law is ‘a manipulated series of […]