Paul T. Levin
Director of the Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies. Managing Director Consortium for European Symposia on Turkey. Docent (Assoc. Prof.) of and pontificator on international relations. Opinionated. Painter.
- Erfarenheten från moderna autokratier visar att korruption utgör ett av de farligaste hoten mot demokratin. Är svensk lagstiftning verkligen anpassad för att förhindra att något sådant inträffar här?
- "Dagen innan Sverige slöt ett miljardavtal om Jas-plan med Ungern köpte statssekreterare Diana Janse (M) aktier i Saab. Affären var början på en stark börsuppgång för bolaget" www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/KM...
- Reposted by Paul T. LevinIt turns out that if you don't allow any food to enter a place for two-and-a-half months, people in that place will start to starve. Who knew? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/w...
- Reposted by Paul T. LevinA few further thoughts on Trump's Syria announcement. First, beyond the obvious benefit for Syrians, it might have a broader impact: it demonstrates, for the first time I can remember, that American sanctions aren't a one-way ratchet. They can be lifted if conditions change. 🧵
- This is actually great news. And, interestingly, another blow to Netanyahu.
- “Extreme-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has warned that with this new plan, “within a few months ... Gaza will be totally destroyed”.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
- Honestly, I know of no such blatant case of political imprisonment & infringement of political speech in the USA in modern times. Maybe there are going back decades, but this was deeply shameful, from the moment masked men unjustly kidnapped her, stuffed her into a van, & locked her up.
