During week 17, it has been warned for how Donald Trump's return and Sweden's new aid policy risks weakening the position of democracy globally.
Donald Trump's political comeback and its global consequences continues to vara a common thread on Swedish editorial and debate pages over the past week.
På Aftonbladets debateAIDS the journalist says Lennart Ekdal to Trump's rhetoric and actions are not only affecting the domestic climate in the United States - they are spreading distrust, polarization and political instability throughout the world. Trump is, according to Ekdal, a symbol of a broader global trend where resistance to facts and aggressive nationalism are undermining democratic norms.
"There is no longer any room for compromise when it comes to the approach to Trump. The man is simply wildly insane, unbridled in his grandiose narcissism," writes Ekdahl.
Jonna Sima: it is no coincidence that democratic values are in decline in Cambodia
— Civil society has rapidly weakened and critical voices are being silenced and imprisoned. Being involved in human rights, trade union, political or climate action is associated with direct danger to life, writes Swim in The evening paper.
Since 2023, both the United States and Sweden have withdrawn aid to Cambodia – a country with a rapidly growing economy, but where “democracy is being suffocated to death,” writes Jonna Sima in Former Prime Minister Hun Sen is said to have thanked Trump for causing Radio Free Asia – the only radio channel broadcasting independent journalism in Cambodia – to be shut down as a result of the US’s new aid policy.
Sima has met Ry Sovandy who was imprisoned for sin union struggle.
– I see the cuts in aid as a major risk for future generations, says Sovandy to Sima. We risk losing our human resources and role models. That is my appeal to the world: without the support I have received, I would not be sitting here today. Do not abandon us.
Climate
Rich countries are cleaner countries
Björn Lomborg. Svenska Dagbladet
Climate is a matter of life and death
Annie Croona. ETC
Joakim Medin
Malmer Stenegard's quiet diplomacy keeps Medin in Turkey
Marcus Willershausen, foreign and defense policy spokesperson for the Liberal Youth Union, Aftonbladet
The government should go to Joakim Medin's trial
Anders Lindberg. Aftonbladet
Debate: A discreet stance does not help Medin
Pierre Schori
Gaza
Anyone who happens to show compassion for the people of Gaza is forced to back down
Max Hjelm, Dagens Nyheter
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