Tag: Europe

When you talk to European visitors in Washington these days, they tend to be in one of two moods. Some are in a state of high anxiety, believing that the ...

In July, the local government of the Italian region of Sardinia suspended the construction of hundreds of new wind turbines, claiming that it would destroy the island’s beautiful landscape. In ...

For years, people have been predicting the end of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. In the runup to the U.S. election on Nov. 5, these predictions have resurfaced ...

Strange things are happening in Russia these days. In early October, the country inked a deal to sell chickpeas to Pakistan in exchange for mandarin oranges. A few weeks later, ...

The adoption of a controversial foreign agents law by Georgia’s ruling party in May marked the lowest point in Tbilisi’s relations with the West since it declared its pro-Western foreign-policy ...

The United States and its allies need each other more than ever. That’s the overarching message U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sought to convey to an audience in Washington—and ...

It was a long time coming. Sure, U.S. President Joe Biden was among the Western leaders of the G7 when they convened at a German castle called Schloss Elmau in ...

Herbert Kickl, the leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) that won the country’s general election on Sept. 29, celebrated victory at a beer tavern in Vienna. He ...

With the election to determine his successor less than 20 days away, U.S. President Joe Biden is in Germany for a final meeting with one of Washington’s closest allies.  Biden ...

The right-wing wave surging through Europe picked up size and speed on Sept. 29 as Austria’s hard-right Freedom Party won the country’s general election. Following on the heels of far-right ...