Articles by Johan Galtung
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Johan Galtung, January 19, 2012 Davos: The 1% world
Johan Galtung, January 12, 2012 Where are we heading? On history, social groups and fights…
Johan Galtung, December 28, 2011 Who was Jesus?
Johan Galtung, December 20, 2011 Right wing extremism? Or Fascism?
Johan Galtung, December 13, 2011 Poor USA: What a Choice!
Johan Galtung, December 4, 2011 Three crisis, three ideas – North-South, Lift the Bottom Up and Human Development
Johan Galtung, November 29, 2011 The Arab Revolt – What’s next?
Johan Galtung, November 24, 2011 Kashmir-Afghanistan-Central Asia Speaking upon receiving the Abdul Ghaffer Khan International Peace-Builder Award
Johan Galtung, November 12, 2011 The bad in the good and the good in the bad
Johan Galtung, November 1, 2011 Mexico – lots of problems but new winds are blowing too
Johan Galtung, October 27, 2011 Columbia-revisited: Ultra-stability !! On the deep ongoing conflicts and some peace-promoting solutions
Johan Galtung, October 19, 2011 And the world moves South and East A macro-spiritual coming together in the future
Johan Galtung, October 19, 2011 The economic crisis: 7 proposals
Johan Galtung, October 4, 2011 And then the decline and fall of China? Ask yourself how many people in the West can deal with China in this macro-perspective. Here we never tire of talking about human rights in China while benefitting from cheap Chinese labour, says Jan Oberg
Johan Galtung, September 27, 2011 A (North) East Asian Community – with two important appendices. Speech given in China.
Johan Galtung, September 20, 2011 Japan, Article 9 and the Self-Defence Forces
Johan Galtung, July 25, 2011 Norway 7/22. What? And then what?
Johan Galtung with Abbas Aroua, July 20, 2011 OIC – Organization of Islamic Conference becomes Cooperation
Johan Galtung, July 11, 2011 The West has a peace theory – and it’s a bad one
Johan Galtung, July 5, 2011 Rule of Law versus Rule of Mediation
Johan Galtung, June 28, 2011 Libya: Deep structure and the surface
Johan Galtung, June 13, 2011 Retired all over the world – unite!! Learn the difference between jobs and work!
Johan Galtung, May 17, 2011 What happened to the Western Left?
Johan Galtung, May 11, 2011 Osama and Obama
Johan Galtung, April 18, 2011 On Libya and the role of Western countries historically and today (RT video)
Johan Galtung & David Swanson, April 11, 2011 The Libya War could last 20 years or more
Johan Galtung, March 14, 2011 A broader discourse needed about what’s happening in the Middle East…
Johan Galtung, February 28, 2011 The Decline of the US Republic
Johan Galtung, February 23, 2011 Think cosmically, act globally, eat locally
Johan Galtung, February 16, 2011 World history unfolding: What’s next?
Johan Galtung, February 7, 2011 World history unfolding II
Johan Galtung, January 31, 2011 World history unfolding The larger perspective on Tunesia, Egypt, Lebanon, etc.
Johan Galtung, January 26, 2011 On Olof Palme and world interests A lecture at Leeds. From his personal friendship to global reflections…
Johan Galtung, January 21, 2011 US versus China – and the Nobel Peace Prize
Johan Galtung, December 30, 2010 Women in the 21st century
Johan Galtung, December 27, 2010 The Middle East – One more look Reflections while riding a bus – and 12 predictions about Israel
Johan Galtung, December 16, 2010 The Korean Peninsula: Two scenarios Johan Galtung’s speech at receiving the distinguished DMZ Peace Prize
Johan Galtung, December 6, 2010 Global domestic policy – and Wikileaks
Johan Galtung, December 1, 2010 Islam and the West – Some differences
Johan Galtung, November 23, 2010 Hitler and the Germans
Johan Galtung, November 19, 2010 Civilization as a way of life
Johan Galtung, November 15, 2010 The decline and fall of Norway
Johan Galtung, October 25, 2010 The UN, peace and peace education
Johan Galtung, October 24, 2010 Singing Boris Vian’s "Le Deserteur" from 1954
Johan Galtung, October 18, 2010 Peace as a way of life
Johan Galtung, October 15, 2010 The Western Peace Prize
Johan Galtung, October 7, 2010 The future of what was once Yugoslavia New models for each, several and all units of that torn-apart Yugosphere
Johan Galtung, September 29, 2010 China and world harmony – some ideas from a bird’s eye perspective
Johan Galtung, September 14, 2010 China Ying/Yang A talk at the Beijing Foreign Studies University
Johan Galtung, August 31, 2010 Japan right now. What is happening? A view from Kyoto
Johan Galtung, August 25, 2010 Education and peacebuilding
Johan Galtung on Democracy Now! June 25, 2010 I love the US Republic & I hate the US Empire! – 4 parts on YouTube
Johan Galtung, May 31, 2010 Where is the world economy heading?
Johan Galtung, April 19, 2010 International norms and standards Galtung’s speech to ASEAN, a bird’s eye view of contradictions worldwide
Johan Galtung, April 6, 2010 A world of regions and the EU role?
Johan Galtung on BBC, December 12, 2009 Why Obama does not deserve that Prize and why the Nobel Committee violates the will of Alfred Nobel
Johan Galtung in Ahmedabad, Nov 30, 2009 Incredible India…they say Turning its back on Gandhi, selling itself to the US, facing new conflicts – but there are also solutions all the way around.
Johan Galtung, November 9, 2009 Johan Galtung in Seoul speaking on the Eastern Cold War that we always forget in the West… The trilateral conflict USA-North Kore-South Korea
Johan Galtung, October 26, 2009 China and the global economic crisis
Johan Galtung, Transcend Media, October 5, 2009 Gandhi and Mao – two giants comparedJohan Galtung, Transcend Media Service, October 2 – Gandhi Day
The tide is turning – away from the West On the recent UN General Assembly, on Obama, Qaddafi, Chavéz, Israel and China. A fascinating bird’s eye view contrasting the uniform coverage in the Western mainstream media of that same event.
Johan Galtung, August 30, 2009 More creativity, please! On Michelin meals, the Japanese election result and the boredom over much political.
Johan Galtung, July 6, 2009 Honduras and Iran: What is going on?
Johan Galtung, Transcend, April 6, 2009 G20. NATO. And the world The West is behind. Do not be surprised if the rest of the world is not waiting, but finds its own way.
Johan Galtung, March 26, 2009 The Energy-Environment-Development Triad Concluding talk, Energy Pact Conference, Geneva, March 16-17 2009.
Johan Galtung, September 29, 2008 The U.S. economic crisis: 10 proposals
Johan Galtung, September 26, 2008 – TFF Video Channel Can Japan become sovereign and peaceful? Japan’s deep culture, its relations with its neighbours, why it is a client state of the U.S., and how it can change and become a factor for world peace
Johan Galtung, September 24, 2008 – TFF Video Channel Galtung’s "True Worlds" – As Told Between Two Planes On the world after the U.S. Empire has gone, on civilizations, global governance, the UN – and the coming Muslim-Hindu conflict
Johan Galtung, February 21, 2008 Kosova’s independence – a crime against the Serbs and a crippling of the United Nations
Johan Galtung, at the UN, October 2, 2007
Gandhi’s struggle against imperialism: Five points
Point 1: Never fear dialogue
Point 2: Never fear conflict: more opportunity than danger
Point 3: Know History or you are doomed to repeat it (Burke)
Point 4: Image the future or you will never get there
Point 5: While fighting occupation clean up your own house!
One of the most enlightening speeches at the UN for years…
Johan Galtung, March 22, 2007 Learning from Gandhi – Towards a nonviolent world order Presented at the Satyagraha Centenary in New Delhi, the author presents a fascinating vision of the world atructured around regions and with a fading West. Two important Appendices about Kashmir and about why Gandhi did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize (like a few others).
Johan Galtung, Jan Öberg & Håkan Wiberg, Aftonbladet, 5:e mars 2007 "Ohållbart om Kosovo" Ahtisaaris plan är orättvis och kommer att leda till ökat våld. Varför är Martti Ahtisaaris så kallade medling om Kosovo och presstäckningen av denna så partisk och så lite objektiv? Galtung, Øberg & Wiberg, Jyllands-Posten, 28. februar 2007 En uholdbar plan Martti Ahtisaaris forslag til Kosovo-provinsens fremtidige status er fredsforhindrende, mener forfatterne, der er tilknyttet den Transnationale Stiftelse for Freds- og Fremtidsforskning, TFF. De har fulgt udviklingen på Balkan i over 30 år.
Johan Galtung, January 5, 2007 A mini theory of peace
Johan Galtung, August 23, 2006 What does professionalization in peace research mean? A path-breaking analysis – with autobiographical inputs – of how to move beyond the dichotomy between government "Realism" and civil society organizations/peace movements "Idealism." Deals also with the code of conduct and accountability of the peace reseacrcher/worker and the parallel with the health worker.
Johan Galtung, August 4, 2006 The Middle East and the EU as a solution model There are three building blocks – and not at all unrealistic. There are moderate and legitimate demands and extremist demands; the latter must be substituted on all sides. But most important: there is a model for a sustainable solution: that of the European Community or Union. Thus, we need a new comprehensive approach beyond today’s rather naive proposals. The road to security for all goes through peace!
Johan Galtung, 26. juni 2006 Hva gør Norge i Afghanistan? Fem gode punkter ved en mæglingssession i Peshawar kontrasteret af en forudsigelse: "Stabilitet kan man trygt se bort fra. At den hundre år gamle krigen mellom det angloamerikansk-kristne og det arabisk-islamske skal stilne av kan man også trygt se bort fra, unntatt overfor Spania med den eneste vestlige politiker med klarsyn, Zapatero. Heroinen vil fortsatt nå frem til vestens gater. Pengene vil fortsatt flyte inn i de korruptes lommer…"
Johan Galtung, June 21, 2006 USA & UK versus Iran: A Transcend perspective Diagnosis, prognosis and therapy: "The keys to acceptable and sustainable ways out of this conflict are in the subtexts, not in the texts. Why is the obvious road toward a solution not even discussed?
Johan Galtung, TFF Associate, July 15, 2005 Human rights and the illegal US/UK attack on Iraq By some counts the attack on Iraq is US aggression no. 239 after the Thomas Jefferson start in the early 19th century and no. 69 after the Second world war; with between 12 and 16 million killed in that period alone. All of it is in flagrant contradiction of the most basic human rights, like the "right to life, liberty and security of persons" (Universal Declaration, UD:3) and the condemnation of the "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" (UD:5).
Johan Galtung, TFF Associate, July 14, 2005 The Korean Peninsula: From the DMZ to a Zone of Peace What world conflict formations are the two divided Koreas part of? How can we envisage them coming closer to each other? Can the present 2+4 talks be supported by a parallel process? And how can today’s De-Militarised Zone be turned into a Zone of Peace useful for the Koreans and everyone else? Compared with the general reporting in our media, Galtung’s speech offers much richer perspectives, opens up for broader understanding and convinces us that there is a lot of constructive things that can be done.
PressInfo 223, July 13, 2005 Economic Boycott as Nonviolence Economic boycott was very important in Gandhi’s way of fighting the U.K. Empire. Any boycott of the United States should be informed by Gandhian nonviolence. The purpose is to reduce and eliminate the U.S. military, economic, political and cultural choking grip on the world, not to kill U.S. children by hitting the U.S. economy. By Johan Galtung.
PressInfo 223, 27. juli, 2005 Økonomisk boykot som ikkevold Økonomisk boykot var helt central i Gandhis kamp mod det britiske imperium. Enhver boykot af USA må inspireres af gandhiansk ikkevold. Formålet må være at ramme det amerikanske militær, økonomien, politikken og det kulturelle kvælertag om verden, som imperiet har – derimod ikke at dræbe dets børn eller skabe problemer for befolkningen. Af Johan Galtung.
PressInfo 223, 27. juli, 2005 Ekonomisk boykott som ickevåld Ekonomisk boykott var hel centralt i Gandhis kamp mod det britiska imperiet. Varje boykott av USA bör inspireras av gandhiaskt tänkande. Syftet är att minska och avlägsna USA:s kvävande militära, politiska och kulturella grepp om världen. Målet är USA-imperiet, inte republiken USA.
Johan Galtung, TFF Associate, June 4, 2005 Peace Studies – A Ten Point Primer Historic! A concise, handy introduction to peace studies, a lecture at the histoic first meeting ever in China, at Nanjin University, on peace studies.
Solana’s – and the EU’s? – foreign policy: A non-starter
State Terrorism/Terrorism, USA/Iraq, Israel/Palestine Right Now
Human Needs, Humanitarian Intervention, Human Security and the War in Iraq
On the Coming Decline and Fall of the US Empire The fall of the empire (posted on Transcend.org)
Towards the Abolition of Nuclear Weaponry: A Theological Approach
USA-Iraq: There are Alternatives! And Resistance is Possible
The Iraq Conflict 2002: A TRANSCEND Perspective
September 11/October 7, 2001 and its Aftermath: Three Discourses
September 11, 2001: Diagnosis, Prognosis, Therapy
Tid for oppjør med Norges skam (med Jørgen Johansen)
Velkommen til Kald Krig II
Review of Zelim Skurbaty’s "As If People Mattered"
The Oslo Accords: a flawed process. The TRANSCEND perspective as a constructive alternative
Northern Ireland – Some dialogue-based reflections (with Terence Duffy)
The Tokyo-Pyongyang negotiations – some reflections on reconciliation
From demilitarised zones to zones of peace
The World in Economic Crisis
