Donald Trump is currently transforming the U.S. into an authoritarian state, argues Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky, author of "How Democracies Die." And he is using an unexpected twist in the ...

Germany should take on a leadership role in defending the international legal order against attacks from Russia and, now, the United States. That also means that Friedrich Merz must rescind his ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has cast a covetous gaze at Greenland. But why? In an interview, Greenland expert Paul Bierman explains why the exploitation of natural resources on the island is difficult ...

Brother Marco Bergamelli still remembers exactly when the photo was created that would jolt Europe out of its ennui. During a walk through the central cemetery of Bergamo, he stops at the entrance ...

With U.S. President Donald Trump having made it clear that he has little use for the trans-Atlantic alliance, Europe is rapidly trying to design a strategy for Ukraine - and for its own future.

For more than two years, a junior officer in the Syrian military, his sister and a friend risked their lives to collect evidence of the atrocities being committed by the regime. Their work changed the ...

Iran needs hard currency for its military and to re-arm Hezbollah. Tehran is now apparently seeking to access billions of ...

Donald Trump has jettisoned the existing world order and the U.S. is backing away from decades-old alliances. Europe has no choice but to fend for itself.

In his new book, "The World After Gaza," Indian author Pankaj Mishra is sharply critical of Western support for Israel's war in Gaza. He is particularly disapproving of German politics and memory ...

For 80 years, the United States was the undisputed leader of Western democracies. But Donald Trump is discarding allies and values in favor of power and money as he steers America into the camp of the ...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been playing the role of a Ukrainian Winston Churchill, confidently defending his country with Western support. Now, Donald Trump has flipped the script.