European Union
Daily Comment
Why Hundreds Drowned Off the Coast of Greece
The tragedy of the Adriana comes amid renewed anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe.
The New Yorker Interview
How the War in Ukraine Ends
An eminent historian envisions a settlement among Russia, Ukraine, and the West.
Letter from Italy
The Crisis of Missing Migrants
What has become of the tens of thousands of people who have disappeared on their way to Europe?
Daily Comment
The West Débuts a New Strategy to Confront a Historic “Inflection Point”
In Madrid this week, NATO laid out a bold plan for military expansion in response to Putin’s war. But can its member states overcome political divisions at home?
Our Columnists
How Congress Can Prevent Elon Musk from Turning Twitter Back Into an Unfettered Disinformation Machine
A new European Union law is a road map for how to put the onus on social-media companies to monitor and remove harmful content, and hit them with big fines if they don’t.
Q. & A.
The Soft-Power Politics That Exploded Into War
Did Russia repel Ukraine, or did Europe pull it in?
Daily Comment
Europe’s Aggressive New Stance Toward Putin’s Regime
The defiance of Ukrainian citizens in the face of the Russian onslaught has inspired the European Union to action.
Our Columnists
How Vladimir Putin Miscalculated the Economic Cost of Invading Ukraine
The Russian leader apparently failed to anticipate the unprecedented targeting of the Central Bank of Russia, a step that has battered the ruble and shaken the country’s financial system.
News Desk
A Migrant Prison Officially Closes. But How Much Has Changed?
The order to shutter Al Mabani, a notorious jail set up in Libya to detain migrants bound for Europe, might be seen as progress. But it is also an indication of darker aspects of migrant detention.
Daily Comment
Putin Launches His Invasion of Ukraine
Biden imposes sanctions in response to what the U.S. calls the “greatest threat to Europe” since the Second World War.
Daily Comment
Putin’s Preparations for Ukraine
The autocrat has been trying for decades to end what he sees as a prolonged period of Russian humiliation.
Daily Comment
Why Ukraine Is on a Precipice
A potential Russian troop withdrawal has not changed the four factors that U.S. officials assess have brought Europe to the brink of its largest conflict since the Second World War.
A Reporter at Large
The Secretive Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe
Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the E.U. has created a shadow immigration system that captures them before they reach its shores, and sends them to brutal Libyan detention centers run by militias.
Daily Comment
Europe’s Migration Crisis, Born in Belarus
“Europe’s last dictator” won’t hold on to power forever. But he has invented a new weapon.
The New Yorker Interview
Rick Steves Says Hold On to Your Travel Dreams
The guidebook guru discusses a year and a half without seeing Europe, the next chapter in post-pandemic travel, and why you should order whatever beverage the locals are having.
Annals of a Warming Planet
Can a Border Tax Help Slow a Borderless Crisis?
Unfettered free trade helped get us into the climate crisis. Perhaps there’s some poetic justice if restricting it can help with the solution.
Dispatch
Sweden’s Pandemic Experiment
When the coronavirus arrived, the country decided not to implement lockdowns or recommend masks. How has it fared?
A Reporter at Large
Murder in Malta
After a journalist was assassinated, her sons found clues in her unfinished work that cracked the case and brought down the government.
The New Yorker Interview
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Is Overcoming Her Fears
“Every country has its own path to democracy,” Tsikhanouskaya, who calls herself the leader of democratic Belarus, says. “And this is ours.”
Letter from Reykjavík
How Iceland Beat the Coronavirus
The country didn’t just manage to flatten the curve; it virtually eliminated it.