Sweden’s triumphant shipwreck

On 26th February, Hungary approved Sweden’s application to join NATO. Almost two years after applying to join the Western alliance, and despite prolonged obstructionism from Hungary and Turkey, the Nordic country is finally in. On the face of it, a triumph for Sweden – and also for NATO. But it also marks the complete shipwreck of more than 100 years of hallowed, yet disastrous Swedish foreign and security policy.

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