By Sara Lannebo When you think of wine producing countries, chances are high that countries like France, Italy, or Spain come to mind. After all, they are among the top in exporting high quality wines. But while these countries undoubtedly make delicious wine that have both cultural and historical impact…
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By Axel Falk In one of the driest corners of the world, “the left foot of Africa”, an anomaly has risen, muchto the hopefuls of a world in peace. Namibia has done right where so many have done wrongand now stand on the top of a hill, looking down on…
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Av Jakob Ranglin Grissler En rapport av tankesmedjan Frivärld visade nyligen hur Kinas ambassad i Sverige bytt taktik från att bemöta kritiker offentligt till att kontakta dem personligen med explicita hot. I mitten av september uppmanade ett flertal tankesmedjor Utrikesdepartementet (UD) att kalla upp Kinaambassadören Gui Congyou för tillrättavisning. Kinas…
Read MoreBy Michelle Sara Gano The world is suffering from more outbreaks than the Covid-19 pandemic. Another eruption that spreads quickly, affecting many individuals simultaneously, is the pandemic of global hunger. Further is the pandemic of worldwide gender inequality. Both need to end, in order to reach sustainable global security –…
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By Lycke Holmén Many government programs have aimed to tackle America’s ‘food deserts’ — poor urban or rural areas in which a significant portion of the population have limited access to fresh produce and affordable healthy food options, leading to less nutritious diets and increased obesity rates. With the low…
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By Aland Khalid There are a plethora of problems facing the country of Haiti each and every day, with the list notably containing weak infrastructure, poor medical care, low access to clean water, a high unemployment rate and so on and so forth. These were all problems even before the…
Read MoreBy Gilles Jourdan Food insecurity feeds the vicious circle of starvation suffered by the populations living in protracted conflict-affected countries. Indeed, states that lack the institutions and capacities to provide political and economic stability are often on the break of both conflict and famine. This issue, which further increases the…
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By Lycke Holmén As countries begin to roll out vaccination campaigns, the end of the pandemic is finally in sight. But with rich countries hogging up to four times the doses necessary, poorer countries are left scrambling. In February, South Africa became the first sub-Saharan country to distribute its first…
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By Alexandra Ndisi Grantham A good friend of mine once made an interesting comparison between the concept of a perfect state to Newton’s third law; For every action in nature, there is an equal and opposite reaction. “Forces occur in pairs, one body cannot exert a force on another without…
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By Giorgia Bracelli For decades, Sweden has been hailed by observers around the world as a shining example of what a well-functioning society should look like. Sweden ranks above average in all dimensions of the OECD Better Life Index: environmental quality, civic engagement, education and skills, work-life balance, health status,…
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