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The long-term C5 crisis: Argument & readings

Posted on June 3, 2009 at 2:00pm —

Condemn North Korea's nukes & question Western responses

Posted on June 3, 2009 at 12:30pm —

Nuclear weapons and mainstream media

Posted on May 11, 2009 at 12:00pm —

ObergPhotoGraphics - A studio and a website

Posted on May 5, 2009 at 12:30pm —

Connecting the dots: G20 and C5

Posted on April 5, 2009 at 5:42am —

War Anniversaries – It is all going so well in the Balkans and Iraq – isn’t it?

Posted on March 21, 2009 at 8:00am —

Nuclear accident in the Atlantic - Reuters don't mention

Posted on February 16, 2009 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

The Serb minority's situation in Croatia 17 years after the war broke out: International peace-prevention and Croatian nationalism in perspective

Posted on February 11, 2009 at 5:30pm —

The Richard Falk case, Israeli authoritarianism and Western media

Posted on December 17, 2008 at 4:00pm —

Nonviolence, UN Day and Johan Galtung

Posted on October 23, 2008 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

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What motivated you to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?: I had teachers who opened my eyes to the potentials of nonviolence. The Vietnam War. My encounter with people like Hakan Wiberg, Johan Galtung, Elise and Kenneth Boulding, etc. Being a young student in Somalia (at war) 1977 to 1981. My education in Yugoslavia from 1974. A lot of reading, peace research and Gandhi in particular.
And the belief that with more research and education at all levels, we can learn to understand conflicts better - and when we do, there will be less "conflict illiteracy" and thus, other tools in the toolbox than a hammer and a chain saws...
Finally, as a conflict 'doctor', I like to combine the idea of alleviating suffering, confronting power nonviolently and suggesting alternatives - pro-peace and not anti-war only...

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself (no more than 3 paragraphs): About me here
Write to me:
oberg@transnational.org

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you have direct and significant expertise: All of former Yugoslavia since 1974
Iraq since 2002
Burundi since 1999
Somalia 1977-81
Japan since the 1980s
Sweden and Denmark
- and a few other places

What is your current country of residence?: Sweden

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?: Director of TFF - The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box): http://www.transnational.org

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box): http://www.youtube.com/TFFVideo

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?: Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, Education, Civil Society

Which are your primary skills areas?: Training, Advocacy, Intervention, Research

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?: - Former Yugoslavia - What Should Have Been Done (working on a book with Johan Galtung and Hakan Wiberg)
- Reconciliation and forgiveness - Burundi
- Peacebuilding - Iraq
- Nonviolence or "peace by peaceful means"
- World order and governance
- Nuclear abolition and alternative defence
- Peace research in general - co-editor with Lester Kurtz of the "Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict"

If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications: All available at
TFF - The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
And I would like to recommend the books of TFF Associates that you find on that homepage under "Publications".
In addition! Of course the websites of TFF are my favourites. I put a lot of effort into making them, content first but also aesthetics. On TFF you'll find all our favourite websites under "Features". We use them every day to supply YOU with important analyses of global developments.

Welcome here! Visit other TFF Associates' sites too...

TFF - The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
TFF Video Channel
My "slow" blog in Danish-and-Swedish-only

Other TFF Board members and Associates members of this community:
Annette Schiffman and Ina Curic and Jonathan Power and
Jorgen Johansen and Jake Lynch and Kai Brand-Jacobsen and Biljana Vankovska

Visit them too!

Please comment here or at oberg@transnational.org

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At 7:58am on July 1, 2009, Sanjeeb Ghimire said…: Dear Jan
I have visited your org web TTF.It is very good.

At 1:18pm on May 26, 2009, Fumi Inoue said…: Thank you for adding me!

At 12:54pm on May 5, 2009, Sarah Imani said…: really, really like your idea of combining photography/art with peaceworkexperience,because most of the time you have that kind of combination when it comes primarily from the art perspective and not from someone coming from the peace work perspective first. thanks!

At 4:54am on April 6, 2009, Ala said…: Hey Jan
im very glad to recive your comment back , while im now in Iraq-Erbil city and working with IREX , www.irex.org
its always intresting for me to know and update me about the swedish activites in field of conflict resolution in both level international and national , what is the most hot cases there in swedin and as well what is the international issues that sweden concere it most
Tack
Ala

At 8:50am on April 5, 2009, Metta Spencer said…: Hi, Jan.
Nice to see you on this site. Isn't it great? Craig Zelizer had a brilliant idea.

At 10:32am on March 22, 2009, Ala said…: Dear Jan
Thanks alot for adding me to you contact list , i intrested very much to hear more about the swedish experince in field of peace and conflict , though i know alot during my three year experince of working with the olof palme international center.
thanks once again
Ala

At 2:42pm on February 19, 2009, Dalia.M.Mahir said…: Dear Professor Jan

You can not imagine how happy Iwas when finding your name in the member list of this site , thank you very much for dedicating some of your time for interacting with us , and concerning the course of "Missed Opportunities: Iraq and the Balkans ", this course is vital and carry a special importance for me ,I already sent 2 letters to Mss Natalia Shelaru, the Executive Secretary 3 weeks ago inorder to participate , Please can you help me on this issue ,dead line will be on 25th of this month , I will be greatfull if you can tell me how to directlly contact the person in charge of admission , Thank you very much .

Looking forward to be one of your students.
Dalia / Baghdad - Iraq

At 6:59am on February 7, 2009, shyam tosawad said…: Dear friend
Violance,war,conflicts,sufferings my desire to see world in peace and non violance has motivated me to join this network."Vasudev kutukbkam" entire world as a family, this was a teaching of our culture and traditional.we created countries,boundries,religions,cast,race for a genuine reason or a false reasons for any reason.but this the time to realise that we are one and we naturaly interconected with each other ,which we can just realise by watching inhale and exhale of breaths the source is same ,without any descrimanation,religion,bonundries, equaly for all living life of universe .When we understand this simple thing then we must understand how our and other's life is equaly important,valuble ,respectable .we should follow the nature's rule ,non violance .peace ,god has given us a human life not for destruction but for lookafter the wellbeing of all living life.
i shall be happy if you could include me in your circle of friends

At 12:54am on January 14, 2009, Ala said…: Dear Jan
Im really happay to see you intrested on conflict and peacbuilding in Iraq , and it seems you have good experince on Iraq and the stiuation there
thanks
Ala

At 6:21pm on December 29, 2008, Eric SHIMA said…: These pictures bring a message: "remember and stand up for a good cause"

At 3:04am on December 23, 2008, Erle Frayne Argonza said…: HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU FRIEND & FELLOW ON EARTH!

FOR 2009 MAY WE ALL CONTINUE TO PURSUE OUR MISSIONS WITH FERVOR, SHARE OUR LOVE AND THOUGHTS TO OUR LESS FORTUNATE BROTHERS & SISTERS, AND WORK TO FOSTER PEACE AND SOLIDARITY ACROSS THE GLOBE.

BIG BANG OF HOPE!

BRO. ERLE ARGONZA / GURU RA

At 6:20pm on December 22, 2008, Anika Krstic said…: Jan, I am glad that we have connected in this way. I was very impressed with your article about Ahtisaari Nobel Peace Prize, as I share the same views. It was indeed ultimately a political solution in Kosovo and a win-loose one. Given the history of Balkans and my own family history, I feel uneasy about the possible consequences of such imposed solutions. Real peace-makers were never invited to this place to search for commonly agrees solutions and I feel sad about all the people who will have to suffer with no redress... But maybe it is never to late and we can still do something to really bridge the differences and have some understanding among communiies and peoples who have been in conflict and sort of peace for so long. It's just that people in politics tend to look for easy black-and-white solutions and reality is so much more than that! Thank you for the insight that you provide and the efforts you make to get a different message across. Swimming upstream is tough but someone has to do it:)

At 6:03pm on December 13, 2008, MERCY WAMBUI said…: Thanks Jan for adding me as friend.From the experience i got from the political crisis in my home country Kenya last year i felt the urge in me to contribute in making the world a better place to live in for all humankind.However,Iam so new in this field and so i need people like you who have great experience to help me achieve my goals and objectives. I believe that together we can make it.I have a lot of interest to work with the vulnerable and the disadvantaged in the society. However, my first aim is to pursue my degree in social work or peace and conflict studies. Iam currently looking for a scholarship. I believe such a degree will make me more resourceful in working with the disadvantaged groups in the society.Wish you all the best.If you have any scholarship information for degree in peace and conflict studies or social work,please let me know.Lets keep in touch.

Mercy.

At 4:00pm on December 12, 2008, Dr. Levan Z. Urushadze said…: Dear Mr. Oberg,

First of all, thank you very much for accepting me as a friend. I know, that your contribution in fighting for world peace is very great. As you know, since August 8, 2008 my country - Georgia is a victim of Russia's barbarous aggression and your attention, attention of your Foundation is very important for us.

With kind regards,

Dr. Levan Z. Urushadze,
Senior Research Fellow of the Georgian National Museum -
- Scientific Co-ordinator of the Museum of the Soviet
Occupation, a Fellow of the World Academy of Art & Science
(WAAS).

At 12:44am on November 19, 2008, THUSHARA WITHARANA said…: hi jan,

you have more experience in peace and non violance field.so you are a professional person.

I'm a peace & conflict resolution graduate in Univarsiry of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka.I'm also interest in NVC.I trained NVC.

I like read your view about Sri Lanka war.can U join with my discussion in my page.

Ashley,

our batch members join & we try to work 4 peace in Sri Lanka.We studied about peace.now here is a war.so we think we have a responsibility about our country.we hope to work 4 peace.can U help us.we want knowladge & funds.if U can join some organizations,plz reply me.

Thushara

At 12:45pm on November 3, 2008, Eric SHIMA said…: Dear Oberg,
your writings give great insights
Go ahead

At 2:23pm on October 21, 2008, 'Wonuola Adeniji said…: Hi, thanks for adding me as a friend, i think i will learn or can learn alot form you since am very new in this field. So what do you think is the first thing i should do? Sure you've read from my profile that am currently studying PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION,just starting out but are there other short courses i can take thats not expensive or that i can get sponsorship for?

At 7:13am on October 21, 2008, Okafor Ujunwa Uchechukwu said…: International Peace Research Association (IPRA)

At 2:44am on October 21, 2008, Caroline Jaine said…: Thanks for the add, I look forward to reading more about your work - we have many mutual areas of interest.
Regards
Caroline