Why Europe ignores the warnings on Turkey’s democratic decline Mert Kartal - June 11, 2025 The E.U.-Turkey relationship is more transactional than ever.
Germany’s far-right party made huge gains in the 2025 elections Alexander Kustov - February 26, 2025 The AfD made sure immigration remains a top concern for voters.
Why high-level U.S.-Russia talks are bad diplomacy Elizabeth N. Saunders - February 19, 2025 Marco Rubio’s Riyadh meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov shows U.S. diplomacy is in crisis.
U.S. hostage policy will be quite different under Trump Danielle Gilbert - December 18, 2024 Freeing hostages is far more complicated than it seems.
Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and Alsu Kurmasheva are back in the U.S. Danielle Gilbert - August 3, 2024 What this historic prisoner swap with Russia tells us about U.S. diplomacy.
Why nationalist parties don’t always like their national soccer teams Erik Voeten - June 25, 2024 Far-right surge in European elections casts a shadow over EURO 2024.
The E.U. is turning geopolitical. Is Venus becoming Mars? Kathleen R. McNamara - October 17, 2022 E.U. diplomat Josep Borrell warned the Russian army will be ‘annihilated’ if it launches a nuclear attack. These words suggest a more assertive European Union.
What to watch for at the 2022 NATO summit James Goldgeier and Sara Moller - June 28, 2022 Putin’s invasion of Ukraine complicates discussions of the alliance’s new Strategic Concept
Germany didn’t used to spend much on its military. Putin changed that. Marina E. Henke - March 6, 2022 Many German politicians were convinced that the Russian president was bluffing about Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is remaking Europe Daniel Kelemen and Kathleen R. McNamara - February 28, 2022 No one expected the European Union to overturn its cautious approach to foreign policy so quickly