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Timo Nissilä

Timo Nissilä has bachelor’s degrees in both social sciences (political theory) and engineering. He has worked for 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry and is a passionate follower of debate and opinions on international relations. He is particularly interested in how prejudices and beliefs that enable violence are constructed and how they can be acted upon to reduce violence. He lives in Espoo, Finland.

Ending the Wars, Saving Democracy: David Swanson’s Vision After Winning the Real Nobel Peace Prize

David Swanson, the Executive Director of World Beyond War and campaign coordinator of RootsAction.org, was awarded the Real Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 in a touching ceremony held on November 10, 2024, in Oslo. I had the pleasure of sitting…

Nuclear War Games: Finland’s Controversial Role in NATO’s Tactical Exercises

Tämän artikkelin suomenkielinen versio on esittelyvideon alla. This article examines the content of the discussion session on Finland’s nuclear weapons policy organized by the Nuclear Monitoring Group, Freedom to Choose Otherwise Civic Movement and Peace Union of Finland in Helsinki…

In the Aftermath of 9/11 1973

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxfg_1BReVY/ After the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende was displaced by violence on September 11, 1973, and replaced by the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, the junta began to imprison, torture and murder the people whom they suspected of…