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Eva Leopold

@evaleopold.bsky.social
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Political Scientist. Analyst. Writer. Researcher. IR. MENA. Iraq. HR. World affairs. By necessity, some Swedish politics.

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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ansluta*
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
MP lär inte bilda regering med KD och inte heller lär L (och KD), som du skriver, vilja avsluta sådan koalition. I den opposition som vann valet finns de facto färre hinder.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Den sistnämnda regeringen existerar inte utifrån givna mandat. V hade även tveklöst föredragit en regering utan C hade förutsättningar varit annorlunda. För C är det en principfråga som tom kan ha för dem negativa effekter på förd poltik. För V handlar det om att försäkra reellt inflytande.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yemen’s child soldiers: How poverty and war are pushing minors to the frontlines - www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemens-c…
middleeasteye.net
Yemen’s child soldiers: How poverty and war are pushing minors to the frontlines
A 17-year-old fighter tells MEE he joined government-aligned forces to defend his village, as rights groups warn indoctrination is fuelling recruitment
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The @matsadaash.bsky.social journalists tell prosecutors they were tortured, forced to record fabricated “confessions” eipr.org/en/press/202...
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
V är landets 4 största parti, näst störst i oppositionen, har redan agerat stödparti upprepade gånger. C kan potentiellt driva igenom mer av sin politik med V i regeringen eftersom C isf redan gjort eftergifter. MP och V har dessutom liknande politik. Logiken att hålla V utanför fallerar mig.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Eller med en fyrapartiregering ;)
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
*att de är garanten för vänsterpolitik
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Det har även varit deras tydligaste motivering varför de behöver ingår i regeringen.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
V verkar visa av erfarenheten att agera just stödparti och ibland bli lurade på konfekten, s a s, när S har funnit vägar runt överenskommelser. Det kan ju även framstå som ett rimligt krav givet placering utanför regeringen sedan 1917.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Det är rationellt att de vidhåller kravet om att ingå i regeringen. I annat fall cementerar de bilden av partiet som icke regeringsfähigt och därmed relevans i nästkommande val. I nuläget även mkt svårt att backa - de är ganska surrade vid masten.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So far, reported as an accident.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's beyond comprehension. Even more fossil fuels. Even less of the Amazon. People are voting for environmental destruction and widening inequalities —something that benefits no-one in the long run. bsky.app/profile/eval...
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Of course. Get the impression he's is not that keen on being scrutinized, though.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's beyond comprehension. Even more fossil fuels. Even less of the Amazon. People are voting for environmental destruction and widening inequalities —something that benefits no-one in the long run. bsky.app/profile/eval...
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bolsonaro is predicted to win the second round and then pardon his ex-president father from his 27-year prison sentence. The majority of Latin America has already elected right-wing presidents aligned to the Trump administration. President Lula warned the choice is between democracy and "barbarism"
bbc.com
Brazil election goes to run-off as right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro wins first round
With neither candidate getting more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Syftar du till denna som blev klar under hösten det året? bsky.app/profile/eval...
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He's highly problematic; he now speaks of "Israelized antisemitism." His participation in the Sweden-Israel Friendship Association’s program at Bokmässan does nothing to bolster his credibility, either. There's much to criticize and debate regarding research bias in Mattsson’s work and statements.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The documentary is made available worldwide and is almost exclusively in English. Worth the watch. www.svtplay.se/video/jmL9Xk...
svtplay.se
Världens mest hatade?
Efter kriget i Gaza har israeliska soldater blivit måltavlor långt utanför konfliktområdet. I sociala medier sprids filmer, hot och uppmaningar om att de ska pekas ut och ställas till svars. Samtidigt...
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
sense of isolation and exclusion. It is, however, difficult not to understand it as a battle between facts and feelings, even though both sides present their arguments with conviction."
substack.com
Eva Leopold (@evaleopold)
What is happening in Gaza is being used as a pretext to hate Jews once again, just as during the Second World War, says a Swedish-Israeli former IDF soldier. He also strongly believes that, now as a c...
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"These remarks are part of a new documentary by Swedish journalists Gilda Hamidi-Nia and Linda Hörnqvist that I recently watched. It serves as a stark reminder of how demands to hold Israeli soldiers accountable for their actions are perceived as hatred of Jews and for some seem to reinforce the
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"It involves a resurgence of antisemitic notions that have now been redefined as anti-Zionism, and the idea that Israel is transforming into a Jewish ghetto where interaction with others should not be allowed," states Christer Mattsson, Director of the Segerstedt Institute.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"What is happening in Gaza is being used as a pretext to hate Jews once again, just as during the Second World War, says a Swedish-Israeli former IDF soldier. He also strongly believes that, now as a civilian, he should be left in peace."
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tv4 reports on Brazil too, though.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Begreppet "arbetslinjen" ger alltjämt obehagliga konnotationer. Även svårt att rent faktiskt kombinera med s k frihetlig ideologi/politik.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Vad är mer svenskt än Sveriges ursprungsbefolkning?
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've written my first and - hithero - only Substack piece. It's short, free, and stems from a growing frustration with Sweden’s FM. To a seemingly increasing degree, she profiles herself as a champion of gender equality, while policies pursued by her government point in a different direction.
evaleopold.substack.com
Sweden’s UNGA gender equality rhetoric masks a different policy reality
Taking the global stage on September 25, Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, delivered her address at the UNGA High-Level Week. In her speech, the Foreign Minister focused ...
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Since "the Joint List had united the three left-wing parties...it was expected that they would get a higher number of seats in parliament in the October 27 elections... But Abu Shehadeh’s ouster could mean his party may end up with just one or two seats, losing its political relevance."
countercurrents.org
Senior UN Official Says He Lost Job After Opposing Israel’s Gaza Genocide, Amid Pressure From Israel and US | Countercurrents
Rome (QNN)- A senior official at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said he lost his job after being accused of breaching impartiality rules for speaking out against Israel’s genocide…
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
However, Sami Abu Shehadeh, leader of the Palestinian party Balad, was urged by the Court to withdraw voluntarily. He chose to step aside under pressure, while pointing towards the hypocrisy of the court's decision. His absence may have effects on the October election.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Supreme Court on Friday said that four Arab parties may compete in the Israeli parliamentary elections and thus overturned the decision by the Central Elections Committee to ban them.
amp.dw.com
Israel's top court allows Arab parties to run in election
The ruling overturns a move by the Central Elections Committee to ban four parties. The conservative Muslim Ra'am party could serve as the kingmaker following the next elections.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
have attracted international attention, marking Sweden’s retreat from a rarely disputed global pioneer to a much more conventional donor."
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Indeed, data from the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) has consistently placed Sweden among the very top worldwide for the share of aid integrating gender equality objectives. Against this historical backdrop, the post-2022 budget cuts and the abandonment of the feminist framework
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
that Sweden held a stronger international leadership role in promoting gender equality under the now-discontinued feminist framework."
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Furthermore, this government abandoned Sweden’s globally recognised feminist foreign policy—despite the positive effects demonstrated by the Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA)—and dismantled the Swedish Women’s Mediation Network. The EBA concluded
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"As a result, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) notes that the EU’s gender equality targets are not being met 'and that Sweden is falling behind other donor countries.'”
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The share of aid with gender equality as a principal objective thus dropped to the lowest figure since the year 2000."
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Over a broader period from 2021 to 2024, total bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) integrating gender equality decreased by SEK 5 billion [...] with aid dedicated to it as a principal objective shrinking by SEK 2 billion [...]
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've written my first and - hithero - only Substack piece. It's short, free, and stems from a growing frustration with Sweden’s FM. To a seemingly increasing degree, she profiles herself as a champion of gender equality, while policies pursued by her government point in a different direction.
evaleopold.substack.com
Sweden’s UNGA gender equality rhetoric masks a different policy reality
Taking the global stage on September 25, Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, delivered her address at the UNGA High-Level Week. In her speech, the Foreign Minister focused ...
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Right Livelihood @rightlivelihood.org · 30/09/2026
The 2026 Right Livelihood Award goes to women and women-led organisations challenging entrenched power structures: 🏆 Jalila Haider @jalilahaider.bsky.social 🏆 Rural Women's Assembly 🏆 Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association 🏆 Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app rightlivelihood.org/2026-announc...
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are neither governments nor military, after all, so there's probably no cause for concern. However, I believe it's wise to exercise some caution when it comes to this kind of content.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
De har redan skurit ned med omkring en halv miljard kr på personalkostnader och annat och är uppenbarligen nöjda med den inslagna vägen. Inte särdeles bekymrade om kriserna på bl a kardiologen och onkologen. Men, robotar kräva inga löner och behärskar säkert svenska språket utan accent...
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Samma styre gjorde neddragningar under förra mandatperioden och ämnar fortsätta på samma spår. Sjukvården behöver inte utökad finansiering utan mer effektivisering, meddelade M-regionpolitiker före valet.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I believe sharing/reposting it on social media might be a violation of GCIII too, though. Exposure to public curiosity...
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gunilla Reischl, seniorforskare vid UI. Forskar bl a om klimatförändringar och säkerhet. Statsvetare, förvisso.:)
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Samtidigt fortsätter tyvärr självskadebeteendet i Region Skåne...
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Of course, FM Araghchi publicly defended their right to enrichment just earlier today.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hur tänker du?
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Och en icke klädsam stingslighet.
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Eva Leopold @evaleopold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ändå imponerande nivå, på alla sätt, av prokrastinering.
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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In Sweden, the leader of the Social Democrats, Magdalena Andersson, has informed the Speaker that she has been unable to form a new Left-Green-Center govt. This means the Speaker will now ask the leader of right-wing Moderates to try. Their chances also thin. New elections look possible.
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