The Tragedy of Swedish Development Aid Sweden is a small country, but what happens to its aid programs is hugely important to the world

New article: What's happening to Swedish development aid — deep cuts, attacks, the dismantling of world-leading programs and more — is a tragedy, with consequences for both Sweden and the world. Links:
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Keeping the Earth in the Center — Especially When That’s Extremely Difficult We live in a living planet. Notice I wrote “in” where your mind was expecting “on”. That little word “on” can lead us astray, mentally. We do not live “on top of” but rather inside a sphere of puls…

All this recent geopolitical drama and despair is playing out on a beautiful-but-threatened island of life — a living planet, of which we are a part, now with enormous responsibilities. How to think about that?
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Greenland is in the Center Last week I wrote a somewhat dispassionate (on purpose) defense of holding the center — or what used to be the center — politically. The theme of my article was resisting the current tendency towar…

Where do I stand, as a Swede and as an American, on Greenland? With the broad, centrist coalition that has assembled on both sides of the political aisle, and both sides of the Atlantic. alanatkisson.com/2026/01/19/g...

Holding the Center in Difficult Times A reflection on how not to go mad when things seem to be going crazy The first time I voted in the US presidential election, in 1980, I cast my vote for Congressman John Anderson. He was a former R…

New at my Blog -> alanatkisson.com/2026/01/15/h... or on Substack -> open.substack.com/pub/alanatki... (I should be 100% focused on writing my book about the future, but global events in the present are a major distraction.)

"Dear Santa, So Sorry About the North Pole (2025 edition)." I wish he’d listened 23 years ago. I'm trying one more time.
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A song of melancholy and last-chance hope Why I wrote “The Last Dice”

I’m writing a series on old songs of mine that have become extra relevant now. Here’s the latest. open.substack.com/pub/alanatki...

Why I wrote "American Troubadour" — and why the song feels more urgent than ever before. Please read, listen, and share:
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Words and Music by Alan AtKisson | Substack Occasional reflections on writing, songwriting, politics, sustainability-related issues, and whatever else comes to mind. Click to read Words and Music by Alan AtKisson, a Substack publication. Launch...

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