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Migration: We ain’t seen nothing yet
The uncoordinated and inadequate management of migration flows — 1.3 million refugees and migrants arrived in Europe last year alone — has been rightly characterized as a governance and humanitarian...
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Trump fever grips Russia
MOSCOW — As exit polls from the American presidential elections rolled in, I was making my way from London to a snow-covered Moscow to visit my grandmother. What I saw when I got there surprised me:...
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Poland needs more liberalism, not less
In his opinion piece “The Polish case for less economic liberalism” (October 21), Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attempts to put forth some ideological justification for the Law and Justice...
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How Trump’s victory could give Russia another win
Before President-elect Donald Trump’s surprise victory last week, European leaders seemed certain to renew sanctions on Russia for its ongoing aggression against Ukraine. The sanctions are up for...
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Trump could face a nuclear decision soon
I was the former nuclear missile launch officer who in October appeared in a TV advertisement for Hillary Clinton, saying: “The thought of Donald Trump with nuclear weapons scares me to death. It...
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The eurozone will be just fine
The euro was, and remains, a terrible idea — that’s the consensus among British and American economists, anyway. From Martin Feldstein on the right to Mervyn King in the center and Paul Krugman and...
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Angela Merkel’s new job: global savior
BERLIN — Donald Trump’s surprise victory in last week’s U.S. presidential election comes as a boost to the American alt-right movement, the global cement industry (should the wall go up, that is) and,...
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For Erdoğan, migration crisis is an opportunity
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has an unrivaled knack for turning setbacks and challenges to his advantage. Since July, he has used a failed putsch to impose a state of emergency that gives him...
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Romania’s gambling problem
BUCHAREST — On the cusp of turning 40, Dan has been living with addiction for half his life. Yet his eyes behind thin-rimmed glasses are not bloodshot; his arms are not punctured or bruised by needles....
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How the Left created Trump
Well before Donald Trump declared he was running — to the amusement of the liberal media and Washington establishment, who didn’t stop laughing until November 8 — and long before Hillary Clinton...
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Turkey needs a soft exit from the EU
Suspending European Union membership negotiations would be the wrong signal for Europe to send Turkey. The move, set to be debated in the European Parliament, would eliminate what’s left of the EU’s...
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For EU, Poland is not yet lost
GDAŃSK, Poland — Poland’s de facto ruler, Jarosław Kaczyński, is betting he can get away with emasculating his country’s constitutional court without incurring European Union sanctions. To be sure,...
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Matteo Renzi may be headed for a Pyrrhic victory
European leaders are united in their desire to see Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s constitutional referendum succeed on December 4. With Brexit, the election of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump,...
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The tarnished city on the hill
Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election has left a trail of political debris in its wake. At the top of the long list of casualties is the cherished myth of American exceptionalism. At...
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Selling passports in the age of Trump
Not 12 hours after Donald J. Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States, the Swiss citizenship planning firm Henley & Partners reported a spike in Americans inquiring about one of...
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Why Marine Le Pen won’t win
The British and American press are full of alarm and excitement. After the triumph of the nationalist populism that swept Donald Trump into the White House and Britain out of Europe, the next big win...
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Russian wind blows over Eastern Europe
KIEV, Ukraine â The anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, and the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, passed with barely a whimper this year. A chill wind...
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Putin’s gulag
MOSCOW â Ildar Dadin and Anastasia Zotova fell in love in Moscow in August 2014 and married the next year. By the time they tied the knot, however, Dadin, a 34-year-old opposition activist, was...
View ArticleThe far-right’s Facebook megaphone
In a year of populist uprisings and electoral upsets, Facebook has become a cesspit of fascist, xenophobic and racist sentiments. Conspiracy theories and fake news stories circulate at an...
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What if the terrorists won?
Like 9/11 for New Yorkers, the Paris attacks of November 2015 have become that rare thing for city slickers â a topic of conversation in which everyone can participate. There are two million...
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