By Jan Oberg • December 12, 2017, marks the anniversary of the liberation – the West called it fall – of Aleppo in Syria. What happened is conveniently forgotten today by the West. Some of us can’t and won’t forget what was both world, regional and local history. Important for Syria, for the West and […]
Via theintercept.com Even as President Donald Trump faces ever-intensifying investigations into the alleged connections between his top aides and family members and powerful Russian figures, he serves as commander in chief over a U.S. military that is killing an astonishing and growing number of civilians. Under Trump, the U.S. is re-escalating its war in Afghanistan, […]
Via lobelog.com November 28, 2017 By Emile Nakhleh • Saudi-Israeli relations, especially between their intelligence services, started several years back under the direction of Bandar bin Sultan, a former Saudi ambassador to Washington and a former director of the Saudi national security council. These relations, however, accelerated significantly during the P5+1 negotiations over the Iran nuclear deal, […]
Nils Gunnar Westberg Born June 29, 1938 in Sundsvall, Sweden After having served as TFF Associate since 2002, Gunnar Westberg joined the Board of the foundation in October 2008.
From 2018 and onwards, TFF’s themes and programs focus on these areas with criticism and constructive alternatives for each: 1. The Middle East – Conflicts, changes and future peace options. Focus on Iran with three sub-projects: A) Countering the West’s negative view. B) Help develop academic peace research at Tehran’s University. C) A photo book […]
Selected links to magazines, bloggers, analytic institutions and some civil society organisations – not daily news. Will be supplement on an ongoing basis with links to media outside the West, i.e. NATO and the EU). Missing a link? You are welcome to send us a suggestion. Agence Global Alternet American Committee for East-West Accord, ACEWA […]
By Jan Oberg • OK, it’s from Russia Today so you should of course not trust it but somehow this video and text and the man in it seems quite factual, not fake and obviously not omitted. It documents that Eric Emerson Schmidt, the Executive Chairman of Alphabet – an American multinational conglomerate that owns […]
History and productivity The Transnational Foundation for Peace & Future Research, TFF, was established on January 1, 1986. It’s been on the Internet since 1997. It produces research, policy studies and public education. Since its foundation it has had over 130 Associates in the Nordic countries and around the world – peace researchers, international affairs […]