Center on the United States and Europe

Students raise their hands to ask a question to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her talk with students at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC119CD54670

Trump treats Germany like “America’s worst ally”

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, May 9, 2019

People cast their votes during Berlin state election, Germany, September 18, 2016. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives look set to suffer a second electoral blow in two weeks in a Berlin city vote on Sunday as voters are expected to express their unease with her refugee-friendly policy. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch - LR1EC9I0MBW00

Europe votes: Why the European Parliament elections matter

Ted Reinert and Thomas Wright

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

File photo of U.S. President Ronald Reagan (R) and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signing the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty at the White House, on December 8 1987. Reagan was elected as the 40th U.S. president in 1980. Former U.S. President Reagan's health is deteriorating and he could have only weeks to live, a U.S. source close to the situation said on June 4, 2004. Reagan, now 93, has long suffered from the brain-wasting Alzheimer's disease. The source said Reagan's condition had worsened in the past week. "The time is getting close," he said. REUTERS/Dennis Paquin/FILE DP/GN - RP5DRIDACHAA

With US-Russian arms control treaties on shaky ground, the future is worrying

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gestures after writing 'Good Luck!' on a pipe of the Nord Stream pipeline near Russian town of Vyborg, April 9, 2010. Medvedev took part in the ceremony on Friday to start building the pipeline, which was designed to help Russia increase its influence in EU gas markets from the current 25 percent to about a third. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS) - GM1E6491EYC01

Nord Stream 2: A failed test for EU unity and trans-Atlantic coordination

Giovanna De Maio

Monday, April 22, 2019

Ukrainian presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy reacts following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko - RC1D1986B430

How Ukraine’s comedian-candidate could disappoint the Kremlin

Monday, April 22, 2019

U.S. Attorney General William Barr, flanked by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, speaks at a news conference to discuss Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, in Washington, U.S., April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1E360BBAB0

What the Mueller report tells us about Russian influence operations

Alina Polyakova

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Ukrainian presidential candidate and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with journalists after undergoing a drugs and alcohol test, which is a precondition to participate in a policy debate ahead of the second round of a presidential election, outside a hospital in Kiev, Ukraine April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko - RC1A3AA14F40

Five key things to know about Ukraine’s presidential election

Monday, April 15, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare to enter the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, France, March 26, 2019. Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS - RC1D2FE021F0

The eclipse of the European Union’s global influence

Célia Belin and Ted Reinert

Monday, April 8, 2019

A pro-Brexit protester demonstrates outside the Houses of Parliament, as Brexit wrangles continue, in London, Britain, April 4, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Brexit endgame: British Parliament faces naked protestors, a leaky roof, and another extension

Friday, April 5, 2019

People listen to U.S. President Barack Obama during a speech in Hradcany Square, Prague April 5, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed (CZECH REPUBLIC POLITICS) - GM1E5451G3W01

10 years after Obama’s nuclear-free vision, the US and Russia head in the opposite direction

Thursday, April 4, 2019