Sweden

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.

The End of Sweden’s Kurdish Affair
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.