Erni & Ola Friholt: The Battle for the World Island

Erni & Ola Friholt: The Battle for the World Island

Erni & Ola Friholt TFF Associates March 23, 2023 In 1904, in the run-up to World War I, with the Triple Alliance on one side and the Entente on the other, the Principal of the London School of Economics, Halford Mackinder, gave a lecture to the Royal Geographical Society. The title was ‘The Geographical Axis […]

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

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

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 […]

Battle of the Ages to stop Eurasian integration

Battle of the Ages to stop Eurasian integration

Photo: Pepe Escobar The coming decade could see the US take on Russia, China and Iran over the New Silk Road connection May 18, 2020 Pepe Escobar The Raging Twenties started with a bang with the targeted assassination of Iran’s General Qasem Soleimani. Yet a bigger bang awaits us throughout the decade: the myriad declinations […]

Professionalization in peace research

Professionalization in peace research

  By Johan Galtung • Keynote, International Peace Research Association (IPRA), Calgary 1/7/2006. Via transnational.org   On professionalization in general Generally, the sociology of professions identifies three characteristics of a profession: [1] There is a range of SKILLS with which a range of professionals will handle a range of problems for a range of clients, […]