Text and picture by Ida Flik. In an interview, the journalist and co-founder of hostwriter.org calls for critical self-reflection in mainstream media. Newsrooms need …
Tabea Grzeszyk: “Journalism really needs to catch up”
Russian public diplomacy and its transformations in the 21st century
Text by Anna Ryzhova One of the central concepts in the discussion on global value promotion is “soft power” coined by Nye in the 1990s. …
Chinese Ambassador to Sweden: “The US is indeed very exhausted from interfering”
Interview and text by Sebastian Vogel and Nathanaël Fritz. The fourth of December, the Society of International Affairs of Gothenburg organised a lecture with …
The King, the ocean and the new capital city
Text by Giovanni Zanaroli Once upon a time, there was an Asian city. It was built centuries before by European colonizers and became the capital of …
How Bellingcat is changing the game of investigative journalism
Text by Albert Vollebergh On January 8th a Ukrainian flight was shot down above an Iranian airbase, adding fuel to the prolonged crisis between Iran …
Fashion vs the Environment: an impossible match?
Text by Anna Demont “The fashion industry is considered the second most polluting industry in the world and its impact should be questioned in the context …
International human rights treaties: widely accepted, widely violated
Text by Lauriane Selimi December 2019: Aung San Suu Ki, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and current State counsellor of Myanmar, was in The Hague to …
Russian ambassador in Sweden Viktor Tatarintsev to call for cooperation with the EU
Interview and text by Nathanaël Fritz After serving the Embassy of the USSR and the Russian Federation in Sweden for several years, Viktor Tatarintsev has also …
20-years of MONUSCO and the ageing of peacekeeping missions
Text by Mélanie Alphonse The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has just celebrated its 20-year anniversary as a …
From sea rescuing to financing Libyan militias
Text by Ida Flik The sea between Northern Africa and Europe continues to be the by far the deadliest border, accounting for over one-third of …