To Remember History, To Open the Future by Xi Jinping On May 9th, Victory Day in the world war against fascism, at the invitation of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, I will visit Russia and take part in the celebrations in Moscow devoted to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. This sacred day I will celebrate together with the Russian people and the entire world. Everyone remembers that the aggressive wars begun by the fascists … Read entire article »

Viktor Orbán’s State of the Nation Address (27 February 2015, Budapest) Allow me to cordially welcome you all, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mrs. Dalma Mádl, His Excellency Former President Pál Schmitt and His Wife, I wish to thank the Honourable Chair for the invitation to speak. I listened carefully to the words of greeting from the Foundation’s Chair, Minister Zoltán Balog, who is both my friend and a Reformed Church pastor. I listened carefully, and I shall … Read entire article »

From preventing to making peace in Ukraine by Jan Oberg, Lund, Sweden, March 13, 2015 If the parties continues this way, there will be no peace in Ukraine but probably war in Europe. With a little out-of-the-box thinking,we could move in a safer direction You’ve heard everybody involved in the Ukraine conflict solemnly declared that there is no military solution. And what do they all do? Right, they militarise the situation further, use bellicose language, speak bad about … Read entire article »

The new Minsk agreement: A fragile 2nd step Jonathan Power TFF PressInfo # 308 Lund, Sweden, February 12, 2015 Let’s be cautiously optimistic; the meeting did not break down and a ceasefire document was signed. But that is a minimum in this extremely tense situation. One would have hoped for more than what seems to be a revision of the first Minsk agreement. What are the next steps for this ceasefire agreement to lead to a peace plan, the … Read entire article »

koenraad Elst , Monday, February 9, 2015 (Speech given at the Dharma Civilization Foundation’s Strategic Retreat, SVYASA, Jigani/Bengaluru, 5-7 February 2015) A knife is sharpened by shaving away all the superfluous material that makes it dull. A sharp knife is a live case of “less is more”: less material means more sharpness. At an action-oriented “strategic retreat”, our knife should … Read entire article »

Excerpts from transcript of the final plenary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club’s XI session PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, friends, it is a pleasure to welcome you to the XI meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. It was mentioned already that the club has new co-organisers this year. They include Russian non-governmental organisations, expert groups and leading universities. The idea was also raised of broadening the discussions to include … Read entire article »

Danish F16s to fight ISIS: Danish government more loyal with the U.S. than with its own citizens By Jan Oberg, TFF Lund, Sweden September 26, 2014 What’s your image of Denmark? Apart from the Little Mermaid, Carlsberg beer and H.C. Andersen perhaps something with decency, welfare, development aid, equality and peace? Unfortunately, that image is outdated. During the last good 15 years Denmark has participated in wars on/in Yugoslavia and Afghanistan, it was an occupying country in Iraq for … Read entire article »