On September 15, 2020, United States President Donald Trump hosted the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the White House lawn – scene of the signing of the historic 1993 Israeli-Palestinian Oslo Peace Accords twenty-seven years earlier. The gathering announced the signing of the Abraha

IN HIS glowing description of bilateral relations between Norway and America, Kare Aas, Norway’s ambassador in Washington, DC, has only a couple of quibbles. “Americans don’t recognise that a Norwegian discovered America long before Columbus,” says Mr Aas. Indeed, almost 500 years before he left for the New World, a Viking ship steered by Leif Eriksson crossed the Atlantic and reached North America, where the Norsemen remained for one winter. “They should also eat more fish,” adds Mr Aas—whose c

Socialism is enjoying a prominence in American public debate not seen since the years before the Second World War. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, among others, has stressed that she wants America to be more like Scandinavia. No surprise there, given that the youngest congresswoman to take office in American history is a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist. In defense of her ideas—which include a Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and a guaranteed job plan for all Americans, to be paid

Mr. Trump is not the only person pointing to what he considers to be the troubling consequences of immigration to Sweden. This month, a seasoned investigator with the police department in Orebro, Peter Springare, caused a stir with a Facebook posting in which he discussed the case files on his desk. “What I’ve been handling Monday-Friday this week: Rape, rape, serious rape, assault rape, black mail, black mail, assault in court, threats, attack against police, threats against police, drugs, ser