Burma opens up to the world? - In-depth reading on Burma in a topical UI report

• These past days of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Burma and meeting the isolated country’s leaders have been very interesting. As it may indeed signal a potential opening-up and reform phase for Burma.

Transatlantic Trends 2011: Q & A with Craig Kennedy

• The German Marshall Fund conducts an annual survey in the United States, a number of EU member states and Turkey about key global issues. This year, Sweden was selected as one of the 12 EU member states to be included in the survey. Read Craig Kennedy's, President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, comments to the results of Transatlantic Trends 2011.

Why Sweden should welcome an EU-wide Robin Hood tax

• Dennis Nottebaum on the idea to introduce a tax on financial transactions in the European Union.