Europe

Pres. Duda’s failure to reverse course on actions that increase tensions and decrease solidarity in Europe weakens their alliance with the US.

Near-term steps can lay groundwork for recovery assistance, reassure donors, and add momentum toward an eventual settlement to the conflict.

The risk cannot be dismissed, but giving in to his threats in his war on Ukraine would create a precedent that he likely would use elsewhere.

As Russia mobilizes its troops against Ukraine, States must review the asylum claims of those who desert, surrender, or flee conscription.

Delivering justice at the ICC for the long-neglected victims of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war requires international community support.

Despite its shortcomings, the ECHR decision on repatriation of alleged IS family members from Syria marks an important turning point.

For many reasons, including being the first US president to declare the WWI-era massacre of Armenians a genocide, Biden has cards to play.

Unrestrained and under pressure from his far-right base, his anti-Western and anti-human rights decisions will only become more extreme.

A recent election law debacle calls for a major rethink of Western policy in Bosnia, rooted in genuine democratic principles.

Before Russia opens yet another war theater through its proxies, the US must recalibrate policy to restore influence in the region.

If Prime Minister Draghi's governing coalition collapses into early elections, the next government may be far more sympathetic to Russia.

Such terms would result in a win for Moscow and contribute to broader geostrategic instability that for Putin is the main point.