Europe

The move makes sense for U.S. strategy, but it may cause heartburn for isolationist and Pacific-focused Pentagon leaders.

Historical fiction set in ancient Britain and 20th-century Puerto Rico.

You’d have to be fearless or a fanatic to persist in journalism in Russia. These women are both.

Defeating Russian interference in Moldova’s election is merely the first step.

Moscow pivoted to the east a decade ago, but it is now besmitten—or captive.

Australia has bucked the trend of shrinking U.S. security commitments.

The defeat of Moscow-friendly parties in the Moldovan election is just the latest of many setbacks.

Trump gives Doha major (and unusual) security guarantees.

In the Baltic, Russian-linked vessels are suspected of spying and sabotage.

Thousands of national security employees will continue working through the shutdown, but there are broader implications.

Erdogan’s visit to Washington showed that the United States and Turkey just don’t need each other as much as they used to.

Adding members and removing the unilateral veto would make the body stronger.

The Azov Brigade was once considered far-right—and is now the key to the country’s military success.

Israel has many friends in Washington, but MAGA is increasingly divided.

Germany’s vocal support for mobilizing hundreds of billions of Moscow’s reserves could be a game-changer for Ukraine.

The global body has failed in its mission to stop conflict. Let’s see if the U.S. can do better in Ukraine.

The alliance has reacted swiftly to Russian incursions in Eastern Europe. It’s less prepared to do so in the Arctic.

But a call from Hungary to Trump could easily spoil its plans.

Donald Trump’s latest U-turn on Ukraine doesn’t change the naked truth for Europe.

EU foreign-policy chief Kaja Kallas: “We are trying to have more friends around the world.”

EU policymakers should channel their inner naturalists as they adapt to Trumponomics.

Trump says Russia is in economic trouble—but there's a loophole in the West's sanctions.

Ankara’s stealth takeover suits its geopolitical interests but has ruined many civilian lives.

Trump says Ukraine can win back all of its territory.

Trump cites peace deals, but most are false wins.

Routine strikes involve smaller, daily launches designed to keep steady pressure on Ukraine.

Day 1 of the gathering’s high-level week was dominated by discussion of a two-state solution.

As 150 leaders gather in New York, the serious diplomacy will happen on the sidelines.

Moscow wants a base for infiltrating the EU and is fighting a multi-vector war to get it.

The Kremlin is leveraging tsarist-era assets to expand its global influence.

A memoir of Ukrainian cuisine seeks to preserve worlds threatened by Russia.

EU measures to kneecap energy, banks, and defense firms contrast with Washington’s passivity.

ICE is deporting asylum seekers into the arms of Putin’s secret police.

A year after winning national elections, the British leader is struggling.

He had followers in countries where majority groups feel insecure.

Correctly defining conflict has high stakes in the insurance industry.

The dollar isn’t getting dethroned—yet—by outside rivals, but Trump may be doing their work for them.

As international norms crumble, Turkey’s revisionist policies appear less provocative in comparison.

“American interests in the region are also at stake.”

Britain’s prime minister fulfilled his quest for power but never knew what to do with it.

Why Le Pen’s National Rally is distancing itself from the U.S. Republican Party.

It’s time for some game theory.

It’s hard for anyone to make sense of the Ukrainian president’s latest military reforms.

A 1944 armistice that traded land for peace is a poor precedent for ending Russia’s war.

Amid chaos, protesters have a chance to leave the past behind.

Russia and Iran have proved weaker than many thought. So will China.

Both sides praised the agreement—but never seemed to agree on what it meant.

Two new books explore the tangled world of royal stories and real crimes.

Labour cronyism produced Mandelson’s disastrous appointment.

Allegations against the court’s head prosecutor have hampered its effectiveness. They should be addressed immediately.

The government is siding with the far right on asylum—and opening the door to Reform U.K.

But the United States is catching up, with new weapons set to come online soon.

Clickbait coverage is the Kremlin’s friend. Just ask the Estonians.

A clever map trick, Ukrainian self-defense, and European Union membership should form the core of a face-saving deal.

Leaders are afraid to tell voters what it will take to defend their continent.

One can only hope that Trump will draw the right conclusion: Coddling Putin leads to disaster.

The inventor of the sanctions paradox stress-tests it 25 years on.

China’s military parade was just another display of a long-standing relationship.

The Russian economy may be wobbly, but it is still funding a deadly war with oil and gas sales.

The State of the Union has become a yearly ritual that breathes life into the EU.

Toppling Assad didn’t solve Turkey’s problems—it made them worse.

French politics has been plunged into utter dysfunction, with no clear way out.

Investors have drained the global south in pursuit of aggressive profit maximization.

Once dismissed from the field he helped found, Albert O. Hirschman feels newly relevant.

The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.

Memory politics shape Putin’s influence at home and abroad.

The Cold War was tragic, comic, and epic—and it’s still playing out today.

What a fixation with immortality says about two aging autocrats.

Despite President Donald Trump’s claims that Washington is no longer funding the war, the reality is more complex.

Greater sanctions pressure could finally bring Moscow to the negotiating table.

China’s real message was on display in its military parade, not the empty pageantry of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

As defense spending rises and production ramps up, allied armies struggle to fill the ranks.

Beijing is rapidly eclipsing Moscow’s role in Central Asia.

For rising states with expanding ambitions, three great powers are preferable to two.

Analysts weigh in on the future of the continent’s security.

A new history of the Cold War unwittingly exposes Russian distortions of the past.

The Armenia-Azerbaijan summit in Washington offered progress, but also serious doubts.

How the continent earned a seat at the table that will decide Ukraine’s fate.

Is Trump hurting military readiness?

France, Germany, and the U.K. ran out of patience with Tehran and are bringing back previously halted U.N. measures.

The duties are ostensibly aimed at Moscow, but they hit New Delhi hardest.

New Delhi has other options, and the standoff with Washington may not last.

As a 50 percent total tariff kicks in, a former Indian diplomat says there’s still time for dialogue.

The best way to protect Ukraine from another Russian invasion is helping it to win.

A peace treaty would settle a long and bloody conflict—and create new geopolitical options in the region.

European states would be primary targets for Moscow.

The unfinished line traces a fractured region still beset by competing imperial projects.

There has rarely been a safer window for the transition of security on the continent away from America.

The bill has finally come due on Europe’s Ukraine strategy.

The region is at the heart of the Ukraine war.

After trade talks with Trump, the Swiss government is reconsidering everything it knows about itself.

The German government has changed its tone on Israel policy—but not much else.

Washington’s switch to accommodating Moscow’s geopolitical goals sends an ominous signal.

Roughly three dozen world leaders gathered virtually to discuss a path to ending the Russia-Ukraine war. 

After a flurry of diplomacy, what was actually agreed to?

The helpless envoy embodies everything that is dysfunctional about current U.S. foreign policy.

Despite Trump’s efforts, negotiation will only come when both parties believe their interests are better served by talking than fighting.

The situation remains challenging along the 600-mile front line.

Less fireworks in the White House, but no definitive outcomes just yet.

Key takeaways from a spate of high-level meetings in Alaska and Washington.