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  • The Rise of the European Far Right

    From an outsider’s point of view, the Swedes are an enigma. We label them as the peaceful, progressive folk who appear to merrily oblige the government’s exorbitant income tax (the highest rates remain just shy of 60%) and who offer one of the most generous asylum policies in Europe. Yet, Sweden’s economy rebounded from the…

  • Iran Begins War Games in Persian Gulf

    Yesterday the Revolutionary Guard, the elite sector of the Iranian military, held war games in the Hormuz Strait, a strategic part of the Persian Gulf oil route, in a move clearly designed to provoke the United States and demonstrate Iran’s fighting capabilities. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused the Obama administration of attempting to annihilate…