Europe

A possible two-front war in the Middle East will have knock-on effects for Europe.

The rationale for forcing Ukraine to stop fighting keeps changing with the facts on the ground.

Test yourself on the week of Sept. 30: Slovakia votes, the EU announces an aid package, and police crack down in Iran.

With global prices on the rise, here are some ways to fix the system.

Brussels’s continued balking over new members only plays into Russian hands.

Drones made the president’s son-in-law a household name. His techno-nationalism and popular appeal could make him the country’s next leader.

The attacks hinder Russian warfighting, but Ukrainian leaders probably seek a more strategic impact.

The challenges of holding a vote in wartime are both small and big—and often unexpected.

Claims about the territory’s spiritual status have been revealed to be fiction.

A German politician’s ties to a Chinese influence network are part of a pattern across Central and Eastern Europe.

If U.S. military aid falls short, more Ukrainians will die, officials in Kyiv say.

Bavaria is Germany’s stereotypical idyll—and now a herald of its future turmoil.

Thirty-three years after reunification, the country’s wounds are rawer than many would like to admit.

A new book argues countries are de-globalizing yet again. But was there ever such a thing as globalism to begin with?

Mustafa Nayyem fights to rebuild Ukraine.

Washington and Moscow care a lot about some post-Soviet conflicts—but are largely ignoring others.

Geopolitical provocateurs can cause serious diplomatic headaches.

Data and accountability mechanisms can encourage states to avoid their worst impulses.

Brussels must take harsher measures against ruling parties in Budapest and Warsaw if it’s serious about upholding democratic norms.

Moscow’s deal with Pyongyang for more artillery rounds will fill Russian gaps—but likely not turn the tables in Ukraine.

Ukrainians differ on what would keep their nation safe from Russia.

Running for reelection, the Polish government is flailing in every direction to keep its populist credibility.

As the country’s water reserves run low, tensions are running high.

Conservationists face off against farmers in a familiar man-versus-nature conflict.

Adam Tooze answers listener questions about inflation.

Trudeau’s accusations suggest New Delhi’s intelligence operatives could lead it down a dark path.

Warsaw’s strategic role in Europe is too important for Washington to ignore.

The ethical calculations are less clear than you might think.

He’s not the same as the old boss.

Ahead of a presidential election, debate in Buenos Aires reveals the mounting challenges of multi-alignment.

How the European Commission president has prepared for a possible second term.

Robert Fico is anti-Europe, pro-Russia, and could take back his seat as prime minister in this month’s snap elections. 

Both nations are championed by Washington but under threat from revanchism.

Beijing’s global maritime operations double as intelligence-gathering outposts.

Ukraine’s president made an impassioned plea at the opening of the U.N. General Assembly to bring wrongdoers—such as Russia—to justice.

U.S. military support for Kyiv continues, but political resistance means no long-range fire.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has left Moscow insecure elsewhere.

Increasingly, poor countries are saying to the rich that your priorities won’t mean more to us until ours mean much more to you.

The Europeans have far more to lose than the United States from curbing ties.

The EU is still trying to rekindle the nuclear deal—for now.

Orban just wants the Swedes to kiss the ring. Turkey might still be a problem.

Russian disinformation has bewitched the far right and the far left.

Their recent summit showcased just how transactional the Russia-North Korea relationship has become.

All eyes were on Erdogan, but now Orban has found an excuse to be outraged and delay ratification.

As another multilateral forum issued a watered-down statement, Russia and North Korea met to deepen military ties.

Force won’t get to the root of the country’s crisis. But smart monetary policy will.

Elected officials, not electorates, are the primary barrier to redistributive policies that would benefit the world’s poorest countries.

A deeply flawed document violates basic human rights.

There is no alternative to slowly and methodically reducing Russian forces in Ukraine.

The region’s four major countries have all forfeited Washington’s trust.

An espionage case involving a parliamentary aide comes at a bad time for the Conservative Party.

Pyongyang has given up on normalizing relations with Washington.

Foreign Policy's Fall 2023 Issue: Multilateralism is at a dead end, but powerful blocs are getting things done.

How the United States can rejuvenate the global institutions it created.

The bond has been decades in the making, but Russia’s war in Ukraine has tightened their embrace.

But the bloc’s future could look very different from its past.

India will tout the meeting as a victory, but the bloc remains deeply divided.

Russia needs weapons for Ukraine. North Korea is looking for a quid pro quo.

The United States’ and Canada’s chief cyberdefenders talk adversaries and AI.

The world’s largest ship-owning nation is profiting from the sale of aging vessels, while enabling Moscow’s sanctions evasion.

Conformism and acquiescence have a long tradition in a culture of chaos and repression.

Moscow’s regular spies have been expelled. Their kill squads are still active.

His foundation is shifting away from Europe, while his own approach to China has hardened.

Princeton University’s G. John Ikenberry on alliances and the new world order.

Putin’s weaponry runs on advanced electronic components obtained from a hidden international market.

Erdogan’s economic gambles created an inflation mess. Can his U-turn fix what’s broken? 

Armenia turns toward West after accusing Russia of failing as a partner.

It’s time for Washington to see through the Kremlin’s mind games.

The Wagner chief broke the deal struck with Putin for his survival.

The Turkish leader is in a weak position to dictate the terms of what the new normal with Syria will be.

His foundation’s recalibration to the global south reflects the failure of democracy promotion on the continent.

For money or out of conviction, some Ukrainians are helping Russia kill their compatriots.

The Kremlin has taken indoctrination and historical falsification to a new level.

Attempts to build a left-wing occultism are fundamentally unserious.

Born just ahead of the horrors of the Nazi regime, the airport now offers a safe haven to refugees and everyday Germans.

Western companies’ assets are under threat.

A reform that experts see as central to achieving Berlin’s climate goals could also catapult the far right into power.

The last international agreement on digital crime was in 2001. Why are experts so worried about this one?

Paris is complicit in the lack of social and democratic progress that prompted the coup.

Russia’s war and China’s rise are turning a talking shop into a fledgling alliance of democracies.

The bloc’s new members include countries New Delhi is keen to expand ties with.

Why Europe’s biggest economy won’t make the switch to paying with cards.

New additions to the bloc from Africa are linked by their opposition to a Western-dominated financial system.

But it is a warning shot for the West to end its strategic slumber in the global south.

From wheelchair accessibility to better tea, the national railway service aims not just to keep trains running but to improve.

A diplomatic deadlock over a 50-year-old pipeline agreement is wreaking havoc in the region—and beyond.

Germany’s chancellor represents—for better or worse—the future of progressive politics.

Moscow relishes being a player in Africa, but committing to another foreign war wouldn’t serve its interests.

The idea that a deal with Moscow will bring peace in Ukraine is based on very flimsy assumptions.

In death, Yevgeny Prigozhin got a taste of his own messaging medicine.

The infamous Russian mercenary group finds itself without a leader, but still with a mission.

Interpretations of the Wagner saga are more imaginative than analytical.

The Wagner chief’s death in a plane crash was confirmed by Russia’s aviation agency.

The successful lunar mission, coming on the heels of Russian failure, could accelerate a long-running space race.

Kyiv is determined to destroy a major supply line into occupied Crimea.

The refusal to gather data on race and ethnicity is exacerbating inequality, increasing social segregation, and preventing badly needed reforms.

In Belarus, Georgia, and Moldova, the Kremlin is waging a quiet war to consolidate its hegemony.

Britain’s prime minister promised serious economic leadership—and is getting punished for failing to deliver.

Rhetoric about “European civilization” clashes with anti-colonial ideals.

The British writer aimed to be the liberal intellectual of his generation—and ended up a victim of his own repressed dogmas.