On top of a ridge overlooking Şingal (Sinjar) town, Pêşmerge fighters shield themselves behind sandbags and earth walls. A shell passes close above with a whining sound and a second later hits the mountainside behind us. Seven or eight more follow, probably from a twenty-three...

Russia has weaponized energy, something that is now at the forefront of tensions with its European neighbours. Uttryck’s Pär Nyrén explains why it is time for EU countries to take action and join the arms race by liberalizing their energy markets. Being a petro state, Russia exerts immense...

The Syrian Initiative Craftsmanship Ecovillage (SICE) aims to solve for migration problems, empowering segregated peoples and integrating them into Swedish society by giving them the tools to pursue a sustainable lifestyle together with native people. Independent of the rat race A newly formed NGO, involving a group...

In the latest spat of anti-globalization sentiments, people one both sides of the Atlantic are getting worried about the TTIP, or Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement, which is currently under negotiation between the US and the EU. The negative hyperboles have found their way...

I still recall it sometimes. That night when I saw you for the first time, the rain drizzling down as a reminder of the fading summer. That night when I was hit in the face by something as delicate as your personality. It's been a...