NATO’s Ankara Summit is over and, as expected, the winner is Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Turkish host has a lot to be happy about.  First, the summit put on display his special relationship to Donald Tr...

Though Orban is gone, Putin can still count on some like-minded individuals in Central and Eastern Europe. However, they will seek to avoid open confrontation with EU institutions over Ukraine and the...

For all the efforts of European leaders to paper over frictions with Donald Trump, there has been no shortage of transatlantic drama over the past couple of weeks.  At the start of May, the Pentagon a...

Montenegro and Albania are frontrunners for EU enlargement in the Western Balkans, but they can’t just sit back and wait. To meet their 2030 accession ambitions, they must make a strong positive case.

Symbolism matters immensely. The Munich Security Conference (MSC) is a prime example to that effect, and Turkey proves the point.  It thinks of itself as a first-rate political player in Europe.  But ...

Europe isn’t as weak in the new geopolitics of power as many would believe. But to leverage its assets and claim a sphere of influence, Brussels must stop undercutting itself.

A checkpoint in Belarus provides a path from occupied territories back to Ukraine

“The paradox about the European Union’s position in the world is that it is both a giant and a dwarf.” Nearly two decades later, this verdict by Kishore Mahbubani still rings true. The Singaporean lum...

A review of the week with the latest news.

Every time I come to Spain I'm reminded of what a success story Europe is. https://t.co/tSB9NI1hlz

YouTube video by The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Bellingcat has identified 23 multi-storey housing complexes being built in occupied Mariupol and advertised for sale to Russian citizens.

The Western Balkans’ defense industry offers Europe a chance to strengthen its security. But to become net contributors, governments across the region must modernize their militaries, attract investme...

Russian foreign ministry’s maximalist demands for ending Ukraine war led US to scrap planned meeting

New measures from the United States and European Union confirm why Russian energy exports were always a double-edged sword.

The Western Balkans’ defense industry offers Europe a chance to strengthen its security. But to become net contributors, governments across the region must modernize their militaries, attract investme...

Moscow's Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports have temporarily suspended operations in response to the drone threat.

Belgium will give the nod for the Commission to put forward a legal proposal outlining the €140 billion Ukraine loan.

When it comes to Ukraine peace talks, it's still the same old game of smoke and mirrors

Now that Gaza is done and dusted,  Donald Trump appears to be getting ready to settle another war, Ukraine. But do not hold your breath. We are nowhere near a ceasefire, much less a peace. Rather, it ...