Europe

Frans Timmermans on COP27 and how Brussels navigates a frosty relationship between Washington and Beijing.

Military spending can’t make up for the continent’s lack of military culture.

Moscow’s war is unjust, but there’s no moral obligation for soldiers to refuse to fight.

The U.K. Supreme Court ruling makes another referendum all but impossible, forcing nationalists to change their strategy.

Serbia’s schadenfreude will be on display as the national team seeks revenge against a rival stacked with stars of Kosovar heritage.

Tehran has been eager to make up for Russia’s newfound absence in the South Caucasus.

The Kremlin’s ability to wage war is already constrained, but the worst is yet to come.

Proposed citizenship reform offers a chance at redemption.

Foreign Policy talked with the French ambassador about energy, the war, and looming trade tensions.

Washington’s relationship with the YPG is a useful foil for the Turkish president ahead of the 2023 election.

One small town in Ukraine held off a Russian attack and helped liberate a key regional capital.

Erdogan is trying to strike a balance of being pro-Ukraine but not anti-Russia.

Moscow is derailing peacekeeping missions and disrupting the budget process, threatening an organization that is vital to European security.

The war continues to be discussed in ways that are self-serving—and self-defeating.

Russia’s terror campaign against Ukraine’s power plants is cutting off the lights—and energizing resistance.

Historically, Russian emigrants have been reluctant to form exile communities and have tried to assimilate.

Central Asians used to flee the Soviet empire’s periphery for Moscow. Russia’s mobilization has sent escaping Muscovites in the other direction.