EU’s Pakistan policy must come off autopilot
When EU leaders hold their first ever summit with Pakistan on 17 June, they will meet leaders of a country at a critical juncture. After two months of warfare, the government in Islamabad has regained...
View ArticleCan Afghans still count on the EU?
When EU foreign ministers meet in Stockholm this week, they are likely to focus on how to deal with the immediate fall-out from the contested result of the presidential election in Afghanistan. But...
View ArticleRussia factor at NATO summit
The elephant in the room at this week’s NATO summit will be Russia. Deterrence options on the table in Warsaw, including the presence of NATO forces in Eastern Europe, are attempts to respond to the...
View ArticleNATO survival will depend on Germany
The United States will meet its commitments in Europe but NATO’s European members have to step up on their defense spending — that’s the message U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis will try to hammer...
View ArticleCatalonia: None of Europe’s business
SANTANDER, Spain — I have a great deal of respect for Richard Youngs’ insightful writing, especially as Europe-minded Brits are becoming increasingly rare these days. But his recent article, “EU needs...
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Why Europe needs US-style primaries
As Berlin struggles to make sense of the outcome of its September election, the Continent’s capitals — not least Paris — are looking ahead to the next big deadline: the European election in June 2019....
View ArticlePutin routinely steps over NATO’s red lines
I consider Dmitri Trenin not only one of the foremost Russian strategic thinkers but also a mentor and a friend. Yet his piece “Fears of World War III are overblown” (July 20) is loaded with short-cuts...
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Pedaling the European dream
SANTANDER, Spain — My decision to cycle along the old Santiago de Compostela route — which runs 700 kilometers from southern France to northern Spain — this summer struck most of my colleagues and...
View ArticleCyber warfare — call it what it is
In “Don’t call it warfare. West grapples with response to Ukraine cyber aggressions” (January 18), Laurens Cerulus reports that cyberattacks should be treated as anything but acts of war. However,...
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A Harris presidency could be a reset for Ukraine
Fabrice Pothier is the CEO of Rasmussen Global. “Kamala Harris, the U.S. presidential candidate” seems to have shut down many of the reservations that her Democratic Party and plenty of observers had...
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