Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) comments on the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. He says it is clearly a violation of international law.
Swedish politicsTime will tell how long the United States intends to control Venezuela, President Donald Trump says, but it is a matter of years.
World politicsThe U.S. attack on Venezuela is giving new energy to long-standing popular discontent in Iran. But experts say that if the mullah regime in Tehran is to collapse, it will do so for other reasons. "If you make a similar maneuver in Iran, it is not a house of cards that falls because you go in and remove a leader," says Erika Holmquist, an analyst at FOI.
WorldWashington will control the sale of Venezuelan oil "indefinitely," US Energy Secretary Chris Wright says.
BusinessSweden is prepared to send JAS 39 Gripen aircraft to Ukraine to provide air surveillance after a possible peace settlement, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at a press conference after the Ukraine meeting in Paris. "I believe that today we took another step towards credible security guarantees for Ukraine," he said.
ConflictsFrom Greenland to Iran. Since the US attacked Venezuela on Saturday, capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and taking him out of the country, threats against other countries have been pouring in. Here are the countries and territories the US has threatened in recent days.
World politicsAfter Venezuela, the whole world is wondering what the US president's next step will be. But it is difficult for vulnerable countries to prepare, says Magnus Christiansson of the Swedish National Defence University (FHS). If Trump envisions the same blackmail scenario as in Venezuela, they are completely defenseless.
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