Hopes and dreams and desires are inherent to the human condition. When far away from loved ones, we experience a sense of longing and nostalgia. Different people find different ways of expressing these feelings; some find a language in art, some in music or poetry. The editors of Pike and
Anna Bernard
Nigeria: from recession toward sustainability
Sustainable business practice is a hot topic because ensuring the continuity of today’s economical survival into the future is of great concern. The core question is how a country can reconcile the need to be environmentally and socially sustainable with the demands of a market-based system, whose key measurements of
SWIFT, Sanctions and Human Security
In March 2012 something unprecedented happened. A country was cut off from SWIFT, the Belgium-based Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. In this case, the disconnecting of Iran was an effort to contain Iran’s disputed nuclear program. The narrative was that Iran’s exclusion would damage its ability to conduct foreign
A defector’s tale
On September the 22nd, UF Malmö members and others intrigued had a rare chance to sit down and hear the story of Mi Jin, a North Korean defector. The hall in Orkanen filled up with curiosity – the lived reality of people inside North Korea remains the great unknown of
Shadow Government: Paranoia and Lizard People
Blue bloods or serpent bloods? Since time immemorial there seems to have been a common theme between royalty and serpent worship around the world, as for example in China, where the ancient emperors believed they had the divine right to rule because they were connected to the “serpent gods”. Further
Manuela Sáenz – Liberator of the Liberator
Manuela Sáenz is a curious case indeed. She was a Latin American revolutionary figure from the continent’s turbulent 19th century. The revolutionary times opened up a space for behavior defying gender, class and racial norms, which created the first seeds for emancipatory women’s movements. Since her passing, Sáenz has gained
Atlantis Submerging – Building a Future in the Pacific
“In those histories, half tradition, With their mythic thread of gold, We shall find the name and story Of thy cities fair and old. [—] Every heart has such a country, Some Atlantis loved and lost; Where upon the gleaming sand-bars Once life’s fitful ocean tossed. [—] Now above this
Evo Morales – Weak State Populism from an Indigenous Perspective
Bolivia, a country once termed “ungovernable” by former president Carlos Mesa, and known for its political and economic instability, elected its first indigenous president, Evo Morales, in 2005. Morales rose to power from a political movement called the Movement for Socialism, and he recently celebrated his 11th year in office,