In One Woman’s Life, the Story of Ukraine’s War, 3 Years On
In the years since her husband was captured by the Russians, Olha Kurtmallaieva has done whatever she could to speed his retu...
Europe Prepares to Face Russia as Trump’s America Steps Back
European leaders are racing to try to figure out how to fill a potential void — in Ukraine and in continental security as a w...
Friedrich Merz German elections
Germans voted for a change of leadership on Sunday, handing the most votes in a parliamentary election to centrist conservati...
Germany Election Votes Are Cast. What Happens Now?
Now that the votes are cast, the real work in Berlin can begin. While reconstituting parliament is relatively easy and must b...
Why the Far-Right AfD Is Unlikely to Join Germany’s Next Government
Germany’s next government will almost certainly be a coalition of multiple political parties, to form a majority in Parliamen...
Friedrich Merz wins Germany’s election. But forming a coalition will be hard
As COUNTING ended in Germany’s election, three things were clear. The first is that the opposition conservative Christian Dem...
Friedrich Merz wins a messy victory. But can he now rule Germany?
THREE THINGS were immediately clear when the exit polls in Germany’s election dropped at 6pm on February 23rd. The first was ...
Merz wins a messy election then calls for independence from America
THERE HAVE been sweeter victories. As expected, Friedrich Merz’s opposition Christian Democrats (cdu) won Germany’s federal e...
Donald Trump makes Ukraine an offer it can’t refuse
UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS are locked in talks with America whose brinkmanship is dizzying even by Donald Trump’s standards. He and ...
Who Is Friedrich Merz, the Man Poised to Be Germany’s Next Chancellor?
Friedrich Merz, the man favored by early exit polls to be Germany’s next chancellor after elections on Sunday, is a conserv...