List of Europe articles
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A wine vessel attributed to the Niobid Painter of Athens. Pandora’s Vox
Thousands of years ago, the ancient Greeks anticipated robots and artificial intelligence—and they didn’t trust them.
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Campaign posters for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in April and for then-Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in March 2017. The Dangerous Politics of Playing the Victim
The leaders of Israel and Serbia share one thing: They’ve perfected the politics of persecution. Here’s why that strategy won’t keep working.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde as she arrives to attend the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7, 2017. Christine Lagarde Won, but This Isn’t a Game
Europe is celebrating new leadership, but its central bank will have to confront problems that have no easy answers.
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Police escort Stephan Ernst, suspected of killing Walter Lübcke, the administrative chief of the western city of Kassel, back to a helicopter after a hearing in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, on July 2. Germany Has a Neo-Nazi Terrorism Epidemic
How many political murders do far-right extremists have to commit before the German government does something about it?
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A woman carries a bag containing her belongings at the Kurdish-run Al-Hol camp for displaced people in northeastern Syria on June 3. Fears Rise of an ISIS Comeback
The U.S. drawdown could provide a dangerous opening for the Islamic State to resurge.
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Tommy Morck stands next to a local SDF commander, Murat Amed, in Ayn Issa, Syria, on March 17, 2017. Harsh Homecoming
They fought the Islamic State. Now they’re fighting to stay out of jail.
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Member of the European Parliament Nigel Farage (L) speaks with European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans (R) prior to a debate concerning Hungary's situation during a plenary session at the European Parliament on September 11, 2018 in Strasbourg, France. Europe Must Not Allow Enemies of Democracy to Choose the Next EU Commissioner
The illiberal leaders of Hungary and Poland falsely claim Frans Timmermans would divide Europe. What they really fear is his commitment to the rule of law.
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Ekrem Imamoglu, the newly elected mayor of Istanbul, speaks to supporters after taking the mayoral mandate in front of the Istanbul municipality building on June 27. Love Will Set You Free From Populism
The mayoral election in Istanbul offers the emotional template for defeating authoritarian leaders elsewhere in the world.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. Can Trump and Erdogan Resolve the Russian Missile Dispute?
Turkey is set to receive the first of its Russian S-400s in days.
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a press conference in Washington on June 24. What the Right Gets Wrong About Socialism
As Scandinavia shows, it does feature plenty of public ownership—but also a thriving economy.
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Document of the Week: When Sweden Wanted Nukes
A 1963 U.S. intelligence assessment underscores how many countries—even Sweden—were exploring nuclear weapons programs at the height of the Cold War.
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and government ministers react prior to the voting of the government resignation at the parliament in Kiev on Feb. 16, 2016. The Death of Ukraine’s Liberals
Western-oriented reformers are about to get completely wiped out in parliamentary elections—and they have nobody to blame but themselves.
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A family picture shows Andriy Oprysko, right, a 47-year-old seaman—one of 24 Ukrainian sailors who have been held captive by Moscow since the incident on the Kerch Strait—posing with his son, also named Andriy Oprysko. Trump Meets Putin at G-20 While Ukrainian Sailors Remain Jailed
The U.S. president drew a red line when 24 Ukrainians were seized last year. Now his sit-down with the Russian president is back on.
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French President Emmanuel Macron during the first day of the European Union summit meeting in Brussels on June 20. Emmanuel Macron, Part Deux
He’s relaunched his presidency for its second half. But is the makeover in style or substance?
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People celebrate in Istanbul after Republican People’s Party candidate Ekrem Imamoglu won the city’s rerun mayoral elections on June 23. Imamoglu Won the Vote, but Can He Save Istanbul?
The new mayor will preside over a city that people are fleeing in droves.
