Europe

Leftists want to celebrate revolutionary idealism; conservatives, the triumph of traditional authority. And Emmanuel Macron is trying to split the difference.

U.S. is “locked and loaded” for more strikes, but only if Assad uses chemical weapons.

FP contributor Vauhini Vara appears on The E.R. to discuss her story “Germany’s Family Feud.”

The U.S. stance on Russia may have reached a post-Cold War high point.

Trump thinks he has a strong hand. In fact, Washington is far more vulnerable than Beijing.

Hungary’s leader used fearmongering propaganda to win. As he entrenches his power, the country’s democratic backsliding will get even worse.

Democratic foreign-policy veterans want answers from Trump’s pick for secretary of state.

Rather than speaking out against Putin, the U.S. president is playing into Moscow’s hands.

Merkel now talks of protecting Ukraine’s interests as Russia’s $12 billion gas pipeline seeks to bypass Kiev.

With or without the United States.

With little to show for last year’s missile attack, the Trump administration is contemplating a larger campaign against the Assad government.

A new wave of historical dramas is telling the wrong stories about the country’s past.