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Trust the process: Part II
Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into the function of ad-hoc organizations that are formed to address a specific crisis — and then often get dissolved when the crisis ends.
Danish Korean adoptees seek truth about their adoption circumstances
In historic shift, Sweden will join Finland in requesting NATO membership
Kyiv children’s choir’s world tour was canceled amid war. This conductor is finding other ways to share their music.
Europe sees widespread protests against COVID-19 restrictions
Moderna to build manufacturing plant in Africa
Moderna announces plans to build a manufacturing plant in Africa, capable of producing up to 500 million doses of mRNA vaccines per year. Also, Germany and Denmark repatriate women and children from the Roj prison camp in northeastern Syria that’s held suspected ISIS members. And Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Syrian refugees and migrants in Turkey face a difficult decision to return home
Millions of Syrians are wrestling with the tough choice to return to Syria after 10 years of civil war. In Turkey, the COVID-19 pandemic hit some Syrians so hard that they returned home, only to regret it.
The Netherlands hosts a new slavery exhibit, as historical debates continue
“Slavery,” a new exhibit at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, tells the stories of 10 individuals who were involved in slavery under Dutch colonial rule.
Cash, beer, doughnuts: Can incentives work to get people vaccinated?
In a matter of weeks, some parts of the globe have gone from trying to get enough vaccines to now having them, and trying to convince people to take them.
Denmark revokes residency permits of some Syrian refugees
Under a new policy that deems certain parts of Syria safe to return, some Syrian refugees now face deportation and, in some cases, family separations. The European Union, the United States and numerous human rights groups have condemned the decision.
Danish window company confronts its historic carbon emissions through forest conservation
The multibillion-dollar Danish company Velux is pledging to address its legacy emissions dating back to 1941 through forest conservation projects in places like Myanmar.
In landmark decision, Denmark will phase out oil and gas by 2050. Here's how.
The Danish parliament voted this month to stop issuing new leases for oil and gas exploration in the North Sea and end oil production by 2050, making Denmark the first major-oil producing country in the world to decide to phase out production.
As the pandemic rages, Americans could use a little bit more 'samfundssind'
The word, which roughly translates to "considering the needs of society above one's own," has become a buzzword in Denmark.
Denmark orders culling of minks to fight coronavirus
Some health experts question the move, while mink farmers worry about their livelihoods.
Danish submarine killer recaptured after prison escape
On Oct. 20, Peter Madsen briefly escaped the country’s most high-security prison in Copenhagen — where he’s serving a life sentence — after taking a hostage and threatening prison guards and police with what appeared to be a gun and a suicide vest.