The US remains more interested in a patrimonialist governance model than in liberal democracy. It is getting closer to the Global South and moving away from the Old Continent. The Doha Forum is the conference organized by Qatar every December, a different ...

As President Trump tries to coerce European leaders over Greenland, they are pondering the unthinkable: Is an 80-year-old alliance doomed?

Tension is high as the World Economic Forum in Davos opens and President Trump threatens Europe over Greenland.

Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela and Greenland threats have prompted some to write off global justice as a fairytale. That is too pessimistic. Europe can help salvage some international norms, particularly if the continent muscles up.

Needing U.S. support to fend off Russia in Ukraine, European leaders have been cautious about criticizing President Trump on Greenland, Iran, Venezuela and much else.

The gloomy story of Europe’s economic struggles is easily told. A model based on American protection, Chinese demand, Russian energy and rules-based globalisation cannot thrive in a world where America looks inwards, China becomes a competitor, Russia a ...

“We are the free world now.” Those words from Raphael Glucksmann, a French socialist member of the European Parliament, captured the pearl-clutching outrage of Europeans after the Trump administration did what no prior administration has ever done ...

Patterns and strategy in current U.S. foreign policy are hard to discern given President Donald Trump’s personalistic, mercurial, and transactional style. But almost a year since the elections, the contours of the new U.S. grand strategy are crystallizing.

Europe enters 2026 squeezed from all directions. It needs to find the money to rebuild its military strength in the face of an increasingly hostile Russia, while expanding its support to Ukraine as America backs away. It must find a way to revive economic ...