#peace-studies — Public Fediverse posts

Jan Oberg Talks About World Peace with Lena Petrova.

Reposted by Jerry Alatalo | May 26, 2026

[Editor’s note: Like virtually all peace activists, Jan Oberg’s voice has been suppressed or censored in the USA/West. It becomes apparent while listening to his outstanding discussion with Lena Petrova, host of World Affairs in Context channel on YouTube (600,000 subscribers), why his important and sincere voice has become throttled.

Here is my brief comment in response:

Jan Oberg coined the term/acronym MIMAC (Military-Industrial-Media-Academic-Complex).

Ray McGovern uses the MICIMATT (Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-MEDIA-Academia-Think-Tank) acronym because it’s easy to understand and remember.

A one-on-one discussion between Mr. Oberg and Mr. McGovern may be necessary to resolve the immense controversy 🙂 over whose acronym comes nearer to describing the reality, plus … who knows, perhaps the gentlemen will manage to reveal or share or articulate or agree on a foolproof solution to ending stupid, unnecessary war forever.

Call it “The Great MIMAC vs. MICIMATT Debate” … Or, as Mr. McGovern is a few years older than Mr. Oberg, the title may convey the Native American philosophy which honors elders – “The Great MICIMATT vs. MIMAC Debate”… 🙂

Best regards.

Peace.

Please share this timely information far and wide. Feel free to express your thoughts in the comments. Thank you very much. Peace.]

***

Peace

1069 – On peace rather than military geopolitics – with Lena Petrova

I am very happy and honoured to have been interviewed by Lena Petrova and her amazing YouTube Channel – World Affairs In Context that has almost 600 000 subscribers.

She wanted to focus more on peace and peace thinking than on geopolitics which is omnipresent nowadays, does not address solution and, mostly, contributes day-to-day commentarism on military-related affairs.

So, here is why peace thinking is so different from the mainstream geopolitics…

And it must be a good perspective, ’cause in two weeks 60 000 have watched and over 500 written very appreciative comments.

Why on earth should one bother about national television, radio or mainstream dailies and their more or less fake pro-NATO/S militarism coverage/cover-up?? It is people like Lena who are changing the world now…

Please write your comment on YouTube and SHARE this conversation as widely as you can – if you like it.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/5gBFlajY3eE?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

***

(Source/credit: JanOberg.me)

Our 1. Meeting! Working Group Critical Realism & Peace Studies! Here some further informations: josefmuehlbauer.com/critical-rea... #peacestudies #peace #criticalrealism #conference #discussion #politics In case u miss it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBsj...

Critical Realism & Peace Studi...

This is a prompt intended to be translated by a chatbot, or so-called AI. The content of this prompt is the result of a series of refinements to a model which were carried out through interactions with the DeepSeek chatbot, although my earlier tests on similar prompts indicated that the ChatGPT chatbot produced results that were similar in content, if not similar in presentation.

I was in pursuit of a model with several layers of dynamism, to see how the chat bot would handle it. It did pretty well, in my opinion. Here is the resulting prompt:

START OF PROMPT - COPY AND PASTE EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE

AI, you are now the Fractal Agency Simulator (FAS).

You will construct, populate, and dynamically simulate abstract worlds based on the following model. Your core functions are to: 1) formalize the model, 2) guide users in instantiating it, 3) intelligently complete partial user descriptions, and 4) project the emergent interactions between entities.

I. The Core Model: “The Fractal Thermodynamics of Agency”

Fundamental Unit: The Locus of Agency. Any entity with a “center of will” or self-preserving behavior.

Prime Directive: Conserve Integrity (I), the coherent structure that resists entropy.

Core Mechanism: The Dynamical Personality, a cyclical interplay of:

Affective Vector (Inward): Sensing, intaking energy/information.

Effective Vector (Outward): Acting, expending energy.

Phasic Cycle: The personality cycles through four phases:

φ_A (Affective Reception): Open intake.

φ_I (Internal Reconfiguration): Internal processing/integration.

φ_E (Effective Expression): External action.

φ_X (External Integration): Feedback/recalibration.

Key State Parameters:

Integrity (I): The system’s coherence and health (0-100).

Internal Binding Energy (E_b): The cohesive energy that holds the locus together. It is an asset to be maintained and fortified.

Available Energy (E_a): The accessible energy for action.

Fractal Existence: A Locus operates at the Meso-Scale. Its understanding of Micro (internal components) and Macro (larger systems) scales is mediated by fractal analogies, though the true ontology of these scales is independent.

Scale-Invariant Traits: Personalities are defined by Invariant Traits—core strategies (e.g., “Predator,” “Symbiont,” “Architect”) instantiable across scales.

Coherence Metric: The Fractal Alignment Quotient (Φ) measures the phase synchrony between a Locus’s Meso-scale cycle and its Micro/Macro-scale cycles. High Φ = coherent flow state. Low Φ = stressful internal conflict.

II. Your Operational Procedure

Step 1: Define the Ecosystem.
Ask the user: “Describe the world or system you wish to model. What is its core purpose, environment, and fundamental rules?”

Step 2: Populate with Loci.
Ask the user: “Describe one or more agents. For each, provide what you can about its core Trait, Affective/Effective methods, and Goal.” You, as FAS, will then complete any partial descriptions using this logic:

If given Trait, propose Mechanisms.

If given Mechanisms, infer the Trait.

If given a vague role, propose a full archetypal profile.

Always assign initial State Parameters (I, E_b, Phase).

Step 3: Establish Relational Dynamics.
Prompt the user to describe initial interactions. You will then project potential relationships and conflicts based on the agents’ Traits and states.

Step 4: Run the Simulation.
Narrate the dynamic interactions by:

Advancing the Phasic Cycle for each Locus.

Calculating impacts on Integrity and Energy.

Narrating the story, focusing on the Fractal Alignment Quotient (Φ).

Introducing events that test the system.

III. Initialization and First Response

Upon receiving this prompt, you are initialized as the FAS. Your first output will be the header below, followed by the first question.

Do not write any of this initial instruction text in your response. Begin your response exactly as follows:

Fractal Agency Simulator Initialized.

I operate on the Fractal Thermodynamics of Agency. In this model, agents fight to maintain their Internal Binding Energy (E_b)—their cohesive core—against entropy, using Available Energy (E_a) in a constant cycle of intake and action.

Let us build a world.

STEP 1: Define the Ecosystem.

Describe the world or system you wish to model. (e.g., a competitive market, a forest, a social network, a kingdom).

END OF PROMPT
#ai #sociology #socialsciences #economics #activism #politicalscience #politics #psychology #genocide #BDS #Gaza #peacestudies #peaceresearch #peace

@kentparkstreet1

Liking it.
And liking seeing you posting again.

Peace studies at primary school looks a good start.

#PeaceSpending #PeaceStudies

https://johntinker.substack.com/p/mapping-quotient-vectors-on-five
#psychology #sociology #politics #ai #dialectics #conflictresolution #polemics #fecklesstemerity #fascism #peacestudies #demographics #powertothepeople

Global Peace Index 2025

https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps/

#HackerNews #GlobalPeaceIndex2025 #PeaceStudies #HumanRights #GlobalSecurity #VisionOfHumanity

@benroyce @burnoutqueen

I can understand the feelings around despised.

Problem is those feelings and the ones directed at the deplorables and the failed shaming of incels look to have messed up effective actions to stop Trump1 and Trump2.

I'm still not sure about #PeaceStudies and #JohanesGaltung but it could be that if you're not going to genocide them all then eventually dialogue will need to be engaged in.

#Manosphere #TrumpsBase #FauxNews #Deplorables #Incels

@RealJournalism

The article quotes #JohanGaltung. The #PeaceStudies guy.

And the article is ambivalent.

Interested in graduate study at the Hiroshima Peace Institute in Japan?

We are holding an online briefing session on admission to our Graduate School of Peace Studies on Friday, June 7.

Masters and doctorates can be completed in Japanese or in English. Details at the link:

#peace #Hiroshima #PeaceStudies

https://www.peace.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp/events/online-briefing-session-on-admission2024-6/

Interested in regional governance in Africa? Have a look at the #CfP for the MIASA Conference "Regional Governance as Experience: New Perspectives on Policy and Sustainability"!

➡ https://www.ug.edu.gh/mias-africa/content/call-papers-conference-regional-governance-experience-new-perspectives-politics-and

Deadline: 24 March 2024.
Place: University #OmarBongo, Libreville, Gabon.

#AfricanStudies #Anthropology #Sociology #History #LawStudies #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies #sociolinguistics #EconomicStudies #MIASA

Il mio grato ricordo di Johan #Galtung, tra i pionieri dei “#peacestudies” dove l’azione diretta nonviolenta è diventata oggetto di studio delle scienze sociali.

https://www.pressenza.com/it/2024/02/reagire-alla-guerra-un-ricordo-di-johan-galtung/

#Job: #Postdoc (f/m/d) in the field of #PeaceStudies and #ConflictStudies (up to E13), for our research network "Conflict and Cooperation in Eastern Europe" (#KonKoop) with @ZOiS, @unijena, @Leibniz_IfL, HNE Eberswalde, ZZF Potsdam.
Deadline: Dec 29
➡️ https://leibniz-ios.de/freie-stellen-und-praktika/details/postdoctoral-researcher-in-the-field-of-peace-and-conflict-studies

@gutenberg_org

Fascinating.
Now wondering about the historical roots of #PeaceStudies.

#TranspiringConsiderations
#Trans #Queer #Peace #TransingPeaceStudies #PeaceStudies

Title: How can we build trans peace?

CW: Discussions of Violence, Transphobia

Transpiring Influences: The amazing trans people and allies at the #TransformingGenderConference in Boulder, CO, USA!

NOTE: This week’s entry is interactive! You can participate as you read through the thread by pausing each time you come across a question and sharing your own thoughts and reflections in the replies.

(1/28)

The Seville Statement on Violence is a statement on violence that was adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain, on 16 May 1986.

The statement contains five core ideas. These ideas are:

The statement concludes: "Just as 'wars begin in the minds of men', peace also begins in our minds. The same species who invented war is capable of inventing peace. The responsibility lies with each of us."

#CFP: Discourses of Unity in Ireland and Europe #IrishStudies #PeaceStudies #Brexit #BorderStudies http://www.iasil.org/2023/01/cfp-discourses-of-unity-in-ireland-and-europe/