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28 Jan 2025 2 minute read 1 comment Vladan Lausevic
TLDR In "The Deep and Dangerous Roots of Trump's Foreign Policy," published in Persuasion on January 27, 2025, Matt Johnson critiques Donald Trump's approach to international relations during his second term. Johnson characterizes Trump's foreign pol...
20 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
TLDR In "What to Expect When You're Expecting a Second Trump Administration," by Persuasion, Damon Linker explores the potential implications of a second Donald Trump presidency. Linker argues that Trump's administration would be far more focused and...
12 Jan 2025 2 minute read 6 comments Vladan Lausevic
TLDR In the article "Utbildning allt starkare markör hos Svenska väljare" ("Education as an Increasingly Strong Marker Among Swedish Voters") published via the progressive think tank Dagens Arena, author Olle Bergvall highlights how education has bec...
18 Dec 2024 1 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic
TLDR Professor Jesper Stroembaeck, famous for writing about media and democracy in Sweden, recently wrote in the daily progressive Dagens Arena (Today’s Arena) how internal threats to democracy are often led by elected leaders who gradually erode dem...
18 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
TLDR In his article on Verfassungsblog, Steve Peers examines recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) that strengthen EU citizens' rights to join political parties in member states where they reside. The judgments deemed l...
13 Dec 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
TLDR Yezid Sayigh's "Anatomy of a Military Fall" from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Annie Slemrod's "Syria Faces Huge Humanitarian Challenges as It Begins Post-Assad Era" from The New Humanitarian examine the fall of Bashar al-A...
8 Dec 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
In a recent reflection on Sweden's 30-year EU membership, Andreas Johansson Heinö, one of Sweden's leading liberal opinion makers and a member of the market-liberal think tank Timbro, highlights the significance of the 1994 referendum. Heinö desc...
5 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
TLDR An article by Hugo Bueno for The Unpopulist critiques Elon Musk’s inconsistent commitment to free speech, focusing on his handling of censorship orders in Brazil. Musk resisted Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ orders to suspend accounts s...
25 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
TLDR In collaboration with other NGOs, the Civil Rights Defenders (CRD) authored a report for the UN Universal Periodic Review assessing Sweden’s human rights performance. The report highlights challenges in protecting minority rights, safeguarding...
13 Nov 2024 1 minute read 10 comments Vladan Lausevic
TL;DR In Tuesday's Moral Catastrophe, Jonathan Rauch examines the 2024 U.S. election results, where Donald Trump's victory represents not just a political setback but a profound moral loss for advocates of liberal democracy. Rauch argues that Trump's...
