As featured in: “Articles of Interest” US Army TRADOC Mad Scientist. Stepan Nikolayevich Godina, Gayane Zargaryan, Arlene Schar and Dr. David Leffler (1 December 2022) New Way for Lasting Peace in South Caucasus. [Expired link: https://community.apan.org/wg/tradoc-g2/mad-scientist/m/articles-of-interest/426187]

By Stepan Nikolayevich Godina, Gayane Zargaryan, Arlene Schar and Dr. David Leffler

Assistant to the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Elchin Amirbayov said: “Azerbaijan is ready to use both existing and new ways for the establishment of peace in the South Caucasus.” Are Azerbaijani military leaders aware that a similar article was published in

Aravot (Առավոտ) Despite continuing engagement to overcome tensions and achieve stability in the South Caucasus, once again conflict has broken out along the border. Longstanding divisive issues between Armenia and Azerbaijan resulting from or related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remain unresolved. A sustainable lasting peace remains elusive. Increasing tensions must be reduced to avoid further dangerous escalation which could reignite this decades-old conflict.

An ideal way to eliminate social problems such as war, terrorism and crime would be to directly reduce collective societal stress—promptly, effectively and efficiently. This article explains how the military of either country could implement new way for the establishment of peace which is backed by extensive peer-reviewed research and field tests by militaries.

Variations of this article have been published worldwide in many locations. A list with URLs to these publications is available at:

https://www.istpp.org/military_science/dr-david-leffler-publications.html

Dr. David Leffler

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Assistant to the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan Elchin Amirbayov said: “Azerbaijan is ready to use both existing and new ways for the establishment of peace in the South Caucasus.” Are Azerbaijani military leaders aware that a similar article was published in Aravot?

New Way for Lasting

Peace in South Caucasus

By Stepan Nikolayevich Godina, Gayane Zargaryan, Arlene Schar and Dr. David Leffler

Despite continuing engagement to overcome tensions and achieve stability in the South Caucasus, once again conflict has broken out along the border. Longstanding divisive issues between Armenia and Azerbaijan resulting from or related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remain unresolved. A sustainable lasting peace remains elusive. Increasing tensions must be reduced to avoid further dangerous escalation which could reignite this decades-old conflict.

Why has it been so difficult to reduce tensions? Ultimately, the underlying cause of social violence is accumulated collective social stress. This human problem requires a human solution.

An ideal way to eliminate social problems such as war, terrorism and crime would be to directly reduce collective societal stress—promptly, effectively and efficiently.

As indicated by extensive scientific research, the best way to reduce collective societal stress, eliminate extremism and thereby snuff out war and terrorism is by adopting an ancient strategy. The ancient non-religious approach of Invincible Defense Technology (IDT), revived by the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, has been quietly and successfully used by members of many faiths to eliminate conflict in the past. It is now time to consider this technology for the future.

We can achieve this goal of reducing societal tensions and thereby end war and terrorism by creating Prevention Wings of the Military in both Azerbaijan and Armenia. These special units, comprised of 3% of each military, would receive training in the Transcendental Meditation (TM®) program and its advanced techniques, including the TM-Sidhi® program. This IDT approach has been widely field-tested, including in war-torn areas such as the Middle East. Extensive published research has shown that practice of these techniques by large groups twice a day creates a measurable influence of harmony and peace throughout society: crime rates drop significantly, quality of life indicators improve, and war and terrorism abate. The large group practice appears to generate a “field effect of consciousness” that spills over into the surrounding population, generating a demonstrable influence of peace.

For example, an IDT intervention was studied in the U.S. capital in 1993. Predictions were lodged in advance with government leaders and newspapers. An independent Project Review Board approved the research protocol. Crime fell 23 percent below the predicted level when the group size reached its maximum. Temperature, weekend effects, or previous trends in the data failed to account for changes. Social Indicators Research published the results.

A new study published in Studies in Asian Social Science evaluated previous IDT empirical tests in Cambodia, India, and the Philippines (and other countries). Its results are consistent with significant reductions in crime and violence associated with group practice of the TM and TM-Sidhi program, as reported in earlier published, peer-reviewed research.

Twenty peer-reviewed studies (most are listed here) have confirmed that IDT works. Although the causal mechanism is not completely understood, other studies have shown that TM practice increases EEG coherence (see International Journal of Neuroscience). This biological effect, coupled with the deep rest the practice provides, reduces stress and tension, increases alertness, and improves wellbeing and resilience in the individual.

A study in the Journal of Social Behavior and Personality (JSBP) offers a proposed explanation of causality of IDT in biological terms. Research conducted on the powerful neurotransmitter serotonin shows that it produces feelings of happiness, contentment, and even euphoria. Research also shows that low levels of serotonin correlate with violence, aggression, and poor emotional moods. The JSBP study showed that higher numbers of IDT practitioners in the experimental group were correlated with an increase in serotonin production among other members of the community. These statistically significant changes followed the periods of higher attendance and offer a plausible neurophysiologic mechanism to explain reduced aggression and hostility in society at large.

IDT has also been documented globally in a study published in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation using data provided by the Rand Corporation. During the years 1983-1985, when the size of large IDT assemblies exceeded the threshold predicted to result in a measurable global effect, deaths due to worldwide terrorism decreased 72%, international conflict decreased 32%, and violence was reduced in other nations without intrusion by other governments.

The Azerbaijan and Armenia militaries are responsible for protecting their respective countries. They are obligated to thoroughly examine realistic, scientifically validated methods for ending war and terrorism. Also, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been prevalent among warriors in both countries, as well as among others from the recent border unrest. A study in The Lancet concludes that as “A non-trauma-focused-therapy, TM, might be a viable option for decreasing the severity of PTSD symptoms in veterans and represents an efficacious alternative for veterans who prefer not to receive or who do not respond to traditional exposure-based treatments of PTSD.”

Military members are paid to perform their duties and protect their nation. Since they are funded for this purpose, we feel it is their duty to build IDT Prevention Wings of the Military.

We urge both militaries to quickly deploy the IDT approach to stabilize the precarious situation both countries face. Azerbaijan and Armenia could each create their own IDT Military Prevention Wing. Or, in the interest of peaceful cooperation, both countries’ militaries could quickly create a large combined Prevention Wing composed of equal members from both militaries. Members of the combined IDT Prevention Wing could spend half their time stationed in each other’s country. This would further promote friendship and cooperation between the two dangerously estranged nations. 

Ideally, 15,000 advanced meditators practicing IDT technologies together twice a day in synchrony would be more than enough to create a global coherence effect, kickstarting a phase transition which would ultimately lead to lasting world peace for all countries. Once this transition takes place, both Azerbaijan and Armenia would be known worldwide not only for creating lasting peace with each other but also for their role in preventing escalating global conflict and likely saving our endangered planet from extinction.

About the Authors:

Stepan Nikolayevich Godina was born in Ganja, Azerbaijan, graduated from school #4, and served in the Soviet Army 1989 – 1991. He is affiliated with the TM Center located in Baku, Azerbaijan tel. +994505331629 https://www.facebook.com/MeditationBaku

Gayane Zargaryan is a certified teacher of TM. She teaches at the “Maharishi Vedic Center” educational foundation in Armenia. She hopes permanent peace will be established soon in Armenia through teaching TM. https://armenia.tm.org tel. +37498123381; gayanezargaryan52@gmail.com

Arlene J. Schar has been serving as Executive Assistant to Dr. David Leffler since 2015. She is now Director of Communications at the Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS)

Dr. David Leffler has served as an Associate of the Proteus Management Group at the Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College. Currently, he serves as the Executive Director at CAMS. https://www.CenterForAdvancedMilitaryScience.org

Eftir Col (Ret) Jitendra Jung Karki, Captain (Ret) Raymond Seebald, LtCol (Ret) Gunter Chassé, Dr David Leffler 

Það er mikill órói í Evrópu. Heimurinn hefur tekið höggi. Óvissa streymir yfir hnöttin við innrásina inn í Úkraínu. Samt er sagt að það sé dimmast fyrir dögun. Sú dögun ætti að koma núna, í formi skýrrar sönnunar á því að það sé til kerfisbundin, áreiðanleg og áhrifarík leið til að skapa frið með friðsamlegum hætti. Í hljóði, í mörg ár, Ósigrandi Varnartækni (ÓV) hefur skilað árangri við að binda enda á stríð og ofbeldi í Mósambík, Kambódíu, Perú og Ekvador. Með yfirvofandi hættuástandi í heiminum er nú kominn tími til skjótra, friðsamlegra aðgerða.

Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson forseti Íslands ætti að leiða innleiðingu á sönnum frið í alþjóðamálum með því að beina utanríkisráðuneytinu til að að stækka friðargæsluna. Auka starfsfólkið myndi mynda það sem í varnarhringjum er kallað forvarnarálma hersins. Sem venjulega stefnan fyrir meðlimi friðargæslunnar myndu tafarlaust vera þjálfaðir í sem Ósigrandi Varnartækni (ÓV) sérfræðingar.

Þessi öfluga ÓV tækni sem notar heilann sem undirstöðu virkar á stigi þess sem eðlisfræðingar kalla sameinað svið allra náttúrulögmála – stig þúsund milljón milljón sinnum öflugra en kjarnorku krafturinn. Allar aðrar varnatæknir víkja fyrir ÓV. Hinsvegar, ÓV kerfið er ekki hægt að nota í glæpsamlegum tilgangi gegn neinu landi. Þegar það er notað skapar það tafarlaus og mælanleg áhrif af ró, reglu og félagslegri sátt.

Eins og sýnt hefur verið fram á við fjölmargar aðstæður í fortíðinni hefur stór, skipulagður og rétt þjálfaður hópur einstaklinga sem beita ÓV róað þjóð og alþjóðlega spennu og skera burt rætur stríðs – álagið sem safnast upp á heimsvísu og á milli þjóða. Hvert það land sem beitir ÓV mun hafa djúpstæð, jákvæð og tafarlaus áhrif á alþjóðlegum mælikvarða sem mun hagnast ÖLLUM löndum.

Internet myndbandið, “An Important Message for All Military Leaders” eftir John Hagelin, Harvard lærðann prófessor í skammtaeðlisfræðingur, útskýrir í smáatriðum hvernig ÓV nær þessum markmiðum.

Hvað er ÓV? ÓV samanstendur af stórum hópum sem iðka hið trúlausa, sannreynda, friðarskapandi Transcendental Meditation^® (TM) og háþróaða TM tækni sem beitir hópheilakrafti. Þessi nálgun er vísindalega sannreynd og vettvangsprófuð leið til að draga úr samfélagslegri spennu. Innleiðing tækninnar hefur í för með sér ofurgeislasviðsáhrif sem geislar út reglusemi og sátt í nálægð hópsins og, með nægum fjölda, fyrir allan heiminn.

Mikil alþjóðleg spenna frá innrásinni í Úkraínu gæti stækkað fljótt í alþjóðlegt stórslys.

Hinsvegar, útfærsla á ÓV á stórum skala með því að þjálfa tug þúsund sjálfboðaliða í friðargæslunni mun skapa öflug alþjóðleg áhrif friðar og draga úr alþjóðlegu álagi sem er undirrót hættuástandsins í Rússlandi og Úkraínu. Fyrri reynsla hefur staðfest að þjóðarleiðtogar, undir áhrifum frá þessum róandi alþjóðlegu áhrifum, sýna fram á nýfundna hæfileika til að vinna saman að lausnum. Átök, borgarastyrjöld og alþjóðleg átök, glæpir og hryðjuverk sem voru annars óleysanleg hafa öll gefið undan tímanlegri innleiðingu ÓV á stríðssvæði og svæði þar sem félagsleg ókyrrð og ofbeldi ríkir.

Umfangsmiklar vísindarannsóknir benda til þess að notkun á ÓV af annað hvort her eða borgaralegum hópi (eins og þeim sem verið er að stofna í Kambódíu: Google „Group practice of Transcendental Meditation dramatically reduced violence in Cambodia, new study shows“) geti skapað aðstæður svo allir geti njótið friðar. Grein skrifuð af Lt. Gen. Clarence E. McKnight Jr. (Bandaríski herinn, Ret.), Dr. David Leffler, Duncan Brown, Dr. Carla Brown, og Arlene J. Schar, titluð A Humane Approach Towards Peace birt af OpEdNews, útskýrir þessa ritrýndu rannsókn betur og birtir lista af 19 rannsóknum sem hafa verið gerðar á ÓV.

Rannsókn birt í hinu ritrýnda Journal of Offender Rehabilitation skjalfestir hnattrænu ofurgeislunaráhrif sem myndast af þremur stórum hópum ÓV sérfræðinga sem hugleiða tvisvar á dag í takt, þar sem stærsti hópurinn var 7.000 þátttakendur. Mannfall af völdum hriðjuverka lækkaði um 72%, alþjóðlegum átökum fækkaði um 32%, og almennt alþjóðlegt ofbeldi minnkaði.

Hvernig geta svona litlir hópar haft áhrif á heiminn? Einfalt dæmi úr eldhúsinu sýnir að þegar potturinn sýður yfir, þá er nóg að setja nokkra dropa af köldu vatni til að róa óróann.

Hár fjöldi þátttakenda hefur reynst til að gefa betri niðurstöðu. Með fólksfjöldann í heiminum í 7,9 milljörðum, myndi hópur af 10.000 fremri TM hugleiðendum (sem táknar meira en kvaðratrót af 1% jarðarbúa) gætu haft djúpstæð jákvæð áhrif á heimsvísu. Ef nógu stór friðargæslu hópur væri þjálfaður í þessari tækni væru jákvæðu alþjóðlegu áhrifin gríðarleg.

ÓV er eins og er á ýmsum stigum dreifingar á heimsvísu. Af því gefnu hvað ÓV hefur sýnt öflug sönnunargögn um hæfni til að skapa frið í gegnum friðsamlega hætti, við köllum á gáfur, framsýni og hugrekki Guðna forseta til að koma á fætur stórum, hópi af ÓV iðkendum færan til að skapa jákvæð áhrif fyrir alla heimsfjölskylduna, og útrýma ógninni um kjarnorkustríð sem hvílir nú á mannkyninu. (Sjáið Google leit á “New Solution for Latin America: Transforming Lives and Changing Nations.”)

Efnahagslega er þessi aðferð mjög hagkvæm: ódýrari en kostnaður við 2-3 nútíma orrustuþotur Og samhliða áhrifum friðarins koma áhrif velmegunar, eins og fyrir innleiðing hefur sýnt.

Hefð er fyrir því að friðargæsluliðar eru mjög agaðir og koma mjög þörfu skipulagi á samfélög sem eru í uppnámi. Með því að búa til heimsins fyrsta ÓV hópnum með mið á heiminn, hefur Guðni forseti gott tækifæri til að færa Íslandi heiður og stuðla að varanlegum heimsfriði – varanlega blessun fyrir allt mannkyn. Friðarverðlaun Nóbels og þakklæti alls mannkyns bíður hans sem færir eilífan frið á okkar erfiðu plánetu.

Við hvetjum Guðna forseta til að bregðast við án tafar. Sem hinn mikli leiðtogi Íslands hefur þú getu og ábyrgð til að koma á fót og beita ÓV núna. Sagan mun skrá þig sem framtíðarsýnan leiðtoga. Og með skjótum aðgerðum þínum mun nýr heimur friðar, velmegunar og nægju verða tryggður fyrir allar komandi kynslóðir.

Um höfundana:

Col. (Ret.) Jitendra Jung Karki var tengiluður hjá “Sainik Awashiya Mahavidhyalaya,” Army Residential Menntaskólanum í Nepal áður en hann hætti störfum hjá nepalska hernum. Áður starfaði hann sem yfirmaður Shreenath Battalion. Karki býr nú í Budhanilkantha, Katmandú. Karki er með meistaragráðu í opinberri stjórnsýslu og er útskrifaður frá herstjórnar- og starfsmannaskóla nepalska hersins. Hann stýrði sjálfstæðu fyrirtæki í Nepal á uppreisnartímabilinu 2004-06. Col. Karki fékk fimm UN verðlaun og tók þátt í fimm friðargæsluverkefnum SÞ: UNIFIL: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, ONUB: United Nations Operation in Burundi, UNAMSIL: United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, MONUC – United Nations Mission DR Congo (2 sinnum). Col. Karki beitt með góðum árangri Ósigrandi Varnartækninni fyrir sjálfbæran frið á meðan hann þjónar í verkefni SÞ í

Lýðveldið Kongó. Hann er alumnus í The Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies at National Defense University, Washington DC, USA. NESA kynnir sig sem “æðsta ríkisstofnun Bandaríkjanna til að byggja upp tengsl og skilning á NESA svæðinu.”

Kafteinn Raymond E. Seebald, Bandaríska Strandgæslan (Ret.) Í 26 ára starfi sínu sem viðurkenndur sérfræðingur á sviði hafnaöryggis og umhverfisviðbúnaðar, forvarna og viðbragða., Afrek Seebald skipstjóra eru meðal annars stofnun nýrrar skrifstofu Sameinuðu þjóðanna á Curacao, þar sem hann þróaði innlendar viðbragðsáætlanir fyrir löndin og eyjarnar sem samanstanda af víðara Karíbahafi. Seebald þjónaði hernaðaraðstoðarmanni Ronalds W. Reagan forseta og George H. Bush forseta á meðan hann gegndi starfi í Hvíta húsinu á árunum 1986-1990. Seebald skipstjóri starfaði sem ráðgjafi við Panamaskurðinn 1999 og 2000 á viðkvæmum flutningi skurðsins til Panama. Sem skipstjóri hafnarinnar í Chicago, Illinois og Savannah, Georgíu, og varaskipstjóri hafnarinnar í San Juan, Púertó Ríkó, var hann ábyrgur fyrir þróun og uppsetningu strangari kröfum um öryggi skipa og hafnaraðstöðu eftir 11. september fyrir bæði Stóru vötnin og Karíbahafið. Seebald útskrifaðist frá USCGA árið 1977 og er eitt af átta systkinum sem öll þjónuðu í strandgæslu Bandaríkjanna. Seebald skipstjóri heldur áfram að gæta hagsmuna siglingaverndar í Bandaríkjunum sem ráðgjafi og ráðgjafi fyrir hið yfirburða Maritime Security  í Bandaríkjunum. Seebald var meðhöfundur að ritstjórnargrein sem var birt af The Day um Ósigrandi Varnartækni. The Day er gefið út í New London, Connecticut í Bandaríkjunum sem er heimili til United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA). Árið 2012 talaði Seebald um Ósigrandi Varnartækni á seinni Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) í Seoul Press Center í Seoul, Suður-Kóreu.

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Gunter Chassé – skreyttur með heiðurskrossi Bundeswehr í gulli – starfaði í þýska flughernum aðallega í samþættum NATO-loftvörnum og til skiptis í herstjórnar- og starfsmannastöðum, og var einnig ráðinn í heimavarnir með landhelgisverkefni. Hann er höfundur hins brautryðjand ÓV kosts Um nýja öryggis- og varnarstefnu Sambandslýðveldisins Þýskalands og framtíð Bundeswehr: Óhóflegur styrkur með forvarnarvængi hersins.

Dr. David Leffler er með Ph.D. í meðvitundarbundinni hervörnum og hefur starfað sem félagi í Proteus Management Group við Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College. Eins og er starfar hann sem framkvæmdastjóri hjá Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS) og heldur fyrirlestra og skrifar um allan heim um ÓV. Ritstjórnargrein Dr. Leffler, Að búa til ósigrandi her“ var sýnd í Fox News. Hann er aðgengilegur á LinkedIn, Twitter og Facebook.

Expand the Iceland Crisis Response Unit (ICRU)

In the Face of Imminent War

By Col (Ret) Jitendra Jung Karki, Captain (Ret) Raymond Seebald, LtCol (Ret) Gunter Chassé, Dr David Leffler 

Europe is in turmoil. The world has been shaken. Uncertainty pervades the globe in the face of the invasion of Ukraine. Yet it is said that it is darkest before the dawn. That dawn should come now, in the form of a clear demonstration that there is a systematic, reliable, effective way to create peace through peaceful means. Quietly, over many years, Invincible Defense Technology (IDT) has been effective in ending war and violence in Mozambique, Cambodia, Peru and Ecuador. With the looming global crisis, now is the time for prompt, peaceful action.

Iceland’s President Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson should take the lead in promoting true peace in global affairs by directing his Ministry for Foreign Affairs to expand its para-military civilian peacekeeping Iceland Crisis Response Unit (ICRU).The extra added personnel would form what is called in defense circles a Prevention Wing of the Military. As standard policy their civilian ICRU personnel would immediately be trained as Invincible Defense Technology (IDT) experts.

This powerful brain-based IDT technology operates on the level of what physicists call the unified field of all the laws of nature – a level a thousand million million times more powerful than the nuclear force. IDT supersedes all other defense technologies. However, the IDT system cannot be used for nefarious purposes against any country. When it is deployed it creates an immediate and measurable effect of calm, order, and social harmony.

As demonstrated in numerous situations in the past, a large, organized and properly trained group of individuals deploying IDT calms national and international tensions and cuts off the roots of war – the stresses accumulating globally and between nations. Any country that deploys IDT will have a profound, positive and immediate influence on a global scale that will benefit ALL countries.

An online video, “An Important Message for All Military Leaders” by John Hagelin, a Harvard-trained Ph.D. quantum physicist, explains in detail how IDT accomplishes these goals.

What is IDT? IDT consists of large groups practicing the non-religious, evidence-based, peace-creating Transcendental Meditation^® (TM) and advanced TM techniques that harness group brain power. This approach is a scientifically verified and field-tested means to defuse societal tensions. The deployment of the technology results in a super-radiance field effect that radiates orderliness and harmony in the proximity of the group and, with sufficient numbers, for the entire globe.

The high level of international tension from the Ukraine invasion could quickly escalate into a global catastrophe.

However, deployment of IDT on a large scale by training ten thousand volunteers in the ICRU will create a powerful global influence of peace and defuse the international stresses at the root of the Russia/Ukraine crisis. Past experience has confirmed that national leaders, influenced by this calming global field effect, demonstrate a new-found ability to work together to find solutions. Otherwise intractable conflicts, civil wars, and global strife, crime, and terrorism have all yielded in the past to the timely introduction of IDT into war zones and areas of social turbulence and violence. 

Extensive scientific research indicates that deployment of IDT by either a military or civilian group (such as the one being established in Cambodia: Google “Group practice of Transcendental Meditation dramatically reduced violence in Cambodia, new study shows“) can create the conditions for all people to enjoy peace. An article by Lt. Gen. Clarence E. McKnight Jr. (U.S. Army, Ret.), Dr. David Leffler, Duncan Brown, Dr. Carla Brown, and Arlene J. Schar, titled A Humane Approach Towards Peace and published by OpEdNews, explains this peer-reviewed research in more detail and lists 19 studies conducted on IDT.

A study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Offender Rehabilitation documents the global super-radiance effect created by three large groups of IDT experts meditating twice a day in unison, with the largest group being 7,000 participants. Terrorism-related casualties decreased 72%, international conflict decreased 32%, and overall global violence was reduced.

How can such small numbers have a global effect? A simple example from the kitchen shows that when a pot is boiling over, just a few drops of cold water instantly calms the eruption.

Higher numbers of participants have been shown to produce greater results. With the world’s population currently at 7.9 billion, a group of 10,000 advanced TM meditators (representing more than the square root of 1% of the world’s population) would be able to produce profound positive effects on a global scale. If a large enough ICRU group were trained in this technique, the positive global impact would be enormous.

IDT is currently in various stages of local deployment in many nations worldwide. Given the powerful evidence demonstrating the ability of IDT to create peace through peaceful means, we call on the intelligence, foresight and courage of President Jóhannesson to now deploy a large, fully operational IDT group capable of creating a positive impact for the entire global family, eliminating the threat of nuclear war that now hangs over humanity. (See Google search on “New Solution for Latin America: Transforming Lives and Changing Nations.”)

Economically, this approach is highly cost effective: less than the cost of 2-3 modern fighter jets. And along with the influence of peace comes the influence of prosperity, as past deployments have demonstrated.

Traditionally, peacekeepers are highly disciplined and bring much needed organization to disrupted societies. By assembling the world’s first globally targeted IDT group, President Jóhannesson has the strategic opportunity to bring honor to Iceland and to foster permanent world peace – a lasting boon for all humankind. The Nobel Peace Prize and the gratitude of all humanity awaits him who brings perpetual peace to our troubled planet.

We encourage President Jóhannesson to act without delay. As the great leader of Iceland, you have the ability and responsibility to establish and deploy IDT now. History will record you as a visionary leader. And with your prompt action, a new world of peace, prosperity, and plenty will be assured for all generations to come.

About the Authors:

Col. (Ret.) Jitendra Jung Karki was the Liaison Officer at “Sainik Awashiya Mahavidhyalaya,” Army Residential High school of Nepal before his retirement from the Nepal army. Previously he served as commanding officer of Shreenath Battalion. Karki now lives in Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu. Karki has a master’s degree in public administration and is a graduate of the Nepalese Army Command and Staff College. He commanded an independent company in Nepal during the insurgency period from 2004-06. Col. Karki received five UN medals and participated in five UN peacekeeping missions: UNIFIL: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, ONUB: United Nations Operation in Burundi, UNAMSIL: United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, MONUC – United Nations Mission DR Congo (2 times). Col. Karki successfully applied Invincible Defense Technology for sustainable peace while serving in the UN mission in DR Congo. He is an alumnus of The Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies at National Defense University, Washington DC, USA. NESA promotes itself as “the preeminent U.S. Government institution for building relationships and understanding in the NESA region.”

Captain Raymond E. Seebald, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.) During his 26 years of service as a recognized expert in the fields of maritime port safety and environmental preparedness, prevention and response, Capt. Seebald’s achievements include the establishment of a new United Nations office in Curacao, where he developed national contingency plans for the countries and islands comprising the wider Caribbean. Seebald served a military aide to President Ronald W. Reagan and President George H. Bush while assigned to White House duty from 1986-1990. Captain Seebald served as a consultant to the Panama Canal in 1999 and 2000 during the sensitive transfer of the Canal to Panama. As Captain of the Port in Chicago, Illinois, and Savannah, Georgia, and Alternate Captain of the Port in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he was responsible for the development and deployment of more restrictive post-9/11 vessel and port facility security requirements for both the Great Lakes and the Caribbean. Seebald graduated from the USCGA in 1977 and is one of eight siblings that all served in the United States Coast Guard. Capt. Seebald continues to safeguard Maritime Security interests in the United States as an advisor and consultant for the preeminent Maritime Security firm in the United States. Seebald coauthored an editorial published by The Day about Invincible Defense Technology. The Day is published in New London, Connecticut USA, which is the home to the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA). In 2012 Seebald spoke about Invincible Defense Technology during the second Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) at the Seoul Press Center in Seoul, South Korea.

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Gunter Chassé – decorated with the Honorary Cross of the Bundeswehr in Gold – served in the German Air Force mainly in the Integrated NATO-Air Defense and alternately in command and staff positions, and also was employed in Home Defense with territorial tasks. He is the author of the pioneering IDT alternative white paper On the New Security and Defence Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Future of the Bundeswehr: Indomitable Strength through a PREVENTION WING of the Military.

Dr. David Leffler has a Ph.D. in Consciousness-Based Military Defense and has served as an Associate of the Proteus Management Group at the Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College. Currently, he serves as the Executive Director at the Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS) and lectures and writes worldwide about IDT. Dr. Leffler’s editorial “Creating an Invincible Military” was featured in Fox News. He is available on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.