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I don't know. Is it just me or do you hear the war drum beat harder as well?



Many press commentaries compare the years 1929 and 2009 - both years of economic crisis. Both culminating into a World War? We will not let it come this far. I hope. But for now there's the war in Iraq, then the drones in Pakistan, social unrest in China (and soon in your backyard?), chaos in Afghanistan, North Korea launches the next rocket and now the pirates in Somalia.



For the media the… Continue

Imagine. You're in Japan. It's August 6, 1945. You are in Hiroshima on a business trip. An American B-29 drops an atomic bomb on the city. You witness the apocalypse. You get burned but you survive and return to your hometown. Nagasaki. And three days later it's apocalypse again when the second atomic attack in human history is launched. And you survive again.



This is exactly what happened to Tsutomu Yamaguchi, now 93 years old. He just has become the first person certified as a… Continue

Why do we humans still engage in war although the next global confrontation will end civilization as we know it? One of the central questions in our doc THE THAW OF WAR.



In our research we're going back in history - way back - in order to find out how evolution has its share in this. And it certainly does. There are clues that our "team aggression" is something we inherited from our ancestors. And we still act by… Continue

Just got back from Berlin. Got a lot of writing done on a feature film which will also be war themed. Seems like I'm not parting with this subject anytime soon.



I wanted to put the word out: As you know we are currently researching for our doc THE THAW OF WAR. Now since our efforts are as big as they can be - we want to open it up and ask you to be part of it. Meaning I would absolutely appreciate any hint you might have. So hit me up with thoughts that might cross your mind over the… Continue

William Engdahl, a political economist and author based in Frankfurt, Germany says he fears that, the U.S. may turn to military might as their financial powers weaken. Engdahl continues that “certain powerful actors will turn to the U.S. military power projection around the world,” and that, “this is the real danger of a World War III.”



Not a very optimistic prediction of the author of the best selling book "A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World… Continue