Sweden

Mike Pompeo meets his counterpart in Russia, violence flares as the military and protesters hash out a transitional government in Sudan, and the U.S.-China trade war rumbles on.

National security depends on a vanishing sense of community.

Mikheil Saakashvili’s country was a victim of Putin’s aggression. Finland and Sweden won’t be.

First he came for Georgia, then for Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s next target is likely to be a non-NATO nation in the EU.

On the podcast: Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom on how to give women a voice in an arena dominated by men.

Moscow’s missile capabilities in the Baltic Sea region are not nearly as dangerous as they seem.

The Swedish Navy brass responded well to #MeToo. But real change came from the ranks.

Stockholm should continue actively pursuing a foreign-policy agenda focused on gender equality. And the world should follow.

The Swedish military had a #MeToo problem. They decided to do something about it.

The Communist Party has primed the public to expect persecution abroad.

No one wants to enter a coalition with the Sweden Democrats, so the country is resorting to desperate and untested measures to form a new government.

The Trump administration has gutted the budget for fighting far-right extremists, making it harder to stop attacks like the Pittsburgh massacre.

The mass political movements that once dominated Europe are fading fast—and the nationalist populists and upstart parties taking their place are here to stay.

The rise of populist parties has made it nearly impossible to form governments across Europe—and the deadlock only fuels support for populists.

Everything from food to oil depends on underpaid and overworked drivers.

An election fought on the Sweden Democrats’ terms leaves the far-right party in control of the country’s agenda.

In the run-up to Sweden’s election, one word explains why the country used to feel like a family—and why it now feels adrift.

The model is already a thing of the past. But as this week’s election will show, Sweden will need to keep reforming.

Politicians must prepare voters for automation; otherwise, opportunistic populists will seize the agenda.

For decades, Sweden has represented America’s interests in places where the United States has severed diplomatic ties.