Scars from the past pose a threat to democracy today

The memorial site for the victims in Srebrenica.

We need to remember history to stop today's threat to democracy, writes Anders Lindberg in Aftonbladet. Here is a memorial site after the massacre in Srebrenica in Bosnia in 1995. Photo: Jolle Visset (CC BY 2.0)

Of: Maja Sundstrand

Last week's debate spreads uneasily between several areas related to global developments - from environmental issues in international trade to antibiotic resistance. But what dominates the debate are issues that connect scars from the past and contemporary threats to democracy and human rights.

November 14, 2018, Current debate

Climate countdown - get up to speed on COP24

Get up to speed on the upcoming international climate negotiations by listening to Johanna Lissinger Peitz, Chief negotiator for the Swedish delegation at COP; Mathias Fridahl, Climate Policy Analyst at Fores; Maggie White, Senior Manager International Policy at SIWI; and Adam Leckius, International Coordinator at PUSH Sweden. The seminar was organized by FUF and SIWI Swedish Water House, and took place on 12 November 2018.

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November 13, 2018, FUF pods