George Soros expresses concern that a polycrisis – with major contributors being artificial intelligence, climate change and Russian aggression – might be challenges too great for the open democratic society to survive. Dissecting the problem shatters any doubt the situation is severe but also implies how to prevail. […]

Clashes between NATO peacekeepers and demonstrators in the northern part of Kosovo injured 34 soldiers. The country unilaterally declared independence from neighboring Serbia in 2008 and the trouble flaring up now has its root cause in long strained relations between Kosovo’s minority Serb and majority Albanian population. Local […]

The purpose of founding Nato 74 years ago was to defend European democracies against the Soviet Union, through means of collective force eliminating the risk of war. These are highly current aims worth upholding even today, says Peter Wolodarski, editor in chief of the independent liberal Swedish news […]

The current negotiation document for the expected soon to be UN Cybercrime Treaty has met heavy criticism from human rights defenders after the fifth negotiation session in April in Vienna, Austria. Modern law in the field of cybercrime is of course important but the present draft goes far […]

Armed men stormed homes of UN staff and employees of international organizations in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, on Tuesday. According to a UN document, viewed by CNN, men and women were separated, sexual assault occurred and there was one incident of rape reported. The United Nations, founded in 1945, […]

Join us on www.democracywithoutborders.org There is a reason that so little progress has been made in climate negotiations: no decision making entity has the required power. The Paris agreement negotiations and other conventions on climate change might be the closest we have come so far to a decision […]

Hidden Within You is a topical philosophic eco-thriller about political revolutions, economic meltdowns, failing ecosystems, belief and outdoor romance. Its Swedish title is “Dolt inom dig” and is available as a free of charge e-book to download here. The book is in Swedish an now available in any […]