Europe
Russia‑Ukraine war is accelerating the dangerous race toward fully autonomous drones
Drones with autonomous functions reduce dependence on communications links and can escape attempts at jamming. But they come with huge ethical risks.
Middle East is the latest arena of political recalibration for Italy’s right‑wing but pragmatic Meloni
The Italian leader has positioned Italy as a geopolitical hinge between competing power centers. The Middle East has just given that strategy a new environment.
Revolving door at 10 Downing St. is weakening the special relationship between UK and US
The days of long-established relationships between the UK prime minister and the US president are long gone.
The antifa terrorism threat the Trump administration describes does not exist
Antifa is a scattered movement of local collectives that opposes fascism. It has no leader, command hierarchy, funding structure or record of deadly attacks.
The Dayton Peace Accords at 30: An ugly peace that has prevented a return to war over Bosnia
More than 100,000 people were killed in the Bosnian war. But the peace that ended it in 1995 sowed the seeds for ethnonationalism.
Meloni and Trump’s cooling relationship marks the failure of an EU‑MAGA middle ground
Italy’s right-wing leader was once seen as Trump’s main ally in Western Europe – but not so anymore.
Is a united European voice possible in the age of Trump, Putin and far‑right politics? Germany’s new leader intends to find out
Henry Kissinger once mused ‘Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?’ The question now might be, would Washington bother to dial if there were?