Part 2 of the Travel Report is a panel discussion about different types of human security challenges that Singapore is facing today and could come to face in the future. Our panelists include Mark Hann from the organization Human Security Collective located in Hague, Kristina Göransson who is the Deputy
▶︎ A Conversation on Monetary Policy with Stefan Ingves
During the last two decades the world has suffered two global financial crises, one stemming from the financial sector (2008) and the other one from a health crisis (covid-19). This has resulted in creative new ways of how to conduct monetary policy, continuously shifting further from conventional methods. In this
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▶︎ All About Human Rights – Human Security
All about Human rights is a new series on this podcast that sets out to discuss the broad topic that is human rights! In this episode, we talk about human security, an all encompassing right that deals with a variety of issues and topics. We look at the vaccine development
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Fashion: Personal liberation in the west, a form of mass incarceration for the rest
One year ago during March 2020, fashion retail giants including the likes of H&M, Primark and Zara decided to retroactively cancel orders of clothing without paying for them. This had disastrous consequences for ready-made garment (RMG) workers in Bangladesh as many live subsistence-based due to meagre wages. This article looks
The Future of Democracy in Uganda
Two days after the polls closed on January 14th, the incumbent president Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner of the 2021 Ugandan election. According to the official statistics, the President received 59% of the votes. The main contender, Bobi Wine, fell short with just 35%. After a campaign consisting of
“Workers of the world, unite!” – A Look at Trade Unions in the EU
For many decades now, “workers” – or employees – have been organising themselves in unions in order to campaign for better working conditions. Today, trade unions are perceived by many as somewhat distant and top-down. It is sometimes unclear what their aims are and it can feel like they belong
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▶︎ Live Show 3/2/21: Recounting 2020
No one missed that the least years were quite a special year but you might have missed some special things that happened in 2020. The Association of Foreign Affairs brings you a recounting of 2020 ‘a la Pod&Radio style. Enjoy this edited version of our previous live-show where we talk
New graduates are struggling to find work – but there is hope
As newly graduated university students are entering one of the worst job markets since the Great Depression, many are feeling anxious, even hopeless. The current crisis could potentially take recent graduates years to recover from, and the fear of a financially insecure future may lead students to question their choice
“Don’t cry for me Argentina” – Returning from Economic Disaster
This spring, the south American country named after silver once more defaulted on its debts. This is the ninth time since Argentina’s declaration of independence from Spain in 1816 that the country defaulted. While in the early twentieth century the country was among the world’s richest, a tumultuous century later
The Rising China and the Ruling United States: Cooperation or Confrontation?
This article is a contribution from Mehdi Ghavideldostkohi, lecturer at Lund University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. China’s extraordinary economic growth, military power and attentive diplomacy can be considered an epochal change in international relations. The “Rise of China” debate in the United States indicates that China would become a