Historically, relations between Beijing and Taipei governments have been characterized by limited contact, tensions, and instability. After decades of hostile intentions and angry rhetoric, Chinese-Taiwanese relations started improving in the 1980s. Party-to-party talks between have since been resumed and semi-official negotiations through organizations representing the...
On the 24th of November 2016, the second version of the peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was ratified in congress after 60 years of violent conflict. The success of the peace negotiations received worldwide attention...
För snart två år sedan, den 23 juni 2016, röstade det brittiska folket igenom förslaget att dra sig ur EU och den europeiska gemenskapen. För Sverige betyder detta mer än vad man tror, eftersom Sverige och Storbritannien i flera frågor har kört en likadan politisk...
Vilken är vägen framåt för framtidens EU och hur kan vi arbeta för att öka delaktigheten i EU? ___________________________________________ Programmet - Inledningsanförande av Ann Linde, Sveriges EU- och handelsminister - Panelsamtal om framtidens EU och behovet att gemensamt arbeta för att stärka delaktigheten i EU Medverkande: Ann Linde, Sveriges EU- och...
The Uppsala Association of Foreign Affairs welcomes you to our 70th Anniversary Gasque! In the shadow of the political turmoil after the Second World War, the Uppsala Association of Foreign Affairs was born. Since being founded as the the very first official UN association for students...
Going undercover to meet slaves and slaveholders, Kevin Bales shook the world by exposing how modern slavery penetrates the global economy in his Pulitzer-nominated book, Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy. In this lecture, Bales will speak about his research, what progress has been...
Rapportering från the Washington Post visar att det idag, mer än 200 år efter slavhandels avskaffande finns fler offer för det moderna slaveriet än någonsin – och Myanmar är ett av de huvudsakliga ursprungsländerna. Trots problemets enorma utbredning är den information som finns knapphändig. I...
Not For Sale Ale is a beer brand that invests 100% of the profit towards the fight against modern day slavery and human trafficking. Listen to the inspiring story how a beer brand was born from a meeting and a wish to make a change...
Human rights abuses in the occupied Crimea: what can the West do? The 18th of March 2014, the world witnessed the most audacious landgrab in Europe since the second world war. Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea violated the European security order as we know it. In the...