European Union

There’s nothing wrong with today’s EU that France’s legendary 20th-century leader didn’t see coming—and didn’t try to fix when he had the chance.

The United Nations and foreign powers claim they are dedicated to building up the Somali National Army. Instead, they have become complicit in its dysfunction.

Tehran will never give up all of its ballistic missiles, but a compromise is possible.

Trade is a complex global system. The White House has misidentified the problem—and created much bigger ones.

Possible auto tariffs weigh on Trump’s meeting with the European Commission president on Wednesday.

Here’s what other countries can do to stop him.

Poland’s former defense and foreign minister explains how Trump left Eastern Europe in the lurch.

U.S. allies in Europe are resigned to a trans-Atlantic relationship that keeps getting worse.

Spending 4 percent of the EU’s GDP on defense would boost sagging economies and protect the continent at a time when U.S. leadership is lacking.

To understand Iran’s foreign policy, you need to learn a little Farsi.

Britain’s conservatives were once known for sensible stewardship of the economy. Now, the Tory Maoists are blowing it up.

Prime Minister Theresa May thinks it’s her duty to deliver Brexit, but the outcome could entail splitting her party and impoverishing Britain.

Post-1945, post-1968, and post-1989 Europe are all different — and none of them make sense anymore.

Austria's chancellor thinks he's cracked the code for neutralizing populists — by cooperating with them.

Berlin needs to spend more on defense, but the U.S. president's public demands are making it politically impossible.

Donald Trump’s trans-Atlantic policy is a contradiction in terms.

The new Spanish prime minister has refused to follow Italy in a race to the bottom, but that doesn’t mean that Madrid will lead the EU to adopt more humane migration policies.

Matteo Salvini wants to be buddies with anti-immigrant leaders in Hungary, Poland, and Austria. But sometimes geography trumps ideology.

Tracking U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs — and the retaliatory measures other countries are taking.

Angela Merkel’s sister party, the Christian Social Union, is taking an extreme line on refugees and threatening to bring down her coalition.