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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Civil disobedience is not the same as violent extremismSeveral leading Swedish academics published a protest in a major daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter this March,...
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Published in: HomeLiberty, Equality, Fraternity ... and welfareHow do the political camps map their favourite welfare policies onto political values? A report from the Ax:son...
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Published in: 50.50This is what a feminist foreign policy looks likeMargot Wallström’s decision not to sell arms to Saudi Arabia demonstrates the fundamental rethink needed to achieve...
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Published in: openSecurityArms and the men: Sweden’s revoked Saudi arms dealFrom the outside, the Swedish snub to the Saudi royals looks like a big triumph for women’s rights over commercial...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaForever a refugee: A "Syrian-Palestinian" in search of identity
Millions have been displaced since the uprising in Syria kicked off three years ago. This is the story of Salim, a...
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Published in: HomeThe pros and cons of Ban the Box: a gathering debateIn Newark, New Jersey, inquiries into an applicant’s criminal history are delayed until a conditional offer of...
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Published in: openSecurityNot polished enough! Have Swedes had enough of the far right?In an increasingly unequal Sweden, the far right has been able to capitalise on growing insecurity for its...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mass surveillance and institutional racism: two sides of the Swedish coinLast year, it was revealed that the Swedish state indexed all Roma living in Sweden and made its secret services...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Surveillance: justice, freedom and security in the EU
A discussion of European surveillance programmes cannot be reduced to the question of a balance between data...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Sweden's surveillance: justice, freedom and security in the EUOver the years, Sweden has become the biggest collaborating partner of GCHQ outside the English-speaking countries,...
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Published in: HomeGarcía Márquez and "the Latin American who came in from the cold"Former Swedish deputy foreign minister and UN ambassador Pierre Schori remembers circumstances and characters,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Sex workers in democratic societiesWhile there are certainly gendered imbalances in the actual structures of current sex markets, these imbalances are...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The same creed: a conversation about Scandinavian democracy with Bo Lidegaard"In my eyes, there is nothing in the Scandinavia model that suggests that we cannot compete. Actually, there is a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Sweden's super election yearSweden will hold crucial national elections in September. Does that leave any political space for the European...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Welfare benefits are calculated by political objectives not empirical calculations
"Humans as persons of necessity exist in social relationships." Adequacy of Minimum Income Schemes is a debate that...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Sweden's dirty little secretSwedish police authorities have secretly established illegal databases of Romani people in a program originally...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why did the Stockholm riots occur?
How could this occur in a country known for its developed democracy, egalitarianism, and well-functioning...
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Published in: HomeHusby and territorial stigma in SwedenThis statement appeared at the beginning of June in the Swedish broadsheet SVD, calling for a public investigation...
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Published in: openSecurityThe pyres of SpringThe riots which besieged Stockholm's suburbs in late May, are not indicative of some ‘exclusion’ from mainstream...
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Published in: HomeA dramatic intervention
Of course, American support for costly drama is welcome, and helps keep the UK in the game, but the fact is that...
