Europe and Eurasia
Sweden
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Violence Against Women: Beyond Multilateral Virtue SignalingMultilateral institutions often focus on rhetoric over action in countering violence against women. States inclined to do better should take matters into their own hands and adopt feminist foreign policies.
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Five Questions on Feminist Foreign Policy: Margot WallströmThis blog post is part of the Women and Foreign Policy program’s interview series on Gender Equality in Foreign Policy, featuring global and U.S. officials leading initiatives to promote gender equality in the defense, development, and diplomatic sectors.
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Feminist Foreign Policy: A Conversation With Former Foreign Minister Margot Wallström of SwedenIn 2014, Margot Wallström, former minister for foreign affairs of Sweden, made headlines around the world as Sweden became the first country in the world to formally adopt a “feminist foreign policy…
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Erdogan, Rouhani and Putin Talk Syria and Populism Looms in Swedish ElectionsTurkish, Russian and Iranian leaders meet over the war in Syria, Sweden eyes populism amid new general elections, and President Trump’s tariffs could hit $200 billion dollars’ worth of Chinese imports.
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Women This Week: Codifying ConsentWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering May 26 to June 1, was compiled with support from Alexandra Bro, Rebecca Hughes and Rebecca Turkington.
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Why You Need American Dollars to Mint Australian OnesAll countries with central banks exercise monetary sovereignty, right? Nobel economist Paul Krugman certainly thinks so. “Wow,” he wrote, after reading Benn Steil and Manuel Hinds say otherwise i…