Economic historian and senior lecturer in Latin American Studies at the Nordic Institute of Latin American Studies at Stockholm University. Researches geopolitics and development issues.
The Nordic countries can play a key role in the rapprochement between Europe and Latin America since they do not have a direct "colonial burden" and the "Nordic model" is widely well-liked in Latin American society.
The great ideological adversaries of 'nationalism' are today in crisis, as is the idea of 'globalization. This opens the door to the return of national cultural perspectives, in some cases packaged within civilizational dimensions.