Is the Patriarch Catholic?
Is the millennium-old schism between Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy close to healing?
Can Germany Arrest Bashar Assad?
A door may be opening to indict the Syrian dictator for war crimes.
Biden’s March to the Sea
Somebody had Georgia on his mind.
Eastern Europe Sticks It to Brussels
Europe’s consensus politics paralyze the EU once again. And some are getting fed up with it.
Philippines Deluged With Back-to-Back Typhoons
Weather disasters of biblical proportions make metro Manila look like Venice.
Nagorno-Karabakh Is Back in the USSR
The Russian bear is out of hibernation.
Macron Wants an EU Interior Ministry
France is not letting its terrorist crisis go to waste.
New Report Condemns Labour Party for Anti-Semitism
But does the report go far enough?
Kosovar President Indicted for War Crimes
A day of reckoning has come—but for which country?
Polish Protesters Attack the Catholic Church
Leftist activists versus the Vatican—who will win?
Is Civil War Coming to Ethiopia?
Military intervention in a rebel region might bring Ethiopia to ‘state collapse.’
Viennese Terrorist Attack Rocks Europe
Will a common foe serve as a catalyst to unite Europe?
Jihadist Decapitation in a French Church
How long can the French endure terrorist attacks before they snap?
UN (Sort of) Outlaws Nuclear Weapons
Will a newly ratified treaty really lead to the ‘total elimination of nuclear weapons’?
Croatian Police Systematically Torturing Migrants
World War II echoes in the Balkans
Muslim World Bites Back at French President’s Comments
And they’re biting with venom.
Macron vs. Radical Islam
Another terror attack puts France in an ‘existential battle.’
U.S. Arrests Mexican Ex-Defense Chief on Drug Charges
The arrest of Mexico’s drug ‘godfather’ makes U.S.-Mexican relations even more complicated.
China Wants Germany
How Germany fits into China’s grand strategy—and vice versa
Has Putin’s Hour Come?
Crises in the former Soviet world could give Vladimir Putin the opportunity of a lifetime.
Yet Another Charlie Hebdo Attack in Paris
As old societal problems resurface, what will France’s response be?
Will Trump’s Peace Deals Bring Hamas and Fatah Together?
Relations between Israel and the Gulf Arabs are warming—to the ire of the Palestinians.
Japan and India Synchronize Their Militaries
Two Asian giants sign deal to join forces.
U.S. President Brokers Deal Between Serbia and Kosovo
The latest example of Washington’s pivot to Eastern Europe
