Richard Palmer

This weekend’s election results are the early tremors of a far larger political earthquake.

Chancellor Merkel wants the EU to break its own law, another sign that the migrant crisis is transforming Europe.

How America is disappearing from the world scene

Germans should look closely at how immigration has changed their neighbor to the north.

America’s infrastructure and military have a catastrophic vulnerability—well known for decades, yet not dealt with.

Muslim migrants are flooding Germany with problems. German leaders want to cover it up; German citizens want different leaders

Could the Catholic Church broker a deal between Russia and Europe?

After 500 years, the pope aims to end the biggest split in Christendom—a development that would radically expand the prestige and reach of the Catholic Church.

Dependence on satellite technology has turned Star Wars into strategic reality.

How a banking crisis in Italy could reverberate around the world

Russian mind games with nuclear weapons mean that NATO has to step it up, write top German think tanks.

One of Germany’s most senior statesmen has ended years of political silence to warn the German chancellor that she must get a grip on the immigration crisis—and do it soon.

How Europe’s immigration crisis has forced Sweden to rethink its welcome

2015 was a tough year for Europe. After two terrorist attacks and a flood of migrants, the Continent is now motivated by fear of radical Islam.

How the mass sexual assault of hundreds of women will revolutionize Europe

Europe’s prestigious Charlemagne Prize for promoting unity goes to the pope—an important sign of what’s to come.

A political earthquake is sweeping across southern Europe. Italy’s banking system is on the brink of collapse. A Europe-wide revolt against Germany is brewing. Can the euro survive 2016?

How Europe’s next crisis could come from what used to be Yugoslavia

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