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Peace Journalism Perspective

EDITORIAL

Perfide Albion

The focus is on the United Kingdom, or England, or simply Albion, known for its perfidy--Lord Palmerston’s famous “No permanent friends, no permanent enemies; permanent interests.”

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Direct, Structural, and Cultural Violence

Norwegian peace/conflict theorist Johan Galtung developed a three-layered understanding of violence that represents how a confluence of factors merge to shape the conditions for the promotion and perpetuation of violence.

FEATURED RESEARCH PAPER

Nuclear Weapons and Artificial Intelligence: Technological Promises and Practical Realities

Sep 2024 - Recent advances in the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) have increased state interest in leveraging AI for military purposes. Given the current and relatively early stage of military adoption of advanced AI, the exploration of these factors lays the groundwork for further consideration of the likely realities of integration and of potential transparency measures and governance practices at the AI–nuclear nexus.

NOBEL LAUREATES

Rearmament of Europe Is Not the Way – Peace Is the Way

7 Mar 2025 - I passionately appeal to the EU political leaders and most importantly to the peoples of Europe, (particularly the youth) to let go of the politics of fear and start disarming and building fraternity among the peoples and between all nations of Europe and the world – after all, that’s why the European Union was set up!

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CONFLICT RESOLUTION - MEDIATION

Negotiating a Lasting Peace in Ukraine

6 Mar 2025 - The time has arrived for diplomacy that brings collective security to Europe, Ukraine, and Russia.

TRANSCEND MEMBERS

Trump-Putin Encounter Reframed by MMA and Kayfabe

Speculative Contrast between Political and Sports Commentary Using AI

Unexpected ISA Award: Distinguished Scholar

7 Mar 2025 - I was surprised pleasantly by this award not often bestowed these days on a faculty member who writes and speaks in a critical voice on core issues of US foreign policy, especially in the context of Middle East politics, and above all with regard to Palestine/Israel, and particularly with someone who like myself early on named Israel’s response to October 7 in Gaza as ‘genocide.’

Nonviolent People and the International Political Situation: What to Do?

Today we live in a time that since 1989 has declared "the end of ideologies", both the classical liberal one and the socialist-Marxist one. But, in fact, this time is also that of the birth of a full historical consciousness, because for the first time there is a group, the nonviolent people, who are no longer blinded by wars.

‘Quantitative Easing with Chinese Characteristics’: How to Fund an Economic Miracle

China went from one of the poorest countries in the world to global economic powerhouse in a mere four decades. Even more impressive is the infrastructure it has built, including 26,000 miles of high speed rail, the world’s largest hydroelectric power station, the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world, 100,000 miles of expressway, ...

Open Letter to Donald Trump

We could achieve real peaceful coexistence and shared prosperity if you proposed and collaborated with the rest of the planet towards the Universal Abolition of Militarism: the war industries and the Armed Forces. As one of the most pragmatic deal makers of our century, this call is yours to make!

Whose Dog Was Being Wagged During Showtime between Trump and Zelensky?

So if you sat with your mouth agape in shock at the dog and pony show in DC between Trump, the reality TV actor, and Zelensky, the comedian, who became Ukraine’s president and Trump’s apprentice in 2019 during Trump’s first term, let me suggest a bizarre possibility at a time when the bizarre has become commonplace.

Billionaire-backed Global Citizen Whitewashes Kagame’s Invasion of DRC

5 Mar 2025 - John Legend’s concert in Rwanda signaled global elite support for Paul Kagame amid his bloody invasion of the DRC. The event was organized by Global Citizen, a pseudo-activist NGO backed by corporations hungry for Africa’s resource wealth.

Kuan Yin: She Who Hears the Cries of the World

19 February, in Chinese culture, is a day devoted to honoring Kuan Yin, a feminine symbol, the Goddess of Compassion, "She who hears the cries of the world and restores harmony."

Rare Earth Elements: Enter the Dragon-A New Player in the Field of Global Peace Disruptions

7 Mar 2025 - This publication delves into Rare Earth Elements (REEs), often interchangeably referred to as Rare Earth Minerals (REMs), occupy a unique and critical position in the global economy and geopolitical landscape.

IN FOCUS

Multilateralism Can and Must Deliver

6 Mar 2025 - Amid creeping unilateralism, the world must reinforce multilateral action to tackle global threats, such as climate change and inequality, affirm the three heads of state.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-AI

Israel Developing ChatGPT-like Tool That Weaponizes Surveillance of Palestinians

6 Mar 2025 - The Israeli army is building an AI language model using millions of intercepted conversations between Palestinians, which could accelerate the process of incrimination and arrest, a joint investigation by +972 Magazine, Local Call, and the Guardian can reveal.

Two AI Chatbots Speaking to Each Other in Their Own Special Language Is the Last Thing We Need

25 Feb 2025 - Imagine if two AIs could chat with each other in a language no human could understand. Right. Now go hide under the covers.

ANGLO AMERICA

How the Warfare State Paved the Way for a Trumpist Autocracy

A True Cost of War

BRICS

BRICS and G20 Value Platforms: A Comparative Analysis

5 Mar 2025 - The BRICS declarations name the causes of many of today’s global problems associated with the inequality between the West and the Non-West, with the practices of neo-colonial exploitation that the West carries out in relation to developing countries.

PALESTINE - ISRAEL

Rethinking International Law after Gaza: Closing the Enforcement Gap

8 Mar 2025 - Israel’s Recourse to Genocide: Overt yet Denied

Hamas, Palestine, and Israel

7 Mar 2025 - Hamas, or according to its full name, “Islamic Resistance Movement”, is a Palestinian political-national organization with a military wing of a conservative Islamic nature and orientation. Its purpose is to resist the Israeli occupation, maintain resistance, and fight for the creation of an independent Palestinian state.

The Five Excuses for Genocide

4 Mar 2025 - Yesterday I interviewed a member of the Executive Committee of AIPAC and asked him how he could defend and promote apartheid and genocide. He provided pretty clear (if very weak) excuses for genocide, which can be broken into five types.

ECONOMICS

The Global North Has Nine Times More Voting Power at the IMF Than the Global South

6 Mar 2025 - In the deeply undemocratic International Monetary Fund, where a country’s voting power is tied not to its population size but to the size of its economy, the US effectively holds a veto over any major changes and moulds policies according to its whims.

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JOKE OF THE WEEK

Home Invasion

3 Mar 2025 - Meanwhile, in the old US of A circus:

SHORT VIDEO CLIPS

Danish PM Frederiksen: “Peace in Ukraine Could Be More Dangerous Than the War Going on Now”

26 Feb 2025 - “Peace Is Dangerous and a Threat to Us All” Says European Leader

“Stop the Ethnic Cleansing”: Watch Oscar Speech of Palestinian, Israeli Directors of “No Other Land”

The Palestinian-Israeli film 'No Other Land' won for best documentary feature at Sunday's [2 Mar 2025] Academy Awards. The film follows the struggles of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank community of Masafer Yatta to stay on their land amid home demolitions by the Israeli military and violent attacks by Jewish settlers aimed at expelling them.

I’m Still Here | 2025 Oscar for Best International Feature Film

Brazilian Military Coup: Official Trailer--The true story that helped reconstruct part of Brazil’s hidden history. In 1971, the country faces the tightening grip of a US-engineered/supported murderous military dictatorship.

Two AI Agents on a Phone Call Realize They’re Both AI and Switch to a Superior Audio Signal GGWave

23 Feb 2025 - You be the judge—if they make you feel stupid or idiotic, welcome to the club.