Professor Ashok Swain is one of the world's leading advocates for peace. Of Indian origin, he is now a Swedish citizen and professor of peace and conflict research at Uppsala University in Sweden. He has a huge social media following, with over half a million Twitter followers and his current research focuses on emerging security challenges. Now, welcome to Unheard Professor.
Joining
UnHerd to talk about why so few voices in public life and the media have spoken out against the shipment of cluster bombs, and about the recession of anti-war sentiment more widely, is the academic and writer Ashok Swain. A professor of peace and conflict research at Uppsala University in Sweden, he is one of the world’s leading experts on conflict resolution. His nation of residence is now set to join Nato, and he sat down with Freddie Sayers to unpick how Sweden’s proposed membership goes against its history of neutrality.
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