List of Belgium articles
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JUNE 26: An Iraqi woman uses a mobile phone on June 26, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq. The war-damaged aging landline telephone infrastructure means Iraqis are increasingly more dependent on mobile phones in daily life and business. (Photo by Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images) Could a Toll-Free Number Have Saved Brussels?
All the surveillance and intelligence gathering in the world won’t matter if you can’t stop people from becoming terrorists in the first place.
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TOPSHOT - Passengers evacuate the Brussels Airport, in Zaventem, on March 22, 2016, after a string of explosions rocked Brussels airport and a city metro station, killing at least 26 people in apparently coordinated attacks, officials said. European countries on Tuesday vowed to defend democracy against terrorism after blasts at Brussels airport and in the EU's institutional heart left at least 26 dead and dozens injured. / AFP / BELGA / DIRK WAEM / Belgium OUT (Photo credit should read ) The Islamic State’s Lone-Wolf Era Is Over
Small-scale attacks by homegrown radicals are out. Complex plots to maximize carnage are in.
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Soldiers stand guard in front of the central train station on November 22, 2015 in Brussels, as the Belgian capital remained on the highest security alert level over fears of a Paris-style attack. / AFP / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) Monsters of Our Own Imaginings
Responding to the attacks in Brussels by raising threat levels, issuing travel advisories, and airing melodramatic news coverage makes the Islamic State far more dangerous than it really is.
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Belgian police officers stand guard at the Grand Place in Brussels on March 23, 2016, a day after blasts hit the Belgian capital. World leaders united in condemning the carnage in Brussels and vowed to combat terrorism, after Islamic State bombers killed 31 people in a strike at the symbolic heart of the EU. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD (Photo credit should read ) Time for a New Tack on Terror in Europe
How to fix what ails our allies' terror policies.
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Soldiers stand guard in front of the central train station on November 22, 2015 in Brussels, as the Belgian capital remained on the highest security alert level over fears of a Paris-style attack. AFP PHOTO / Emmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) A Brief History of a Broken Country
Welcome to Belgium, where Francophones and Flemings ignore each other, the King needs two names, and anyone can slip through the cracks — because no one calls it home.
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GettyImages-516967184crop Who Is the Man in the White Jacket?
A mysterious figure at the center of the Brussels bombings points to a larger network linking the attack in Belgium with November's slaughter in Paris.
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People gather around candles, floral tributes, notes and Belgian flags during a wake of Brussels Airport employees on Martch 23, 2016 in Zaventem, a day after triple bomb attacks at the Brussels airport and at a subway train station killed 31 people and wounded more than 200. World leaders united in condemning the carnage in Brussels and vowed to combat terrorism, after Islamic State bombers attacked the symbolic heart of the EU. / AFP / BELGA AND Belga / YORICK JANSENS / Belgium OUT (Photo credit should read YORICK JANSENS/AFP/Getty Images) We Stand With Belgium, but It’s Their Own Fault
Messages of support have been overshadowed in some cases by messages of blame for the attacks in Brussels.
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GettyImages-517059512 After Brussels, U.S. State Department Hits Europe Where It Hurts: Its Economy
The State Department's travel warning could mean Europe's $780 billion tourism industry could take a severe hit.
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People gather to pay tribute to the victims of the Brussels attacks on the Place de la Bourse in central Brussels, on March 23, 2016, a day after the triple blasts killed some 30 people and left around 250 injured. World leaders united in condemning the carnage in Brussels and vowed to combat terrorism, after Islamic State bombers attacked the symbolic heart of the EU. / AFP / Belga / AURORE BELOT / Belgium OUT (Photo credit should read AURORE BELOT/AFP/Getty Images) Live-Blog Day 2: Tracking the Fallout of the Brussels Attacks
Foreign Policy is tracking the second day of breaking news out of Brussels.
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WAREGEM , BELGIUM - MARCH 26: (BELGIUM OUT , FRANCE OUT , NETHERLANDS OUT) President of the United States Barack Obama pays his respects during a visit to the Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial on March 26, 2014 in Waregem, Belgium. During his visit to the cemetery, Barack Obama paid tribute to the American soldiers who lost their lives during the First World War. The US President is also attending meetings with the European Union's top officials at the European Summit to discuss energy resources, climate change and the situatuion in Ukraine. (Picture by ) What the Obama Administration Must Learn from Brussels
President Obama need look no further than his own advisers for guidance on how to defeat the Islamic State.
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GettyImages-497237904brusselscrop The Rotten Heart of Europe
The rampant dysfunction in Belgium puts us all in danger.
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GettyImages-516973364crop In Brussels Attacks, Chronicle of a Disaster Foretold
Belgian spies said attacks were coming, but overwhelmed security forces were powerless to prevent terrorists from killing 31 and wounding hundreds more.
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ORLANDO, FL - MARCH 05: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the CFE Arena during a campaign stop on the campus of the University of Central Florida on March 5, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. Primary voters head to the polls on March 15th in Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The Brussels Bombings Highlight Just How Wrong Trump Is About NATO
The United States is lucky to have strong friends and partners in Europe. And now’s not the time to talk about weakening this alliance of democracies.
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GettyImages-72574558 The U.S. and Cuba Provide an Excuse to Watch Sports at Work
For the first time in 17 years, a Major League Baseball team plays a game in Cuba Tuesday.
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GettyImages-516940408crop Brussels Attacks: Authorities Try to Keep Cell Network Up Under Strain
Belgian police have in recent days made progress in tracking terrorists' telephonic metadata.
