The decision by the United Kingdom’s voters to “Brexit” the European Union is not an example of the British black humour that I love.

Since 2009, when the financial crisis that started in America in 2008 shook the eurozone to its core, crisis management has become Europe’s new normal.Indeed, crisis has followed crisis in Europe and this is unlikely to change anytime soon.Europe has had a financial crisis, a Gre

Relations between Europe and Turkey have long been characterised by a deep contradiction.Whereas security cooperation (especially during the Cold War) and economic ties have been strong, the vital foundations of democracy — human rights, press freedom, minority rights  and a

At stake in the United Kingdom’s upcoming referendum on whether to remain a member of the European Union is the nature of the EU itself.The UK wants a different kind of Europe than the one that the EU currently represents.

There is an alarming political shift to the right occurring on both sides of the Atlantic, linked to the growing force of openly chauvinist political parties and figures: Donald Trump in the United States, Marine Le Pen in France.Other names could be added to the list: Hungary’s

For four years, a bloody war has raged in Syria.What began as a democratic uprising against Bashar Assad’s dictatorship has developed into a cat’s cradle of conflicts, partly reflecting a brutal proxy struggle among Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia for regional domination.This strug

With Russia’s military invasion and annexation of Crimea, and the subsequent war in eastern Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has made it abundantly clear that he has no intention of respecting the inviolability of borders and the primacy of international legal norms.It is time f

For many centuries, Europe was a continent plagued by wars, famines and poverty.Millions of Europeans were driven to emigrate by economic and social deprivation.

The latest G-7 summit, in the beautiful Alpine setting of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany, has come and gone.No longer the G-8, owing to Russia’s suspension, the forum is again composed exclusively of traditional Western powers.At a time when the emergence of large, densely pop