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The Irish town that wants a ‘Tim Kaine Plaza’
LONGFORD, Ireland — Most evenings, Marie Farrell sits in her home in the Irish midlands, and watches CNN’s political coverage. The blonde-haired 54-year-old never took much interest in U.S. elections...
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A glimpse into Germany’s political future
BERLIN — The outcome of state elections in Berlin on Sunday — in which both the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats, the German capital’s traditional ruling parties, suffered heavy losses and the...
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Israel, the Switzerland of the Middle East
MOUNT HERMON, Israel — From the chairlift that climbs to the top of Israel’s only ski resort, I watch as the Hulleh Valley falls away 1,600 meters below. Soon we’re swooshing past Mt Hermon’s...
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Equal opportunities for women politicians still elusive
Theresa May. Angela Merkel. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Hillary Clinton. Today, girls around the world have strong role models for political leadership. This is progress, and we should celebrate it. But...
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An ode to the night train
In 1998, my father, a software engineer, took our family on a night train from Stockholm to Luleå, 50 miles south of the Arctic Circle. Back then, the price of one air ticket was the same as four...
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Why Europe’s plan to send Afghan refugees back won’t work
As the global refugee crisis dominates the political agenda and Europe considers repatriation of refugees to supposedly conflict-free parts of Afghanistan, they would do well to consider people like...
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Shimon Peres: Death of a statesman
JERUSALEM — I had just graduated from journalism school when I met with Shimon Peres in a ramshackle, one-story building off Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street on a mild spring day in 1992. The Cold War had just...
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Spanish bullfighting’s slow death
TORDESILLAS, Spain — The town of Tordesillas has held its annual festival, known as Toro de la Vega, on the second or third Tuesday of September since medieval times. A bull is set loose and runs...
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Without Europe, no end to Syrian bloodshed
Civil society, from activists to local councils and humanitarians to human rights defenders, are laying the foundation for a political solution in Syria. We share a vision of Syria’s future based on...
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Hungary will go its own way on migration policy
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán government has openly campaigned for a No vote in the October 2 referendum on whether the European Union should be able to “mandate the obligatory resettlement of...
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In pictures: Knocking on Orbán’s door
On Sunday, Hungarians go to the polls to vote on whether to accept the EU’s resettlement plans for migrants and refugees. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government is pursuing what some observers have...
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Moldova belongs in the European Union, now more than ever
At a time when British voters have chosen to leave the European Union and politicians in other countries across the region are calling for similar referendums, my country — Moldova — wants to move in...
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Did the US just bury the Mideast peace process?
JERUSALEM — Optimism is not generally a word associated with the Middle East these days. Just a few hundred miles away from here, there’s the horrible civil war in Syria, where the devastating...
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Netherlands braces for sharp right turn
THE HAGUE — One of Europe’s most liberal countries is on the brink of turning decisively to the right. Ahead of the elections in the Netherlands on March 15 next year, polls show a tight race between...
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Down with the data monarchy
If you want to understand the power dynamics in our increasingly data-driven economy, look no further than the language being used to describe the participants. In data protection lingo, an individual...
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What scared Ukraine’s ‘sex tourists’ away
KIEV, Ukraine — In 2012, Ukraine briefly became gripped by hysteria over “sex tourism.” The country was preparing to host tens of thousands of football fans for the Euro championships, leading many to...
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Sky-high debt, not just a Greek problem
As the eurozone’s finance ministers gather in Luxembourg to decide whether to provide Athens with some €2.8 billion in bailout funding, it is important to remember that sky-high public debt is not just...
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Aftermath of a university bribe
KIEV — When you go after bribe takers in Ukraine, they will fight back. I know because I am being taken to court for an op-ed I wrote for POLITICO about the corruption of my country’s higher education...
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Scottish independence must be on the table
EDINBURGH — Scotland is a European nation. From our history as an independent country, when we traded widely with our neighbors and friends on the continental mainland, through to more modern times...
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A new beginning for Europe
As most people know, this year brought about a major change for the European Union. Before June 2016, member states strived to address the challenges they were facing in a common European framework....
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