Europe

The underlying reason for the West’s democratic crisis may be a lost sense of open-ended time.

The continent invented the drug but has been spared its worst ravages—until now.

But the fact it took so long to pass has some worried about future support.

Even with the approval of new U.S. aid, most of the artillery Ukraine needs won’t get to the front until next year.

New measures to punish Iran, Venezuela, and Russia could raise crude prices and hurt Biden in an election year.

Historical falsification, youth indoctrination, and the plunder of artifacts reveal the Kremlin’s true objectives.

His latest trip confirms that Germany’s China policy is made in corporate boardrooms.

Both Greenpeace and NATO are working against off-book oil tankers.

A new book unwittingly makes the case that they can’t.

A new book shows what human prehistory has mistakenly taught us—and misunderstands what it still can.

Cyberspace has upended the old world order.

Slovakia’s new Russia-friendly president won office with the help of a barrage of pro-Kremlin disinformation.

Ammo shortages are costing lives and time.

U.S. support for NATO and Ukraine needs to be part of a new trans-Atlantic bargain.

HBO’s new miniseries displays an undeniably American nonchalance toward power.

Europe is flexing its muscles with China—but may soon learn if Germany is really on board.

For the first time in decades, NATO has a plan to fight Russia. Now it just needs the forces to do it.

Terrorism is a tactic, and fighting it requires a concerted strategy.

Beijing’s political leadership isn’t likely to listen to friendly advice from foreign investors or criticism from foreign officials.

The nuclear company’s expanding corporate empire is an urgent target for sanctions.

But experts say they’re not a long-term solution to a lack of artillery rounds.

Short-term shocks and long-term trends are strangling Germans’ cooperative economy.

The strange story of a global literary hero who went on to inspire Russia’s war on Ukraine.

In their 100th column, Matt and Emma revisit clashes over Taiwan, Ukraine, Iran—and how to deter an alien invasion.

But Washington and its partners are working to change that.

Last weekend’s elections offer a first glimpse of a political future beyond the reigning strongman.

Jens Stoltenberg has led NATO through a decade of war, chaos, and Trump. What comes next?

The foreign ministers of Britain and Sweden call on allies to commit to their collective benefit.

CNN reporter Jim Sciutto on the return of great-power conflict.

A joint international task force could quickly mobilize an emergency system to clear shipments through the Rafah border crossing.

Increased geopolitical rivalry is allowing extremist groups to thrive—and threaten everyone.

Growing Russian, Chinese, and Iranian influence in the Sahel is testing Washington’s clout in an increasingly strategic continent.

Countries have used the body’s impasse over conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine to advance their own interests.

Against all odds, Ukrainians have been dominating Russia in the Black Sea.

Germany’s new Supply Chain Act could help curb some of the world’s worst labor injustices.

The West’s warnings about Vladimir Putin’s future plans are getting louder—but not any more convincing.

Violence and war are shaping Moscow’s brutal response.

Washington prepares for a worst-case scenario of attacks on critical infrastructure.

His critique of capitalism has incensed some church conservatives.

Even with Finland and Sweden, the alliance lacks a capable defense presence in the north.

Donald Tusk and Radoslaw Sikorski have an ambitious agenda, but they still have to coordinate with a Euroskeptic president.

On the nature of revolutions, past and present.

What the bestselling novels of Amor Towles reveal about global nostalgia—and American anxieties.

Inside a remote forest town where Germany’s new right roosts.

On a whirlwind tour through Brazil, the French president showed that he seeks fraternité with the global south.

Renewed farm tariff relief risks souring some member states on Kyiv’s eventual EU membership.

Russia’s security services are stretched, distracted, and politicized, experts say.

Kyiv aims to do with explosives what two years of Western sanctions haven’t yet managed.

Europe had better be prepared.

The old idea of a joint military has reared its head once again.

After the shock of the Islamic State attack in Moscow, a top expert warns that “the bench is thin” when it comes to counterterrorism analysis.

The censure isn’t likely to rein in Beijing’s cyberespionage campaigns.

The maritime order is falling apart under geopolitical pressure.

With a Soviet-style election, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has come full circle.

A landmark translation of a Ukrainian novel explores a nation caught between the jaws of empire.

The economics work, but the politics can be troubling.

A domestic manufacturing sector will enhance the EU’s long-term energy security.

Ukraine has busted up most of the Black Sea Fleet. Russia is plotting a comeback.

How Moldova’s fate has become tightly tied up with its neighbor’s.

There is a war on at home, but Europe’s strategic and naval aspirations are on the far side of the world.

A surge in spoofing from the Middle East to northern Europe is throwing onboard navigation systems off course.

Kyiv’s Western backers need to grasp that drones are no substitute for a capable fighting force.

What the royal photo controversy reveals about changing global culture.

If you missed the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of his work in Amsterdam, this documentary is the next best thing.

With Nagorno-Karabakh lost, Armenia is looking for allies beyond Moscow.

NATO’s newest member has a military conscription system that other countries can learn from.

As Ukrainian forces brace for a new Russian offensive, Kyiv urgently needs supplemental military aid and ammunition.

Moscow is rebuilding its military in anticipation of a conflict with NATO in the next decade, Estonian officials warn.

The move sends a clear political message, but some experts downplay its military significance.

The agreement with four European states is part of a subtle shift in policy from New Delhi.

What the reception to two viral moments reveals about our evolving global culture of authenticity.

Istanbul’s mayor is struggling to get reelected as the opposition’s hard-line nationalism pushes Kurdish voters away.

If Erdogan’s party wins back the country’s biggest cities, big shifts in Turkish politics could follow.

More than a century after the Herero-Nama genocide, Namibian communities are seeking compensation, land redistribution, and a seat at the table.

EU parliamentary elections are approaching and populists are planning a frontal assault on the establishment.

An estimated 10 percent of coronavirus patients will need long-term care.

A false narrative is being peddled by the Kremlin and its Western friends.

Two senators on why the United States remains an essential partner in both Ukraine and the Middle East.

Paralyzed by free speech concerns, Western governments are loath to act.

Lawmakers still think the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv is too small, and diplomats can’t get close enough to the front lines.

And the West isn’t ready for it.

Sunday’s vote could be a bellwether ahead of European Parliament elections this June.

The former president’s inflammatory comments could have the positive effect of forcing European leaders to contribute more to their continent’s defense.

Ukraine has made significant progress fighting graft, but its record continues to haunt it.

The land war may be conventional, but Kyiv’s approach to reconstruction is anything but.

The top five reasons that expanding the Western alliance would make Kyiv even worse off.

Britain’s center-left is descending into recriminations ahead of this year’s election—just like it always has.

Leery of seizing all of Russia’s state assets, Europe may opt for a next-best approach that could still provide Ukraine billions of euros a year.

More than 100 people were detained during memorials for the opposition leader on Friday.

The first step for Europe’s common military ambitions is figuring out free movement.

What the Allied intervention in the Russian civil war teaches us about Ukraine today.

From Europe to India, agricultural workers have taken to the streets.

A new book accidentally puts forward a provocative thesis on the country’s entropy.

Allies must provide Kyiv with what it needs to win the war and secure the peace: arms supplies and a path to NATO membership.

In Kyiv, all eyes are on the U.S. congressional fight over aid.

Keeping all options open could serve deterrence—but does nothing to help Ukraine now.

Western elites have become extremely pessimistic, but European countries’ shifting attitudes toward self-defense could be a bright spot.

After the death of Alexei Navalny, the West must avoid investing hopes in a single Russian dissident.

But will Putin answer?

Nonviolent tools are undercutting the Russian occupation.