Europe

Robert Habeck may be deepening the social divisions over environmental policy that he always wanted to overcome.

From Gene Kelly to Harrison Ford, here are nine movies you can stream set in the City of Lights.

Gamers have become unwitting agents in a global culture war.

And what the European Union could do to catch up.

Despite its failure to stop wars, the U.N. has made progress on issues from disease eradication to climate change.

A divided continent is still fatally dependent on Washington.

Britain’s prime minister has a lifelong theory of reform that may not fit current needs.

How Washington can make sure that Berlin’s Gazprom era is over.

As world leaders descend on U.N. headquarters, a Russian gambit on Sunday underscored tensions at the summit.

In Istanbul’s most conservative borough, a secular woman is charting the path to a post-Erdogan future.

But implementing the new ban on Russia-linked churches could get messy.

From Sicilian psychodrama to Qaddafi’s Libya.

In a Netflix adaptation, Boccaccio’s dirty “Decameron” speaks directly to the strangeness of COVID times.

It’s time for the ultra-rich to take responsibility for their role in the climate crisis.

American companies and officials reveal a flurry of warnings and actions against Russia, China, and Iran. 

European Union sanctions would matter more than U.S. ones in a Taiwan war scenario.

To stop far-right populism, the federal government is pushing regional democracy-promotion programs.

After working to achieve interoperability between national militaries, the alliance now needs to do the same with the private sector.

A new survey reveals that support for international cooperation among global south countries is dismally low.

Hungary’s leader argues that sending troops to Chad will slow migration, but he seems to be seeking security partnerships in exchange for lucrative minerals.

Organized crime is turning to juveniles to dodge tougher sentences.

The military alliance’s outgoing chief discusses Moscow’s partnerships with Beijing, Pyongyang, and Tehran.

Revisionist powers like to use international law as a weapon. Now the West is thinking creatively, too—to uphold the order, not break it.

A new book offers a masterful glimpse into the world of economic warfare.

As the German government takes unprecedented steps to police its borders, the center right is demanding to go much further still.

In Germany and elsewhere, the impact has been modest.

The onetime cause célèbre of the international left is being appropriated for authoritarian ends.

One mother’s lonely journey through the trauma of racist violence.

Cheap tech has made targeting noncombatants an effective terror tactic.

Republicans and Democrats have mistakenly put Germany at the center of the trans-Atlantic relationship.

Washington should abandon a failed approach to Moscow that does not learn or self-adjust.

The Inflation Reduction Act was a singular achievement. So why isn’t Harris talking about it?

Rival geopolitical actors have only made the country more dangerous.

The region has been mishandled by the Biden administration—and could easily become a campaign vulnerability.

Russia is probing NATO with attack drones and missiles. Ignoring them is a dangerous option.

The United States, Britain, and the EU must constantly renew their alliance.

The denting of U.S. democracy is felt across Europe.

No matter who wins the White House, these nine thinkers from around the world would like a word.

What to know as great-power politics heat up in the High North.

The Western populist right has fallen for Vladimir Putin’s latest propaganda ploy.

Without a secure Europe, the United States risks becoming a hemispheric potentate on the margins of the world.

Locals at a key strategic port want foreign investment, but security services are worried.

The billionaire’s battles with governments raise tough questions about digital rights and online speech.

Both sides of formerly divided Germany share blame for the region’s turn to the far right.

The Kursk offensive suggests a new strategy for victory—but it will require the West to change some policies.

German reunification is the latest Western triumph that's starting to pose major political problems.

On the edge of Europe, a Saudi human rights activist is detained as a threat to national security.

The High North is an arena of great-power competition, but Russia is the one with something to lose.

What to know about the experimental nuclear cruise missile.

How war has—and hasn’t—transformed the country’s gender dynamics.

A common strategy among 27 members is a fantasy—and would make Europe less likely to stand up to Russia.

Reads on the geopolitics of electric cars.

Three battles in medieval and early modern Europe offer instructive parallels to Ukraine’s Kursk offensive.

How a terminally ill U.S. president negotiated the deal that cemented Soviet control over half of Europe.

Some of the most British movies in history were made by a team of outsiders to that culture.

The long record of Russian and Soviet occupations does not bode well for negotiations.

The Labour Party must not be blown off course by recent riots and far-right agitation.

Western governments are not confronting the threat they pose.

A new pact aims to narrow the gap between NATO partners and their competitors in icebreaker production.

A short-term success doesn’t necessarily have any long-term effects.

Durov’s detention in France has implications for Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and the global internet.

An inside look at what Russia expects—and doesn’t—in a cease-fire with Ukraine.

An FP Live discussion with Anne-Marie Slaughter and Matt Duss.

Ahead of the Paris Games, Macron invested heavily in efforts to boost elite sports. Did it pay off?

Next month’s regional elections could spell big trouble for the country.

She learned a lot from President Joe Biden but forged her own path on tech threats.

In Sweden, pilots know how to land Gripens on rural farm roads and hide them in forests. The rest of NATO should catch up.

Across the board, Britain’s new leader is harder-edged than his Tory predecessors ever were.

Lawmakers are frustrated at the lack of a coherent plan as Biden prepares to leave office.

The pinprick attacks boost morale, but they don’t much dent Moscow’s energy earnings.

As the Indian prime minister meets Ukraine’s president on Friday, it marks a departure in New Delhi’s foreign policy.

America’s Middle Eastern adversary is occupying an arena typically dominated by Russia and China.

Pausing our current technological progress would only help the world’s most privileged.

Policies of “no first use” are a model for nuclear states.

A disparate collection of minorities hopes to bring down Putin.

After years of propaganda about the existential threat from Ukraine, Russians respond with a collective shrug.

Today’s autocrats have formed a global network. Those fighting them will have to do the same.

Fifty years after partition, a divided Cyprus somehow manages to get by.

Ukraine’s strategic objectives remain murky—and the operation creates many risks—but it could alter the course of the war.

Kyiv’s risky incursion could be game-changing—or allow Russia to entrench its gains in Donetsk.

The West’s talk of corruption problems is nothing more than excuse-making.

The incursion shows Washington the way to a smarter pivot to Asia.

A new poll reveals significant support for the presumptive Democratic nominee—and trust that she could handle an international crisis.

The biggest impact is the destruction of Vladimir Putin’s narrative for victory.

Ukraine is making gains on Russian soil. But is Kyiv losing troops it can’t replace?

The United States’ biggest adversaries are far from a unified threat.

Paris’s endorsement of a Moroccan plan that enshrines Moroccan sovereignty is angering Algiers.

John Sullivan, Washington’s former ambassador to Moscow, on how power works in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

The continent has moved on from big internal fights over money and migration.

How to cut through the PR and understand an agreement.

Ever since the Dream Team’s unbeaten 1992 Olympic run, U.S. hegemony in men’s basketball has been under threat from European teams.

Traumatized families hoped they’d left political violence behind.

One aim of the surprise breakthrough may be for Kyiv to gain leverage in negotiations.

On the Senate Intelligence Committee, Harris had a front-row seat to Moscow’s meddling.

Russia doesn’t want Iran to escalate. But it’s also giving Tehran weapons.

A big hurricane season could put U.S. natural gas for Europe and Asia in jeopardy.

The politics of xenophobic violence is fueled by a psychology of racialized fear.

Neither the host countries nor the athletes tend to profit from the Games.

Athletes and commentators revive skepticism about how the World Anti-Doping Agency handled allegations ahead of the Paris Olympics.

How several political prisoners without dual citizenship were included in a historic east-west prisoner swap.