List of Europe articles
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Russian President Vladimir Putin in a suit and tie sits in front of a microphone and table decorated with flowers. The Russian and Iranian flags are seen behind him. What Will Russia Do With Gaza Chaos?
A possible two-front war in the Middle East will have knock-on effects for Europe.
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A Ukrainian soldier wearing a camouflage military uniform is seen from behind as they walk down a cracked paved road surrounded by grassy fields and open sky. The soldier is holding a rifle and casts a long shadow. Negotiating With Russia Is Still a Bad Idea
The rationale for forcing Ukraine to stop fighting keeps changing with the facts on the ground.
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Officials count votes at a polling station during the second round of the presidential election in Male, Maldives. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Sept. 30: Slovakia votes, the EU announces an aid package, and police crack down in Iran.
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The Liberian-flagged oil tanker Ice Energy (left) transfers crude oil from the Russian-flagged oil tanker Lana (right), off the coast of Greece, on May 29, 2022. The Russian Oil Price Cap Can Work Again
With global prices on the rise, here are some ways to fix the system.
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European Council President Charles Michel gestures as he addresses a press conference at a meeting of the European Council at the Europa building in Brussels. The EU Needs to Get Bigger if It Wants to Get Better
Brussels’s continued balking over new members only plays into Russian hands.
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Sumeyye Bayraktar and Selcuk Bayraktar, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s daughter and son-in-law, hold Turkish flags in front of Erdogan’s residence in Kisikli. Is Selcuk Bayraktar Turkey’s Crown Prince-in-Waiting?
Drones made the president’s son-in-law a household name. His techno-nationalism and popular appeal could make him the country’s next leader.
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A woman walks past a building damaged in a drone attack in Moscow on Aug. 23. Are Ukraine’s Airstrikes in Russia Effective?
The attacks hinder Russian warfighting, but Ukrainian leaders probably seek a more strategic impact.
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A Ukrainian service member casts his ballot at a polling station during Ukraine's parliamentary election in Kyiv on July 21, 2019. Ukraine Is Already Working on Its Next Election
The challenges of holding a vote in wartime are both small and big—and often unexpected.
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Pedestrians walk past an wall painting depicting a map of Crimean peninsula bearing the colours of Russia's national flag in Moscow, on March 31, 2014. Russia’s Crimean Red Line Has Been Erased
Claims about the territory’s spiritual status have been revealed to be fiction.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky walks with U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as he arrives for a meeting with U.S. representatives at the Capitol in Washington. U.S. Budget Deal Has Europe Questioning American Resolve on Ukraine
If U.S. military aid falls short, more Ukrainians will die, officials in Kyiv say.
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Markus Soeder, Governor of Bavaria and lead candidate of the Bavarian Social Union (CSU), attends the annual gathering of politicians in beer tents at the Gillamoos folk fest on September 3, 2018 in Abensberg, Germany. The Land of Lederhosen, Beer, and Political Chaos
Bavaria is Germany’s stereotypical idyll—and now a herald of its future turmoil.
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A woman is silhouetted as she walks down stairs past a communist-era stained glass panel in Berlin on April 26, 2019. The early-1960s work depicts images of industry, technology, agriculture, the military, youth, family, and the working class common in socialist art of the communist bloc. A Tale of Two Germanies
Thirty-three years after reunification, the country’s wounds are rawer than many would like to admit.
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Members of the GIL (Italian Youth of the Lictor) help farmers during the wheat threshing in Italy. The Great Turn Inward
A new book argues countries are de-globalizing yet again. But was there ever such a thing as globalism to begin with?
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Mustafa Nayyem, head of the Ukrainian State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development, speaks at an event before the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London. ‘We Don’t Want to Lose Our Second Motherland’
Mustafa Nayyem fights to rebuild Ukraine.
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Refugees stand in the back of a truck after crossing the border near Kornidzor on Sept. 28. More than 65,000 Armenians have fled Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia. What Does Nagorno-Karabakh’s Fall Mean for Great Power Influence?
Washington and Moscow care a lot about some post-Soviet conflicts—but are largely ignoring others.
