Kategori: Article – English
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A Declaration of Interdependence of Cyberspace
On February 8, 1996, John Perry Barlow sat in Davos and wrote what would become one of the internet’s founding documents. ”A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace” was a cry against a world that did not understand what was happening, a manifesto for those who saw the network as a sanctuary beyond the reach…
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Den kalla hybridkrigföringen
Det är minus femton grader i Kyiv. Du vaknar tidigt, inte av väckarklockan utan av kylan. Ingen el. Ingen värme. Utanför fönstret ligger staden nästan helt mörk. Så börjar Liubov Tsybulska sin berättelse. Tsybulska är en av Ukrainas ledande experter på kognitiv krigföring och talade på länk till RISE innovationsverkstad i Göteborg den 21 januari,…
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On resilience – my speech at Helsingborgs Monday Movement on July 25, 2025
Below is the speech I delivered today, 28 July, at Stortorget in Helsingborg, invited by the Monday Movement. It was an honour to speak at a Monday gathering in the square, and moving to see all the people and all the commitment, three years into the full scale war of Ukraine. Dear friends, Exactly twenty-five…
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Kyivs muraler sjunger om motstånd
Tåget rullar långsamt västerut från Kyiv. Den ukrainska sommarvärmen pressar mot fönsterrutorna, men kupén förblir sval och stilla. Utanför glider landskapet förbi. Sädesfält, ensamstående gårdar, små samhällen där kriget inte är närvarande i varje hörn, men ändå närvarande i allt. Motståndskraften ligger som en underton i varje bildruta, ett tyst löfte om uthållighet. Resan från…
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Reflektioner om Rysslands hybridkrig och konsekvenser för Europa
Porto, 30 juni 2025. Solen glittrar över Dourofloden och de terrakottafärgade takåsarna i Portos gamla stadskärna som ser ut att klättra längs kullarna. Längs kajen ligger de traditionella rabelo-båtarna förtöjda. Det är en stad som andas historia, handel och en djupt rotad europeisk kultur. Men innanför de tjocka granitväggarna i det gamla tullhuset, Alfândega do…
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A Chronicle of American Newspeak
From across the Atlantic, where we Swedes enjoy our sometimes messy multi-party representative democracy and fika breaks, it is with both chock and dismay I observe a disturbing phenomenon in the United States of America. Words, mere collections of letters arranged in a particular order, have become enemies of the American state. Not guns. Not…
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Digital Resilience in the Arctic
As I look out over the bay from my hotel window in Nuuk, the stark contrast between Greenland’s pristine nature and our increasingly turbulent digital world feels particularly poignant. I’ve just finished delivering my lecture on ”Digital Resilience” at the ”Cool, Calm and Connected – Digital Arctic Futures” conference, and I wanted to share some…
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Reflections on digital resilience in the Arctic, SeminIlisimatusarfik, University of Greenland
As I step out of Nuuk Airport into the crisp March air, the landscape stretches before me in shades of white and blue. The contrast between the pristine Arctic environment and the purpose of my visit—discussing digital vulnerabilities, infrastructure, and resilience—feels particularly poignant. The fragility of both natural and technological ecosystems in this remote region…
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Do Not Let American Threats Steer Europe’s Digital Future
Sweden and the EU are now under severe pressure from the United States. Donald Trump, once again holding the presidency, is threatening trade policy and legal action against countries that tax digital services or regulate the major tech companies. His latest executive order, which targets digital taxes and criticises European regulations such as the Digital…