New study: This is why the West is really doomed

New study: This is why the West is really doomed

Or how Ukraine will end Western hegemony Glenn Diesen talks with Pascal Lottaz May 16, 2024 In his new book “The Ukraine War and the Eurasian World Order”, Professor Glenn Diesen argues compellingly that the way the world used to work not only for the past century, but for the past 500 years is over […]

War on Gaza: Western powers never believed in a rules-based order

War on Gaza: Western powers never believed in a rules-based order

Liberal democracies remain shamefully complicit with Israel, despite its ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people Richard FalkTFF Associate April 26, 2024 Students of world politics have long understood that when it comes to the strategic interests of leading states, international law is marginalised unless it is useful in waging a propaganda war against adversaries.  Indeed, […]

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 […]

Three Avoidable Catastrophes

Three Avoidable Catastrophes

Farhang Jahanpour Professor emeritus & TFF Associate* April 10, 2024 The world is in turmoil and perhaps closer to the possibility of a devastating nuclear war than at any time since the Second World War. There are at least three ongoing conflicts that have the potential of expanding into something much more serious that will […]

Morality challenged: The moral void of the West

Morality challenged: The moral void of the West

With the superego dissolved, there is no felt obligation to judge oneself in reference to any external or abstract standard. Narcissistic tendencies flourish. A similar psychology removes the requisite for experiencing shame. Michael Brenner* April 8, 2024 Is there now a moral void at the heart of Western societies?  That question haunts us as governments in […]

The West’s Coming Fall and the Rise of the New Multipolar World in 7 Minutes

The West’s Coming Fall and the Rise of the New Multipolar World in 7 Minutes

Jan Oberg April 8, 2024 This 7-minute video was shot by The China Academy in January 2024, posted on Wave Media on YouTube and then picked up by Taiwan’s CTi News and the Chinese Global Times magazine. This means a very large audience. Here is the link to see the many comments it created. I’m […]

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 […]

NATO – A Steadfast Pretender

NATO – A Steadfast Pretender

NATO now holds its largest military exercise for decades, Steadfast Defender, involving 90 000 troops from all 31 NATO members and Sweden Jan Oberg February 19, 2024 Over the last 70 years, we have heard here in Europe that ”the Russians are coming.” During the old Cold War ending in 1991, they did come to […]

The Self-Isolation of the West

The Self-Isolation of the West

Gordon Hahn November 10, 2023 The world split is quickly evolving into something less like a split – if by ‘split’ one means a more or less evenly balanced division between two parts – and more like the isolation of one smaller part of the international community from a larger, significant or supermajority. Moreover, this […]

Germany’s ex-leader says the US stopped Ukraine from signing a peace deal last year

Germany’s ex-leader says the US stopped Ukraine from signing a peace deal last year

Gerhard Schroeder’s revelations about why negotiations broke down last spring are even more depressing than you might think. Why did the US/NATO world want the war to continue when it could have been stopped long ago? Tarik Cyril Amar* October 26, 2023 In a much-cited interview, ex-German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has stated that a compromise […]