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The UN is being systematically starved of funds while the money goes to the insatiable military. If this is not short-sighted, irresponsible and shameful, what is? The United Nations is facing one of the gravest financial crises in its history.…

Professor Zhang WeiWei, Fudan University, and Jan Oberg. It was indeed an honour and a joy to have this conversation about the global future with one of the most respected, outspoken and productive Chinese social science scholars, Professor Zhang Weiwei. It…

Perhaps the most amazing thing is that media, commentators and many others seem to believe that peace might appear from such a bread and circus show… By Jan Oberg Here is CNN’s take-away from the “Pursuing Peace” Summit in Anchorage yesterday. “Peacemaking”…

But did you know? Is this discussed now when the UN turn 80 in October? No, politicians, media and scholars generally focus on war and ignore humanity’s most important peace-maker. By Jan Oberg “UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12 2025 (IPS) –…

Shashi Tharoor tells Trump that colonialism is over and that he is a hypocrite. I recently gave some comments to India’s NDTV about the decline of the US in the global society. It was on its Friday evening “India Ascends”…

Leaders from China and the European Union have just concluded the China-EU Summit in Beijing, aiming to strengthen bilateral cooperation while addressing key areas of disagreement. How important is the China-EU relationship for both sides and the world? What divisions…

“Fear achieves making people submissive, obedient, as they are afraid of authorities, of the unknown their beloved authorities may bring and so they give in against their own interests.” How wise is it to blast out threats of nuclear war…

In times of rampant militarism and denial of every type of civilian conflict-resolution method, we must speed up our public education work about all the alternatives to military non-resolution of problems. This article is an excellent point to start –…

Please criticize its members and their terrible UN-destroying actions before you declare the UN itself “outdated” or “inefficient” or “corrupt” or whatever! The UN has been extremely important over the last 80 years in terms of, for instance, global dialogue,…

Worse now after NATO Hague Summit, June 2025. We are so far out that millions of taxpayers should refuse to pay and overwhelm NATO/EU legal systems as NATO moves towards Zero Security with this. By Jan Oberg Pathological groupthink towards…