Polarization has a certain charme. It simplifies matters into dualisms. "My way or the highway" types flourish under such conditions. The result is a distortion of reality in favor of apodictic politics. Depolarization requires us to engage complexity & pluralism aka reality.

— Conflicts≠Violence (@JohanGaltung) June 24, 2022

Please provide some sources for your very interesting points. So far all who on this platform claim to know of Putin’s “zero good will stance” never provide a single source to buttress that claim. One wonders. I also much preferred your invective free communication this far.

— Conflicts≠Violence (@JohanGaltung) April 4, 2022

Prognosis: Russia may not want to lose this war for reasons it considers existential. As things stand; Russia can’t win without increasing & expanding its overall mass of violence in Ukraine. To prevent the above & spare Ukrainian Lives & Ukraine per se:
IMPROVE THE PEACE TALKS.

— Conflicts≠Violence (@JohanGaltung) April 7, 2022

#EarlyWarning: Not exactly a good idea to deliver weapons to a government that in part has entrusted frontline military matters to ultra-ethno-nationalists with primordialist & racist convictions. This, dear EU, will come to haunt you in due time. RIP to your moral highground.

— Conflicts≠Violence (@JohanGaltung) March 28, 2022

Too much “either-or” blinds the mind to #solutionliteracy.

— Conflicts≠Violence (@JohanGaltung) March 25, 2022

The quickness with which decision-makers & populations in Europe and USA embraced #conflictresolution via warfare, militarism, killing and death simply shows that #AppliedPeaceStudies are STILL an avant-garde discipline 65 years later. The”west” has a LONG way to go to “get it”. https://t.co/cY6StV2KjM

— Conflicts≠Violence (@JohanGaltung) March 7, 2022

Make of this what you will, but this is KEY for overcoming the increasing choir of othering & polarization:

"The attributes of a RELATION, can not be reduced to the attributes of a PARTY to said relation." Disregard this & your analysis is flawed & its outcome skewed & false. JG

— Conflicts≠Violence (@JohanGaltung) March 6, 2022

Worth pondering.
Differences notwithstanding. pic.twitter.com/aHnpwclAYP

— Conflicts≠Violence (@JohanGaltung) March 4, 2022

The most basic question Journalists are NOT even asking:

Spoonfed:
“Dear Putin & Lavrov what are the exact steps to be taken by whom in order for you to immediately demilitarize your regional politics at this very moment?”

Who has the correct answer to this most BASIC inquiry? https://t.co/EL1cmkl486

— Conflicts≠Violence (@JohanGaltung) February 27, 2022

Tired of reading wardrums masquerading as editorials.

Dear audience, who in this timeline has actionable proposals for WHAT MUST BE DONE NOW TO REINSTATE BOTH #NEGATIVEPEACEjg & #POSITIVEPEACEjg ?

Let’s explore avenues towards peace in here & not get stuck in the fog of war.

— Conflicts≠Violence (@JohanGaltung) February 27, 2022

Shame:Problematic that West stops Russian propaganda via #RussiaToday or #Sputnik from reaching any & everybody anywhere. This spells more polarization & dissociation at a time when we should be knowledgeable about whatever it is Russia wants us to know about how it views things.

— Conflicts≠Violence (@JohanGaltung) March 2, 2022

Dear world, please share:
my esteemed colleague in mediation, #conflicttransformation & #traumaconciliation Fernando Montiel from Puebla 🇲🇽 Mexico to the rescue with an actionable outline towards peace. Thank you @TranscendMx & @galtunginstitut for the excellent work in progress. https://t.co/a9ih7mFxRe

— Conflicts≠Violence (@JohanGaltung) March 2, 2022