Sweden updates its Arctic strategy

At the end of September 2020, the Swedish Government unveiled its updated strategy for the Arctic region. The strategy builds upon a previous document published in 2011 that set the ...

by Ian Higham

• 9 February, 20219 March, 2021 • The Monthly Policy Review

Sweden’s Climate Policy: Own Goal

Since COP25 in Madrid, much has happened in Sweden’s climate policy. However, other events, in particular, the corona crisis have almost completely obscured these outcomes. Here, Mundus looks at the ...

by Sean Williams

• 10 June, 202029 September, 2020 • The Monthly Policy Review

Malmö: The Nordic Gaming Mecca

Malmö is a town with a reputation. It is known for its gang crime and multicultural population, which has been a discursive bait to populists and the far-right to propagate ...

by Elisabeth Gheorghe

• 20 May, 20204 October, 2020 • The Monthly Policy Review

Sweden’s Sino-Strategy

Sweden and China have had turbulent relations over the past two years, with a number of public diplomatic rows. Yet relations remain mostly good between the two countries, and they ...

by Ian Higham

• 21 January, 202031 May, 2021 • The Monthly Policy Review

Finland seeks to become circular economy leader

Finland has set a goal to make the country a global circular economy leader by 2025. The Finnish Government has prioritised investments promoting the circular economy among its new spearhead ...

by Janetta Santalo

• 13 March, 20196 June, 2020 • Finland Monthly Brief

A changing Swedish economy

Sweden’s economy underwent a number of changes in 2018. A long period of growth suddenly showed signs of coming to an end. The Riksbank’s 7-year-streak of a falling repo rate ...

by Carl-Otto Frietsch

• 2 January, 20196 June, 2020 • The Monthly Policy Review

PESCO – one year on

Security- and defence cooperation in the EU is developing at a fast pace as the Member States are looking to cement unity in the wake of Brexit. In December last ...

by Jessica Nilsson Williams

• 1 December, 20186 June, 2020 • The Monthly Policy Review

Sweden’s housing problem

The word “crisis” is rarely attached to any subject in Sweden, but housing is one of the exceptions. There has been a lack of housing in the country for several ...

by Keith Moore

• 24 August, 201828 May, 2021 • The Monthly Policy Review

Sweden – “a permanent world exhibition for climate-smart technology”

Our feature story in the May 2018 edition of the Monthly Policy Review builds on our coverage of how Sweden is looking to become the first fossil free welfare state. In 2016, ...

by Sean Williams

• 4 May, 20186 June, 2020 • The Monthly Policy Review

Liike Nyt movement – an attempt to shake up the Finnish political system

A political startup. A political, market-liberal movement that is not a party. Policy reformer. These are the words used to describe a new movement, Liike Nyt (Movement Now), which has ...

by Janetta Santalo

• 2 May, 20186 June, 2020 • Finland Monthly Brief

Foreign news in Swedish media

The Swedish media has faced criticism for being overly fascinated with US news and politics to the detriment of coverage from other parts of the world. Our diplomatic readers have ...

by Jessica Nilsson Williams

• 11 April, 201820 May, 2020 • The Monthly Policy Review, The Mundus Blog

Security policy and the threat debate: A comparison of Sweden and Finland

In February’s edition of the Monthly Policy Review, Mundus wrote about Folk and Försvar conference. The security environment has changed and Sweden is now raising defence budgets and increasing military ...

by Janetta Santalo

• 3 April, 20186 June, 2020 • The Monthly Policy Review

Please come – but then what? Part 1: Sweden and the dilemma of integration

This article forms part of a 2013 series on integration in Sweden For much of this year, discrimination of immigrants, integration and racism have been hotly debated.  Should Sweden’s immigration ...

by Jessica Nilsson Williams

• 4 March, 20186 June, 2020 • The Monthly Policy Review

Please come – but then what?  Sweden and the dilemma of integration Part 2: “A labour market for insiders?”

This article forms part of a 2013 series on integration in Sweden “What we tend to forget is that Sweden is neither politically, economically or culturally an optimal immigrant country. ...

by Jessica Nilsson Williams

• 3 March, 20186 June, 2020 • The Monthly Policy Review

Prosecution of the suspected Stockholm terrorist begins

The prosecution of  suspected terrorist, Rakhmat Akilov, who drove a truck through a pedestrian street in Stockholm last April killing five people, began on  30 January 2018.  Swedish news wire TT reports that ...

by Jessica Nilsson Williams

• 30 January, 201831 May, 2021 • The Monthly Policy Review

Sweden prepares for fake news ahead of election

Threats in the air ahead of the 2018 Swedish elections Operations to influence and disinformation have become prominent phenomena in the world of policy. Fake news, with the potential of ...

by Janetta Santalo

• 2 January, 201831 May, 2021 • The Monthly Policy Review