Sweden
Sweden’s ‘Great Society’ Unravels
Sweden was once the world’s humanitarian poster child — a nation of refuge, consensus and equality. Today, it is a country where far-right ideas guide policy, poverty is rising and immigrants are told they no longer belong. This is the story of how the myth unraveled.
False Idylls
There are many countries with relatively homogeneous populations and high crime rates, just as there are many countries with diverse and multiethnic populations and low crime rates. Mass migration alone does not adequately explain a country’s woes.
Sweden’s NATO Entry Launches a New Phase for the Country’s Kurds
For a fleeting moment, Kurds could do nothing wrong, as the YPG appealed to Swedish sensibilities. They seemed egalitarian. Kurdish women fought on the front lines against a barbaric jihadist group that enslaved Yazidis and oppressed women. No longer were the Kurds seen as the perpetrators of honor killings. Popular support translated into political support; Sweden, alongside the U.S. and other NATO countries, supported the YPG in their fight against the Islamic State.