Europe's Furies

EU May 15, 2017 Snapshot

Introduction

Gideon Rose

Human Rights March/April 2017 Review Essay

Destination: Europe

In 2017, as crucial elections loom across Europe, the EU will no longer be able to defer hard questions about the migrant crisis. Already Europe’s liberal values are...

Reviewed by Elizabeth Collett

Western Europe Sep 16, 2015 Snapshot

Directive 51

Regardless of civilian solidarity, renegotiation of quotas, or even a comprehensive suspension of Dublin II—migrants will continue to pour into Europe. People...

Dimi Reider

A migrant is rescued by an Italian Navy helicopter in the area where his boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea, August 11, 2015.

Refugees & Migration Sep 22, 2015 Snapshot

The Return of No-Man’s Land

In mid September, around 1,000 refugees were reportedly stranded on the border between Hungary and Serbia, with neither state willing to grant them asylum. The return...

Tara Zahra

A seucrity fence topped with razor wire is seen near the makeshift camp called "The New Jungle" in Calais, France, September 20, 2015. Around 3,500 migrants and refugees are camped in Calais, fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia and

Labor Sep 27, 2015 Snapshot

A Self-Interested Approach to Migration Crises

Recent research overturns the standard narrative about refugee crises: that addressing them mainly means curtailing the conflict and poverty that “push” migrants away...

Michael A. Clemens and Justin Sandefur

Afghan refugees seek shelter at a metro station during a rain storm in Victoria Square, where hundreds of migrants and refugees sleep, in central Athens ,September 26, 2015.

Politics & Society Feb 2, 2016 Snapshot

The Elephant in the Room

Europe is still struggling to cope with a massive influx of refugees, with over a million asylum seekers arriving across the Mediterranean Sea. Nearly all of them are...

Alexander Betts

Opponents of anti-immigration right-wing movement PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West) protest in Cologne

Economic Development Apr 28, 2016 Postscript

Jordan's Refugee Experiment

In October, Foreign Affairs published our proposal for a new approach to the Syrian refugee crisis. By allowing displaced Syrians to work in special economic...

Alexander Betts and Paul Collier

Syrian children decorate a wall at their school in Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp, March 2014. It's time to provide refugees with education and jobs.

Paris Attack Jan 7, 2015 Snapshot

France on Fire

The death toll makes this week’s attack the most significant on French soil since the Nazi occupation—a huge milestone in al Qaeda’s campaign against the West.

Jytte Klausen

Paris Attack Nov 18, 2015 Snapshot

Laïcité Without Égalité

Until French policymakers find a way to give all citizens equal rights to communal attachments, France will not be able to find a way to bring them fully together.

Jonathan Laurence

Blue, white, and red candles at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, November 16, 2015.

Race & Ethnicity Dec 8, 2015 Snapshot

Europe's Dangerous Multiculturalism

The social policies in Belgium, France, and the United Kingdom aimed at fostering integration are all different. What they have in common, though, is that all have...

Kenan Malik

Members of the movement of Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) hold flags during a demonstration march in Dresden, January 25, 2015. The text on the placard reads "Stop multiculture. My homeland remains German!"

Brussels Attack Mar 23, 2016 Snapshot

ISIS' Next Target

ISIS' recent attacks in Brussels show that terrorists’ ability to strike at the heart of Europe remains apparently undiminished.

Robin Simcox

People gather at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Belgium attacks in Brussels, in Union Square in the Manhattan borough in New York, March 22, 2016.

Brussels Attack Mar 24, 2016 Snapshot

The French Connection

It turns out that the best predictor of foreign fighter radicalization was whether a country was Francophone

William McCants and Christopher Meserole

A French flag with the message 'Paris Brussels Solidarity' is displayed next to flowers with the colors of the Belgium flag in front of the Belgium embassy in Paris, France, March 23, 2016.

Paris Attack Apr 12, 2016 Response

The French Disconnection

McCants and Meserole’s indictment of “French political culture” negates the diversity of the Francophone world.

Olivier Decottignies

Members of the Muslim community in Belgium take part in a ceremony to commemorate the victims of last month's attacks on the city's Zaventem airport and the Maelbeek metro station, outside the station in Brussels, Belgium, April 9, 2016.

Terrorism & Counterterrorism Jul 26, 2016 Snapshot

The Myth of Lone-Wolf Terrorism

Europe has again been rocked by a series of shocking terrorist attacks perpetrated by lone individuals and claimed in the name of the Islamic State (ISIS).

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Nathaniel Barr

A man types on a keyboard in front of a computer screen on which an Islamic State flag is displayed, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 6, 2016.

Terrorism & Counterterrorism September/October 2016 Essay

Keeping Europe Safe

A wave of attacks has exposed deep flaws in continental Europe’s approach to counterterrorism, but also created a unique opportunity for Europe to reform its...

David Omand

French soldiers near the Eiffel Tower, Paris.

Terrorism & Counterterrorism Jan 19, 2017 Snapshot

German Inefficiency

Germany's intelligence-gathering system must be completely overhauled if the country is to be saved from the twin dangers of right-wing populism and jihadist terrorism.

Guido Steinberg

A German policeman stands in front of the Brandenburg Gate on New Year's Eve, 2016 .

From the Archives Mar 28, 2017 Snapshot

British Counterterrorism Policy After Westminster

In the wake of the Westminster attack, the U.K. government must prioritize addressing radicalization in prison and preventing the dissemination of extremist literature...

Robin Simcox

Floral tributes are attached to railings in Parliament Square following the attack in Westminster, central London, March 2017.

Politics & Society November/December 2016 Comment

Europe’s Populist Surge

The current populist surge in Europe may have been galvanized by recent threats to security and economic stability, but its true origins lie further back, in the...

Cas Mudde

To Viktor go the spoils: Orban at an Austria-Hungary soccer match, June 2016.

Politics & Society Feb 14, 2017 Letter From

Merkel's Last Stand

Much more is at stake in Germany's election campaign than initially meets the eye.

Paul Hockenos

German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, November 2015.

Politics & Society Mar 10, 2017 Snapshot

There Is No Alternative

The AfD has lost around one-third of its popular support since January. What explains the decline in support for Germany's right-wing populists?

Michael Bröning

AfD leader Frauke Petry posing with Heinz-Christian Strache, the head of the Austrian Freedom Party, on the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, June 2016.

Germany Mar 27, 2017 Snapshot

The Schulz Effect Faces Its First Test

With its new leader Martin Schulz, Germany’s center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) has received a surge in the polls, but is it enough to unseat Chancellor Angela...

Alexander Saeedy

Politics & Society Mar 28, 2017 Snapshot

The Future of Dutch Democracy

Populism will remain at the center of Dutch politics unless establishment parties address their constituents’ concerns in areas beyond the issues of immigration and...

Cas Mudde

Brexit November/December 2016 Essay

Salvaging Brexit

Brexit was driven by economic woes and misplaced fears, but the United Kingdom can still contain the damage and heal itself. Abroad, the government must push for...

Swati Dhingra

England expects: in Portsmouth, once a major shipbuilding port, November 2013.

Brexit Mar 29, 2017 Snapshot

Pulling the Trigger on Brexit

Today, the two-year Brexit clock began its countdown. Now that the British government has formally notified the European Council of its intention to leave the European...

Matthias Matthijs

Brexit May 15, 2017 Snapshot

Theresa May's Gamble

Theresa May is hoping that a Conservative Party win in the June snap election will free her from the right wing of her own party and allow her to make compromises with...

Andrew Gawthorpe

Best of 2016 November/December 2016 Interview

France’s Next Revolution?

A Conversation With Marine Le Pen

Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s National Front, talks to Foreign Affairs about the rise of populism across Europe, the threat of Islamic fundamentalism, and why she supports Donald Trump.

France Dec 16, 2016 Snapshot

Europe in Russia's Digital Cross Hairs

Russian-linked hackers may attempt to interfere in Germany and France's upcoming elections—and neither country is prepared for the consequences.

Thorsten Benner and Mirko Hohmann

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and French President Francois Hollande at the Kremlin, February 2015.

France May 7, 2017 Snapshot

Macron's Victory

Emmanuel Macron, the 39-year-old former economy minister who grew up as the son of two doctors in the provincial backwater of Amiens, will be the next president of...

Arthur Goldhammer

Austria Dec 9, 2016 Snapshot

Austria's Populist Puzzle

Radical right-wing populism has been more electorally successful in Austria than perhaps anywhere else in western Europe. What's behind its success?

Reinhard Heinisch

A worker passes presidential election campaign posters for Norbert Hofer and Alexander Van der Bellen in Vienna, September 2016.

Law & Institutions Sep 20, 2015 Snapshot

Europe's Hungary Problem

As Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has consolidated power and built an increasingly authoritarian regime, he has thumbed his nose at the European Union—and...

R. Daniel Kelemen

Politics & Society Jan 7, 2016 Snapshot

Europe's Autocracy Problem

Following the example of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz Party, Poland’s new government, led by the nationalist-populist Law and Justice party...

R. Daniel Kelemen and Mitchell A. Orenstein

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