Source: Johansen, J. (2009). Conscientious Objection: Legal Rights, in The Oxford international Encyclopedia of peace. N. Young. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1: 461-463. Buy the Book here. Conscientious Objection (CO) is to refuse participation in a system of obligatory service when…
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Conscientious Objection
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Acts of Omission in the “War on Terrorism”
Originally published as Johansen, Jørgen, “Acts of Omission in the “War on Terrorism”” in The ethics and efficacy of the global war on terrorism : fighting terror with terror, edited by Charles Webel and John A. Arnaldi. New York: Palgrave Macmillan,…
Tagged with: Brian Martin, kriget mot terrorismen, September 11, terrorism, UN, USA, war on terrorism
Posted in In English, Peace Research
Posted in In English, Peace Research
World War II and Peace Movements (1939–1945)
Originally Published in International Encyclopedia of Peace xxx Having been broken by the outbreak of war in 1914 (and 1917 in the USA), peace movements in Europe and North America had grown in strength after 1918 The established peace organizations faced…
Tagged with: Fellowship of Reconciliation, Gandhi, Germany, Goethe, International Peace Bureau, Joseph Terboven, Kurt Huber, nazism, Nobel peace prize, Norway, peace movements, peace organizations, Quislings, Spanish Civil War, Sweden, UK, USA, War Resisters League, War Resisters’ International, WRI
Posted in In English, Peace Research, Social Movements
Posted in In English, Peace Research, Social Movements
War Resistance in a international perspective
Originally Published in xxx There are two basic strategies regarding nonviolent resistance in general and war resistance in particular. The first one is based on the fact that Power is dependent on cooperation. Power can then be broken by refusing…
Tagged with: Gandhi, nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, Peace Brigades International, War Resistance
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Posted in In English, Nonviolence, Peace Research
The Intifada of the Elections: some reflections on the elections in Palestine and the tasks ahead
Originally published in xxx Elections in Palestine major achievement. All Palestinians and friends of Palestine should be congratulated on the elections! Despite occupation, travel restrictions, checkpoints and a number of other obstacles from the Israeli side, the PA, the political…
Tagged with: Fatah, Hamas, intifada, Israel, Palestine, PLO, UN, United Nations
Posted in In English, Political comment and analysis
Posted in In English, Political comment and analysis
Terrorism and nonviolence
Orginally published in xxx Terrorism studies are growing fast since 2001[1] but suffers from three fundamental problems. Firstly, it is dominated by state and military oriented counter-strategies focused on terrorist actors and immediate crisis-preventions. Secondly, it suffers from conceptual…
Tagged with: nonviolence, Stellan Vinthagen, terrorism
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Posted in In English, Nonviolence, Political comment and analysis
Sub Saharan Africa
Originally published in xxx Benin 1989-1991 From 1974 to 1989, dictator Mathieu Kérékou ran Benin as a socialist state, earning it the nickname “Africa’s Cuba.” After 17 years of rule by the Marxist-Leninist Kérékou, an economic crisis and massive…
Tagged with: Africa, African National Congress, ANC, apartheid, Benin, Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, Mathieu Kérékou, Nicéphor Soglo, South Africa
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Posted in In English, Political comment and analysis
Resist and build alternatives!
Originally published in xxx Our world is far from perfect. The gap between those on the top and those on the bottom of the societal pyramid is deeper and broader than just some decades ago. The nature is reduced…
Peace research needs to reorient
First published in xxx 7th of February 2005 “Peace research concentrates on the question of violence. In particular, it has come to focus on organised violence on societal conflicts.” (Wallensten, 1988). In the literature the most used term…
Tagged with: Fredsforskning, Gene Sharp, John W Keltner, nonviolence, Nonviolent revolutions, Patric Brogan, Peace Research, Peter Wallensteen
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Posted in In English, Peace Research
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Turkey and the Kurdish negotiation
Originally published in xxx Not enough is publicized to know in detail what has and is going on between the Turkish state and PKK. As in all such processes there are leaks to media, circulation of rumors, and some…
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