While after-dinner school events could arguably be called what’s known in the American Bill of Rights as ”cruel and unusual punishment”, Mona Sahlin managed to get a hall full of students and others to find their way to her evening lecture when she visited Uppsala yesterday (Monday 9/3). The former longtime member of parliament, cabinet minister, and leader of the…
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.…
Read MoreIn 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 to Uttryck, where Mel Rideout…
Read More”Power,” Chairman Mao said, ”comes out of the barrel of a gun.” It can of course be expressed less explicitly, which is why the new China-led development bank, called the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), has received the attention of leaders from around the world.…
Read MoreWhile after-dinner school events could arguably be called what’s known in the American Bill of Rights as ”cruel and unusual punishment”, Mona Sahlin managed to get a hall full of students and others to find their way to her evening lecture when she visited Uppsala yesterday (Monday 9/3). The former…
Read MoreWarning: this will contain mild spoilers As the Machiavellian Frank Underwood has become the leader of the free world, the pursuit of power continues. One of the most prevailing clichés in politics today is Lord Acton’s, often slightly incorrectly quoted, pronouncement that: ”Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts…
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