European Union
Europe’s Migration Deal Is Funding Authoritarianism and Opening North Africa to Iran and China
Both Countries Undertook Initiatives in Security, Energy Resilience, and External Relations—Ties That Will Be Tested in the Coming Year
Ankara’s Hollowed-Out Institutions Are Driving Transnational Mafia Warfare on European Soil
For Thirty Years, the Relationship Between Europe and North Africa Has Been a Polite Fiction
It Is Time to Make the Penalties Clear and Onerous for Any Individual Wantonly Violating Cypriot Sovereignty
At Stake Is Whether Europe’s Growing Defense Integration Will Strengthen the NATO Alliance or Compromise It
Against All Odds, Two Years After October 7, 2023, Israel Has Generated a Much Higher Level of Security than It Had Before the Hamas Attack
The Guardian Council Approved New Laws Stiffening Punishments for Espionage and Collaboration with Israel or ‘Hostile States’
European Parliamentarians Blast Muslim Brotherhood-Linked Qur’an Project
European Union Sanctions—Covering Oil and Petrochemical Equipment, Banking, Transport, and Insurance—Also Would Be Restored
As Hamas Exults, Opposition Joins Coalition in Blasting Palestinian State Tsunami. Netanyahu Has to Respond, and His Coalition Wants Annexation, but Arab Partners Will Be Pressing Trump Against It
The Crackdown on Bribery and Corruption Announced in April at Europe’s Main Land Border Crossing with Turkey Appears to Function Primarily as a Cosmetic Gesture
There Is Not Much Freedom of Speech in Gaza, and Europe Is Not Doing Much Better
Turkey’s Facilitation of an Asylum Scam for Migrants Willing to Pay Top Money for Illegal Transfer to Europe via Private Jets Has Been Exposed
Iran Has Ways to Retaliate If Sanctions Reimposed, but Must Contend with Possibility of Renewed Israeli Strikes
Goods Were Brought Into Turkey, Repackaged as Turkish Exports, and Then Shipped Onwards to Russia to Sidestep EU Trade Restrictions
Why Rejecting Azerbaijan’s Bid to Expel EU Monitors Is Essential for Real Stability