Europe

Trump and Putin at G20

Summitgate and the Campaign vs. ‘Peace’ Summitgate and the Campaign vs. ‘Peace’

Not surprisingly, Trump’s meetings with NATO and Putin are being portrayed as ominous events by Russiagaters.

Jul 11, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Marines at a NATO Exercise in Lithuania

What Trump’s Critics Are Missing About the NATO Summit What Trump’s Critics Are Missing About the NATO Summit

His nutty antics, as usual, dominate the headlines—while very little is being said about the alliance’s actual role in the world.

Jul 11, 2018 / Michael T. Klare

Protest Against Islamophobia in France

What a Foiled Plot to Execute Muslims Reveals About Islamophobia in France What a Foiled Plot to Execute Muslims Reveals About Islamophobia in France

The planned attack faded from the news, but media narratives of Islam’s incompatibility with the Republic remain.

Jul 10, 2018 / Karina Piser

The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire

The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire The New Worlds of Aimé Césaire

The radical vision of the Martinique poet and politician.

Jul 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David B. Hobbs

Australia refugees

Australia’s Brutal Refugee Policy Is Inspiring the Far Right in the EU and Beyond Australia’s Brutal Refugee Policy Is Inspiring the Far Right in the EU and Beyond

In an age of refugee demonization, Australia was well ahead of the curve.

Jun 29, 2018 / Antony Loewenstein

Trump Putin G20

Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit? Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit?

If it actually occurs, never in the 75-year history of such US-Russian meetings will an American president have had so much opposition and so little support at home.

Jun 27, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Merkle Seehofer

Merkeldämmerung: The Transatlantic Right Has Germany’s Chancellor in Its Sights Merkeldämmerung: The Transatlantic Right Has Germany’s Chancellor in Its Sights

Angela Merkel’s hard-right opponents have a powerful ally in the Trump administration, which apparently sees itself as headquarters of a xenophobic, right-wing International.

Jun 22, 2018 / Paul Hockenos

Angela Merkel stares down Trump G-7

Donald Trump’s Trade Wars Could Lead to the Next Great Depression Donald Trump’s Trade Wars Could Lead to the Next Great Depression

And we’ll be the ones who pay the price.

Jun 21, 2018 / Nomi Prins

Red Square in Moscow

Russiagate’s ‘Core Narrative’ Has Always Lacked Actual Evidence Russiagate’s ‘Core Narrative’ Has Always Lacked Actual Evidence

The unprecedented allegation that the Kremlin “attacked America” and “colluded” with its president in order to elect him is based on two documents devoid of facts or logic.

Jun 20, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

‘The Menace Is Inequality’: A Conversation With Podemos’s Pablo Iglesias

‘The Menace Is Inequality’: A Conversation With Podemos’s Pablo Iglesias ‘The Menace Is Inequality’: A Conversation With Podemos’s Pablo Iglesias

The general secretary of Spain’s leading leftist party discusses how to confront global capitalism.

Jun 20, 2018 / Q&A / Winnie Wong

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