Nummer 2, 2008
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”Right-wing dominance is disturbing”
Per Wirtén is one of the founders of the Arena Group. He is a hard-working debater and one of the organisation’s highest-profile contributors.
Joakim Nilsson
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”We are starting to grow up”
Timbro concentrates on active opinion-forming. There is a clear project mindset about the organisation. At the same time, MD Maria Rankka likes to emphasise that…
Joakim Nilsson
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So where did politics disappear to?
The influence of think tanks on politics is growing. The question is whether this means that the influence of the electorate is diminishing or whether…
Johan Lundberg
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Zbigniew Brzezinksi interviewed by Jonathan Power
Zbigniew Brzezinski remains at 79 the same feisty, acerbic intellectual he has always been, giving little quarter to his opponents. Admired rather than loved, he…
Jonathan Power
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Politics is looking for new ways
The dominant think tanks of the Swedish right and Swedish left, Timbro and Arena, regard themselves as independent players. But their agenda is based on…
Johan Lundberg, Joakim Nilsson
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Financiers want to direct research
Think tanks are expanding and have ever larger budgets, but lobbying and special interests always weigh heavier. So says Andrew Rich, Professor of Political Science…
Mats Wiklund
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Civil rights is big business
Politics = pressure groups = lobbyists = money. In Washington, lobbying is a billion-dollar industry. It undermines democracy, say sSome people say it undermines democracy.…
Mats Wiklund
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When politicians are not good enough
Politicians and political parties are incapable of thinking innovatively and freely. Instead it is think tanks that push the development of ideas and put forward…
Mats Wiklund
