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Trump Is Right To Think Europe Is a Joke on Defense March 27, 2025

The language used by senior Trump officials to articulate their open contempt for their European allies may be puerile. But it does contain some important home truths that urgently need to be addressed if the UK and the rest of Europe are to have any...

Europe

America Should Keep the NATO Command Chair March 27, 2025

President Donald Trump wants a lasting peace in Europe after Russia’s war against Ukraine....

NATO

Trump Should Turn NATO Over to Europe March 27, 2025

Don’t insult the Europeans. Work with them to shift the military burden. ...

NATO

For JD Vance, Europe Really Is the Enemy March 26, 2025

No one who knows Donald Trump could have expected his second term in office to be a smooth ride for Europe. Even so, the extent to which the administration has set out to antagonize its longstanding allies on the other side of the Atlantic is astound...

European Union

Why Europe’s Far Right Can’t Be Tamed March 26, 2025

As a far-right tide sweeps across the Atlantic, European liberal democrats are searching for a strategy. Some believe that they should erect stronger firewalls by refusing to join coalitions that include the far right to prevent its leaders from gain...

Italy

Are Europe and the U.S. Headed for a Divorce? March 25, 2025

If the United States and Europe were a married couple, you would probably say they are headed for a divorce. Like that couple, the two long-time partners could resolve their differences and renew their vows. ...

United States

Europe’s Message to Moscow: We Will Keep Sanctions March 25, 2025

From the beginning of Russia’s invasion, the European Union has stood together with our American allies, providing military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine and imposing tough sanctions. Whatever the US now does, no reason exists to change course. ...

Russia

The Problem With Europe’s Half-Baked Rearmament March 25, 2025

Never underestimate Europe’s capacity to disappoint. Rearmament euphoria and the explosive catch-up rally in European industrial stocks over the last month have run ahead of hard fiscal facts. ...

European Union

The Reverse Nixon/Kissinger… Finally March 24, 2025

For nearly 13 years, well before the Maidan/Crimea crisis and even Trump’s initial run for President, this author has argued for a “Reverse Nixon” or “Reverse Kissinger” tilt to Russia to balance China.In light of the recent dust-up with Ukrainian Pr...

Why Europe Can’t Defend Itself March 24, 2025

Imagine a world in which western Europe was actually able to stick it to Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump simultaneously. ...

Europe

NATO

Europe’s War in Ukraine March 24, 2025

Relations between the United States and its European allies have proved tempestuous during the first two months of the second Trump administration. ...

Ukraine

U.S.-South Africa Diplomatic Crisis Provides an Opportunity for a New Beginning March 22, 2025

U.S.-South Africa relations sank to a new low last week after the South African ambassador to Washington, Ebrahim Rasool, accused the Trump administration of “supremacy” on four occasions during an online lecture on U.S. foreign policy to a South Afr...

South Africa

Trump administration

foreign policy

The Quid Pro Quo for Peace in Ukraine March 22, 2025

President Trump promises a rapprochement with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Before we dismiss this as a pipedream, we should understand the options that Trump has in dealing with President Putin. What will be the quid pro quo for peace in Ukraine...

Welcoming Europe’s Defense Industrial Renaissance March 22, 2025

Fearing a sustained threat from Russia and reduced military protection from the United States, several European nations led by Poland, Estonia, the United Kingdom, and Germany are boosting defense spending. The European Union is also making $163 bill...

military

European Union

Putin Has Shown He Does Not Want Peace March 22, 2025

The Russian president is the impediment to US proposals for a ceasefire. But Europe knows that this administration is unlikely to act accordingly...

Russia

NATO to Ask Europe and Canada for 30% Boost in Military Capacity March 21, 2025

Americas

Europe Launches Defense Push Amid Russia Threat, U.S. Worries March 20, 2025

Russia

Europe’s Fighting Talk Is No Substitute for Hard Power March 20, 2025

Instead of unconvincingly pumping out their chests, European leaders should engage with the Trump administration in constructive diplomacy with Russia. ...

United Kingdom

European Union

Ukraine

A New Western Alliance Is Already Taking Shape March 20, 2025

Britain, France and Germany are closing ranks to bolster Nato as the unreliable US president marches to his own drum...

Western Europe

Trump Must Consider a Stronger Lithuanian Partnership March 20, 2025

As a first-generation American of Lithuanian descent, I have a strong connection to this Baltic country. My parents fled Lithuania in 1985, then under Soviet control, and arrived in America in 1986 for a shot at the American dream.Like millions of fa...

A Quick Western Win Over Putin Is There March 19, 2025

As war in Ukraine rages, Bosnia and Herzegovina is a new frontier for Russia’s assault on Europe. Putin sees an opportunity to expose Europe as a paper tiger, incapable of resisting his advances. Europe should turn the tables now and expose the Kreml...

Trump Calls Canada to Action March 19, 2025

The U.S. is beating up on Canada.The friendship between the U.S. and Canada is historic but has fallen into an inexplicable confrontation. Bizarrely, President Trump has proposed that a fellow member of the powerful Group of Seven major economic powe...

canada

Donald Trump

economics

What Exactly Do Europe’s Leaders Want To Defend? March 18, 2025

They are playing war games but don't truly believe that Europe’s values are worth fighting for....

European Union

Trump Is Making Europe Great Again March 18, 2025

In his recent appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast, Elon Musk said: “Reality is an irony maximiser.” For anyone who wants to understand more about Musk’s role in the US administration and the objectives of his brainchild – the department of government...

Europe Is Going Full 1790s America March 18, 2025

Trump and Russia are pushing the EU toward a “Hamiltonian moment,” where common debt helps build greater federalism. ...

European Union