Europe
Russia Accuses Ukraine of Targeting Putin’s House, Threatening Fragile Peace Talks
Vlad Yushinov/iStock/Getty Images Plus The fog of war is thick in Eastern Europe, where Russia has accused Ukraine of sending a swarm of kamikaze drones to strike one of President Vladimir Putin’s houses. The Russians say they thwarted…
Soviet Europe? Trump BANS Euro Officials From U.S. in Free-speech War
Ekaterina79/iStock/Getty Images Plus My, how the worm has turned. It was in 2009 that talk-show giant Michael Savage, along with others, was banned from Britain for exercising speech. Now, 16 years later, certain European officials are…
Is Europe Working Toward Peace or a Wider War?
alxpin/iStock/Getty Images Plus There’s a flurry of activity in Europe — some of it appears to be attempts at peace in Ukraine. But there are also signs suggesting something else is going on. What is really happening?Russian Deputy…
The Brew: Trump Warns Europe It’s in a Death Spiral, and the U.S. Won’t Jump in to Save it
You might not have heard about it, but the Trump administration recently issued an historic policy paper on U.S. strategy toward the world, but especially a European Union where most of the countries are technically our allies, allegedly pledged…
Zelensky Rejects American Peace Plan Over Land Concessions
AP ImagesVolodymyr Zelensky The Trump administration’s recent peace proposal for the Ukraine war appears all but dead. It barely had a chance to begin with.On Monday, Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelensky said his government won’t…
Trump’s National Security Strategy “Justifies” Foreign Intervention
White House The Trump administration’s recently released National Security Strategy provides a window into how the president and his team think about domestic and foreign policy. On an encouraging note, this administration rightly…
Putin Says Russia Is Ready for War With NATO
AP ImagesVladimir Putin U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine has hit a wall. After a five-hour negotiation session on Tuesday, the Russians rejected the proposal, which was revised multiple times by the time it got to…
Report: Germany Has a Plan for War With Russia — And It Includes US Troops
Ruma Aktar/iStock/Getty Images Plus American, Russian, and Ukrainian delegations have been discussing a peace proposal drawn up by U.S. officials to end the war in Eastern Europe. And while it appears that the Trump administration is…
Ukrainian Officials Say They’ve Agreed to “Core Terms” of Peace Proposal — But Have They?
AP ImagesVolodymyr Zelensky and Dan Driscoll in Kyiv There’s been a lot of hubbub about a working peace deal to end the war in Ukraine. The plan is reportedly gaining traction. Recent statements by officials suggest Ukraine has agreed to…
Does Trump’s New Peace Plan in Ukraine Have a Chance?
booblik_uk/iStock/Getty Images Plus Ukraine and Russia are mulling over a 28-point peace plan drafted by the Trump administration. The president’s team has been working on the proposal, which reportedly favors Russian demands, behind the…