U.S., China & Taiwan: The World’s More Dangerous Flashpoint?

U.S., China & Taiwan: The World’s More Dangerous Flashpoint? A panel discussion with: Professor Zhiqun: Zhu Zhiqun Zhu is Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Chair of Department of International Relations at Bucknell University. Brian Chee-Shing-Hioe: Brian Chee-Shing Hioe – Founding Editor of New Bloom and a freelance writer living in Taiwan with a focus … Read more

Joseph Gerson: Peace Movements’ Perspectives on the AUKUS Military Pact

Webinar AUKUS military pact

Peace Movements’ Perspectives on the AUKUS Military Pact Joseph Gerson IPB/AEPF/CPDCS Webinar – October 8, 2021 Let me begin by thanking IPB and the Asia-Europe People’s Forum for their inspired leadership in bringing together our incipient coalition and for organizing today’s webinar. To state the obvious, even as Joe Biden will be meeting virtually with … Read more

Evening with Hiroshima Mayor Tad Akiba

Zoom conversation Tad Akiba

Evening with Hiroshima Mayor Tad Akiba As mayor, Tad highlighted the importance of the hibakusha, or A-bomb survivors, and he led the Mayors for Peace network as it greatly increased its presence and impacts around the globe. Tad served as Mayor of Hiroshima from 1999-2011. He earlier represented Hiroshima as a member of the Japanese Diet … Read more

Webinar: October 8 – Peace Movements’ Perspectives on the AUKUS Military Pact

AUKUS Pact

WEBINAR: Peace Movements’ Perspectives on the AUKUS Military Pact Register at:   https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAufuqvrT4iHNZtx8K75fh4Dp3_ZnpHbb-9 Summary: The US crafted trilateral security partnership with Australia and UK -AUKUS is an escalation and call to arms in the Indo Pacific directly confrontational in targeting China, reshaping the increasingly dangerous global disorder. This military pact (i) Further exacerbates the Indo-Pacific … Read more

For Peace & Planet Strategy Discussion Forum, September 18, 2021

Kido Suechi interview

KIDO Sueichi, Secretary General and WADA Masako, Assistant Secretary General Japan Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) Kido Sueichi: What I found in Nagasaki immediately after the atomic bombing were empty and gray city streets, corpses scattered on the ground, swarms of staggering people fleeing from ground zero and piles of bodies of … Read more