Pensioners walk in the Alameda del Tajo park in Ronda, Spain, in December 2024. Aging populations are a growing burden on Europe's welfare states. Europe’s generous welfare states are coming under ...

You are on your own. That is essentially the lesson many US allies have taken from the events of the last few weeks, after President Donald Trump and his administration expressed unwillingness to ...

In a speech in Munich in February, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris affirmed that Washington’s commitment to its NATO allies is “ironclad.” Now the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris is largely ...

Europe’s increased defense spending may please the US and enrich its defense industry, but it risks militarization without genuine autonomy, reinforcing transatlantic dependence rather than fostering ...

Germany and Europe need both diplomatic efforts vis-à-vis Russia and a credible deterrence as they transform the old continent into a regional and global power. Those in Germany advocating for a peace ...

The tit-for-tat trade escalation between the United States and China has dominated news cycles. In the backdrop of rising U.S.-China tensions is another—and potentially just as profound—change ...

Over the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency, it has become increasingly clear to European leaders that remaining reliant on the United States to underwrite the continent’s security would be a ...

I have citizenship in the US and also Poland and Portugal. My kids have traveled to Europe many times and we recently spent a month living there. Kids are out later with their families and many ...