Week 12: Criticism of the government's Palestine policy – ​​"You just have to use your eyes"

Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas this week and launched new airstrikes on Gaza, which has sparked reactions in the Swedish debate. Image from Gaza 2023. Photo: Ali Hamad for APAimages/Palestinian News & Information Agency/Wikimedia Commons

Of: Ida Löjmand and Mona Adam Abdi

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been broken. Swedish media are discussing the parties' desire to find a peaceful solution and the government, which is accused of inaction after a new UN report reported possible acts of genocide in Gaza.

March 25, 2025, Current debate

Week 10: European rearmament and International Women's Day on the agenda in troubled times

The feeling that the US is failing Europe when Donald Trump stops military support for Ukraine is palpable among the debaters. On International Women's Day, attention is paid to women in conflict zones. Image: Ivan Bandura/Unsplash, NATO/Flickr

Of: Elina Malmberg and Isabel Odelfelt

After to Donald Trump has breakt all military support to Ukraine many believe debaters to the iMarketplace longer goes to rely on USA participation i NATO. The international Women's Day pay attention tos i debates, and governments presents a bindentation of 22,5 million kronor to the women of Ukraine. 

March 10, 2025, Current debate

Week 9: Debaters urge Europe to take a more active role in the new world order

Over the past week, there has been a lively debate about Europe's responsibility in a world where US influence is changing. Image: Collage in Canva

Of: Meklit Teklu and Nora Sargin

Last Monday marked third anniversary av Russia full-scale invasion av Ukraine, at the same time that the material moisture meter shows you the global the policy was minted av gold more than USA concessions i the peace negotiations with Russian Federation. USA pulls sig back from earlier commitments must Europe - and i especially Scandinavia – step fram and ta en the sea aktiv roll i world politics mean several debaters.

March 3, 2025, Current debate

Week 8: Peace talks without Ukraine draw international concern and criticism

This week, Ukraine has been excluded from the peace talks between Russia and the United States that took place in Saudi Arabia. Photo: Torbjørn Kjosvold/Prime Minister's Office/Flickr

Of: Meja Roberg and Olle Hoög

Under the material moisture meter shows you the previous week has world politics embossed av discussions om security and Diplomat. Not least fthe conversations between USA and Russian Federation has has sparked intense reactions and debate across Europe. The discussions, held in Saudi Arabia and without participation from Ukraine, has been met with strong skepticism from European leaders and with concern from the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.  

February 24, 2025, Current debate

Week 3: The editor tips – The result of the government's reform agenda for aid and development cooperation as an investment for peace and security

In Svenska Dagbladet, Carl Björkman and Ulrika Schenström debate the important role of development cooperation in peacebuilding, and in Dagens Arena Göran Holmqvist writes about the government's transformation of aid.

While waiting for the spring FUF editorial staff to start covering the debate on global issues, here are a couple of reading tips from the debate on global issues in recent weeks.

January 13, 2025, Current debate

Current debate in 2024: NATO, climate, EU, migration and war

Migration, the climate, NATO, the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are some of the topics that dominated the debate in 2024. Image: collage in Canva.

Of: The Chancellery

A year marked by the conflict between Israel and Palestine, lack of climate action, the EU election, migration and the importance of supporting Ukraine. That sums up Chat GPT FUFeditorial coverage of the debate on global issues and Sweden's role in the world on Swedish debate and editorial pages during 2024.  

January 13, 2025, Current debate

After the police threat - Doctors Without Borders leaves Haiti's capital

Port-au-Prince a few months after the 2010 earthquake. Since the assassination of President Moïse in 2021, the city has been characterized by gang violence. Image: Siri BL/Flickr

Of: Ofelia Gedda

Doctors Without Borders announces in mid-November that it will leave Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. Behind the decision lies a series of events, most recently that Haitian police stopped one of MSF's ambulances and executed two men who received treatment in the vehicle.

November 29, 2024, News

Week 21: Arrest warrants against Hamas and Israel's leaders are both welcomed and criticized

The announcement that the ICC's chief prosecutor wants to issue an arrest warrant against leading men from both Israel and Hamas has sparked reactions on Swedish opinion pages over the past week. Pictured (left): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Pictured (right): Hamas supreme leader Yahya Sinwar. Source: Flickr.

Of: Fatima Shek Behi

Last week, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, announced that he wants to issue a arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country's defense minister, as well as three senior Hamas leaders. The message has been both welcomed and criticized on Swedish debate and editorial pages.  

May 27, 2024, Current debate

Week 19: Debaters disagree about the protests against Israel's participation in Eurovision

Several of last week's opinion texts focused on the demonstrations in Malmö against Israel's participation in the Eurovision song contest. Photo: Eko. Source: Flickr.

Of: Elianne Kjellman

Israel's participation in Eurovision song cuntest induced extensive protester i the host city Malmo during last week. On Swedish opinion pages have dbattlers discussed about demonstrants feed antisemitism - or if they promote fred. 

May 13, 2024, Current debate

Week 18: Debaters believe declining support for Biden after pro-Palestinian student protests

Several writers believe that support for Joe Biden may be declining because of the pro-Palestinian student protests at American universities. Pictured: Anti-Israel protests in Washington DC, 2017. Photo: Ted Eytan. Source: Flickr.

Of: Rania Yassin

The pro-Palestinian protesterwell, like has emerged at several universities in the United States, was subject to debate during last week. Several people believe that the protests may disadvantage US President Joe Biden ahead of the upcoming election in the country.  

May 8, 2024, Current debate