User:Justpedersen

Who am I?

I am 29 year old Dane currently residing in London. I have been described in some Danish articles as a man of the world and an overachiever, thought in truth I am just an ordinary guy with a quiet ordinary life.

I fancy myself an experienced commentator on general history, contemporary Danish politics, general international politics, European immigration, modern management and international law.

I am a big fan of contingency fiction (i.e. what if this outcome in history had been different etc) and absolutely love to give my part of speculation about the probable outcome of such scenarios.

I owe my expertise in history to my personal study of it, in particular my critical reading of Grimberg's history of the world. In history I generally represent the social system view, i.e. while I acknowledge that persons have made a difference throughout history, then I focus on the system and environment that created those people and allowed them to gain power. For instance, in the American civil war, I hold that its economical and numberical surperiority made a Union victory almost unavoidable and only the fact that a majority of the experienced army officers sided with the southern Confederacy delayed the end of the war til 1864.

I have gained most of my knowledge of Danish and international politics thru my reading of newspapers and a little bit thru my personal experiences. For the record, while I consider myself to an unbiased commentator, I have been a member of the Danish liberal party since 1993.

My expertise in European immigration comes mainly from my own life experiences. In the past 10 years, I have been a legal resident (worker or student) a least a year of Austria, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, the United Kingdom and the United States.

My experience in modern management comes thru my day job, where I have worked in various roles within multinational organisations.

My knowledge of international law comes from my studies in Denmark and Germany. While I am thus not an active practioner, I would like to point out that neither are most people who are ussually quoted on the subject.