Europe
Where I Go, Yugo
In 1978, the author’s father cycled through the Balkans. A trip following in his tire tracks reveals a continent grappling with globalization, uniform commercialism and rising nationalism.
The Syrians in European Limbo
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime brought euphoria to millions of Syrians in exile, but also created political and legal uncertainty. As some European states suspend asylum claims or discuss revoking refugee status, activists are campaigning for temporary return permits that would allow Syrians to reconnect without losing protection.
The Farther East One Goes in Europe, the More ‘West’ One Winds Up
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led to many unintended consequences, but none so quick and profound as the consolidation of the Nordic and Baltic regions under the NATO umbrella following Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to the alliance in the past two years.
Can Europe Back Ukraine’s Fight Alone?
For Europeans watching, one thing is clear: Washington now regards Kyiv as an adversary from which concessions must be wrung and terms of conditional surrender imposed, while it sees Moscow as an ally-in-the-making and the more justifiably aggrieved party in the war of conquest Moscow started three years ago.
Are Vienna’s Dancing Horses Worth Saving?
For half a millennium, Vienna’s Spanish Riding School has passed down the secrets of horsemanship from one generation to the next. As the UNESCO-listed stable teeters on the verge of collapse, the question of what heritage is worth saving takes the spotlight.
Europe Looks for Its Soul in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
For the likes of Habermas, a successful Ukraine still holds out hope for a post-heroic Europe with just enough military capacity to fend off wicked external actors like Putin (or Trump) while avoiding the dread nationalism of the 19th- and 20th-century nation in arms. In contrast, for American foreign policy elites in both parties, the war in Ukraine is not so much an opportunity for European utopianism but a post-Kabul vindication of American power where at little cost to itself, the United States can savagely bleed the military power of a traditional rival, warn Beijing of the potential costs of an incursion against Taiwan, and support a telegenic and social media savvy statesman all at the same time.
Dnipro: Ukraine’s Staging Ground
Amid Russia’s ongoing campaign to conquer Ukraine, Dnipro has become a key logistics node for dispatching supplies to battlefields in the country’s north, east and south.