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Macron and Merkel at the NATO Summit in Brussels, July 2018.

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Broken Europe

Europe's structural contradictions mean it will never succeed.

Helen Thompson

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EU Dec 10, 2018 Snapshot

Broken Europe

Europe's structural contradictions mean it will never succeed.

Helen Thompson

Europe Nov 2, 2018 Snapshot

Angela Merkel’s Vision Problem

Angela Merkel's recent announcement that she will hand over the leadership of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) this December, and refrain from seeking another term...

Yascha Mounk

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a session at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, October 17, 2018

Security Oct 17, 2018 Snapshot

Is Going It Alone the Best Way Forward for Europe?

With U.S. untethering a continuing trend, a Europe whole, free, and at peace means a Europe able to fend for itself on the world stage

Benjamin Haddad and Alina Polyakova

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a press conference after their meeting at the German government guesthouse Meseberg Palace in Meseberg, Germany, June 2018.

Trump Administration Oct 10, 2018 Snapshot

The EU Can’t Avoid U.S. Sanctions on Iran

U.S. sanctions on Iran are pushing the world to undercut U.S. power.

Elizabeth Rosenberg

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini address a news conference at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria, January 2016.

Refugees & Migration Oct 5, 2018 Snapshot

How Europe Can Reform Its Migration Policy

Three years since the start of the European refugee crisis, the continent’s politics are still convulsed by disagreements over migration.

Alexander Betts and Paul Collier

EU Sep 5, 2018 Snapshot

Europe Is Making Its Migration Problem Worse

European development aid is unlikely to stem the flow of people crossing the Mediterranean. Instead, it will deepen authoritarian patterns of governance across North...

Loren B. Landau, Caroline Wanjiku Kihato and Hannah Postel

Europe Aug 31, 2018 Snapshot

Europe's Quest for Financial Independence

Brussels Will Find it Hard to Defy Washington—But It Has to Try

Thorsten Benner

Macron and Merkel in Brussels, July 2018.

Politics & Society September/October 2018 Essay

Against Identity Politics

Democratic societies are fracturing into segments based on ever-narrower identities, threatening the possibility of deliberation and collective action by society as a...

Francis Fukuyama

Law & Institutions September/October 2018 Comment

Regulate to Liberate

In an world increasingly driven by the ability of private companies and governments to collect vast amounts of personal data online, the European Union's ambitious new...

Helen Dixon

Mark Zuckerberg arrives to answer questions at the European Parliament in Brussels, May 2018

NATO Jul 30, 2018 Snapshot

How to Save the U.S.-Turkey Relationship

The U.S.-Turkey relationship is reaching an inflection point. Erdogan has not responded to a year of painstaking U.S. diplomatic efforts to resolve differences between...

Amanda Sloat

Trump and Erdogan meet during the UN General Assembly in New York, September 2017

Labor Jul 24, 2018 Snapshot

Macron's Reformist Victory

French President Emmanuel Macron's willingness to push through reforms of the state owned railways in the face of strikes led by the railway workers' unions this...

Sophie Pedder

Employees of the French state-owned railway company at a demonstration in Paris in May 2018

Trump Administration Jul 17, 2018 Snapshot

Europe in the New Era of Great Power Competition

Europe is no longer immune from great power competition. It needs to reform to survive.

Alina Polyakova and Benjamin Haddad

Leaders at the NATO summit in Brussels, July 2018.

NATO Jul 9, 2018 Snapshot

NATO in the Age of Trump

NATO is still capable of moving forward even when without U.S. leadership, but there are limits to what it can achieve.

Julianne Smith and Jim Townsend

The new NATO headquarters building is pictured in Brussels, Belgium, May 2018.

Trump Administration Jun 12, 2018 Snapshot

What "America First" Will Cost Europe

The problem for Europe is not an American campaign to empower European populists; it is that the United States no longer sees the value in having a strategic vision...

Jeremy Shapiro

Trump Administration May 15, 2018 Snapshot

Why Trump Can Safely Ignore Europe

The real question is not whether Europeans are pissed off but whether they will do anything in response to Trump’s actions. The answer is most likely no.

Jeremy Shapiro

EU May 14, 2018 Snapshot

How Choice Can Save Europe

The future of the EU needs to be built on an acknowledgment of the need for some differentiation across its member states—without losing sight of the broader common...

Catherine De Vries and Kathleen R. McNamara

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 2018.

Campaigns & Elections Feb 6, 2018 Snapshot

Muslim Voters and the European Left

The refugee crisis has highlighted a strategic problem for Europe's left: how to approach immigration and immigrant voters without driving away their working-class base.

Rafaela M. Dancygier

Demonstrators at a joint Christian-Muslim rally for peace in Bilbao, June 2017.

WMD & Proliferation Jan 16, 2018 Snapshot

Can Europe Save the Iran Deal?

There is no need for Europe to give in to Trump’s demands. It must encourage the United States to remain in the deal while readying itself for an alternate plan:...

Ali Vaez

Monetary Issues Jan 11, 2018 Snapshot

How the Eurozone Might Split

For reasons of both long-term sustainability and short-term politics, the euro is not out of the woods yet.

Mark Blyth and Simon Tilford

Euro coins on display in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 2015.

From the Archives Dec 18, 2017 Snapshot

How Europe's New Internet Laws Threaten Freedom of Expression

At every level, Europeans are moving to impose restrictions on the expression that Internet companies can permit on their platforms.

David Kaye

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

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