by Eva Sohlman – Sweden – In Haiti people eat cakes baked with mud for lack of flour. In Bangladesh, Indonesia and across Africa, riots are spreading among the hungry. And in the world’s richest country, the United States, the …
by Eva Sohlman – Sweden – What kind of leader does tomorrow’s America need? And who among the presidential candidates is best suited to meet the challenges that the next leader of the world’s superpower will face? These are some …
by Eva Sohlman – Sweden – Former CIA director Jim Woolsey eagerly leans across the table in the swanky restaurant of the Carlton-Ritz Hotel in Washington, D.C. The seriousness of the matter he’s discussing is reflected in his sharp, almost …
Green Hawks in the Pentagon: the American Army Is on a Green Mission Read more »
by Eva Sohlman – Sweden – The hope for change is tremendous after nearly eight years of George W. Bush in the White House – both in America and around the world. But regardless of who becomes the next president, …
Strobe Talbott Sees Problems on the Horizon for the Next US President Read more »
by Eva Sohlman – Sweden – How does a society best deal with its immigrant minorities? This is a question which has become increasingly urgent as more people than ever leave their home countries due to conflict, climate change and …
Not Your Typical Nobel Laureate: Amartya Sen on Distorted Multiculturalism Read more »
by Eva Sohlman – Sweden – Harold Bloom, Yale literature professor and cultural critic, is one of America’s most prominent and provocative intellectuals. Unabashedly, he has always spoken up for what he calls “the fight for truth and beauty” making …
According to Harold Bloom, “What we are seeing is…the fall of America” Read more »
by Eva Sohlman – Sweden – SANA’A, Yemen – For a Yemeni woman the most common route to a jail cell is love or prostitution. Another is to be raped. “The most common reason why a Yemeni woman is in …