Despite the feverish commentary you might have read, Sweden's new parliament will look fundamentally the same as the last one.
Category: Europe
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Maybe not the potato
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The hazards of memory
Ten years ago, Russia and Georgia went to war. Remembering what happened then might help us now, but it might not.
The World is Not Enough 