Europe

Muller in June, 2017

The Fictitious ‘Russian Attack’ vs. the Real Imperative to ‘Cooperate With Russia’ The Fictitious ‘Russian Attack’ vs. the Real Imperative to ‘Cooperate With Russia’

The Kremlin did not “attack America” in 2016, but the myth could lead to war between the nuclear superpowers.

Apr 3, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

The Travails of Emmanuel Macron

The Travails of Emmanuel Macron The Travails of Emmanuel Macron

A new book equates the French president's rise to a revolution. For much of France’s working and middle classes, it has been nothing short of a disaster.

Apr 1, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Cole Stangler

Jean Luc Mélenchon

France Unbowed Tries to Rediscover Its Populist Magic France Unbowed Tries to Rediscover Its Populist Magic

The left populist party is still looking for its place in a national debate often dominated by Emmanuel Macron and the far right. Will European elections provide a spark?

Mar 29, 2019 / Cole Stangler

Truman signs the North Atlantic Treat in 1949

NATO Turns 70 NATO Turns 70

Next week, Washington will throw the military alliance a birthday party. How much is there to celebrate?

Mar 28, 2019 / Editorial / James Carden

Rachel Maddow

The Real Costs of Russiagate The Real Costs of Russiagate

Its perpetrators, not Putin or Trump, “attacked American democracy.”

Mar 27, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Berlin Gentrification

Berlin’s Radical Housing Activists Aren’t Afraid of Expropriations Berlin’s Radical Housing Activists Aren’t Afraid of Expropriations

Germany’s hippest city is debating whether to seize 200,000 homes from landlords and turn them into social housing.

Mar 27, 2019 / Cities Rising / Lukas Hermsmeier

Iraq US Coalition Airstrike

It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War

We need space for real dissent from the views of a foreign policy establishment that has so clearly failed us.

Mar 26, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Mike Pompeo

Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court? Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court?

Mike Pompeo’s diplomatic sanctions against war-crimes investigators are consistent with Trump’s “America first” worldview.

Mar 21, 2019 / Nicholas Mulder

Europe’s Twin Specters of Fear

Europe’s Twin Specters of Fear Europe’s Twin Specters of Fear

Paul Hanebrink’s new book tracks the entwined history of European anti-Semitism and anticommunism.

Mar 21, 2019 / Books & the Arts / James Chappel

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Brexit Has Made the UK a Laughingstock Brexit Has Made the UK a Laughingstock

The British political class is in crisis.

Mar 21, 2019 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge

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