Editorial Archive
All editorials by Johan Galtung unless noted otherwise.
2019
- 2 Dec 2019Peace Studies: Inspiration, Objectives, Achievement
- 25 Nov 2019The Trials of Julian Assange–and Why He Is Vital to Our Future
by Jake Lynch - 18 Nov 2019The Basic Cultural Structure: A Comment from Chile as It Burns
by Howard Richards - 11 Nov 2019Ending Violence, Exploitation, Ecological Destruction and War: Creating a Culture of Peace
by Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. - 4 Nov 2019United States vs Moby Dick
- 28 Oct 2019Thwarted Intelligence Disorder
by Dr. Naresh Jotwani - 21 Oct 2019When Is It ‘Politically Correct’ to Be Politically Correct?
by Richard Falk - 14 Oct 2019The Climate Crisis (and Other Crises) Require the Transformation of the Basic Cultural Structure of the Modern World (Part 1)
by Howard Richards - 7 Oct 2019Professionalization in Peace Research
- 30 Sep 2019Our Lifestyles Must Change
by John Scales Avery - 23 Sep 2019Preparing the U.N.’s 2020
by René Wadlow - 16 Sep 2019Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Sows Confusion
by Richard E. Rubenstein - 9 Sep 2019Comparative Political Leadership: Gandhi vs. Contemporary Leaders
by Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. - 9 Sep 2019The Year 2050: A Predic-scription
- 26 Aug 2019Dear Butterflies, Help!
by Dr. Naresh Jotwani - 19 Aug 2019From Legitimacy Wars to the Politics of Impossibility: Horizons of Hope
by Richard Falk - 12 Aug 2019Benefits of Equality
by John Scales Avery - 5 Aug 2019Meanwhile, Around the World
- 29 Jul 2019Peace Journalism: Signs and Trends
by René Wadlow - 22 Jul 2019Two Necessary and Sufficient Principles
by Howard Richards - 15 Jul 2019A Call to Apply the TRANSCEND Method to the Middle East Conflict
by Diane Perlman, PhD - 8 Jul 2019The Limited Mind: Why Fear Is Driving Humanity to Extinction
by Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. - 1 Jul 2019Meanwhile, Around the World
- 24 Jun 2019Green New Deals
by Howard Richards - 17 Jun 2019Peace Journalism: The Sower, the Seed, the Harvest
by René Wadlow - 10 Jun 2019Brexit and the Dilemma of UK Labour
by Jake Lynch - 3 Jun 2019Meanwhile, Around the World
by Johan Galtung and Antonio C. S. Rosa - 27 May 2019The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: Primary Conflicts and Second Order Change
by Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - 20 May 2019Apocalypse!
by Dr. Naresh Jotwani - 13 May 2019The Disintegrated Mind: The Greatest Threat to Human Survival on Earth
by Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. - 6 May 2019Meanwhile, Around the World
- 29 Apr 2019The Short-Lived Life Expectancy of Autocratic Democracies
by Prof. Richard Falk - 22 Apr 2019The Climate Emergency
by John Scales Avery - 15 Apr 2019When You Get to the End of the Road It Is Time to Think Outside the Box
by Howard Richards - 8 Apr 2019Peace Journalism
by René Wadlow - 2 Apr 2019Meanwhile, Around the World: An Overview
- 25 Mar 2019Why Activists Fail
by Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. - 18 Mar 2019The Future of Work
by Marilyn Langlois - 11 Mar 2019Taxes or Debt?
by Dr. Naresh Jotwani - 4 Mar 2019Anti Reuter
- 25 Feb 2019Can We Imagine Peace for Palestine?
by Richard Falk - 18 Feb 2019Gandhi’s Message for Today’s World
by John Scales Avery - 11 Feb 2019Trump vs. the Anti-Trumps: It’s the System That Needs Changing, Not just the Personnel
by Richard E. Rubenstein - 4 Feb 2019Meanwhile, around the World
- 28 Jan 2019Learning from Gandhi
by Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. - 21 Jan 2019What Is the Question?
by Howard Richards - 14 Jan 2019Calling all Healers!
by Marilyn Langlois - 7 Jan 2019Welcome, 2019! A Year for Health
2018
- 31 Dec 2018Reflections on 2018, Forecasting 2019
by Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. - 24 Dec 2018‘Homo Implacatus’
by Dr. Naresh Jotwani - 17 Dec 2018Institutional and Cultural Inertia
by John Scales Avery - 10 Dec 2018Norms, Analysis, Action: Our Tasks
by René Wadlow - 3 Dec 2018On the Future of the World: Some Notes
- 26 Nov 2018Solidarity Economics: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
by Prof. Howard Richards - 19 Nov 2018Sanctions as Collective Punishment
by John Scales Avery - 12 Nov 2018The War to End War 100 Years On: An Evaluation and Reorientation of our Resistance to War
by Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. - 5 Nov 2018A World without US (Empire) Killing?
- 29 Oct 2018Transcending World Order Regressions
by Richard Falk - 22 Oct 2018On Western Civilisation
by Jake Lynch - 15 Oct 2018The Importance of Alternative Media
by John Scales Avery - 8 Oct 2018No No Keshagesh*
by Marilyn Langlois - 1 Oct 2018Meanwhile, Around the World
- 24 Sep 2018The Empire-Lovers Strike Back!
by Richard E. Rubenstein - 17 Sep 2018Tribalism
by John Scales Avery - 10 Sep 2018Solidarity for Full Employment
by Howard Richards - 3 Sep 2018Meanwhile, Around the World
- 27 Aug 2018Why I’ve Written an Historical Novel
by Jake Lynch - 20 Aug 2018Life at the Top
by Dr. Naresh Jotwani - 13 Aug 2018Human Extinction by 2026? A Last Ditch Strategy to Fight for Human Survival
by Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. - 6 Aug 2018Meanwhile, around the World
- 30 Jul 2018Madmen and Economists
by John Scales Avery - 23 Jul 2018What Should We Do Now?
by Howard Richards - 16 Jul 2018Between Three Summits: Brussels, England, Helsinki
by René Wadlow - 9 Jul 2018Seeking the Root Causes
by Dr. Naresh Jotwani - 2 Jul 2018Meanwhile, around the World
- 25 Jun 2018Roseanne, Racism, and the Problem of False Dichotomies
by Richard Rubenstein - 20 Jun 2018Humanity’s ‘Dirty Little Secret’: Starving, Enslaving, Raping, Torturing and Killing our Children
by Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. - 11 Jun 2018Right-Wing Politics and Climate Change
by John Scales Avery - 4 Jun 2018Meanwhile, Around the World
- 28 May 2018Conflict Theory and Biosphere Annihilation
by Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. - 21 May 2018A Challenge to Philanthropists
by Marilyn Langlois - 14 May 2018World Order after the Cold War
by Richard Falk - 7 May 2018Meanwhile, Around the World
- 30 Apr 2018Nuclear Arms Issues: Progress but Still a Rocky Road Ahead
by René Wadlow - 23 Apr 2018Confronting Islamophobia
- 16 Apr 2018The U.S. and Europe Must Step Back from the Brink
by John Scales Avery - 9 Apr 2018Challenges for Resolving Complex Conflicts
by Robert J. Burrowes, Ph.D. - 2 Apr 2018Meanwhile, Around the World
- 26 Mar 2018The Geopolitics of Targeting Russia
by Chandra Muzaffar - 19 Mar 2018“Decline and Fall” of the US Empire – Introduction to the American Edition
- 12 Mar 2018A Stream of Consciousness about Stream of Time
- 5 Mar 2018Meanwhile, Around the World
- 26 Feb 2018Not War on Terrorism but Dialogue for Solutions
- 19 Feb 2018Playing by the Rules? Nuclear Powers Could Learn from Olympic Athletes and Fans
by Marilyn Langlois - 12 Feb 2018Brexit and Its Discontents
by Jake Lynch - 5 Feb 2018Missing: Conflict Literacy, Peace Literacy
- 29 Jan 2018Meanwhile, Around the World
- 22 Jan 2018Why the United Nations Matters (even for the Palestinians)
by Richard Falk - 15 Jan 2018“We Still Have a Choice Today: Nonviolent Coexistence or Violent Coannihilation” — MLK
by Marilyn Langlois - 8 Jan 2018American Diplomacy with North Korea and Vietnam
- 1 Jan 2018Two Ways of Being Western: Christianity and Science
2017
- 25 Dec 2017Democracy, Development, and Reputation: Vietnam, Turkey, and International Liberalism
by Richard Falk - 18 Dec 2017The State of the Empire in the Age of Trumpism
by Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - 11 Dec 2017Johan Galtung’s Acceptance Speech of the People’s Nobel in Sweden
- 4 Dec 2017Fascism in America: A Preventable Danger
by Richard E. Rubenstein - 27 Nov 2017History, Education and Conflict
by Alberto Andrés Aguirre - 27 Nov 2017Meanwhile, Around the World
- 20 Nov 2017Time to Challenge the War System
by Prof. Jake Lynch - 13 Nov 2017Espanya vs Catalunya, Cataluña vs España
by Alberto Andrés Aguirre - 6 Nov 2017Quality-of-life Floor and Wealth Ceiling: A House We Can All Live in
by Marilyn Langlois - 30 Oct 2017Mediation Culture for Conflict Transformation
- 23 Oct 2017Divide and Conquer, Cui Bono? – The US and Former Yugoslavia
by Marilyn Langlois - 16 Oct 2017Meanwhile, Around the World
- 9 Oct 2017North Korea: Quantum Politics, the TRANSCEND Method and Second Order Change
by Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - 2 Oct 2017Transcending Nukes
by Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - 25 Sep 2017Good-Bye, See You Later
- 18 Sep 2017The World–Where Are You Heading?
- 11 Sep 2017The West–Where Are You Heading?
- 4 Sep 2017USA–Where Are You Heading?
- 28 Aug 2017Peace-Development-Environment: Integrated?
- 21 Aug 2017Meanwhile, Around the World
- 14 Aug 2017Spain–Where Are You Heading?
- 7 Aug 2017Israel Heading for a Solution?
- 31 Jul 2017Overcoming Paranoia about Russia
- 24 Jul 2017Macro-History from Norway
- 17 Jul 2017The Sexualities Revolution
by Johan Galtung and Antonio C. S. Rosa - 10 Jul 2017“Modern” Business Owns You
by Johan Galtung and Malvin Gattinger - 3 Jul 2017Peaceful Societies – Where Are They?
- 26 Jun 2017Freud-Einstein on Peace
- 19 Jun 2017Rural Poverty? Cooperatives!
- 12 Jun 2017Humankind 2050 – Peace Development Environment
- 7 Jun 2017The UN Calendar: The World’s Conscience
- 29 May 2017Meanwhile, Around the World
- 22 May 2017The Basques in Spain: Positive Peace?
- 15 May 2017Missing: Political Creativity
- 8 May 2017The Post Glory Exuberance Disorder-PGED
- 1 May 2017“World Domestic Politics”
- 24 Apr 2017Reducing Urban Violence
- 17 Apr 2017The Easter Message
- 10 Apr 2017Can Empirical Science Give Us Peace?
- 3 Apr 2017Meanwhile, Around the World
- 27 Mar 2017Violence against Women: Positive Peace
- 20 Mar 2017World Politics-Economics Right Now
- 13 Mar 2017A Structural Theory of Aging
- 6 Mar 2017The “Karma Year” and Current Conflicts
- 27 Feb 2017Peace between China and Japan
- 20 Feb 2017History: Epochs or Trends–Medieval Spain
- 13 Feb 2017Evolving Democracy
- 6 Feb 2017Nonviolent Economy
- 6 Feb 2017The Trump Presidency: The First Week
- 30 Jan 2017Is Violence-War a Cause or a Symptom?
- 23 Jan 2017Donald Trump Inaugurated as President
- 16 Jan 20172017 World Economy and Economists
- 9 Jan 2017Meanwhile, Around the World
- 2 Jan 2017New Year Old Wishes Left and Right
2016
- 26 Dec 2016China and Europe–Comparisons and Futures
- 19 Dec 2016Bravo Trump–No to CIA!!
- 12 Dec 2016Meanwhile, Around the World
- 5 Dec 2016A Better World Has Less Violence, War
- 28 Nov 2016The State of the World Right Now: A View
- 21 Nov 2016Bringing In the Future: An Essay on Time
- 14 Nov 2016Two Indias: Gandhi and Modern India
- 31 Oct 2016From Regionalization to Globalization: Problematic
- 24 Oct 2016Longer, but Less Meaningful Lives?
- 17 Oct 2016Spain “Without Government”–And Then What?
- 10 Oct 2016The Mediascape: A Guided Tour
- 3 Oct 2016Meanwhile, Around the World
- 26 Sep 201621 September 2016: 10 Pointers
- 19 Sep 2016The State of the World–By Journalism
- 12 Sep 2016Wallerstein on the Global Left and Right
- 5 Sep 2016Islam Right Now
- 29 Aug 2016The Global Power Imbalance
- 22 Aug 2016Meanwhile, Around the World
- 15 Aug 2016Money, Economy, Economics
- 8 Aug 2016Europe Right Now – EU, Russia
- 1 Aug 2016Norway Right Now—Compliance
- 25 Jul 2016The US Nominations
- 18 Jul 2016Spain: Blame the Rule, Not the Numbers
- 11 Jul 2016Charlatanism: “The Positive Peace Index”
- 4 Jul 2016Russia and China Right Now–?
- 27 Jun 2016Israel Right Now, with Shrinking Options
- 24 Jun 2016Brex’It, So Be’It; And Then What?
- 20 Jun 2016USA Right Now, Worse Than Ever, But-?
- 13 Jun 2016Japan Right Now–And the USA
- 6 Jun 2016East Asia: Four Formulas for Peace
- 30 May 2016The Korean Peninsula Conflict: A Way Out
- 23 May 2016Marinaleda: A Concrete Utopia
- 16 May 2016China’s Silk Geopolitics
- 9 May 2016Mass Migration, EU, European Nationalisms
- 2 May 2016Peace State Iceland. Meaning What?
- 25 Apr 2016Searching for the Good Town
- 18 Apr 2016Mediation by Judges, by the Police
- 11 Apr 2016Realpolitik vs Realistic Politics
- 4 Apr 2016How Ought We Treat Each Other?
- 28 Mar 2016World Economy, What Next?*
- 21 Mar 2016USA, What Next?
- 14 Mar 2016Western Sahara Occidental: A Vision
- 7 Mar 2016A Pope, a Patriarch, a Spiritual Revolution
- 29 Feb 2016Learning from Mathematics
- 22 Feb 2016Spain: One State, Two, or Five In-Betweens?
- 15 Feb 2016The Human Rights: A Permanent Challenge
- 8 Feb 2016Religious Fundamentalism-Extremism-Violence
- 1 Feb 2016Meanwhile Around the World: Problems-Remedies
- 25 Jan 2016Police Mediation: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
- 18 Jan 2016Improving Democracy
- 11 Jan 2016Syria (Minding the Minds II)
- 4 Jan 2016Twenty Pious Wishes for 2016: Mind the Minds
2015
- 28 Dec 2015Anglo-America, EU, the West: A Prognosis
- 21 Dec 2015China vs. Russia vs. USA; Xi vs. Putin vs. Obama
- 14 Dec 2015The Climate vs. the Planet
- 7 Dec 2015The Clouds Are Getting Dark
- 30 Nov 2015Peace Journalism: Is It Working?
- 23 Nov 2015Violence In and By Paris: Any Way Out?
- 16 Nov 2015School Mediation: Problems, And Solutions?
- 9 Nov 2015Quo Vadis Europe, Where Are You Going?
- 2 Nov 2015Cultures of War, Cultures of Peace
- 26 Oct 2015Corruption: Theory, Prognosis, Solutions?
- 19 Oct 2015The World beyond Global Disorder
- 12 Oct 2015School Shootings in the USA: 10 Points
- 5 Oct 2015The Colombia Peace Accords
- 28 Sep 2015US Policy toward Challengers: 10 Points
- 21 Sep 2015The Axis of Evil
- 14 Sep 2015Islam and the West: Roads toward Peace
- 7 Sep 2015Peace Studies Epistemology: Descartes-Vico-Daoism
- 31 Aug 2015The Korean Peninsula: A View of the Future
- 24 Aug 2015Toward a Northeast Asian Community
- 17 Aug 2015Sustainable Debt — And West-Russia-China-Japan?
- 10 Aug 2015Norway Revisited: Two Crises-An Oil Slick-And?
- 3 Aug 2015Japan Revisited
- 27 Jul 2015From Security to Peace: A Paradigm Shift
- 20 Jul 2015Aesthetics as One Road to Peace?
- 13 Jul 2015TPP-TTIP-Tisa: A Tipping Edge from Democracy
- 6 Jul 2015OXI or NAI?
- 29 Jun 2015The Nemesis of Race
- 22 Jun 2015Pope Francis: Spiritual, Liberating Theology
- 15 Jun 2015Meanwhile, with Great Narratives Unfolding
- 9 Jun 2015“Getting Away with Murder”
- 1 Jun 2015Against Kaplan “Bring Imperialism Back to the Middle East”
by Johan Galtung and Naakow Hayford - 25 May 2015On Violence: Suicide, Homicide — and Both-And
- 18 May 2015Israel, Germany, and Neighbors Three Removed
- 11 May 2015The Year 2015: First Third Report
- 4 May 2015Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s Speech in US Congress
- 27 Apr 2015The West against Itself
- 20 Apr 2015Criminalizing War: Twenty Recommendations
- 13 Apr 2015Gandhi and Mandela: Two South Africans
- 6 Apr 2015Mao and Gandhi: Two Asians
- 30 Mar 2015Stalin the Communist and Mao the Commune-ist
- 23 Mar 2015Hitler and Stalin: Two Europeans
- 16 Mar 2015Churchill and Hitler–Two Europeans
- 10 Mar 2015The “New World Order”
- 2 Mar 2015The Von Weizsäckers, Germany’s Kennedys
- 23 Feb 2015The Western Freedom of Expression Hypocrisy
- 16 Feb 2015Diagnosis & Prognosis: The Ukrainian Conflict-Formation
by Naakow Grant-Hayford - 9 Feb 2015What Colonialism Was About: The Case of Malaya
- 2 Feb 2015A Theory of China
- 26 Jan 2015Iberia a Thousand Years Ago
- 19 Jan 2015The Year 2015-What Are We In For?
- 12 Jan 2015Paris–And Then?
- 5 Jan 2015Positive Peace – What Is That?
2014
- 29 Dec 20142014 No Good. 2015 Any Better?
- 23 Dec 2014Cuba – And Then What?
- 15 Dec 2014The Octagon World: Conflict or Cooperation?
- 8 Dec 2014A Quick Glance at Indonesia-Malaysia
- 1 Dec 2014Civilization Clashes Occident-Orient?
- 24 Nov 2014Malaysian Territories: Security and Sovereignty
- 18 Nov 2014The Future of Mediation
- 10 Nov 2014Christianity between Jewish and Islamic Banking
- 3 Nov 2014Christianity vs Islam: Countercyclicity?
- 27 Oct 2014The Sunni-Shia Conflict: Any Solution?
- 20 Oct 2014Epistemology: On the Use of Dichotomies
- 13 Oct 2014ISIS: Negotiation, Not Bombing
- 6 Oct 2014Hong Kong and Beyond
- 29 Sep 2014The Environment: Very Holistic, Very Dialectic
- 22 Sep 2014May Peace Prevail on Earth! — International Peace Day 2014
- 15 Sep 2014The Long Shadows of History
- 8 Sep 2014Flaws in US Thought–And Some Remedies
- 1 Sep 2014The Fall of the US Empire-And Then What?
- 25 Aug 2014USA-Israel vs. Arab-Muslim Worlds: What Happens?
- 18 Aug 2014Building Sustainable Peace — Criminalizing War
- 11 Aug 2014Needed: Regime Change in Israel
- 4 Aug 2014Marx and Freud, Daoism and Gandhi
- 28 Jul 2014BRIC(K)S for a New World Economic Order!
- 21 Jul 2014Structural Violence Re-Explored
- 14 Jul 2014What Was History About-Look at the Histomap
- 7 Jul 2014Seven Roads to Happiness
- 30 Jun 2014The World Right Now: A Mid-Year Report
- 16 Jun 2014Spain 2050–Ten Predictions
- 9 Jun 2014Good, Innovative Governance – What Is That?
- 2 Jun 2014Mexico: 50 Peaceful Peace Policies
by Johan Galtung & Fernando Montiel T. - 26 May 2014Peace Studies: Ten Basic Points
- 19 May 2014Norway 2050: An Image
- 12 May 2014TAP+TPP = “All But China” = TAP+TIPP?
- 5 May 2014Homage to International NYT
- 28 Apr 2014University Cooperation for Equity and Empathy
- 21 Apr 2014East-South China Seas, Islands–Solutions?
- 14 Apr 2014Japan and the World Community
- 7 Apr 2014America — A Failed State?
- 24 Mar 2014Far From Good Enough, Mr. Putin!
- 17 Mar 2014The Group of 77 at Fifty. Congratulations!
- 10 Mar 2014Ukraine-Crimea-Georgia–the West and Russia
- 3 Mar 2014Pakistan – What Now?
- 25 Feb 2014Criminalizing Aggressive War
- 17 Feb 2014International Peace Research Association at 50
- 10 Feb 2014Saddam, Osama, Gaddafi, Chavez–And Obama
- 3 Feb 2014Israel-Palestine: 1-2-6-20
- 27 Jan 2014Geneva I-II: The Mismanagement of Conflicts
- 20 Jan 2014The Economy: Looks Bad
- 13 Jan 2014The West Contracting to “Middle Ages”? Fine!
- 6 Jan 20142014: Ten Conflicts, Solutions, Conciliation
2013
- 30 Dec 2013Who Runs The World? The Subconscious(*)
- 23 Dec 2013A Christian Peace?
- 16 Dec 2013Stop Giving the West a Bad Name!
- 9 Dec 2013The United States of America–Heading Where?
- 2 Dec 2013The Global Economy–Heading Where?
- 25 Nov 2013Peace in Colombia?
- 18 Nov 2013The Case of Education for Peace in Mexico
by Johan Galtung & Fernando Montiel T. - 11 Nov 2013The Middle East–Heading Where?
- 4 Nov 2013NSA and the Fall of the US Empire
- 28 Oct 2013The Geopolitics of Education for Peace
- 21 Oct 2013The US Calamities: There Are Solutions
- 14 Oct 2013The Real “Global South” Today: BRICS*
- 14 Oct 2013Balkan Integration Process in a Global Framework*
- 8 Oct 2013The EU Foreign Policy: Ten Wishes
- 1 Oct 2013Criminalize War!
- 23 Sep 2013Bravo – Pope Francis!
- 16 Sep 2013Syria: Three Conflict Levels, Solutions?
- 11 Sep 2013Caucasus Leaving the Cold War
- 2 Sep 2013Where Have All the Powers Gone?
- 26 Aug 2013Peace Proposals Work! – Sometimes
- 19 Aug 2013TRANSCEND At 20: And Then What?
- 12 Aug 2013Civilization Dialogue as a Way of Life
- 5 Aug 2013Five Theses about Assange-Manning-Snowden
- 31 Jul 2013Small Places Can Think Big Thoughts…
- 29 Jul 2013Applications of Ahimsa-Nonviolence in Daily Life
- 23 Jul 2013Systems of Alternative Defense for States
- 15 Jul 2013Competition, Cooperation and Archetypes
- 8 Jul 2013The USA Micro-Managing the World
- 1 Jul 2013Humankind 2050: Making Peace with Our Futures
- 24 Jun 2013Reinventing Fascism
- 17 Jun 2013Think-Act, Locally-Globally: Alfaz, Spain
- 10 Jun 2013Turkey Getting Stuck Again?
- 3 Jun 2013FuturICT: A Tool for Post-Democracy
- 28 May 2013The Americas: Colombia and the USA
- 20 May 2013Mono- Multi- Inter- Cross- Trans-Disciplinary
- 13 May 2013Meanwhile, Manchester United
- 6 May 2013An Octagonal World
- 29 Apr 2013Syria
- 22 Apr 2013Abenomics and the State of Japan
- 15 Apr 2013USA-East Asia Looking Into the Abyss
- 8 Apr 2013A Future after Oil: Six Proposals
- 1 Apr 2013Why Does the West Fail to Understand Reality?
- 25 Mar 2013Iraq: Ten Years of Stupidity
- 18 Mar 2013Pope Francis I, a Jesuit
- 11 Mar 2013Hugo Chavez: A Maker of History
- 4 Mar 2013Partyocracy-Technocracy-Autocracy-Bankocracy
- 25 Feb 2013The World as Seen from Mt Everest
- 18 Feb 2013Nepal: Six Years of “Transition”
- 11 Feb 2013Thinking Mali
- 4 Feb 2013Slavery, Colonialism, and the Church
- 28 Jan 2013The Arab-Muslim Awakening – And USA-Israel
- 21 Jan 2013Change Happens – But How, Why, When, Where?
- 14 Jan 2013Against World Revolution – Constructively!
- 7 Jan 2013The US Cliff, Swamp, Quagmire
2012
- 31 Dec 2012A New Year’s Wish: Go Beyond!
- 24 Dec 2012Structural Violence, Peace–And the Handicapped
- 17 Dec 2012Against a Third World War-Constructively!
- 10 Dec 2012Fighting Anti-Semitism–Constructively!
- 3 Dec 2012UN: Two Empires Crumbling – And Then What?
- 26 Nov 2012The History of the Past – And the Future?
- 19 Nov 2012Cultivating Peace, Preventing Violence…
- 8 Nov 2012A Change in Washington?
- 5 Nov 2012Peace Studies by Peaceful Means
- 29 Oct 2012The European Finance Crisis: Germany/GIPSI
- 18 Oct 2012The Peace Prize: Nobel or Ignoble?
- 15 Oct 2012Balkan Wars at 100: Four Roads to Good Neighborhood*
- 10 Oct 2012Turkey – Cyprus – Kurds – Armenia – Syria*
- 8 Oct 2012Sociocide, Palestine and Israel
- 1 Oct 2012Peace, Human Rights and Development in an Evolving World
- 1 Oct 2012Freedom of Expression = Freedom to Insult?
- 24 Sep 2012A Day of Peace: For the Americas
- 17 Sep 2012SABONA: From Kindergarten to Geopolitics
- 10 Sep 2012US National Defense Act and a Global Peace Agenda
- 3 Sep 2012Attacking Iran: A Disaster for the Region and the World
- 27 Aug 2012Conspiracies: Theories and Hypotheses
- 20 Aug 2012Hamsun, Ibsen, and Their Utopias
- 13 Aug 2012The Hexagon Map of the Multipolar World
- 6 Aug 2012The Nordic Countries in a World in Crisis
- 30 Jul 2012The Politics of the Economic Crisis
- 23 Jul 2012Not Much Peace? Also the Mediators’ Fault
- 16 Jul 2012Breivik: A Part of Norwegian Reality (Part III)
- 9 Jul 2012Willy Brandt Twenty Years Later
- 2 Jul 2012From Westphalia to Weltinnenpolitik
- 25 Jun 2012Italy: A Portrait
by Erika Degortes and Johan Galtung - 18 Jun 2012Breivik: Living In the Historical Present (Part II)
- 11 Jun 2012The Arab Spring and the Image of Islam
- 4 Jun 2012Breivik: A Victim of Collective Psychosis (Part I)
- 28 May 2012Neither Capitalism nor Socialism: Eclecticism
- 21 May 2012Dire la Guerre, Penser la Paix
- 14 May 2012Rational Conflict Resolution: What Stands In the Way? (*)
- 7 May 2012The Politics of Equality
- 30 Apr 2012Memories Conscious and Subconscious
- 24 Apr 2012USA-Pakistan-Afghanistan: A Global Perspective
- 16 Apr 2012Continuities in US History
- 9 Apr 2012What Do You Want USA, Up or Down?
- 26 Mar 2012The Face of the Crisis – And Alternatives
- 26 Mar 2012The Nonviolent Protest at Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant
by SP Udayakumar & Antonio C. S. Rosa - 19 Mar 2012Syria
- 12 Mar 2012Peace Mathematics – Does It Exist?
- 5 Mar 2012From Empire to Global Fascism
- 27 Feb 2012Japan’s Spiritual Crisis
- 21 Feb 2012Ten Questions for Coming Leaders China-USA
- 13 Feb 2012Israel-USA vs Iran: Talk Peace!
- 6 Feb 2012A Light in Algerian Darkness: Mourad Dhina 6 Feb 2007
- 31 Jan 2012Arne Næss: The Next Hundred Years
- 23 Jan 2012Those Poor, Moody Standards
- 16 Jan 2012Davos: The 1% World
- 9 Jan 2012Where Are We Heading?
- 2 Jan 20122012: The Davids and the Goliaths
2011
- 26 Dec 2011Who Was Jesus?
- 19 Dec 2011Right Wing Extremism? Or Fascism?
- 12 Dec 2011Poor USA: What a Choice!
- 5 Dec 2011Three Crises – Three Ideas
- 28 Nov 2011The Arab Revolt – What Next?
- 21 Nov 2011Kashmir-Afghanistan-Central Asia
- 14 Nov 2011The Bad in the Good and the Good in the Bad
- 7 Nov 2011The Bad in the Good and the Good in the Bad
- 31 Oct 2011Mexico, te quiero!
- 24 Oct 2011Colombia Revisited: Ultra-Stability!
- 17 Oct 2011The Economic Crisis: Seven Proposals
- 17 Oct 2011The World Moves South and East
- 10 Oct 2011Afghan and German Deep Cultures at War
- 3 Oct 2011And Then the Decline and Fall of China?
- 26 Sep 2011A (North) East Asian Community
- 19 Sep 2011Japan, Article 9 and the Self-Defense Forces
- 12 Sep 20119/11: Ten Theses on Ten Lost Years
- 5 Sep 2011Algeria and the Arab Revolutions
by Abbas Aroua - 29 Aug 2011We Have Been Here Before
- 22 Aug 2011The Decline of the West?
- 15 Aug 20117/22: From Violence to Peace Culture (1)
- 8 Aug 2011Norway 7/22 – And What Now?
- 1 Aug 2011Norway the Victim. Norway the Perpetrator.
- 25 Jul 2011Norway 7/22. What? And Then What?
- 18 Jul 2011OIC: Organization of Islamic Conference-Cooperation-Community?
by Abbas Aroua & Johan Galtung - 11 Jul 2011The West Has a Peace Theory – And a Bad One
- 4 Jul 2011Rule of Law vs. Rule of Mediation
- 27 Jun 2011Nonviolence: Negative vs. Positive
- 20 Jun 2011Libya: Deep Structure and the Surface
- 13 Jun 2011Aging, Not Overpopulation…
- 6 Jun 2011Fukushima 3/11 – A Turning Point?
- 30 May 2011Humanitarian, or Intervention?
- 23 May 2011America the Beautiful
- 16 May 2011What Happened to the Western Left?
- 9 May 2011Osama and Obama
- 2 May 2011Emerging Powers – And Retiring Powers
- 25 Apr 2011Islamism, Christianism, Judeaism
- 18 Apr 2011Mena Revolution and Counter-Revolution
- 11 Apr 2011The Civil Crime 1861-65
- 4 Apr 2011The Empire Hits Back
- 28 Mar 2011Libya: The War Is On
- 21 Mar 2011Two Human Made Disasters: Japan and Libya
- 14 Mar 2011The Arab World: A Discourse about Discourses
- 8 Mar 2011Perfide Albion
- 28 Feb 2011The Decline of the US Republic?
- 21 Feb 2011Think Cosmically Act Globally Eat Locally
- 14 Feb 2011World History Unfolding – What Next?
- 7 Feb 2011World History Unfolding II
- 31 Jan 2011World History Unfolding I
- 24 Jan 2011Olof Palme and World Interests
- 17 Jan 2011USA versus China, and a Peace Prize
- 10 Jan 2011Two Indias: Gandhiji and Modern India
- 3 Jan 2011WikiWishes for WikiPromises for 2011
2010
- 27 Dec 2010The Middle East: One More Look
- 20 Dec 2010Women and the 21st Century
- 13 Dec 2010The Korean Peninsula: Two Scenarios
- 6 Dec 2010Global Domestic Policy – And WikiLeaks
- 29 Nov 2010Islam and the West: Some Differences
- 22 Nov 2010Hitler and the Germans
- 15 Nov 2010The Decline and Fall of Norway
- 8 Nov 2010Civilization as a Way of Life
- 1 Nov 2010The Cultural Unity of Black Africa?
- 25 Oct 2010The UN, Peace and Peace Education
- 18 Oct 2010Peace as a Way of Life
- 11 Oct 2010The Western Peace Prize
- 4 Oct 2010A Yugoslav Community for a Yugosphere?
- 27 Sep 2010China and World Harmony: Some Ideas
- 20 Sep 2010Henri Dunant, Red Cross, What Next?
- 13 Sep 2010China Yin/Yang
- 6 Sep 2010UFOs
- 30 Aug 2010Japan Right Now: What Happens?
- 23 Aug 2010Education and Peacebuilding
- 16 Aug 2010Civilian Peace Service
- 9 Aug 2010Ministries of Peace?
- 2 Aug 2010Spying for the USA-And for Peace
- 26 Jul 2010In Memoriam of Three Colleagues Who Recently Passed On
- 19 Jul 2010Conflict Transcendence as Driving Force in History
- 12 Jul 2010Hedonism as Australia Theory
- 5 Jul 2010Veterans of Current Wars: Some Perspectives
- 28 Jun 2010Are We Heading for NATO vs. SCO?
- 21 Jun 2010Conflict Transformation as a Way of Life
- 14 Jun 2010Two Empires Falling – But How?
- 7 Jun 2010Mexico-USA: Drugs-Arms-Money
by Johan Galtung & Fernando Montiel T. - 31 May 2010Where Is the World Economy Heading?
- 24 May 2010The US Civil Rights Revolution
- 17 May 2010Hung Parliament or Hung Parliamentarism?
- 10 May 2010Do Peace Studies Reach Out, Including Others?
- 3 May 2010How Do Wars End?
- 26 Apr 2010The Three Nuclear Issues
- 19 Apr 2010International Norms, International Standards
- 12 Apr 2010Globalizing God: Religion and Peace in the Social Sciences
- 5 Apr 2010A World of Regions — And the EU Role?
- 22 Mar 2010In Praise of Nonalignment
- 14 Mar 2010When Will Men Catch Up with Women?
- 8 Mar 2010Democracy At Work
- 27 Feb 2010Israel Against Herself
- 21 Feb 2010Development as a Way of Life
- 12 Feb 2010Serbia Past and Future
- 7 Feb 2010Poor America
- 31 Jan 2010Afghanistan: From Killing to Bribing
- 20 Jan 2010The Past as a Resource
- 11 Jan 2010John Grisham the Sociologist
- 4 Jan 2010Some New Year Wishes
2009
- 28 Dec 2009Good News From The Holy Land
- 21 Dec 2009A Week of Bad Climate
- 14 Dec 2009A Nobel War Prize Speech by a War President
- 7 Dec 2009Global Warming in Copenhagen
- 30 Nov 2009“Incredible India”…
- 23 Nov 2009PTSD and PGED: Post Glory Exuberance Disorder
- 16 Nov 2009A Paradise Lost; An Empire Gained
- 9 Nov 2009The Trilateral Conflict USA – North Korea – South Korea
- 2 Nov 2009Disconnected Giant on Clay Feet
- 26 Oct 2009China and the Economic Crisis
- 18 Oct 2009Turkey Getting Unstuck
- 12 Oct 2009The Nobel Peace Prize
- 5 Oct 2009Gandhi and Mao: Two Giants Compared
- 28 Sep 2009The Tide is Turning: UNGA 64
- 21 Sep 2009The Cold War as a Metaphor
- 14 Sep 2009Spirituality and Conflict Work
- 7 Sep 2009The World Peace Academy in Basel
- 31 Aug 2009More Creativity, Please!
- 24 Aug 2009Hawai’i at the 50th Year of U.S. Statehood
by Poka Laenui - 17 Aug 2009Global Domestic Policy: Wrong Approaches
- 10 Aug 2009Global Domestic Policy – GDP
- 3 Aug 2009The Power-Shift to the South
- 27 Jul 2009After the US Empire: A World of Regions?
- 20 Jul 2009Turkey, EU, France and Germany
- 13 Jul 2009Why That Much Violence These Days?
- 6 Jul 2009Honduras and Iran: What is going on?
- 29 Jun 2009Military Peace Missions and Cultural Awareness
- 15 Jun 2009Women and Men, Peace and Security
- 10 Jun 2009Concluding Remarks: Wrapping Up, the Road Ahead
- 8 Jun 2009What Peace Research Would Be Like If Founded Today
- 31 May 2009Dialectics of History: Germany-Israel
- 27 May 2009On Truth
- 17 May 2009Obama 100: Trop Beau, Ce Président!
- 12 May 2009Cambodia’s Killing Fields and the Rule of Law
- 4 May 2009Piracy and Somalia
- 20 Apr 2009Jesus, Judas and Che Guevara
- 14 Apr 2009Into Africa: Cameroon
- 6 Apr 2009G20, and NATO, and the World.
- 30 Mar 2009Retired in all Lands, Unite!
- 23 Mar 2009The Energy-Environment-Development Triad
- 16 Mar 2009Mexico: In the Brink of … What?
by Fernando Montiel T. - 9 Mar 2009Economy, Economics, Economists
- 2 Mar 2009Freedom of Expression vs. Freedom from Humiliation
- 20 Feb 20091421 1434
- 14 Feb 2009Class, Nation and the Philippines
- 5 Feb 2009Family-School-Work Bullying: What is on?
- 29 Jan 2009Obama: The First Ten Days
- 26 Jan 2009Statement to the European Parliament on Conscientious Objection
- 21 Jan 2009A Murderer Says Good-Bye
- 12 Jan 2009Gaza
- 5 Jan 2009Welcome to you, 2009!
2008
- 29 Dec 2008On The Fruits Thou Shalt Know The Tree
- 25 Dec 2008There Is Gentle Wisdom In Them All
- 22 Dec 2008A UN Economic Security Council
- 15 Dec 200860 Years: Human Rights as a Discourse
- 8 Dec 2008It’s The Economy, Stupid!
- 1 Dec 2008Pirates, Mumbai, and then?
- 24 Nov 2008An Empire Named Charisma?
- 17 Nov 2008Full Moon Over Bolivia
- 10 Nov 2008The Economic Crisis And The US Empire
- 5 Nov 20084 November 2008: A New Beginning?
- 26 Oct 2008America The Beautiful
- 20 Oct 2008Reconstructing USA
- 13 Oct 2008Alfred Nobel’s Will Betrayed
- 6 Oct 2008On Understanding Conflict: Matti, 22
- 29 Sep 2008The US Economic Crisis: 10 Proposals
- 22 Sep 2008Israel-Palestine: What Peace Looks Like
- 16 Sep 2008The US Elections
- 16 Sep 2008Japan: A Stagnant Country with NGO Dynamism
- 16 Sep 2008The Korean Peninsula Conflict is not North-South, but North-USA
- 15 Sep 2008On Conferences and Anti-Conferences
- 8 Sep 200810 Steps to Millennium Development Goals
- 1 Sep 200812 Approaches to Global Warming
- 25 Aug 2008Spirituality and Peace
- 18 Aug 2008Energy Conversion and Its Discontents
- 11 Aug 2008Caucasus: The Powder Keg at Work
- 4 Aug 2008The Host Country/Immigrant Contract
- 28 Jul 2008Perfide Albion And Grand Strategy
- 14 Jul 2008G8 and Global Pollution
- 7 Jul 2008Housing, Food, Oil – What Next
- 30 Jun 2008Cold War I and II – Solutions Anyone?
- 23 Jun 2008The West and Islam
- 16 Jun 2008NOBAMA?
- 2 Jun 2008The May 1968 Revolution 40 Years Later
- 26 May 2008A Vision for Sudan
- 19 May 2008Thinking Colombia
- 12 May 2008Israel at Sixty
- 5 May 2008Catastrophes, Aid and Peace Politics
- 28 Apr 2008A Little Future History?
- 21 Apr 2008Thinking Conflict
- 14 Apr 2008The Democratic Illusion
- 7 Apr 2008Tibet
- 10 Mar 2008The Crime Against the Serbs: Kosova Independence
- 3 Mar 200850 Years of Fidel