Opinion

If Brussels is serious about maintaining the integrity of its tech rules, it needs to focus on shifting regulation away from Dublin.

The only strategy that has any hope of bearing fruit will be weakening Putin and negotiating from a position of strength.

The bloc needs to anchor the U.K. to its security interests, priorities and values.

We can have a world where everyone has access to the medicines they need. But both Trump and pharma companies will push us in the opposite direction.

The path forward requires neither knee-jerk reactions nor naive optimism but steady, conditional support for Kyiv’s war effort.

Having walked the corridors of power, Pakistan’s former leader knew what it meant to wield terrible responsibility. She also understood the absurdity of mutual destruction.

The bloc’s failure to step up carries serious geopolitical costs.

Cuts to international aid are a wake-up call that the continent’s nations need to find a way to bolster their own development. And for that, Africa needs investment.

Brits voted for Conservatives, they voted for Labour — and the change they wanted didn’t happen.

Europe has the chance to become one of the leaders of a free, responsible and democratic world. But it needs to take its fate in its own hands.

Dulled by energy deals and geopolitical caution, Europe’s response to Azerbaijan’s aggression has been tepid for too long.

For the first time, Conclave is cool. But what does this surge in interest reveal about the relationship between the young and one of the world’s oldest institutions?

Authoritarians’ early popularity can delay resistance — but that’s when the real damage gets done.

The ambitions of the proposed bill are clear: It’s about targeting civil society, journalists and activists — within Hungary and the diaspora — who refuse to fall in line.

Europe’s nations have proposed establishing refugee “return hubs” in third-party countries outside their jurisdiction for failed asylum seekers. But they should think twice.

If the bloc hopes to influence the aspiring autocrats in candidate countries, it must establish a strong culture of independent media within its own borders.

The U.S. president’s return brings renewed promises of financial “liberation.” But behind the rhetoric lies a deeper threat — and it’s not just to the U.S. economy.

Europe is at a turning point, where it can choose to reassert the ideals once pledged by the EU and confront the authoritarian brew emanating from U.S. If not now, when?

Europeans must decide whether they’re willing to bear the costs of shaping their future, or risk having it shaped for them.

Restructuring ownership and boosting returns are the keys to addressing EU prevarication.

Despite its rhetoric, Washington’s busy organizing a historically unprecedented retrenchment of American power.

The Istanbul mayor’s arrest isn’t just about one man — it’s about whether Turkey will slide further into authoritarian rule. The outcome will define the country for generations to come.

It’s well past time the bloc reconsidered hemorrhaging money on an unaffordable and ineffectual climate policy that no other continent is emulating.

The legal tools to address this internal opposition exist — Europe just needs to use them, and meet the moment with courage.