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Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research

TFF is an independent think tank, a global network that aims to bring about peace by peaceful means. It inspires a passion for peace from the grassroots to the corridors of power. TFF is an all-volunteer global network. It promotes conflict-mitigation and reconciliation in general, as well as in a more targeted way in a selected number of conflict regions - through meticulous on-the-ground research, active listening, education and advocacy. The Foundation is committed to doing diagnosis and prognosis as well as proposing solutions. It does so in a clear, pro-peace manner. transnational.live

China is the Iron Bank, with only commercial interests, not political ambition in the West(eros)

So China will not get itself involved in the Israel-Iran War It’s only June of 2025, but the past few months feel very long. On top of the trench warfare in Ukraine, unending deaths and struggles in Gaza, a historic air…

Israel Attacks Iran

In an unprecedented and unprovoked military attack, Israel kills several top leaders of the Iranian military, targets the country’s nuclear facilities and commits yet another blatant crime. By Pascal Lottaz Overnight, the terrorist regime in Tel Aviv added another crime…

Europe’s left must unite to oppose NATO’s rearmament and austerity

As Europe approaches NATO’s 24–26 June summit in The Hague, its 750 million people face a decisive strategic choice that will affect their lives for years to come – and one with far wider global impact. By John Ross The…

The rise of ‘antidiplomacy’ in a powerless Europe

Kaja Kallas is the face of Europe’s self-defeating positions on China and self-loathing reverence for America Europe today practices a diplomacy that delivers no outcomes. Policies are not designed to protect interests, but rather scripted to signal virtue or hopeless…

Before We Think: Culturally Encoded

Last week, we picked up our 5-year-old son from his public kindergarten in Beijing. On the way home, he proudly recited a Tang Dynasty poem by heart — 春望 (Chūnwàng, or Spring View, 757 AD), one of the most famous and widely recited…

Can EU pick itself up by its civilian bootstraps and join the future multipolar world?

Does Europe often find itself grappling with the dilemma of choosing between the US and China? A quintessential example of this was an April article in the Financial Times, titled: “Europe must choose between America and China.” Apart from reflecting…

When You Make Enemies Everywhere, You Can’t Sell Anything

In a recent article before Trump’s tariff announcement, I mentioned the growing movement to boycott Made in USA because of its continuing to abet Genocide in Gaza. By Karl Sanchez That has now spread even farther in defiance of the…

Mineral Deal Gives the US Total Control over Ukraine’s Future

Imagine Russia or China had suggested a deal with this content and these intentions, depriving Ukraine of its sovereignty. This is posted on Sebastian Sas’ important YouTube Channel with no less than 120,000 subscribers. His succinct analysis is based on…

Greenland: It’s time for the international community to step in

– We in Greenland have done everything we can to make the Americans understand that they are violating us as a people and our sovereignty through their constant pressure. But nothing has got through to the Trump administration; on the contrary,…

Ukraine Timeline Tells the Tale

Without historical context, which is buried by corporate media, it’s impossible to understand Ukraine. Historians will tell the story, but journalists are cut short for trying to tell it now. By Joe Lauria The way to prevent the Ukraine war…

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