Center on the United States and Europe

U.S. President Donald Trump and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel depart after a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - HP1EE4R1GG1H3

Europeans want to break up with America. They’d do so at their peril

Friday, May 25, 2018

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Columbian President Juan Manuel Santos (not pictured) give a statement to the media in Budapest, Hungary, May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Viktor Orbán’s majority can’t be a blank check

William A. Galston

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

U.S. and German flags are seen on a limousine. November 17, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch - LR1ECBH17DKKQ

The new U.S. ambassador to Germany just made himself the least popular diplomat in Berlin

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, May 14, 2018

Armenian opposition supporters attend a rally after protest movement leader Nikol Pashinyan announced a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience, at Republic Square in Yerevan, Armenia May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich - RC1903D6A030

What explains Russia’s uncharacteristic indifference to the revolution in Armenia?

Monday, May 7, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on what is expected to be "implementation day," the day the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifies that Iran has met all conditions under the nuclear deal, in Vienna January 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF20000096885

Watch: Experts explain what’s at stake on the Iran nuclear deal

Suzanne Maloney and Thomas Wright

Friday, May 4, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend the Womens Entrepreneurship Finance event during the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg, Germany July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Michael Kappeler, Pool - RC1C813C67A0

Angela Merkel’s visit to Washington tests Germany’s maturity

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, April 26, 2018

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a news conference at the building site of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, Germany, April 19, 2018. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via Reuters - RC1A6FA5ADC0

French pragmatism versus German petulance

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

A picture of Joseph Stalin is seen on a wall at the former Soviet Army nuclear weapons depot near the village of Misov, 90 km (56 miles) southwest from Prague, May 16, 2013. One of the former communist Czechoslovakia's most mysterious and secret spots built to shelter for Soviet nuclear warheads is being turned into a museum, inviting visitors to learn about the nuclear race in the Cold War. Picture taken May 16, 2013. To match story CZECH-SOVIET/MUSEUM REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS SOCIETY TRAVEL) - GM1E95H19I001

The Soviet roots of invoking fears about World War III

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan prepares for an interview in New York City, U.S. September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - S1BEUCHMVOAA

Turkey’s snap elections and the future of Turkish democracy

Kemal Kirişci and Kutay Onayli

Monday, April 23, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron waves from his car as he leaves after a visit about local and organic food supply in school canteens, at the secondary school Guy Dolmaire in Mirecourt, France, April 19, 2018. Patrick Hertzog/Pool via Reuters - RC148066A640

The fate of the Western alliance is in Macron’s hands

William Drozdiak

Friday, April 20, 2018