Treasures – TFF Associates’ productions
Topical contributions – some for debate, some for theoretical discussion, much about conflict-resolution, the UN and other themes central to international affairs.
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Articles 2008
Francis A. Boyle, Baltimore Indymedia, March 6, 2008 Civil resistance in the age of Bush and Cheney Civil Resistance to the wrongdoings of U.S. regimes has a long, and honorable, history. In his well documented tome, “Protesting Power: War, Resistance, and Law,” Professor Francis A. Boyle captures the essence of that story. He explains how “civil resistance” differs from “civil disobedience.” He also cites cases, where he was involved as an attorney and/or expert witness.
Michel Chossudovsky, March 5, 2008 The US-NATO Preemptive Nuclear Doctrine: Trigger a Middle East Nuclear Holocaust to Defend "The Western Way of Life" With a few exceptions, there’s a scientific and intellectual vacuum: No research, no analysis, no comprehension of the meaning of a nuclear holocaust which in a real sense threatens the future of humanity. There is a tacit acceptance of a diabolical and criminal military agenda. The US-NATO doctrine to use nukes on a preemptive basis with a view to "saving the Western World’s way of life" is not challenged in any meaningful way either by academics or media experts in strategic studies.
Richard Falk, March 5, 2008 What to expect from the next American president in the Middle East
Chaiwat Satha-Anand, March 4, 2008 October 6, 1976 and the case of collective amnesia?
Shastri Ramachandaran, March 4, 2008 Trouble in the Terai – Nepal’s next big problem
Jan Oberg, February 29, 2008 Can the EU become a peace-maker in the world? In Kosovo? A critique of the Union’s policy vis-a-vis Kosovo and Serbia and mention of Francesco Marelli’s vision on a sort of Ministry of Peace for the EU – and an alternative European Security Strategy.
Daisaku Ikeda, February 13, 2008 2008 Peace Proposal: Humanizing Religion, Creating Peace A major event in peace politics every year…
Gunnar Westberg, 11:e februari 2008 NATO, Sverige och kärnvapen
Daisaku Ikeda, in Japan Times, February 13, 2008 Say No to nukes in the Arctic The Artic should become a nuclear weapons-free zone
Gunnar Westberg, Aftonbladet, 11:e februari 2008 Trots nedrustning finns fortfarande kärnvapen nog för att förinta Jorden Carl Bildt är anmärkningsvärt passiv…
David Krieger, February 4, 2008 Required reading for assuring the future Jonathan Schell’s new book on the nuclear dilemma
Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, January 20, 2008 Al Qaeda and the "War on Terrorism"
Stefan de Vylder, Yusra Moshtat & Jan Öberg Svenska Dagbladet 17:e januari 2008 Margot Wallström "glömde" kriget I en artikel på SvD Brännpunkt den 13/1 lyckas hon med det som borde vara omöjligt: en lång artikel om hur EU arbetar för fred utan att med ett ord nämna någon av de krigs- och konflikthärdar som idag utgör de allvarligaste hoten mot världsfreden: Irak, Afghanistan och Israel/Palestina. Tystnaden om krig och ockupationer i en artikel om EU:s fredsarbete är tyvärr föga förvånande. Margot Wallströms svar
Shastri Ramachandaran, The Tribune India, January 7, 2008 End of truce – Sri Lanka declares a new war
Articles 2007
Jan Øberg i "Poul Friis", DR – 21. december 2007 Fred i verden? En samtale og ringe-ind program om freden, julefred og anden fred.
Jan Oberg, IPS, November 27, 2007 The Ballistic Missile "Defence": US offensive mega-terrorism See the larger picture that the BMD is part of. Look through the media hype and understand why this is terrorism that dwarfs Bin Laden…
Jørgen Johansen, Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 12:e december 2007 Fredspris på fel grunder Den norska Nobelkommittén bryter mot viljan i Nobels testamente.
Francis Boyle, December 10, 2007 The illegalities of US foreign policy and wars Boyle’s 4-part Bertrand Russell Lectures at McMaster’s University in Canada. Few can present the case better than this TFF Associate, with all details and references to the very international law framwork which the Bush administration deliberately and systematically undermines.
Francis Boyle, Global Research – November 8, 2007 Bush Threat of World War III: Cuban Missile Crisis Redux the Neo-Cons in the Bush Jr. administration believe that with the deployment of a facially successful strategic nuclear first-strike capability necessarily including A.B.M.s, the U.S. government could ultimately compel nuclear-armed Russia or China or both to do its bidding during a geopolitical crisis (e.g., over Iran or Cuba again).
Farhang Jahanpour, Journal of Globalisation for the Common Good, November 1, 2007 Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Sufis: From Puritanism to Transcendentalism At a time when political relations between Iran and the United States are so tense and the two nations are viewing each other with hostility and suspicion, it is important to remember that the cultural and literary relations between them have not always been so acrimonious.
David Krieger, October 31, 2007 The Sunflower Newsletter on nuclear policies and abolition Articles by Jimmy Carter, David Krieger a.o. plus lots of information resources.
Kamran Mofid, November 1, 2007 The Journal of Globalization for the Common Good – Autumn 2007 inclding the Istanbul Declaration The editors foreword
Shastri Ramachandaran, October 30, 2007 Nepal on knife-edge – Peace process being cut to pieces The message is that henceforth the Maoists will call the shots; that they are not bound by the agreements to which they are a party. And, if they continue to swear by the peace process it is only to bind the SPA to abide by the terms the Maoists dictate.
Jan Oberg, October 24, 2007 Let us celebrate the Second UN There is another UN than the power house in New York, a Second UN you never hear about. There is even a Third and Future UNs. In spite of all, the Second UN is doing a fine job where it matters most and where media don’t report from. It is the member governments, more than the UN, that have failed to realise the dreams of a better world. Reform the members and the UN can still do miracles. But aren’t we too nationalistic to do just that?
Michel Chossudovsky, GlobalResearch.ca – October 17, 2007 Bush’s World War III We are not living in a sound and rational World, where far-reaching decisions by the US President are based on an understanding of their likely consequences. World War III is no longer a hypothetical scenario.
National Public Radio – Talk of the Nation Gore Nobel sparks debate over climate and peace Jan Oberg and Stephan Faris discuss the prize and the issue, with people calling in. 3 million listeners, 300 radio stations in the US. Listen to it (17 minutes).
Jan Oberg, October 12, 2007 The Nobel Peace Prize 2007: A great misjudgement It can only devalue the Prize itself and make a mockery of peace when Al Gore get it – remember he was vicepresident when Clinton and others missed the opportunity to creat a better world, bombed Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Sudan…
Jan Öberg, 12:e oktober 2007 Nobelpriset 2007 till Al Gore – en allvarlig felbedömning
Birgitte Rahbek, 12. oktober 2007 Lad konfliktløsning bane vejen
David R. Loy, October 9, 2007 Why we love war A profound, philosopical piece on why war seems attractive to so many. It has to do with a deep civilisational feeling of lacking something in our lives, with our craving for identity and community. Here is a Buddhist perspective, eminently readable by anyone – and non-Buddhists will get an extra benefit from this professor and Buddhist teacher.
Per Gahrton homepage, October 2007 Kashmir – Secession and independence, or district-based plebiscite and partition – or autonomy and soft borders? Some options for a solution to the Kasmir conflict based upon Nordic experiences. Gahrton here develops the four-point formula by President Musharraf from December 2006.
Per Gahrton, Cogito, oktober, 2007 Håller kineserna på att bli miljömedvetna? Intryck from ett Kina-besök tillsammans med Europas Gröna.
David Krieger, September 27, 2007 US leadership for a nuclear weapons free world Here is the argument against the "death plan"
Riane Eisler, Alternet.com, September 13, 2007 The ignored issue that can get progressives elected The failure by the current administration and its congressional allies to care for America’s children gives progressives the opportunity to reclaim an area they’ve tragically neglected.
Jørgen Johansen, 20:e september 2007 Bomba Iran – Säg ifrån nu ! Ett angrepp på Iran skulle få konsekvenser som gör kriget i Irak till en detalj – skall ett angrepp undvikas så är det nu man ska säga ifrån!
Jake Lynch, August 15, 2007 Hope rings out in voices of protest Remember, when you see news pictures of activists being carted off by robocops guarding delegates to the APEC summit, their dissent from the official line is keeping alive the prospect of peace. They, in short, are the guardians of democracy and the hope of a safer world that we could now create.
David Krieger, August 10, 2007 The greatest immediate danger to humanity The more nuclear weapons in the world, the more likely they will end up in the hands of terrorist extremists incapable of being deterred. The longer nations rely on nuclear weapons for security, the more likely it is that they will be used, by accident or design.
Jørgen Johansen, 30:e juli 2007 Vi blir bara fler och fler Från tidigt 1800-tal låg antalet stater i världen relativt konstant runt 50–60 i hundratrettio år. Men sedan andra världskrigets slut har antalet nästan tredubblats. Vilken betydelse får det egentligen att antalet stater i världen ökar?
Jørgen Johansen, 14:e juli 2007 Journalister i fångenskap Det er skillnad på journalist och journalist i medierna. Johansen jämför mediebevakningen av Sami al-Haj i Guantanamo och BBC-journalisten Alan Johnston.
Hans von Sponeck, Current Concerns, June 25, 2007 Returning to the worst days of the Cold War I am convinced that, due to this militarised politization of Nato, we have taken a big step backwards to what is not only a Cold War atmosphere between major powers, but also, and this is the tragedy, to an increase in defence spending in many countries including China, Russia, and Western Europe. The key words ought to be dialogue and diplomacy…
Daisaku Ikeda, June 15, 2007 Message to TFF One of the world’s foremost peace leaders writes to TFF
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Johansen, 1. juni 2007
En
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Konsult Göran Persson minskar chanserna för att Norge
ska köpa Jas, skriver fredsforskaren Jørgen Johansen.
Sören Sommelius, 30:e maj, 2007 "Buddha i världen" Sören Sommelius recenserar Pankaj Mishras bok – "För buddhismen står det dagliga enkla livet i centrum. Men det mesta i vår tid fokuserar på andra värden, tillväxt, ökad förbrukning och mångfaldigade behov av ständigt nya varor och tjänster, allt det som Buddha varnade för."
Michel Chossudovsky, GlobalResearch.ca, May 19. 2007 "Democratic transition" at the World Bank The Wolfowitz scandal is a smokescreen. The real reasons of Wolfowitz’s demise are political. What this dismissal suggests is that lead Neo-Conservatives, despite their apparent political clout are often vulnerable and defenseless. They do not constitute the ultimate source of political power. Acting on behalf of the dominant corporate and financial elites, they are instruments or proxies, which can readily be replaced.
Gunnar Westberg & Frida Sundberg, Göteborgs-Posten, 10:e maj 2007 Svenskt medlemskap i Nato är moraliskt oförsvarbart Att Nato:s kärnvapendoktrin accepterades av medlemsländerna under det kalla kriget är kanske förståeligt. Att Sverige skulle ta på sig denna moraliska börda när fred råder i Europa vore oförsvarligt.
Daisaku Ikeda, May 2, 2007 Restoring the Human Connection: The First Step to Global Peace Much of the responsibility for the current situation must be laid at the feet of the states already possessing nuclear weapons. Any effective movement toward nuclear disarmament must be predicated on the sincere efforts of the existing nuclear-weapon states to disarm.
Richard Falk, April 30, 2007 Responsible scholarship in ‘dark times’ Each of the concerns expressed here calls for a defiant spirit of truthfulness that may entail some adverse consequences. There are concerted campaigns afoot within the society to purge university ranks of radical voices and to intimidate still further the rest of the academic community. It is a historical moment that is severely testing the vitality and moral wellbeing of academic professionalism.
Nordic Peace Academy, April 27, 2007 Nyt Nordisk Fredsakademi i Norge – anmeld dig til august Several TFF Associates are involved in developing Nordisk Fredsakademi, among them Johan Galtung, Hakan Wiberg, Jan Oberg, Dietrich Fischer. (Website so far only in Norwegian)
Farhang Jahanpour, April 27, 2007 From Yeltsin’s Christian funeral to the war on terror Starting out with the interesting details of that funeral and the upsurge in religious sentiments worldwide, Jahanpour focuses on the general relationship between politics and religion in different culture, reminds us of Nietzsche, continues to CIA’s role in provoking the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and ends with what we can learn from it all concerning the – failed – war on terror today.
Riane Eisler’s pathbreaking book, April 25, 2007 The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics From the author of the bestselling classic The Chalice and The Blade – Proposes a dramatic new economic model that could help resolve many of the most critical problems we face today- Offers concrete steps for putting this model into practice. See its table of content, first pages and how to order here.
Jan Øberg, 11. april 2007 Hvad er fred? Opsummering af 35 års tanker og praksis Fred er at sikre udvikling og udvikle sikkerhed med ikkevold og mangfoldighed – og meget mere…
Sören Sommelius, 22:a mars 2007 I drakens huvud – Shanghai: "Att bli rik är ärofyllt" ! En mångsidig berättelse omett omtumlande besök i megastaden – og med historiska trådar till Helsingborg og författarens vind.
Sören Sommelius, 22:a mars 2007 I de "humanitära" krigens tid Recension av Jean Bricmont’s "Humanitär imperialism"
Sören Sommelius, 22:a mars 2007 Recension av Amartya Sen’s "Identitet och våld."
Doris Kruckenberg, 21. marts 2007 Anmeldelse af H. C. Bonnichsens bog "Hånden. En PET- og politikrønike."
Farhang Jahanpour, March 10, 2007 Fundamentalism versus liberalism The biggest challenge that mankind faces today is to prevent the views of the ‘men of zeal’ to predominate. What the world is facing is not a clash of civilisations, but a clash between a liberal and pluralistic view of the world, and one based on religious and political dogmatism and fundamentalism.
TPU – Transcend Peace University Course Announcement, Spring 2007 On-line peace university, 19 courses, 8 course directors are TFF Associates
Daisaku Ikeda, February 21, 2007 Dag Hammarskjöld’s commitment to dialogue I believe there is much we can learn from the life and example of Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the organization. His achievements shine in the annals of UN history, and his moral force and integrity as the "conscience of the United Nations" command wide respect to this day.
Gunnar Westberg, Dagen Nyheter, 19 februari 2007 Klockan fem minuter i tolv Vad kan i längden hindra ett storskaligt kärnvapenkrig? Den hotfulla bilden av svampmolnet har åter blivit aktuell, men Gunnar Westberg ser hopp i ett oväntat amerikanskt initiativ.
Jan Oberg, February 14, 2007 What is peace? My summary of 35 years of thinking and practising
Francis A. Boyle, February 14, 2007 The 18th Annual Bertrand Russell Peace Lectures: The legacy of B. Russell: Principle of confronting power Listen to "Palestinians and International Law" and "The US National Campaign to Impeach Bush" held at McMaster University.
Doris Kruckenberg, TFF frivillig, 12. februar 2007 Rapport fra World Social Forum i Nairobi
TFF – February 2, 2007 Open Letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon An appel to work closer with civil society worldwide – "we, the peoples": • Strengthening the UN Charter’s norms and ethics • Multilateralism and world order • A stronger UN through intensified partnership with world civil society • Human and global security • Human and global development • The Middle East
Stuart Rees with Annie Herro, January 30, 2007 on ABC National radio, Australia on November 8, 2006 What form of international intervention could at least stall the slaughter of innocents in conflicts like Darfur? About the UNEPS proposal Recently launched in New York has been the proposal for the United Nations Emergency Peace Service known as UNEPS. This is a response to urgent calls within the UN for a rapid-reaction service to prevent conflicts from escalating into genocidal-like disasters. It will include experts on conflict-resolution and non-violent methods on the ground.
Hans-Christoph von Sponeck, January 26, 2007 The dangerous double standard
Shastri Ramachandaran, The Tribune, January 14, 2007 Development as delusion “Marvellous falsehood, most pleasant” Review of The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith by Gilbert Rist. "In a world where discourse is dominated by simplistic arguments for and against globalisation between market cheerleaders and protesting demonstrators, Rist compels critical reflection, to liberate the mind from a single all-consuming delusion."
Jake Lynch, The Australian, January 14, 2007 Tread warily with Manila
David Krieger, January 6, 2007 Four Cold Warriors’ plea for a nuclear-free world
Shastri Ramachandaran, January 6, 2007 Nepal Promises, potentials and pitfalls (3 articles)
Johan Galtung, January 5, 2007 A mini theory of peace
Daisaku Ikeda, January 4, 2007 A power to resist the currents of history
From July 2006 to 2007
Daisaku Ikeda, December 29, 2006 A new era of the people – Forging a global network of robust individuals Daisaku Ikeda is the president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a Buddhist association of more than 12 million members in 190 countries. A prolific writer, poet, peace activist and leading interpreters of Buddhism, Ikeda gives his view on a better world from the vantage point of the year we are now leaving behind.
Francis A. Boyle, December 29, 2006 Warning that the US is becoming a police state Prof Boyle says 9/11 was allowed to happen, war on terror is facilitating the downfall of The Republic, concentration camps are in place and US citizens are the targets. Read and listen to him.
Ulla Fasting, TFF Ven, 28. december 2006 Indtryk fra Afghanistan Om sikkerheden, kvinderne, nabolandene og Danmarks særlige ansvar.
Ulla Fasting, TFF Ven, 28. december 2006 Fem billeder af det mulige Afghanistan Ulla Fastings bidrag i november til Danmarks Radios "Ved dagens Begyndelse."
David Krieger, December 10, 2006 Teaching peace What subject could be more important to teach our young but peace? Krieger here lists the three most important documents and ten ways of teaching peace and being and educated citizen in the 21st century. Read and see whether you are…?
Richard Falk, December 8, 2006 On United Nations reform: Where is Kofi Annan’s "fork in the road"? Over the horizon! This essay contends that there is no fork in road, and that the metaphor of choice is profoundly distorting. Within the United Nations System, as now constituted, there is no reform choice, and no alternative to the persistence of a geopolitically dominated reality. Outside the UN, the commitment to UN reform by civil society actors is the only worthwhile path, although the realization of its vision cannot even be imagined at this point.
Michel Chossudovsky, November 27, 2006 Debating "War and Peace" behind closed doors: NATO’s Riga Security Conference Chossudovsky on its background, perspectives and its interesting gathering of defence analysts, media, institutions, governments, near-governmental organizations, and military industry – in short, the contemporary military-industrial complex.
Kamran Mofid, November 26, 2006 The Journal of Globalization for the Common Good Themes such as Islam and dialogue among civilizations, what hope for peace in the Middle East, globalization, Buddhist peace practice and more.
Daisaku Ikeda, October 5, 2006 Emerging from the nuclear shadow President Ikeda argues for nuclear abolition and emphasizes the need for giving youth a voice in this matter. To emerge from the shadow of nuclear weapons we need a revolution in the consciousness of countless individuals — a revolution that gives rise to the heartfelt confidence that "There is something I can do."
Chaiwat Satha-Anand, October 4, 2006 The moral enigma of the September 19 popular coup in Thailand This keen observer offers an explanation why so many, both common people and noted public intellectuals, are supporting this coup. There is a moral enigma in that the coup could be accepted while the coup as a means of political change itself is rejected. And in the midst of it all: a quiet sign of hope for Thai society.
Michel Chossudovsky, October 4, 2006 Who benefits from the Afghan Opium Trade? The United Nations has announced that opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has soared and is expected to increase by 59% in 2006. The production of opium is estimated to have increased by 49% in relation to 2005. Isn’t it a bitter irony that the US military presence has served to restore rather than eradicate the drug trade?
Jan Oberg, September 10, 2006 September 11 Five Years: 9 problems and 11 solutions – Part 1 It changed the world. But for the wrong reasons. The biggest problem is not 9/11 but 7/10: October 7 when the Bush administration started the “war on terror” in a mistaken or deliberate attempt to capitalize on that fateful day: 9/11. But their deficient and opportunistic interpretation of the event has created a world much more unstable than any time since 1945. Part 2 – The 11 Solutions. Among them: Scrap the war on terror!
David Krieger, September 10, 2006 Preventing a nuclear 9/11 The greatest failure of imagination on the part of leaders in the nuclear weapons states is their belief that they can continue with nuclear business as usual while expecting that these weapons will not eventually end up in the hands of terrorists. Their own possession of nuclear weapons is a form of nuclear terrorism.
Ken Coates, September 9, 2006 The carnage continues…and now for Trident! The author takes stock of the situation in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon – and in England, "President Bush did not take long to parrot this outburst in denunciations of Islamic fascism. How long will it be before Mr. Blair also joins the neo-con claque?
Shastri Ramachandaran, September 9, 2006 Island of strife. India must avert war in Sri Lanka The question “What can India do?” smacks of despair. What India cannot do is known: India cannot mediate, supply combat equipment or directly engage the LTTE. But India can prevail upon the GoSL to call off its ground and aerial attacks immediately, and deprive the LTTE of a chance to launch the fourth Eelam war. New Delhi should invite Norway and the other co-chairs of the peace process and get them to publicly declare that the (dead) process is actually dead.
Shastri Ramachandaran, September 9, 2006 German Angst. Günther Grass has already punished himself Germans known for their angst also have, like the Japanese, a sense of honour. It is this sense of honour that may have driven Gunter Grass to commit this hara-kiri of sorts. There’s no need to vilify and pillory him when he has inflicted so much on himself.
Richard Falk, August 31, 2006 World Order after the Lebanon War We should take care not to overlook the extent to which war is becoming dysfunctional. The Lebanon War is likely to be remembered not for the birth pains of ‘a new Middle East’ (Condoleezza Rice), but as the death throes of a system of world order that accepted war as the inevitable basis of stability and change in relations among sovereign states.
Michel Chossudovsky, August 30, 2006 Russia and Central Asian Allies Conduct War Games in Response to US Threats Barely acknowledged by the Western media, military exercises organized by Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan under the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, (CSTO) have just been launched. While Iran is not a member of the CSTO, it has observer status in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), of which China is a member. India and Russia have signed on August 20th, a farreaching military cooperation agreement. See a pattern?
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.
Michel Chossudovsky, August 21, 2006 Crying wolf: Terror alerts based on fabricated intelligence The sequence of terror alerts based on phony information, repeated over several years, inevitably creates amidst the British and American public, a sense of disbelief: an uncomfortable feeling that both Scotland Yard and the British Home office are lying. The counter-terrorism apparatus is desperately crying wolf, which could potentially trigger in the United Kingdom, a political crisis of immeasurable consequence.
TFF Open Letter, August 14, 2006 Open Letter to Jan Eliasson, President of the UN General Assembly Uniting for Peace: Strengthen the General Assembly. The board of the Transnational Foundation, TFF sends an Open Letter that aims to stimulate a wider discussion about the preconditions for a genuine peace process also after UN Security Council Resolution 1701. Invigorate Uniting for Peace. Plan a comprehensive all-inclusive OSCE-like conference under UN leadership. Provide genuinely impartial mediation and conflict-resolution. Implement Security Council resolutions on the Middle East as a Nuclear-Free Zone. Involve civil society, push reconciliation. And give the UN a clear mandate and adequate resources. This – not bombs, extremism and hate – can help peace break out in the region. We encourage you and like-minded organizations to sign it. See how right after the Letter.
Kamran Mofid, August 13, 2006 Journal of Globalization for the Common Good Inaugural issue of a new journal on the macro trends of our time, including the Kenya Declaration 2005 and the Hawaii Statement 2006.
Ellen Frank, August 12, 2006 The "Cities of Peace" series of paintings by Ellen Frank Ellen Frank is TFF’s first artist Associate. We are proud to introduce her works which build bridges between art and peace. Cities of Peace offer paintings of Baghdad, Jerusalem, Kabul, Lhasa and other cities. This page also contains links to Ellen Frank’s fascinating homepage.
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Evelin Lindner, November 1, 2006 Lindner, a TFF Associate, receives the 2006 Award for Applied Psychology, awarded by the Swiss Association of Applied Psychology
January – July 2006
Shastri Ramachandaran, June 29, 2006 Himalayan Challenge: Nepal’s road to a new democracy The disarming of the Maoists, the role, size and complexion of Nepal’s army, the invitation to the UN to monitor and manage arms and armies of both sides and, above all, the Maoists being a part of government are issues that could puncture the prevalent euphoria. New Delhi, Washington, the UK and the EU, has been silent with disapproval of the government’s "giving in" so readily to the Maoists…
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…"
Jan Øberg, Grønlandsk Kultur- og Samfundsforskning 2004-05, 26. juni 2006 Balancér Igaliku-aftalen med fredspolitik Det drejer sig om den grønlandsk-dansk-amerikanske aftale, der giver USA carte blanche til at anvende Thule-basen. Artiklen gennemgår hvad aftalen siger og ikke siger og placerer den inden for rammerne af den amerikanske strategi for atomkrigsførelse. Derpå stiller Øberg 7 forslag til hvorledes Grønland fremover også kan bidrage til en fredeligere verden, nu man – formodentligt lidt uforvarende – er kommet til at medvirke til en mulig atomkrig. Foredraget gav anledning til en del debat i Grønland og publiceres nu i Grønlands Universitets – Ilimatusarfiks – Årsbog på Forlaget Atuagkat.
Kamran Mofid, June 22, 2006 Economic Forum – Creating a Virtuous Economy: Reconciliation, Peace Building and Reconstruction Read about this urgent and exciting idea that is part of the Foundation for Reconciliation in the Middle East.
Hazel Henderson, June 20, 2006 The politics of money The word is out that economics, never a science, has always been politics in disguise. Economics is now widely seen as the faulty sourcecode deep in societies’ hard drives….replicating unsustainability: booms, busts, bubbles, recessions, poverty, trade wars, pollution, disruption of communities, loss of cultural and biodiversity. Citizens all over the world are rejecting this malfunctioning economic sourcecode and its operating systems..they are redesigning healthy homegrown sustainable local economies – all over the world.
Francis A. Boyle, May 14, 2006 Impeach President Bush! At Broadcast 05/05/06 Talk Nation Radio Boyle makes clear what is at stake. The law professor and TFF Associate argues for the use of impeachment to remove Bush, Cheney, Gonzales and Rumsfeld before they can take us into another war in Iran and farther along into an American police state. He also discusses the legal implications of the destruction of Fallujah and the fact that George Bush has said that there are 700 laws he is not going to enforce. Other articles by Francis A. Boyle here.
Sören Sommelius, 29:e april 2006 Hopp och lugn i Bolivia – Peru mot vänster? Kulturskribenten har rest i Sydamerika. Här är hans fascinerande ögonblicksbilder – människorna, samhället och politiken – från Bolivia och Peru. Ska människornas dröm efter demokrati och välstånd äntligen bli verklighet? Kommer USA än en gång att intervenera? Illustrerad med författarens egna bilder.
David Krieger, April 6, 2006 Why nations go nuclear Understanding the reasons why a country chooses to go nuclear are complex, variable and speculative, but I would offer as a hypothesis four principal, though often overlapping factors: fear, security, enhancing the country’s bully potential or countering another country’s bully potential, and prestige. North Korea seems to be pioneering a fifth reason: to use the weapons as a bargaining chip to gain security guarantees and financial concessions.
TFF Associates at Perdana Global Peace Forum, April 6, 2006 The Kuala Lumpur Initiative to Criminalise War A radical, short 14-point declaration on why war must be abolished and what it takes to promote peace instead. Signed by, among others, TFF Associates von Sponeck, Chossudovsky, Boyle and Oberg.
