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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It is no secret that populist radical right parties have always held a welcoming stance towards Russia. While some radical right parties have taken a more critical stance towards Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, some are still reluctant to take a harsh stance.…
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As the world grows digital, media landscapes are drastically changing. With digitalization and the transformation of media ecosystems came great hopes that social networks would foster meaningful political participation, enlarging the public sphere, and bringing democratic values forward. Yet, social platforms, while encouraging the expression of oppositional voices, have also…
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Uttalanden från USA:s president Joe Biden har förändrat förhållandet mellan USA, Kina och Taiwan. Hur ställer sig USA i händelse av en kinesisk invasion av Taiwan? Under en intervju med det amerikanska nyhetsbolaget CBS i september förra året fick USA:s president, Joe Biden, frågan om USA kommer att försvara Taiwan…
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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Earlier this year, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (王毅) went on a regional tour in the South Pacific hoping to secure a multilateral trade and security deal. Although Wang Yi (王毅) was unable to seal the grand deal, numerous bilateral agreements were signed between China and the island nations, and…
Read MoreLast year in May, the British TV channel ITV News caught an unusual scene on Jersey Island, close to Normandy’s coasts in France. A clip shared on Twitter showed a member of the Jersey Militia reenactment group firing a musket in the direction of French fishing boats blocking the Island.…
Read MoreMayhem broke out as YouTube deleted two German-speaking Russia Today (RT) channels following an earlier suspension of another German Russia Today channel. From this came talk of alleged censorship and the suppression of press freedom. …
Read MoreGeorgia has been hit hard by the recent diplomatic scandal of allegedly illegal wiretapping of foreign ambassadors and the employees of diplomatic missions by the country’s domestic intelligence agency.…
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