mediation – The Transnational

Neutrality or Non-Alignment? The purposefully forgotten but crucial difference.

By JO on August 10, 2023 Civilisation and philosophy, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, Nonviolence, Peace proposal, Regional organisations, Russia international relations, US Empire decline, WORLD ORDER - FUTURES

J. Natasha Gooneratne* August 10, 2023 This article explores the discourse of the Ukraine crisis from the perspective of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), recalling some of the movement’s focal pillars that find their roots in the cultural and historical makeup of its member states. It looks at recent efforts of NAM members within the context […]

Claus Kold: Ukraine – The Need for A Global Peace Culture

By JO on July 4, 2022 Claus Kold, Conflict - violence and war, PEACE, Peace Culture, Peace research, Philosophy, Sociology, TFF BLOG, TFF global posts 2022, Thinking, Ukraine

Claus KoldTFF Associate July 4, 2022 All wars are different from other wars and, thus, it is impossible to use the experiences of one war to predict the course, end, and consequences of the next. Yet, some wars and peace conferences are more important than others because they fundamentally change history. The war in Ukraine […]

Education for peace and geopolitics

By Jmj on July 20, 2020 Conflict - violence and war, Johan Galtung, Nonviolence, PEACE, Peace - Reconciliation, forgiveness, dignity, Peace Culture, Peace education, Peace philosophy, Peace theory, Peace-keeping, making, building, Pro-peace proposals, Psychology - war and peace, TFF BLOG, TFF global posts 2020, Thinking, United Nations

Johan GaltungTFF Associate July 20, 2020 60 years of peace theory and peace practice can be summarized in: EQUITY x HARMONY PEACE = ——————————- TRAUMA x CONFLICT Four theory foci, four policy tasks, and four education topics. Any true education should prepare for practice, guided by general theory. Moving from denominator right […]