For decades, the Danes have been asked about their support - or the opposite - for development cooperation. In general, a majority of the population has been supportive. In March, a selection of 1001 persons were asked their opinion about the impact of development cooperation, i.e. if people think that it works or helps? ...
The Druk Journal started in 2015, as a non-partisan publication, with the purpose of serving the national interest through the development of serious conversation on issues from every possible constructive point of view. In this issue, I write about the challenges presently facing political parties globally, and what needs to be done in Bhutan to avoid ending in the same situation. ...
During my recent visit to Nepal, I had the opportunity to meet with the Steering Committee of JOMPOPS, a platform of all the parties that today play a role in the country. In addition to their normal SC business, they had asked me to make a presentation on the way in which issues of democracy are covered by the UN Sustainable Development Goals....
A seminar organized by the Maoist Party on 6 May was more modest in numbers than the big meeting on 4 May, but actually very interesting from a substantive point of view. Local academics spoke about how to analyse class and caste developments in Nepal, and how to address the key challenges. I had been asked to contribute with a perspective on the Nordic [Danish] welfare state....
I was invited to speak at a conference organised by the Communist and Maoist parties in Kathmandu around the 5 May celebration of the 200 year anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx, to speak about the challenges of globalisation and global democracy....
Skal vi have endnu en Danmarksindsamling i 2018? Jeg synes det ikke, medmindre der laves dramatiske ændringer i konceptet....
The cover of the collection of stories from Zimbabwe is a painting I bought from the National Gallery, painted by a promising Zimbabwean artist, Benjamin Furawu. It is simply called "His Excellency". Believe it or not, Mugabe is now in exile in an apartment building in downtown Copenhagen! ...
We lived in Zimbabwe 1992-95, working for the Danish Association for International Cooperation. These were some of the best years of our lives. We now return, to visit people and places we got to know 25 years ago....
We lived in Zimbabwe 1992-95, working for the Danish Association for International Cooperation. These were some of the best years of our lives. We now return, to visit people and places we got to know 25 years ago....
We lived in Zimbabwe 1992-95, working for the Danish Association for International Cooperation. These were some of the best years of our lives. We now return, to visit people and places we got to know 25 years ago....