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Selected TFF PressInfos & Highlights

December 30, 2017
New peace platform: The Transnational. By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo # 418 - subscribe to it and get the next ones





December 12, 2017
Aleppo's liberation one year ago - Anybody ashamed today?
TFF PressInfo # 438 - subscribe to it and get the next ones


December 5, 2017
The US has most to lose in the ongoing media war with Russia. Oberg Comments




November 28, 2017
Johan Galtung is awarded peace prize in Nobel's spirit
TFF PressInfo # 437 - subscribe to it and get the next ones


November 24, 2017
The Prince of human rights got it all wrong and we are stille waiting. By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo # 436 - subscribe to it and get the next ones


November 21, 2017
What makes Google's Eric Schmidt so afraid? And what should he be afraid of? By Jan Oberg
Various perspectives on the increasing censorship


November 5, 2017
Nuclear weapons use within months - Part 1: Why?. By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo # 434 - subscribe to it and get the next ones


October 26, 2017
Establish an international Tribunal or Commission on the International War in Syria. Oberg Comments
Instead of playing the blame game around single events such as chemical attacks. Comment and proposal on PressTV


October 23, 2017
Getting B-52s ready - for what? Jan Oberg Comments
Is Jimmy Carter at 93 really the only one who offers to help? The whole thing is dead dangerous...


October 19, 2017
Europe must co-operate intensely with Iran now. Oberg Comments
It's not enough that the EU issues statements. It must act and ignore the US resistance to the Iran nuclear deal


October 16, 2017
Europe should stop Trump from starting another war in the Middle East. By Farhang Jahanpour
TFF PressInfo # 431 - subscribe to it and get the next ones


October 5, 2017
Jan Oberg on why the new French anti-terror laws will only please the terrorists. One issue has not been discussed since 2001 and thus these laws are also only symptom treatment




September 29, 2017
Revisiting Hiroshima in Iran. By Gunnar Westberg
About a very disturbing survey that shows that US citizens accept the use of nuclear weapons on Iran


September 10, 2017
Jan Oberg on why NATO is obsolete and should be closed down




July 18, 2017
U.S. State Department aproves US$ 4 bn Patriot missile deal with Romania. Jan Oberg says it's irrational, not defensive but dangerous




July 8, 2017
The BAN Treaty - Iran and other countries Jan Oberg comments on the UN BAN Treaty, Iran's signature and the countries that did not even participate.




June 13, 2017
Humankind 2050: Peace, Development And Environment. By Johan Galtung
TFF PressInfo # 418 - subscribe to it and get the next ones


June 8, 2017
Intellectual nonsense by US Sec of Defence about Syria
What's offensive and what's defensive in Syria? Comments on RT by Jan Oberg





May 30, 2017
The future of European-US relations.
The Debate on PressTV with Jim Walsh, MIT in the US and Jan Oberg, TFF in Sweden.




May 25, 2017 - NATO is NATOutdated: 8 arguments - By Jan Oberg



May 23, 2017
Trump's arms deal with Saudi Arabia and what it will mean for the future. By Sharmine Narwani
Narwani on Russia Today


May 22, 2017
Trump's historically catastrophic speech in Riyadh. By Jan Oberg
TFF Live as an intro to the recent TFF PressInfo


May 22, 2017
Trump in Riyadh - A Gulf NATO to gang up against Iran and Syria. By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo # 414 - subscribe to it and get the next ones


May 3, 2017
Safe - or de-escalation - zones in Syria: Very problematic!


Jan Oberg comments on Putin's and Erdogan's proposal


May 1, 2017
Workers of the world, unite for peace! - Jan Oberg on TFF Live
TFF Live on Facebook


April 25, 2017
PressTV's "The Debate" about Syria, the media coverage and international law. Illustrating two perspectives


The Debate - Brutal Bloodshed with Jan Oberg and Richard Millett by presstv


April 8, 2017
The U.S. attack on al-Shayrat airfield. By Richard Falk
TFF PressInfo # 413 - subscribe to it and get the next ones


NEW Since February 2017
TFF Live on Facebook
Follow the pointed comments and educationals - direct broadcast and videos


March 30, 2017
The US general in Europe is dishonest and beyond the rational. By Jan Oberg
Oberg's comments on Sputnik, Soundcloud and article


March 28, 2017
How the UN should respond in the age of global dissent. By Hans von Sponeck, Richard Falk and Denis Halliday
Two TFF Associates, all three UN veterans expression their deep concern but also ways out to save the UN


March 28, 2017
Defending the UN against Trump's erasing the UN. By Richard Falk
TFF PressInfo # 411 - subscribe to it and get the next ones


March 24, 2017
The Meaninglessness Of War. Aleppo. Photo story by Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo # 410 - subscribe to it and get the next ones


March 22, 2017
America's woes and Europe's responsibilities. By Farhang Jahanpour
TFF PressInfo # 409 - subscribe to it and get the next ones


March 3, 2017
"Vittnesrapport från Aleppo, en annorlunda konfliktanalys och vägar till fred i Syrien" -




February 16, 2017
Discussing NATO, Russia, Ukraine, Crimea, Yugoslavia, Syria and the - outdated philosophy NATO is based on - with former U.S. assistant Secretary of Defence, Lawrence Korb




February 5, 2017
School in an Aleppo factory. By Jan Oberg
TFF Photo Story - subscribe to it and get the next ones


January-February 2017
TFF in Syria - Damascus and Aleppo when it fell/was liberated
Most of what Jan Oberg has reported and most of the debate it has caused is, until further, to be found at three places: On TFF's blog, on Facebook and on Exposure (photo stories) - all of them being seen by thousands per day.


January 27, 2017
Comment on Syria ceasefire talks in Astana. By Jan Oberg
Sceptic - wrong approach to peace. But let's hope


January 26, 2017
US Congresswoman, Tulsi Gabbard (D) visits Syria. By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo # 399


January 25, 2017
Trump's pre-Fascism and progressive populist opportunities. By Richard Falk
TFF PressInfo # 402 - subscribe to it and get the next ones


January 21, 2017
Faces of Aleppo. Just of of 4,5 years of occupation hell. By Jan Oberg
TFF Photo Story - subscribe to it and get the next ones


January 20, 2017
From Obama to Trump. Commenting on the inauguration with David Swanson
Iran's international PressTV - subscribe to it and get the next ones


January 18, 2017
Don't touch the nuclear with Iran, Trump!




January 17, 2017
Jan Oberg speaks at length about the need for a new way of thinking when we handle international conflicts. With US-based Naskah Zada




January 16, 2017
Jan Oberg comments positively on the EU's commitment to the nuclear deal with Iran




January 13, 2017
Syria and Aleppo: Old news media falling. By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo # 398 - subscribe to it and get the next ones


January 5, 2017
Jan Oberg's advocates a new peacebuilding process in Ukraine, warns against arming the OSCE police and argues that the Cold war will change with Trump




December 29, 2016
TFF Photo Story: The humans in liberated Aleppo. By Jan Oberg
TFF Photo Story - subscribe to it and get the next ones


December 28, 2016
TFF Photo Story: The destruction of Eastern Aleppo. By Jan Oberg
TFF Photo Story - subscribe to it and get the next ones


December 18, 2016
TFF PressInfo: Syria's destruction: When everybody think power and no one thinks peace. By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 397


December 12, 2016
Will terrorists return to Europe? And what can be done?
Jan Oberg comments and advocates a new peace policy

November 6, 2016
Jan Oberg's comments on Erdogan's accusation against the West. Correct but he is not the right man. Imagine instead a Middle East without weapons




November 2, 2016
TFF PressInfo: Just how grey are the White Helmets and their backers? By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 392


October 27, 2016
TFF PressInfo: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI, at 50: Now change name to SIMSI - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 391


October 26, 2016
TFF PressInfo: Ten articles on the New Cold War - By TFF Associates
TFF PressInfo 390


September 28, 2016
US Security analyst Lawrence Korb & Jan Oberg in debate about U.S. nuclear policies and the No-First Use idea




September 24, 2016
Europe's ongoing failure handling refugees. Interview by PressTV of Jan Oberg
It is a predictable fiasco...


September 18, 2016
Jan Oberg's comments on why the US installs new sanction against Iran even though Iran has fulfilled its promises




September 10, 2016
TFF PressInfo: The War On Terror - A predictable fiasco - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 388


September 4, 2016
Jan Oberg's comments on Chomsky's assertion that Saudi Arabia supports terrorism and the West knows. Oberg criticises the War On Terror and argues that arms trade to hotspots should be criminalised




August 29, 2016
New TFF PressInfo: How did Western Europe cope with a much stronger Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact? - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 386


July 27, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 384 - The Clinton's celebrated - but likely disastrous for the world - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 384


July 26, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 385 - Turkey's Coup - Another example of the West's disintegration - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 385


July 22, 2016
Jan Oberg's comments on the so-called refugee crisis and what the EU should have done and can still do.




July 16, 2016
Jan Oberg comments on Turkey's coup and NATO
Russia Today, July 16, 2016


July 8, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 383 - Fearology and militarism - But the real enemy is us - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 383


June 28, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 382 - Cheating Moscow - NATO's dangerous expansion - By Jonathan Power
TFF PressInfo 382


June 29, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 381 - Much stronger than during the First Cold War. Why is NATO so irrational? - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 381


June 25, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 380 - Brex'it. So Be'it! And now what? - By Johan Galtung
TFF PressInfo 380


June 24, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 379 - The Brexit Shock - Now all is up in the air! - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 379


June 15, 2016
Jan Oberg in discussion about the New Cold War
"The Heat" on CCTV America lead by Anand Naidoo


June 13, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 378 - A New Cold War Between Russia and the West? - By Jonathan Power
TFF PressInfo 378


June 10, 2016
Jan Oberg's comments on the slow US implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran




June 9, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 377 - Intro to a series: The New Cold War - By Farhang Jahanpour
TFF PressInfo 377


May 30, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 376 - North and South Korea: Can be solved if...! - By Johan Galtung
TFF PressInfo 376


May 26, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 375 - Close Calls: We were closer to nuclear destruction than we knew (2) - By Gunnar Westberg
TFF PressInfo 375


May 26, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 374 - Close Calls: We were closer to nuclear destruction than we knew (1) - By Gunnar Westberg
TFF PressInfo 374


May 25, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 373 - What Obama should do in Hiroshima tomorrow - By Jonathan Power
TFF PressInfo 373


April 29, 2016
TFF PressInfo # 372 - Drop the Just War theory and abolish nuclear weapons - By Mairead Maguire
TFF PressInfo 372


April 4, 2016
Jan Oberg's comments on NATO's 67th Anniversary: Perhaps the West cannot live without enemies?




March 30
TFF PressInfo # 369 - A Sunni-Salafist-Zionist Coalition changing the Middle East? - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 369


March 28, 2016
Jan Oberg's comments on the EU, the Pope, refugees and the weakening of the US Empire




March 18, 2016
Jan Oberg's comments on the EU/Turkey deal




March 16, 2016
Will the EU become a criminal Union tomorrow? - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 367


March 15, 2016
Russian withdrawal from Syria: Could it be the beginning of the end? - By Farhang Jahanpour
TFF PressInfo 366


March 4, 2016
Denmark to attack in Syria, too! - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 365


February 25, 2016
Can we give meaning to the destruction of Syria? - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 363


February 24, 2016
Iran's elections and the nuclear deal - By Farhang Jahanpour
TFF PressInfo 362


February 12, 2016
The real news about Nobel's peace prize is here - and it is not Trump - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 361


February 9, 2016
Jan Oberg's comments to NATO's Secretary-General's press conference and NATO's 2015 Report





Four articles on Denmark and Sweden and their refugee policies - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 357-360


The deeper reason Syria negotiations are doomed - By Jan Oberg
TFF PressInfo 355


Open Letter: Political responsibility in the Nuclear Age - By Richard Falk, David Krieger and Robert Laney
TFF PressInfo 354


TFF launches new online magazine - "Transnational Affairs"
TFF PressInfo 353




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