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Nu skal vi også grine af Nordkorea
Af Ida Zidore Nyhedsmediernes parodiske fremstilling af Nordkorea trykker på alle de knapper, der bekræfter fordomme om landet som en flok imbecile verdensbenægtere. I december var det grådkvalte...
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Nordkoreas fremgang afhænger af os
Et gammelt løfte om at forvandle Nordkorea til et velstående land vil præge Kim Jong-uns første år som leder. Men landet kan kun løfte sig med proaktiv hjælp udefra, mener sydkoreansk professor.* Af...
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U.S. encirclement of China
By Jonathan Power Not since early Cold War days when the US and NATO effectively encircled the Soviet Union, feeding Stalin’s paranoia, has America moved to be so profoundly counterproductive. It is...
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Against a third world war – constructively
By Johan Galtung From Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany The probability of a devastating Third World War is not zero, but very far away from 100%. Let us explore why. The worst case scenario is a world war...
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There is no alternative but to negotiate with North Korea
By Jonathan Power The diplomats and pundits were right: transition after the death of Kim Jong-il in North Korea, they said, might well produce an unstable and frightening situation. Kim Jong-un, his...
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USA-East Asia looking in the abyss
By Johan Galtung From Kyoto, Japan It has never been this bad since the 1950-53 Korea war. October 1962, the Cuba-USSR-USA crisis, comes to mind. There were horror visions of mushroom clouds. A proud...
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Abenomics and the State of Japan
By Johan Galtung From Kyoto, Japan When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced out of office on September 2007 his focus had been on a strong foreign policy, against the peace Article 9 in the...
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Lessons from the U.S.-Korea nuclear crisis
By David Krieger The high-profile nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula, pitting the reigning heavyweight nuclear champion, the United States, against the bantamweight nuclear contender, North Korea,...
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East-South China Seas, Islands – Solutions?
By Johan Galtung Nanjing University Conference A Chinese proverb: better than giving a starving person a fish is teaching her to fish. So, not only solutions but how to solve conflicts: in the East...
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The world right now: A Mid-Year Report
By Johan Galtung Time to take stock. The shot in Sarajevo 100 years ago inspires narratives of 19-year old Gavrilo Princip killing the successor to the throne of an empire and his pregnant wife as the...
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North Korea’s nuclear bomb once again
By Jonathan Power 17th February 2015 If there is such a thing as a “frozen conflict” the best place to look is not in Eastern Europe but in Korea where after years of merciless war that ended in 1953...
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Calling for an early Japan-China-South Korea summit
By Daisaku Ikeda SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES MAR 5, 2015 As this year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, I believe that Japan should take this as an opportunity to renew its pledge...
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The North Korean Bomb
By Jonathan Power A big sigh of relief. The UN Security Council has approved the deal on Iran’s nuclear endeavours that commits Iran not to pursue a nuclear weapons’ capability. It also approved the...
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Japan revisited – 70 years later
By Johan Galtung 70 years have passed since Japan capitulated to the Allies 15 August 1945. The key early postwar Japanese politicians, diplomats, academic advisers etc. have now retired and give...
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The Korean peninsula: A view of the future
By Johan Galtung Seoul There was a big conference in 1972 in Kyoto, well over 40 years ago; that was my first effort, with thousands, millions of others. On the agendas for these countless encounters...
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Pluses and minuses of Obama’s foreign policy
By Jonathan Power So Putin on Monday met Obama. They are going to cooperate against ISIS, the world’s worst problem. President Vladimir Putin says we should not be surprised to see Russian jets...
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The Axis of Evil
By Johan Galtung Do you remember the Axis of Evil – Iraq-Iran-North Korea? George W. Bush, or his speechwriter rather, concocted that axis in 2002 as focus for a global war on terror. The key term is...
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Around the world: Problems and remedies
By Johan Galtung Let us have a look, and see what can be done. [1] Economies. NYSE is falling; China is consuming, with problems; the West blames China, not itself, for all. The truth is over-reliance...
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China’s Silk geopolitics
By Johan Galtung China is changing world geography, or at least trying to do so. Not in the sense of land and water like the Netherlands, but in the sense of weaving new infrastructures on land, on...
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TFF PressInfo # 376: North and South Korea: Can be solved if…!
By Johan Galtung Jeju Peace Forum, Kwangju National University, Seoul; South Korea Like the Israel-Palestine conflict, the world has gotten tired of it, “what, the two Koreas still unable to sort it...
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