The September 15 London train bombing that injured 30 was the UK’s fifth terror attack this year. A security expert looks at why Europe has been seeing more frequent and bloodier jihadist assaults.
- Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, University College Dublin
G20 meetings are usually bland, tightly-scripted affairs. Donald Trump has changed all of that with his retrenchment on climate change, free trade and internationalism.
Despite a low voter turnout, the new French president has a solid majority in parliament. He will need it to push his reforms at home and in Europe.
Even if populist movements have been turned back in a few European elections, populism is not going to disappear. The EU needs a strategy to contain it.
European leaders are still trying to decipher Trump’s thinking on NATO, Europe and many other issues.
Macron’s win showed France is internationalist, outward looking, pro-EU and free market-oriented; Le Pen’s rise revealed that it’s also nationalist, protectionist, anti-EU and suspicious of outsiders.
France’s two presidential candidates diverge markedly on many issues, but nothing is as divisive as France’s relationship with the EU.
Le Pen and Macron offer two totally different visions for France’s future and its relationship to Europe.
Europe has had a number of important elections over the past year, but for the EU none is as significant – or as potentially grave – as France’s upcoming presidential election.
US-Russia relations have hit their roughest patch since the Cold War. What’s in store for the Trump administration’s first official visit to Moscow?
Last night’s terrorist attack in Manchester reveals the challenges facing European intelligence and security services in preventing people who use everyday things like cars to cause mayhem.
EU leaders will breathe a sigh of relief after the centre-right saw off the populist threat.
Russia could undermine the idea of a shared European reality and sway three elections key to the future of the bloc.
2017 could be the year of the far-right in Europe, and spell the end of the EU.
The world is on edge as Donald Trump enters the White House.
The future of Europe hangs in the balance. Will its leaders step up?
The Italian referendum and the Austrian vote are shaping up to be a seminal moment for European politics and the future of the European Union.
Diplomacy between Europe and Trump’s administration will be tricky, but not impossible.
Donald J Trump has emerged victorious in the historic, and historically acerbic, 2016 American presidential election. What does this outcome mean for the world?
Europe has a lot riding on this election: NATO, relations with Russia and free trade all hang in the balance.
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