The nature of the trans-Atlantic alliance has dramatically shifted. Over four generations, the West was built on long-term trust and open-ended collaboration on common interests: containing the Soviets during the ...
KRAKOW, Poland—When Russia launched its full invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, millions of Ukrainians fleeing their homeland were welcomed across Central Europe with overwhelming sympathy and kindness. In ...
FRANKFURT AN DER ODER, Germany—Before 25-year-old Abhishek Budhiraja leaves his dorm to go to campus, he pats down his pockets. “Phone, keys, wallet, headphones,” he says, running through his checklist. ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at European and U.S. sanctions on Russia, Thailand and Cambodia preparing a peace declaration, and an International Court of Justice ruling on ...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni marks three years in office this week. She finds herself in enviable political shape, with the country’s economy improved on several fronts and her popularity ...
When the head of the largest military alliance in the world calls the president of the United States “daddy,” you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s all over for the ...
The Trump administration is dismantling the pillars of the United States’ democracy. Europe, whose own democracies are facing internal challenges and external threats, has seen this playbook before. Its leaders ...
In 2021, when Russia started amassing troops along its border with Ukraine, then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel proposed that the European Union invite Russian President Vladimir Putin for a summit. Kaja ...
Moldova’s pro-Western governing party gained a clear parliamentary majority in this weekend’s elections, choosing European alignment amid “unprecedented pressure, disinformation, and interference from the Kremlin.” Although the results advance Moldova’s ...
The European Union appears to be listening to U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand that it cut off purchases of Russian oil in return for tough U.S. sanctions on Moscow—and experts ...
