Sweden

Many countries have criticized the Swedish government’s lax lockdown, but the deadly mistakes of defunding elder care and decentralizing public health oversight were made before anyone had heard of COVID-19.

A disastrous pandemic and the botched Olof Palme investigation have one thing in common: Swedes’ belief that they’re special.

The government expects citizens to freely follow its advice—but not all ethnic groups have equal access to expertise.

The Scandinavian country believes its distinctive high-trust culture will protect it from needing to shut down for the pandemic.

Communism and democratic socialism won’t heal today’s political divisions. But social democracy—which helped ward off extremism following World War II—could.

Feeling guilty for the carbon burned on your last flight? The Germans have a word for that.

The Nordic countries show the limits, not successes, of Bernie Sanders’s plans.

A 1963 U.S. intelligence assessment underscores how many countries—even Sweden—were exploring nuclear weapons programs at the height of the Cold War.

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.