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TFF Associates' articles New Jonathan Power, November 12, 2009 Breeding Bin Ladens Yusra Moshtat Det är långtifrån säkert i Baghdad! 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 An analysis in the light of the Fall of the Wall. Jan Oberg's long essay 20 years ago at the fall of the wall Coping with the loss of a close enemy. Perestroika as a challenge to the West A socio-psychological interpretation of the fall of the Soviet Union and what it might mean for the West and for the future relations. Read its predictions and judge for yourself the huge opportunities we have lost because it was widely stated that 'the West has won the Cold War!' Dietrich Fischer, November 9, 2009 Peace studies at university level About a new Master's program at the the World Peae Academy in Basel Jonathan Power, November 3, 2009 The arm of the terrorists is not that long Jake Lynch Sri Lanka - Time to stand up for human rights at last Hazel Henderson interview by IPS The Global Development Goals and how to replace the Gross Domestic Product measure quickly The Stieglitz & Sen report moves far too slowly in the right direction. Jake Lynch, October 30, 2009 Mapping the 'military-industrial-media-entertainment-network. Review of path-breaking book People Power - Unarmed Resistance and Global Solidarity New book with analyses from Serbia, Burma, Zimbabwe, Columbia, India and Palestine. Two TFF Associates, Jørgen Johansen and Stellan Vinthagen among the contributors. Jonathan Power Free trade is coming back Jake Lynch Notes on media and the military Or, rather, stirring up trouble... Johan Galtung China and the global economic crisis TFF Board Shocking secret UN-NATO Cooperation Declaration Published earlier, but still unknown to most: The TFF Board statement with 9 questions that express our deep concern about this document and its implications for the future of the UN. Her på dansk Gunnar Westberg Will France at least discuss nuclear weapons? Hans von Sponeck The United Nations and NATO: Which security and for whom? Daisaku Ikeda Building global solidarity toward nuclear abolition Gunnar Westberg More Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones! In advance of UN Day, 24th of October, let's be happy that certain things are moving in the right direction. Jake Lynch How America is always at war - and why What is it about America that keeps it at war and what is now intensifying the pressures to expand the wars? TFF Board members An appropriate Nobel Peace Prize: Two proposals Jake Lynch - new book Debates in peace journalism Foreword by Richard Falk Jake Lynch Women's business and the media About male and female perspectives on and in media work, peace and war journalism. Jonathan Power We will live for ever! Jan Oberg Obama - another Nobel scandal It is high time to have a discussion about this prize and bring it closer to what Alfred Nobel wanted it to be. Jonathan Power The search for happiness Richard Falk on Aljazeera The UN special rapporteur comments on PA president Abbas "perverse" endorsement of the idea of deferring UN discussion and vote on the Goldstone Report and thereby "betraying" the Palestinian people. Johan Galtung Gandhi and Mao - two giants compared Johan Galtung The tide is turning - away from the West Jonathan Power Running out of goals? Poverty remains... Jonathan Power War works? International Peace Day... Richard Falk Why Goldstone's Report matters Hans von Sponeck America's Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategy: From Bush to Obama. From failure to Resoluton? Jonathan Power The exaggerations of the climate debate New book by Associate David Krieger The Challenge of Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Richard Falk in TodaysZaman, Turkey Davotoglu: Turkey's finest foreign minister of republican era Håkan Wiberg - recension "Nobels Vilje" skriven av Fredrik Heffermehl Richard Falk September 11 in Santiago - poem Johan Galtung More creativity, please! On Michelin meals, the Japanese election result and the boredom over much political. Michel Chossudovsky's new book America's war on terrorism. In the wake of 9/11 Jonathan Power War in abeyance? Galtung Workshops in Basel Johan Galtung will give a series of workshops in September and October at the new World Peace Academy in Basel, Switzerland. Biljana Vankovska Kosovo - current situation and bleak prospects Farhang Jahanpour What future for nuclear weapons? Jan Oberg A 10 min. argument for nuclear abolition About mega-terrorism, how the Ballistic Missile Defence really works and what is needed to get rid of nuclearism. And the most illuminating international opinion poll on nuclear weapons: World Public Opinion.org Publics around the word favour international agreement to eliminate all nuclear weapons Gunnar Westberg Learn About Nuclear Weapons Gunnar Westberg, Newsmill Hemlig samarbetsavtal mellan FN och NATO äventyrar FN:s självständighet Farhang Jahanpour How to end the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan Michel Chossudovsky US-NATO military agenda: The destabilization of Pakistan Johan Galtung The Energy-Environment-Development Triad Daisaku Ikeda Faith in revolution TFF's Board Towards Peace In and With Iraq - A 10-Point Plan Jan Hjärpe The power of a Jewish-Muslim narrative Gunnar Westberg Dangerous power struggle in North Korea? Is the North Korean military gaining the upper hand and how dangerous would that be? Gunnar Westberg Questions about North Korea's nuclear weapons and the international response to it David Krieger North Korea's nuclear test message Gunnar Westberg North Korea - The United States and Russia are greater global threats Gunnar Westberg, Aftonbladet Nordkoreas tragiska misstag Gunnar Westberg Vad bråkar Nordkorea om? • • •

TFF Video Channel YouTube Richard Falk speaking at the Kant Foundation on Jeff Halper, awarded the Global Citizenship Prize, and on the conditions of a lasting peace in the Middle East   Farhang Jahanpour The necessity of global nuclear disarmament   Armand Giramahoro The Amahoro Youth Club, AYC in Burundi - TFF Video Channel   Jan Oberg Transcend Media Service The collision of a French and a British nuclear submarine in the Atlantic in early February 9 and the inadequate media coverage   Jan Oberg Transcend Media Service Nuclear abolition more important than non-proliferation - and why the Ballistic Missile Defence is offensive. 50 years with peace studies Johan Galtung Johan Galtung 50 Years With Peace Studies A short looking back to when Galtung decided to dedicate his life to peace in 1951, the two tracks in his life; the 5 basic requirements he sees in peace research - and why he is both happy and not so happy with peace research today. Japan's future Johan Galtung Johan Galtung Can Japan become sovereign and peaceful?   Future world order Johan Galtung Johan Galtung Galtung's "True Worlds" - As Told Between Two Planes   Paul McCartney A Day in the Life & Give Peace A Chance From the June 2008 concert in Liverpool   International law and the nature of security Richard Falk Richard Falk International law and the nature of security - a talk before the U.S. war on Iraq   Nuclear abolition David Krieger David Krieger On the necessity of a nuclear-free world - and what the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is all about. Media, war & Iraq - Jake Lynch Jake Lynch - Part I of III Conflict in media - Coalition of the Unwilling (I)   New videos from Burundi Antoinette Batumubwira Burundi's foreign minister Antoinette Batumubwira speaks about the media and a good story out of Africa An interview by Jan Oberg.   Burundi's foreign minister Antoinette Batumubwira speaks about the role of women in Burundi and internationally An interview by Jan Oberg.   Burundi's foreign minister Antoinette Batumubwira speaks about peace and foreign policy A interview by Jan Oberg.   TFF's Iraq Peace Plan - Hans von Sponeck Hans von Sponeck TFF's Iraq peace plan Presentation in London   TFF's Iraq Peace Plan - Jan Oberg Jan Oberg TFF's Iraq peace plan Presentation in Tokyo - 3 parts   Middle East Hisae Nakanishi Hisae Nakanishi The US, Turkey, Iran and Turkey - 3 parts   NGOs and development Norman Cook Norman Cook Challenges facing development NGOs - 2 parts All TFF Associates on video All TFF Associates Some 30 videos on global affairs   Playlists, for instance... Iraq Iran Globalization Media, war and peace Inspiration, fun, surprising..

Other writings & videos Facebook & Twitter As of October 2009 we post materials daily on Facebook and Twitter that you won't find on this homepage. You do not have to be a member of Twitter to access the materials, only Facebook requires that you are logged in. Just click below!     TFF-Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research on Facebook     Must reads... China's PM Wen Jiabao speaks Most important conversation with Fareed Zakaria of CNN - politics as well as philosophy on the global situation and China's role. Full of thought-provoking perspectives and a delightful piece of decent journalistic dialogue. So the US shall use the military to combat climate change? Is there in fact any security challenge that can not be met by violent means? New York Times Global Issues The place to go when you ned comprehensive info and analyses about our trubled world - and solutions. PIPA's important new poll Global Poll Finds Widespread Belief that Afghans Want NATO Forces Out The REAL News G-20 or G-192: Which is more 'global'? UN General Assembly vying for leadership over the global economic crisis, despite objections from the West. But did you hear about the G-192 in the mainstream news?? John Hilary End the G8 charade - we need G192 David N. Gibbs on Tikkun Was Kosovo the good war? The Western propaganda about the Balkan wars is falling apart. Here is another evidence that truth was a bit more complex and the West complicit in atrocities. Pepe Escobar on Asia Times Liquid war: Welcome to Pipelineistan Our good ol' friend the nonsensical "global war on terror", which the Pentagon has slyly rebranded "the Long War", sports a far more important, if half-hidden, twin - a global energy war. Anita Dancs on FPIF The cost of the global US military presence No empire can cary that indefinitely.. Sherwoord Ross, Nonviolent Change Journal Military-industrial complex calls shots in America today Winslow T. Wheeler, Counterpunch How Obama will outspend Reagan on defence. The Pentagon Spigot is wide open... Middle East - Iran & Iraq Michael Klare on Tom Dispatch Will Iraq be a global gas pump? The (re)making of a petro-state Has it all come to this? Sam Dagher, NYT Kurds defy Baghdad, laying claim to land and oil Erik Leaver, FPIF Iraq - A withdrawal in name only The simple and very discouraging truth about Obama's "witdrawal" Aljazeera Panel discussion, June 29 Iraqi's Oil for sale A mind-boggling backgrounder. And the type of discussion largely suppressed in Western media. Patrick Cockburn, TruthOut Iraqi oil minister accused of Mother of All Sell-Outs Reece Ehrlich on The Real News Iran is not a Twitter revolution The uprising crosses all classes, it is neither the result of Internet access nor of CIA involvement Jeremy Hammond, Foreign Policy Journal Has the U.S. fomented unrest during Iran's election? It certainly seems possible, even likely, that the U.S. had a significant role to play in helping to bring about the recent turmoil in an effort to undermine the government of the Islamic Republic Stephen Zunes, FPIF Obama's speech: How not to support democracy in the Middle East "Imagine the positive reaction Obama would have received throughout the Arab and Islamic world if, instead of simply expressing eloquent but vague words in support of freedom and democracy, he had said something like this..." Paul Craig Roberts in CounterPunch Are the Iranian protests another US orchestrated "Color Revolution"? Is this the culmination of two years of destabilization? Paul Craig Roberts in Counterpunch Are you ready for war with a demonized Iran? Anthony DiMaggio in CounterPunch The Iranian elections and the faith-based media Patrick Cockburn in CounterPunch Who will control Iraq's oil? Current Concerns - Special The 10th Anniversary of NATO aggression on Serbia. "It began with a lie - and the lie continues." Al Burke Open Letter to the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI): The Institute and USA/NATO An analysis of the consistent pro-NATO/US bias of the institute that prevents it from being independent and fulfil its obligations to the public. The response by director Tomas Ries is an intellectually poor denial of the obvious. Centre d'Estudis per la Pau JM. Delàs Barcelona Alliance of Barbarities. Afghanistan 2001-2008. 10 Reasons to question (and rethink) foreign involvement. If you are looking for one report that offers all the documented facts, this is it! Jonathan Schell on The Real News Network Obama's world without nuclear weapons Schell: It is yet unclear whether Obama's commitment to a world free of nuclear weapons is real Part 2: Obama must take concrete steps Stephen Zunes The U.S. budget's foreign policy handcuffs Hopes that a Democratic administration might lead to a more ethical, rational, and progressive foreign policy are challenged - read all the provisions on the Middle East! Mordechai Vanunu No thanks to be nominated for Nobel's Peace Prize 'I cannot be part of a list of laureates that includes Shimon Peres' - he was the man behind Israel nuclear bomb. Berghof Stiftung Handbook for Conflict Transformation Particularly # 7: Peacebuilding at a Crossroads, built arund Simon Fisher's and Lada Zimina's pathbreaking 2008 article. Jonathan Steel, The Guardian Nato is deeper in its Afghan mire than Russia ever was Two decades after the Soviet withdrawal, ever more resources are being poured into a war with scant chance of success. Global Issues Today, over 26,500 children died around the world One of the best collections of knowledge and insights on the global economic crisis Frederik Heffermehl Nobels Vilje - Nobel's Will En orienterende samling lænker om Heffermehls sensationelle analyse af Nobel-fredsprisen og den mediedebat den skabte fra oktober 2008 og fremad. Nordic & English Chalmers Johnson, The Real News Three conversations about the Military-Industrial Complex: The famous historian with the Blowback trilogy speaks about The encirclement of Russia - The Last Days of the US Republic - Massive US budget just passed. John Pilger The new world order - the silence is a lie WorldPublicOpinon.org International doubts about 9/11 perpetrators Paul B. Farrell 'America's outrageous war economy!' Mother Jones - Interactive map U.S. Military presence Worldwide WorldPublicOpinion.org Iraqi Public Opinion on the Presence of US Troops Interesting counterpoints to US propaganda! The Independent Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control Bush wants 50 military bases, control of Iraqi airspace and legal immunity for all American soldiers and contractors. Patrick Cockburn, The Independent Hemligt avtal för USA-kontroll med Irak på obestämd tid 50 militärbaser, USA-kontroll av irakiskt luftrum Åtals-immunitet för alla amerikanska trupper och entreprenörer... Mikhail Gorbachev 'Every American president must wage war' If AmericansKnew.org If Americans - and the rest of us in the West knew..about the Israeli-Palestine conflict David Barstow, New York Times, Behind TV analysts, Pentagon's hidden hand Peacemakers Trust, Canada News and events on dispute resolution, conflict transformation and peacebuilding. We recommend! Stephen Zunes Nonviolent action and pro-democracy struggles CNN US economy could fall casualty to war In 2008, its sixth year, the Iraq war will cost approximately $12 billion a month. Global Issues World military expenditures The Middle Powers Initiative Visible Intent. NATO's Responsibility to Nuclear Disarmament Ian Traynor Pre-emptive nuclear strike a key option, NATO told

 

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