The Social Democracy in Sweden

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Sweden is the latest country to announce it will join nado. The decision was made out of a pragmatic concern for their own security. But in recent years, sweden has come to think of non alignment as a moral and ideological commitment. There's broad support across the political spectrum - but on the social democrats left they are still firmly against membership.

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