List of Europe articles
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Soldiers board an amphibious warfare ship on the Barents Sea shore in western Arctic Russia on April 17. Russia’s Military Exercises in the Arctic Have More Bark Than Bite
For now, cooperation still reigns.
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Asylum Seeker Rahaf al-Qanun smiles as she is introduced to the media at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Jan. 12, alongside Canadian minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland. When Home Is a Prison, More Saudi Women Are Choosing to Flee
The latest refugees from the kingdom fled to Tbilisi, Georgia, and spoke to Foreign Policy before seeking asylum in the West.
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A campaign billboard for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) in eastern Berlin on May 17. Europeans vote this week for a new Parliament, with strong gains expected for extreme right-wing parties. ‘The Dominant Voter’ in European Elections Is the ‘Confused Voter’
European elections this month are not simply a faceoff between anti-EU and pro-EU forces, says Mark Leonard of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
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Foreign Policy illustration Britain Is Making Sexual Harassment a Hate Crime
A shift in how police departments handle complaints about men could save the lives of countless women.
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Crimean Tatars light candles during a memorial ceremony in Kiev on May 18, 2016, in commemoration of the 72nd anniversary of the deportation of the indigenous population of Crimea by the Soviet Union. Who Will Speak for the Tatars?
When Russia seized Crimea in 2014, a crackdown on the Muslim minority ensued.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk past a portrait of founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as they arrive for a press conference after meeting in Tehran on Sept. 7, 2018. Iran Is Scaring Off Its Friends, Too
Even Tehran’s sympathizers in Europe and Asia are leery of its latest shifts in policy.
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A song and dance festival in Estonia in 2011. Estonia’s Natural Experiment in Fighting Right-Wing Populism
Two models have emerged for dealing with a new nationalist government—but it’s not clear which will prove more effective.
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Romanian orphans in a Bucharest orphanage shortly after the December Revolution in 1989. What Actually Happens When a Country Bans Abortion
Romania under Ceausescu created a dystopian horror of overcrowded, filthy orphanages, and thousands died from back-alley abortions.
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A Sri Lankan security officer stands guard at a roadside checkpoint in Minuwangoda on May 14. You Can’t Defeat Tomorrow’s Terrorists by Fighting Yesterday’s Enemy
Countries from Sri Lanka and Israel to the United States and Norway have failed to prevent attacks because their intelligence agencies were fixated on the last threat rather than the next one.
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An armed police officer is seen in front of Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, on May 11. Jihadis Go to Jail, White Supremacists Go Free
Western governments are guilty of a double standard when it comes to policing digital hate culture. If they want to prevent the next attack, they need to recognize the threat of online white supremacists and act to stop them.
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A man walks up the steps in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2018. The United States’ Problems Aren’t What You Think They Are
America’s decline resembles nothing so much as the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Presidential candidates should take note.
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Traditional Russian wooden nesting dolls depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a gift shop in central Moscow on July 6, 2017. ‘In Russia We Have Total Nepotism’
A conversation with Karina Orlova, the Washington correspondent for the Echo of Moscow.
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U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks on a morning TV show from the grounds of the White House in Washington on May 9, 2018. U.S. Hard-line Stance on Iran Rattles Allies
As Trump’s national security team barrels toward a confrontation in the Persian Gulf, Europe is starting to balk.
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An old billboard displaying a U.S. flag stands on the United States’ side of the U.S.-Mexico border in California on April 3. The Age of Nostalgia
Liberals shouldn’t leave emotion to the right-wing populists.
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An Atlas 5 rocket carrying the U.S. Navy's second Mobile User Objective System satellite launches at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 19, 2013. The New Space Race
The latest front in a return to Cold War rivalry is the effort to build an all-American rocket for military launches.
