List of Europe articles
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg addresses media in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2022. NATO’s Jens Stoltenberg on the Future of Russia’s War in Ukraine
The military alliance’s outgoing chief discusses Moscow’s partnerships with Beijing, Pyongyang, and Tehran.
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The oil tanker “Ane” is seen in the North Sea accompanied by two tugboats on Jan. 18, 2023. Can Denmark Use International Law to Fight Russia’s Shadow Fleet?
Revisionist powers like to use international law as a weapon. Now the West is thinking creatively, too—to uphold the order, not break it.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves a concert in Moscow. The Art of Punishing Putin
A new book offers a masterful glimpse into the world of economic warfare.
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German federal police officer holds a sign "Hold Police" as he watches over cars arriving at the German-Polish border on September 10, 2024 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany. Germany Is Considering Ending Asylum Entirely
As the German government takes unprecedented steps to police its borders, the center right is demanding to go much further still.
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Children take part in a climate protest as Parliament resumes in London. Is Climate Activism Working?
In Germany and elsewhere, the impact has been modest.
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A dark metal statue of two soldiers is seen at left as people stand to the right and take photos of it. The soldiers are Russian mercenaries; a Russian flag bearing the emblem of Russia hangs over the shoulder of one, who also points a rifle to the right. Fluffy pale clouds cover the sky overhead, and a parking lot is visible beyond. Russia Is Riding an Anti-Colonial Wave Across Africa
The onetime cause célèbre of the international left is being appropriated for authoritarian ends.
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Women wearing black, some with headscarves, stand looking forward in front of a statue in Germany. Behind them is a crowd of other men and women. Who Belongs in Today’s Germany?
One mother’s lonely journey through the trauma of racist violence.
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A small armed drone is seen on the ground between the feet of a soldier. Suicide Drones Are Killing Civilians From Syria to Ukraine
Cheap tech has made targeting noncombatants an effective terror tactic.
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Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks to reporters outside of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on July 1, 2021. Germany Isn’t Nearly as Important as the U.S. Thinks
Republicans and Democrats have mistakenly put Germany at the center of the trans-Atlantic relationship.
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023. Biden’s ‘Escalation Management’ in Ukraine Makes the West Less Safe
Washington should abandon a failed approach to Moscow that does not learn or self-adjust.
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. President Joe Biden greet each other at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago. The Complicated Legacy of Biden’s Climate Legislation
The Inflation Reduction Act was a singular achievement. So why isn’t Harris talking about it?
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A soldier in combat gear and a helmet, holding a rifle, is seen in the foreground. Beyond him, two women and two children are seen framed by a doorway set into a stone wall, peering out at the soldier. How Foreign Intervention Failed Mali
Rival geopolitical actors have only made the country more dangerous.
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A man holds Russian and Serbian flags during a so-called "warning protest" against the plan that the US and European Union officials presented as a way out of a decades-long strife between Serbia and Kosovo, in front of the government building in Belgrade on March 24, 2023. Harris Needs a Balkans Policy—Quickly
The region has been mishandled by the Biden administration—and could easily become a campaign vulnerability.
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Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets of the Polish Air Force take part in a NATO shielding exercise at Lask Air Base, Poland, on Oct. 12, 2022. NATO Frontline States Need an Air Defense Shield Now
Russia is probing NATO with attack drones and missiles. Ignoring them is a dangerous option.
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An illustration shows a three-legged stool with legs covered in the flags of the U.S., the U.K., ad the EU. The Trans-Atlantic Partnership Still Matters
The United States, Britain, and the EU must constantly renew their alliance.
