Alvin Engstroem

Since joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) last year, Finland has been steadily deepening its involvement in the alliance. Now, the Nordic state is preparing for a significant new chapter with the establishment of NATO’s Multi Corps Land Component Command headquarters on Finnish soil. The selected site, Mikkeli, holds symbolic resonance – and more […]

Olaf Scholz and the German government have made the headlines in the last weeks due to new border controls toward their EU neighbours, yet the policy is hardly pioneering. For almost a decade, controls have dominated the border between Sweden and Denmark without any sanctions. As the German border controls face criticism due to their

Since the national elections in 2022, Sweden’s centre-right government has struggled to maintain its green credentials, rolling back many of its predecessors’ climate initiatives. On September 19th, the ruling coalition will present its 2025 budget proposal to parliament, featuring policies poised to further erode Sweden’s environmental reputation – all to appease taxpayers. The minority coalition