Europe Archive

Georgia’s contested elections may have been the last gasp for Tbilisi’s EU accession efforts. That’s a major victory for Russia.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres caught flak for meeting Vladimir Putin at this year’s BRICS summit. He would have if he didn’t, too.

The U.K.’s Labour government’s first budget since returning to power shows seriousness in terms of policy. But politically, it’s risky.

French President Emmanuel Macron is on a three-day state visit to Morocco, sealing a rapprochement between the two sides.

Japan’s long dominant party lost its majority for the first time in 15 years, while Georgia’s vote could set the country on course for crisis.

Brazil’s president doesn’t want BRICS to simply be a diplomatic tool for China and Russia. Last week’s summit was a victory on that front.

North Korea’s decision to send troops to aid Russia in the war in Ukraine underscores just how globalized the conflict has become.

A number of EU countries are interested in replicating Italy’s new migration agreement with Albania. They shouldn’t be.

BRICS members are unlikely to find consensus on countering the U.S.-led order, but the group can advance their shared interests.

Several EU member states have backtracked on LGBTQ+ rights in recent years. Brussels is doing little to stop them.

Russia wants to position the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as an alternative to the U.S.-led global order. The other members aren’t so keen.

Shifts in the EU’s priorities have put what were once considered peripheral states at the center of efforts to ensure the EU’s survival.

Despite progress in recent years, political intimidation is still creating a fraught media environment in Bulgaria, threatening its democratic credentials.

A year into the Israel-Hamas war, divisions among EU member states have left Brussels largely on the sidelines in efforts to bring the fighting to an end.

Facing a grim battlefield reality, Zelenskyy is holding a flurry of talks with European leaders as he seeks more support ahead of the U.S. election.

The ECJ’s ruling against Apple has implications for a whole host of wider issues, from Ireland’s economy to EU integration.

The EU’s willingness to take so many risks by imposing tariffs on Chinese EVs highlights the broader shift in how the West is approaching global trade.