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A NATO flag flies at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels during a NATO ambassadors meeting on the situation in Ukraine and the Crimea region, March 2, 2014. Russia is threatening peace in European via its military actions in Ukraine and must immediately de-escalate tensions, Rasmussen said on Sunday. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY) - RTR3FWFO

NATO: Necessary but not sufficient

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during a media conference after a referendum on constitutional reform at Chigi palace in Rome, Italy, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi - RTSUMYV

The international implications of Italy’s referendum

Matteo Garavoglia

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

The Italian flag waves in front of The "Altare della Patria" also known as "Vittoriano" downtown Rome, Italy, March 23, 2016. REUTES/ Stefano Rellandini - RTX2CYNT

Renzi’s risky gamble might bring good unintended consequences

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Francois Fillon, former French prime minister and member of Les Republicains political party, reacts as he delivers his speech after partial results in the second round for the French center-right presidential primary election in Paris, France, November 27, 2016. Fillon, a socially conservative free-marketeer, is to be the presidential candidate of the French centre-right in next year's election, according to partial results of a primaries' second-round vote showed on Sunday. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann - RTSTKN8

Facing anti-establishment sentiment, French Republicans find their own answer in traditional values

Philippe Le Corre

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg chairs a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir - RTX2G6NM

Advice for Europe on dealing with President Trump

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during a news conference at the Chigi Palace in Rome November 28, 2016 . REUTERS/Tony Gentile - RTSTOV1

What Italy’s referendum could mean for Europe

Matteo Garavoglia

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement on the nomination of German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as candidate for German President in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt - RTX2TLKG

Is Angela Merkel the leader of the free world now? Not quite.

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives for his election night rally at the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - RTX2SRHN

Never waste a crisis: Trump is Europe’s opportunity

Matteo Garavoglia

Thursday, November 10, 2016

President Barack Obama holds a meeting with Trans-Pacific Partnership leaders alongside the APEC Summit

Looking beyond transatlantic data transfers

Cameron F. Kerry

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

People with French and American flags react as outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy (not pictured) attends a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe to commemorate the end of World War II in Paris May 8, 2012. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT)

Watching the U.S. election, French observers see own political trends

Philippe Le Corre

Monday, November 7, 2016