Europe bankrolls Putin's war machine even as NATO races to bolster defenses

An analysis found 136 of 140 Yamal LNG cargoes went to EU ports in early 2026, worth roughly $6.8 billion despite Europe's ...
The New York Times

Fallout of War Piles Economic Pain Onto Europe’s Political Stress

Europe is finding itself on the outs with Russia, China and the U.S., in what’s amounting to its very own “Mean Girls” moment. By Patricia Cohen Patricia Cohen is the global economics correspondent ...
The Conversation

Europe is rearming itself without addressing the political consequences

Compounding the alarm triggered by Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the erratic unpredictability of the second Trump administration has made the need for European security autonomy ...
The Conversation

Meloni and Trump’s cooling relationship marks the failure of an EU‑MAGA middle ground

As recently as October 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump was heaping praise on Giorgia Meloni, telling the Italian prime minister how “beautiful” she was. But what once looked like a political romance ...