What is it about China? 


What is it about China? 


Thore Vestby February 12, 2025 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. China has had an unprecedented development in the last 4 decades. It cannot be disputed. The progress list is long and covers absolutely everything, literally […]

No Extermination without Representation: U.S. Election 2024

No Extermination without Representation: U.S. Election 2024

“No Extermination without Representation,” Digital, Midjourney / Clip2Comic, 2024 Farhang Jahanpour TFF Associate & former Board member November 3, 2024 On November 5, the American people go to the polls in one of the most consequential elections for the United States and the world. Normally, outsiders should not interfere in other countries’ elections, although the […]

China and the U.S. – The future will be decided by economic influence, not military dominance

China and the U.S. – The future will be decided by economic influence, not military dominance

John Menadue March 6, 2024 Pearls and Irritations has posted an outstanding series of articles by Percy Allan on the so-called ‘China Threat‘. He highlighted that America is deeply divided and that promoting the China threat helps unite Americans; that unlike the UK and the US, China has no imperial legacy; that unlike the Soviet […]

How the CIA Destabilizes the World since 1947 – and Ukraine since 2014

How the CIA Destabilizes the World since 1947 – and Ukraine since 2014

Jan Oberg February 28, 2024 Jeffrey D. Sachs has recently written a short and highly informative article about the decades-long, disgustingly destructive activities of the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, in every corner of the world. Below, we bring you here the first part of that and then direct your attention to a very well-researched article […]

Ukraine – another lost US/NATO war with no regrets

Ukraine – another lost US/NATO war with no regrets

Jan Oberg December 13, 2023 One of the enigmatic aspects of international politics is that big and militarily superior countries have systematically lost wars in smaller countries – the last 50 years, from Vietnam to Ukraine. ’Losing’ here means military defeat, being forced out, losing the struggle for the hearts and minds of the people, […]

How Can We Combat Militarism?

How Can We Combat Militarism?

Richard E. Rubenstein October 23, 2023 Everyone knows that the United States is the world’s leading military power, with an annual “defense” budget approaching one trillion dollars, considerably more than the arms budgets of the next 144 nations combined. The U.S. employs more than 3.5 million active military and civilian personnel and maintains more than […]

John Mearsheimer: Dark Times Ahead for Israel

John Mearsheimer: Dark Times Ahead for Israel

Screenshot from AlJazeera, October 20, 2023 October 20, 2023 This is a shortened version of a must-watch Mearsheimer lecture. You may enjoy his clear-eyed vision as if it was given recently. However… Professor Mearsheimer gave it at the March 24, 2017, Israel Lobby and American Policy conference. One indicator of good versus bad research is […]

The U.S. destruction of Nord Stream Anniversary

The U.S. destruction of Nord Stream Anniversary

The destruction of Nord Stream – Anniversary on September 26.
Keep demanding that objective investigations are made so we can get the truth about this single biggest piece of economic warfare since 1945 in Europe.

Denmark’s Prime Minister Frederiksen knows nothing about Ukraine, conflict understanding and peace, but she wants war

Denmark’s Prime Minister Frederiksen knows nothing about Ukraine, conflict understanding and peace, but she wants war

“You must remember that Russia could stop this war right now.” 35 seconds is enough to realise that Jan Oberg 22 September, 2023 This article in Danish on my online home and blog. On 6 September, Denmark’ TV2 Channel ran a 35-second clip with the Prime Minister under the headline “Mette Frederiksen: You don’t win […]

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for US President: An Introduction to the Kennedy Campaign

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for US President: An Introduction to the Kennedy Campaign

Kristin Christman, TFF Associate September 20, 2023 Kristin Christman has written a unique analysis of what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. actually stands for and what values he builds his campaign on – to become the next President of the United States. You can read it here on The Transnational. This unbiased presentation – which she […]