Tag: English
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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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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…
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The Rise of Kakistocracy – A Warning About America’s Democratic Decline
It’s difficult not to think about the United States during these times. One term I’ve increasingly heard mentioned in the same breath as the USA is the rather complex word “kakistocracy.” This concept, derived from Greek, where “κάκιστος” (kakistos) means “worst” and “κράτος” (kratos) means “rule,” refers to a system of government where the least…
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The making of “The Influence Campaign” – The card game training exercise
What if we could enhance teaching, training and exercises in the practice of mitigating foreign influence and malign information, through novel training materials? That was the starting question that has brought me on a journey over the past year, form our innovation labs at RISE – Research Institutes of Sweden, in Göteborg, to training sessions…
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Cups of Resilience
I look at the two mugs standing on my oak kitchen table, this beginning of december. One dark with Natos compass star from Riga, one white with Ukrainian folk patterns from Lviv. Through the window, the Swedish winter light grows brighter. This autumn my travels have led to cities where history is being written. Kyiv…