Europe’s Relationship With Iran Has Never Been Worse
In a debate last week European parliamentarians from across the political spectrum ripped into EU foreign minister Joseph Borrell’s Iran policy. They accused Borrell of...
India’s Tale of Two Diasporas
As leaders of some of the most influential countries descended in New Delhi to participate in the G-20 summit last week, a leading politician of...
Germany Is Hopelessly Addicted to Cash
In the German city of Weimar, just a few steps from Enlightenment-era literary luminary Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s baroque residence, the Lavazza cafe seems determined to...
Rishi Sunak Isn’t a Good Enough Technocrat
On a leisurely recent afternoon on the cobbled market street in Castle Cary, a small town in the British countryside of South Somerset, there were...
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Survival Is Now in Question
In mid-June, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and hailed it as a “new era” in the two countries’ relationship....
NATO Has Its Sights Set on Asia
Among those who convened this month in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the yearly NATO summit were the non-NATO members Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand....
Lukashenko Won the Putin-Prigozhin Fight
There was an atmosphere of nervous excitement in the offices of the Belarusian opposition in Vilnius and Warsaw late June as Wagner Group leader Yevgeny...
Ukraine Could Be the Next West Germany
NATO’s annual summit has especially high stakes this year. As officials from North America and Europe gather in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius this week,...
The Putin-Prigozhin Fight Now Has a Syrian Battlefield
As Yevgeny Prigozhin marched on Moscow, the Kremlin was also concerned about stopping the mutiny from spreading across the vast foreign empire that his private...
‘Strategic Autonomy’ Is a French Pipe Dream
In April, French President Emmanuel Macron sparked a controversy when he warned Europe against being drawn into a conflict between the United States and China...