Карл
Билдт

After decades of adherence to more or less stable rules and predictable patterns, Swedish politics has entered uncharted territory in recent weeks. Many are shocked that the government collapsed and had to call a new election only two months after taking office

When the Soviet Union collapsed more than two decades ago, and Ukraine opted for independence, many expected the country to do better than Russia in the years to come. But events turned out differently.

Carl Bildt on the situation in Ukraine and what is done by the European Union and the United States to secure a peaceful transition to a more stable democracy, and the implementation, at long last, of urgently needed reforms