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The sudden assertion of human criteria within a dehumanising framework of political manipulation can be like a flash of lightning illuminating a dark landscape

— Vaclav Havel

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Per Wirtén

Per Wirtén is the editor-in-chief of the Swedish political journal Arena.

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Thwarted opportunity: the US's new 'terrorist' discourse

The American “war on terrorism” threatens hope: the hope for expanding democracy and freedom that was born in the post-Cold War period. It is therefore of the utmost importance that we differentiate between the US’s global military ambitions and the pursuit of a just and fair international order.