Caroline de Gruyter

Caroline de Gruyter is a columnist at Foreign Policy and a Europe correspondent and columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. She currently lives in Brussels.

Articles by Caroline de Gruyter
A soldier wearing a camouflage uniform and helmet is seen from behind with the Swiss flag in the distance.
A soldier wearing a camouflage uniform and helmet is seen from behind with the Swiss flag in the distance.

Switzerland Flirts With NATO
Analysis |
Caroline de Gruyter
Smoke rises from a military airport near Kharkiv, Ukraine, as the Russian invasion begins — Europe's 9/11.
Smoke rises from a military airport near Kharkiv, Ukraine, as the Russian invasion begins — Europe's 9/11.

Putin’s War Is Europe’s 9/11
Analysis |
Caroline de Gruyter
Picture taken on March 3, 1977 in Loviisa, Finland shows Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, then President of Finland, and then Premier of the Soviet Union Alexei Kosygin putting the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant into operation.
Picture taken on March 3, 1977 in Loviisa, Finland shows Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, then President of Finland, and then Premier of the Soviet Union Alexei Kosygin putting the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant into operation.

Putin Won’t Ever Let Ukraine Be Finland
Analysis |
Caroline de Gruyter
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend a news briefing following the Ukraine-EU summit in Kiev on Oct. 12, 2021.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend a news briefing following the Ukraine-EU summit in Kiev on Oct. 12, 2021.

The West Fell Into Putin’s Trap
Analysis |
Caroline de Gruyter
The Frontex logo is seen in Warsaw, Poland.
The Frontex logo is seen in Warsaw, Poland.

Europe Accidentally Built an ‘Amnesty International With Guns’
Analysis |
Caroline de Gruyter
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