Emmanuel Macron’s fleeting win
The establishment is pleased that Le Pen fell but a major upset is still coming
Europe
Monday
Tuesday
Marine Le Pen takes on the king of Europe
The French election is down to her and Macron, with high stakes for the rest of the world
Wednesday
Is France set for another Le Pen-Macron showdown?
The incumbent’s victory is not yet in the bag
Tuesday
Don’t blame the West for its Ukraine hesitance
They’re trying to avoid a war, which is why they view a Ukrainian security guarantee skeptically
Monday
How many refugees can Eastern Europe take?
The Ukraine crisis could lead to a long-term change in the fabric of these societies
Hungary’s Orbán remains a thorn in everyone’s side
The prime minister loves to play the victim even as he wins another big election
Saturday
No more dithering over Ukraine
Help Ukraine win while ensuring NATO forces do not fight the Russians
Biden’s Warsaw speech was both baffling and moving
He ended by saying that Putin ‘cannot remain in power’
Thursday
The last American tourist
How does it feel to be an American tourist in such a tourist-free world?
Wednesday
How will the battlefield stalemate end in Ukraine?
The big fool here is Putin
Friday
Why the Ukraine war might not end
War never conforms to our desire for the good guys to defeat the bad guys
Thursday
Angela Merkel’s legacy crumbles
She left Germany toothless and dependent on Russia
Friday
Peace and its consequences in Ukraine
The Second Cold War that the Western world never wanted is already here
Ukraine and the war for your mind
The conflict on the ground isn’t the only one — there’s plenty of propaganda afoot too
Tuesday
Time for Europe to man up
Vladimir Putin has no respect for Davos Man
Friday
Ukraine won’t join the European Union any time soon
Joining the bloc is a long and tedious process unlikely to be fast-tracked
Wednesday
The Ukraine invasion is nothing compared to Iraq
Or Iran or Afghanistan or…
Is Europe a continent? Does it matter?
The ‘continent’ is a lot more than what Nikole Hannah-Jones considers a racist ‘dog whistle’
Tuesday
Putin is making the EU great again
Achieving the impossible: perhaps there’s a silver lining to this awful mess
Even Hungary has soured on Vladimir Putin
Amid the invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s Eastern European ‘allies’ are recoiling