Twenty years ago today, the United States and its allies disregarded the findings of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) expert weapons inspection team and went ahead with a military invasion of Iraq. Uttryck meets with Robert E. Kelley, former Deputy for Analysis of the IAEA Action Team, virtually from…
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Since the 1970s, the people of Iran have suffered under non-reasonable dictatorship rules to which children and families to authorities are exempt. Especially restricted are the women who are not to show their hair in public. Iranian women are now leading the uprising which is spreading across the country’s 40…
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En bristande trygghet och steg för att uppnå sagd trygghet var något som genomsyrade budskapen på det svenska valets valskyltar. ”Ingen ska behöva bli kriminell” textades över en bild på Magdalena Andersson och en ung icke-vit person. ”Nu får vi ordning på brotten” kunde läsas på en skylt med Moderaternas…
Read MoreThis month, the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament held its first annual conference in light of the developments in Ukraine. Uttryck’s Lycke Holmén met Robert E. Kelley at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research to talk about the latest developments around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.…
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By Leonard Bektas Today is a sad day for Turkey’s Armenian community and the Turkish-Armenian diaspora. The 19th of January marks 15 years since the death of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. Dink was born in Malatya, central Turkey, to Armenian parents. He knew well the reality of being an Armenian…
Read MoreBy Rieke Smit Food can bring people closer together, but it can also create distance, especially when it is lacking. Eva Heikki, nurse for Doctors Without Borders, talked to Uttryck Magazine about the role of food in her humanitarian work. As a trained ICU nurse, she has accompanied Doctors Without…
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Olof Palme’s life was full of controversies. Recently the main investigator into his murder, Krister Petersson, promised to put an end to the investigation before summer, either by prosecuting a suspect or by closing the investigation. Will our questions be answered?…
Read MoreAv Max Karpefors Det var ett tag sedan Carl Bildt stod i det politiska rampljuset, men den före detta stats- och utrikesministern är fortfarande mycket aktiv inom utrikespolitiken. Måndagen den 15:e maj gästade han Utrikespolitiska föreningen och intresset var stort. Redan en timme före föreläsningen köade entusiastiska åhörare för att…
Read MoreAv Isa Lappalainen Trump, Brexit och feministisk utrikespolitik: det var inte några små frågor som Margot Wallström avverkade vid hennes besök på Uppsala Universitet i samband med presentationen av den nya utrikesdeklarationen. Ett samtal mellan utrikesministern och studenter arrangerades av UF tillsammans med Uppsala Politicesstuderande och Uppsala Peace and Development…
Read MoreBy Matteo Schleicher In 1998, Osama Bin Ladin and several other Islamist leaders issued a fatwa declaring that “to kill the Americans and their allies, civilians and military, is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it.”…
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