List of Europe articles
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Algerian protesters gather during a mass demonstration against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers on March 29. (AFP/Getty Images) Algeria’s Bouteflika Is on His Way Out. Here’s What’s Next.
The longtime president may depart as soon as this week, but the country’s growing protest movement has not yet united behind one leader or policy platform.
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The Ukrainian actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelensky on set in Kiev, Ukraine, during filming of “Servant of the People” on Feb. 6. Ukraine’s TV President Is Dangerously Pro-Russian
Volodymyr Zelensky could become the country’s next real-life leader. If his show is any guide, Ukrainians should be worried.
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Anti-Brexit activists demonstrate with a model of Theresa May outside the Houses of Parliament in London on April 1, 2019, as MPs debate alternative alternative options for Brexit Britain’s Crisis Isn’t Constitutional. It’s Political.
A Remain Parliament is confronting a Brexit electorate—and none of the solutions on offer is likely to resolve the stalemate anytime soon.
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A reflection on the Miljacka river of a pedestrian walking past a mosque in Sarajevo on Oct. 6, 2018. (Andrej Isakovic/AFP/Getty Images) The Balkans Are the World Capital of Islamophobia
The region’s genocidal wars are over—but bigots from across the West still flock there for inspiration.
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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet during a ceremony to welcome Xi to Rome on March 23. (Christian Minelli/NurPhoto/Getty Images) Italy Should Learn a Thing or Two From Pakistan
Rome just signed on to become part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. It should learn from Islamabad’s experience.
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In Istanbul's Sariyer district, people wave flags as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a campaign rally on March 29. (Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Our Best Weekend Reads
What’s at stake in Turkey’s local elections, and how the United States drives out Chinese talent.
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Supporters of Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko at a pre-election rally in Kiev on March 29. (Vasily Maximov/AFP/Getty Images) Ukraine’s Election Will Test the Strength of Its Democracy
The outcome of the vote is not nearly as important as the quality of the electoral process.
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A boy points at cardboard cutouts depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and presidential candidates Yulia Tymoshenko and Oleksandr Shevchenko during a protest in Kiev on March 29. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images) Ukraine’s Election Is a Mess—and That’s Exactly What Putin Wants
A chaotic campaign, feuding oligarchs, and Russian disinformation efforts have combined to shake public faith in the electoral process.
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China's President Xi Jinping (L), Mongolia's President Khaltmaagiin Battulga (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) attend the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 12, 2018. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images) Mongolia’s President Is Slicing Away Its Hard-Won Democracy
Corruption and recession have helped push the nation toward strongman rule.
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Anti-Brexit activists demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, on March 28 (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images) In or Out? In Brexit Finale, It’s No Longer Clear What Brits Want
Leavers say a revote would be undemocratic, but polls now put them in the minority.
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Presidential candidate Zuzana Caputova (C) waits for the first exit polls at her election headquarters during the first round of the presidential elections in Bratislava, Slovakia, on March 16, 2019. Can Zuzana Caputova Save Slovakia?
A political newcomer is poised to become president by standing up for liberal democratic values—and seeking to halt the spread of right-wing populism across Central and Eastern Europe.
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A campaign portrait of Dutch far-right Forum for Democracy (FvD) party Thierry Baudet is pictured next to alcool bottles during a provincial elections party electoral gathering in Zeist on March 20, 2019. - Netherland's Prime Minister is set to lose his majority in parliament's upper house after FvD surged in today's provincial elections, according to an exit poll. (Photo by Bart Maat / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo credit should read BART MAAT/AFP/Getty Images) The New Face of the Dutch Far-Right
Thierry Baudet once called politicians brain-dead. Now his upstart white nationalist movement has eclipsed Geert Wilders and won more Senate seats than the prime minister’s party.
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An anti-Brexit Boris Johnson lookalike drapes himself over the hood of a car as he demonstrates outside parliament on Dec. 11, 2018 in London. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) This Is What ‘Taking Back Control’ Looks Like
Brexiteers wanted the United Kingdom to control its own destiny. They got the opposite.
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Finnish F-18 Hornet planes at Rovaniemi airport during a joint exercise between the Finnish and the Swedish air forces over the Arctic Circle on March 25, 2019. Scandinavia Won’t Be Russia’s Next Target
Mikheil Saakashvili’s country was a victim of Putin’s aggression. Finland and Sweden won’t be.
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Foreign-policy advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign George Papadopoulos and his wife, Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos, arrive at U.S. District Court for his sentencing in Washington on Sept. 7, 2018. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) The Second Coming of George Papadopoulos
Patient zero in the Mueller investigation is back with a well-timed book.
