The February meeting of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Defense Ministers, the first since President Biden took power, revealed an antiquated, 75-year-old alliance that, despite its military failures in Afghanistan and Libya, is now turning its military madness toward two more formidable, nuclear-armed enemies: Russia and China.
Militaries are frequently exempt from publicly reporting their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and there is currently no consolidated public reporting of GHG emissions for the national militaries of the European Union.
Autonomous weapon systems can make killing both more convenient and cheaper. Now the world may face a new arms race and an international ban is urgent, according to the peace movement. But the Swedish government’s line is a question mark.
This week on Talk Nation Radio, a successful recent campaign to prevent the construction of a new military base in the mountains in Europe.
In Wanfried in Germany last year we laid a foundation stone for the International PeaceFactory Wanfried and formed a support association for this purpose.
This week’s conversation with Edward Horgan, from February 11, 2021, reflected on the assumption that militaries are the most appropriate peacekeepers.
This week’s conversation with Suad Aldarra and Yaser Alashqar looks at militarism and human displacement.
Here is an article, first in the Swedish as published in the Finnish newspaper HBL, and then in English.
When we think of militaries, we mostly think of war. The fact that militaries are also almost exclusively used as peacekeepers is something we should take time to question.
