Few—if any—countries in modern times have experienced cataclysmic tragedy of the kind that befell Rwanda in 1994: the genocide against the Tutsi. The country has since undergone a fast transformation. As with any extensive and fast reform, not everything has been easy or straight forward....
På Europadagen blickar vi österut! Det Östliga Partnerskapet är ett samarbete mellan EU och sex länder i östra Europa: Armenien, Azerbadjan, Vitryssland, Moldavien, Georgien och Ukraina. Initiativet till detta togs 2009 och har sedan dess arbetat mot målet om ett gemensamt område av demokrati, välstånd,...
This Monday UF invites you to watch the documentary The Borneo Case, after the screening we will hear director and filmmaker Erik Pauser speak about the making of the film and the current situation on Borneo and in Malaysia In The Borneo Case, documentary filmmakers Erik...
Ethiopia’s economic growth is a result of a development-oriented ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) maintaining the ‘development projects’ hegemony’. Determined to establish a democratic-developmentalist state, the EPRDF gives preeminence to an autonomous policy space enabling experimentation with different economic policies. Focusing...
Every day, we read articles and watch the news to learn about the new developments in conflicts around the world. Yet only rarely do we reflect on the risks associated with procuring this information for the brave journalists and photographers on the ground. We have...
The French version of secularism, laïcité, has had an impact on political debates in France ever since the French Revolution. However, over the last thirty years, this value has become increasingly entangled with French national identity and has been exploited by radical nationalists and populists...
Since 2014 a war has been raging in the eastern part of Ukraine between the Ukrainian Government and Russian backed separatists, leaving more than 10,000 killed. While fighting continues, the conflict has gotten less and less attention in the news, and the Russian support of...
On New Year’s Day, Brazil’s new president, far-right and ex-parachutist Jair Bolsonaro, assumed office. The election has provoked numerous questions: how should we perceive the nationalist movement in Brazil? Why do its supporters keep attacking women, black and indigenous people? And how will Bolsonaro’s presidency...
Med ungefär två månader kvar till Europaparlamentsvalet börjar valkampanjerna för de flesta partierna att dra igång. Efter en på många sätt kaotisk mandatperiod kan detta val ses som en folkomröstning om i vilken riktning det europeiska projektet ska röra sig och vilket Europa en vill...
Iran is a country known for its active role in foreign policy. Competition between Iran and Saudi Arabia has played an important role in the political dynamics of the Middle East and Iran has been engaging militarily in both Syria and Yemen. Despite the focus...